EUSA Year Magazine 2023-2024

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COUNCIL OF EUROPE

European University Sports Association (EUSA) works closely with the Council

of Europe (COE), where we are members of the Consultative Committee

of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport, as well as member of the

Conference of International Non-governmental Organisations (INGO).

The annual meeting of the EPAS
Governing Board and meeting
of the EPAS Consultative
Committee were held in
Strasbourg on June 8 and 9,

2023. The event was held at the
      Council of Europe headquarters,
      and before the official meetings,
      the members, among them also
      the European University Sports
      Association (EUSA), were invited
      to an unconscious bias training
      on Wednesday afternoon.

Parallel sessions of in-camera
meetings of the 17th Plenary
meeting of the EPAS Governing
Board and the 15th Plenary
meeting of the Consultative
Committee. Elections for the
Consultative Committee’s
Bureau also took place at the
meeting.

Following on the program of
the event was the joint meeting
of EPAS Governing Board
and Consultative Committee,
addressing several topics,
reflecting on the EPAS core
values on promoting and

ensuring that sport is a safe

sport, inclusion, diversity,

equality, and the European

Sports Charter.

At the interim elections, Andrej

Pisl, EUSA Communications and

Project Manager, was elected as

supplement member.

EPAS joint sessions brought

reports and information

about past and upcoming

EPAS events, highlighting the

EPAS’ 3-pillar values, starting

with the first one on Ethical

sport – highlighting the round

table on integrity in sport. The

second pillar – Inclusive sport –

showcased the Combating Hate

Speech in Sport Joint project;

All In Plus project on promoting

gender equality in sport, the

EPAS diversity conference 2023

on Inclusion of child migrants

and refugees in and through

sport; as well as the Webinar on

protecting and promoting the

human rights of transgender

and intersex athletes in

sports – organised with active

contribution of EUSA.

Later in the year, the Enlarged

Partial Agreement on Sport

(EPAS) of the Council of Europe

(COE), in cooperation with the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

Education and Sport of the

Principality of Liechtenstein

within the framework of the

Liechtenstein Presidency of

the Committee of Ministers,

organised the EPAS Diversity

Conference on the topic of

Inclusion of Child Migrants and

Refugees in and through Sport

on November 28 and 29 in

Schaan, Liechtenstein.

As indicated in the title of the

conference, the focus of the

event was on the inclusion of

children and youth migrants,

refugees, and asylum seekers in

and through sport.

Workshops, plenary sessions,

and panels on the topics of key

challenges to the inclusion of

child migrants and refugees

in and through sport, existing

good practices, initiatives and

solutions for these challenges,

the policy position of COE, the

role of sport for child migrants

and refugees, and more

specifically, how sport can be

used as a tool for inclusion, were

part of this Conference.

The conference closed in

a constructive way, with

key important messages

and commitments of the

participants and stakeholders

to enable safe sport in all

communities, with active

engagement of migrants,

refugees and asylum seekers, as

well as local communities in all

stages, as well as use sport as

a tool for integration, inclusion

and social cohesion.

PLEASE SEE

http://www.coe.int

for more information