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Upcoming European Parliament Elections

By Wolke7Hoch2 on May 10, 2019
On 23-26 May 2019, the European Parliament elections will take place. 751 MEPs will be elected for 5 years representing more than 512 million Europeans from 28 member states (if UK participates). For the second time after the 2014 elections, the European political parties were asked to nominate candidates for a President of the European […]
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EU Sport Forum 2019: Crucial topics for Olympic and sport movement on the agenda

By Wolke7Hoch2 on May 10, 2019
On 8 and 9 April 2019, the European Commission and the Romanian Presidency of the Council organised the annual EU Sport Forum in Bucharest. A record number of 410 participants included a large number of representatives of sport federations and umbrella organisations. EOC President Janez Kocijancic and Vice-President Niels Nygaard were both present in panels. After opening […]
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Athletes meet in Brussels for the 3rd IOC-EOC EU Office Athletes’ Seminar

By Wolke7Hoch2 on April 4, 2019
Following the successful organisation of Athletes’ Seminar in Brussels, in 2013 and 2016, the EOC EU Office, in collaboration with the IOC, organised on 11 and 12 March once again an Athletes seminar to discuss topics of most relevance to them. Finally, 19 European athletes’ representatives from the EOC, IOC, WADA, IF and NOC Athletes’ […]
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European Parliament includes sport in positions on future funding

By Wolke7Hoch2 on April 4, 2019
During one of its last plenary sessions before the May elections, the European Parliament has adopted four important reports outlining its position to future EU funding programmes beyond 2021. In its votes on 26, 27 and 28 March 2019 the EP agreed its negotiating position on the future of Erasmus+, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and […]
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Mobility of professional ski instructors in the EU enhanced

By Wolke7Hoch2 on April 4, 2019
After a number of years of work and preparations, the European Commission has adopted a new common training test (CTT) for ski instructors to facilitate the recognition of their qualifications. Exploiting for the first time the opportunity provided by the Revised Professional Qualifications Directive (2015), the Commission has worked with Members States and relevant stakeholders […]
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Sport & Regional Development: The Future of Sport in European Cities

By Wolke7Hoch2 on April 4, 2019
On 6 March 2019, the Sports Intergroup together with the URBAN Intergroup, organised a Conference on the topic of “Sport & Regional Development - The Future of Sport in European Cities.” The topic was introduced by Jan Olbrycht, President of the Urban Intergroup, who stressed that sport on European level is parly reduced to a […]
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10th anniversary of EOC EU Office

By Wolke7Hoch2 on February 21, 2019
On Wednesday, 20 February 2019, the EOC EU Office celebrates its 10th anniversary. Director Folker Hellmund reflected on the anniversary by saying: "It is with great pleasure that we celebrate today the 10th anniversary of the EOC EU Office. What has started in 1993 as the Office of German Sport has become a truly European […]
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EOC EU Office’s active work with Parliament brings sport closer to full recognition in future EU funding programmes

By Wolke7Hoch2 on February 13, 2019
In view of the adoption of the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027, the EOC EU Office has carried out intense work with MEPs over the last months; some of which has already yielded positive results. On 16 January, the European Parliament adopted its position on the new European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) and the […]
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EOC EU Office Board meets in Lausanne

By Wolke7Hoch2 on February 13, 2019
The EOC EU Office Board had its annual meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 24 January 2019. In the meeting the accounts and implementation of the Work Plan for 2018 as well as budget and Work Plan for 2019, were approved. In addition, the operational guidelines of the Office were also discussed. In 2019, many changes […]
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EOC EU Office discuss priorities of EU Sport Policy 2019-2020 with partner organisations

By Wolke7Hoch2 on February 13, 2019
  The EOC EU Office has published its Priorities regarding the EU Sport Policy for 2019-2020. This document has been drafted together with the partners of the Office, which represent broadly the organised sport. The Priorities document lists crucial topics for the next two years to be discussed at the European level on sport. Taking […]
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