According to Eurostat's 2020 data, EU households allocated an average of 1.2% of their total expenditure to sporting goods and services, with significant variations across countries. Ireland recorded the highest average expenditure, while Bulgaria reported the lowest. Higher-income households consistently spent more on sports-related items, with the top income quintile in several countries spending at […]

This week the EOC EU Office hosted the 35th Gemeinschaftstagung Internationales, bringing to Brussels a dynamic delegation from Germany’s Landessportbünde, Landessportjugenden, the DOSB and the dsj. Over two productive days, delegates swapped insights on their European and global project pipelines, compared strategies for international engagement and took a deep dive into the fast-evolving EU sport-policy […]

The EOC EU Office is coordinating an advocacy initiative to ensure that organised sport is represented in the EU’s next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2028–2034. Backed by 48 National Olympic Committees, the IOC, the European Paralympic Committee, ASOIF, and most of its partner international and European federations, the joint position paper outlining our recommendations was […]