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EUROPEAN FAIR PLAY MOVEMENT
The European Fair Play Movement (EFPM) is a non-governmental association with the
main aim of promoting Fair Play and Tolerance in the broadest sense in sports and
everyday life on a European level. The EFPM seeks to achieve this goal by supporting
its members, by helping to promote Fair Play campaigns where sports organizations
take the initiative, by cooperating with the authorities to foster Fair Play themes, and
by facilitating regular contacts between the various European sports organizations.
European University Sports
Association (EUSA) and its
Institute have been advocating
for clean sport without doping
and Fair play for several years
already and remains committed
to the cause.
EUSA is an official partner of the
European Fair Play Movement
(EFPM), which is a member
of the International Fair Play
Committee (IFPC). The values
of fair play, equality, ethics, and
clean sport without doping and
without match-fixing are at the
core of EUSA sport and other
events. As a recognition for this,
EUSA also received a special
Fair Play Award from the EFPM
in 2014.
The President of the European
Fair Play Movement (EFPM)
Philippe Housiaux and Executive
Committee member Robert
Perc met with the Secretary
General of the European
University Sports Association
(EUSA) Matjaz Pecovnik, on May
10 in Ljubljana.The meeting was held on the
occasion of scheduled EFPM
visit as preparation of activities
related to the implementation
of the European Youth Olympic
Festival (EYOF), which was held
in July in Maribor, Slovenia.
EUSA and EFPM have been
long-time partners, promoting
fair play and positive values
in sports. The participants
discussed the existing
cooperation and potential
new ways, initiatives and
strategies of promoting fair play
principles – fair competition,
respect, friendship, team
spirit, equality, sport without
doping, respect for written
and unwritten rules such as
integrity, solidarity, tolerance,
care, excellence and joy; on and
off the field.World Fair Play Day aims to
demonstrate that Fair Playcan be promoted through both
large-scale operations and
simple actions. The aim is to
make this Day an authentic
celebration of Fair Play as a
real component of education in
sport, society, and life itself.The 4th edition of the ceremony
to celebrate World Fair Play
Day 2023 was held on 7th
of September, 2023. This
4 th edition of the event was
honoured by the presence
of a very special guest: Berit
Reiss-Andersen, President of
the Norwegian Committee for
the Nobel Peace Prize, who was
presented with the European
Fair Play Movement’s 1st
“Sport for Peace Award” by the
Norwegian Nobel Committee.
The ceremony was dedicated to
“Peace Through Sport”.This edition of World Fair Play
Day demonstrated the power
of Fair Play in promoting peace,
both through sport and artisticexpression. It also celebrated
the inspiring individuals and
organisations that are helping to
create a more harmonious and
respectful world.The aim of this special day is
to underline the fact that Fair
Play needs to be promoted
both through large-scale
operations, as well as through
simple gestures. All athletes,
sportsmen and women,
coaches, referees, supporters,
volunteers, managers, teachers,
physical education instructors,
school heads, parents, public
representatives, and institutions,
etc. are invited to take practical
action wherever they can
on the ground to encourage
sportsmen and women, young
people and all those around
them to demonstrate exemplary
behaviour in all circumstances.