EUSA Magazine 2019-20

EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY SPORTS ASSOCIATION YEAR MAGAZINE 2019-20^128

8. PARTNERS AND NETWORK

COUNCIL OF EUROPE

The Council of Europe’s member states representatives,

forming the Governing Board of the Enlarged Partial

Agreement on Sport (EPAS), accompanied by the

Consultative Committee, held their annual meeting

in Strasbourg, France on June 5 and 6, 2019.

As a member of the EPAS

Consultative Committee, EUSA

was present at the meeting

as well, represented by

Communications and Projects

Manager Mr Andrej Pisl.

The meeting was also an

opportunity for networking,

discussion and promotion of

EUSA and its partners, the

activities and projects.

Led by the Chair of the

Consultative Committee Mr

Jens Sejer Andersen, the

members reviewed the annual

activities, discussed educational

activities and programmes,

reviewed the applications and

renewals of the organisations

in the consultative committee,

adopted a proposal for the

revision of the Terms of

Reference of the committee and

engaged in a panel discussion

on gender identity in sport,

focusing on the case of Caster

Semenya. The members of the

EPAS Consultative Committee

later joined the annual plenary

meeting with the Governing

Board, led by Mr Zoran Verovnik

as the Chair and Mr Stanislas

Frossard as the Secretary

General.

The joint meeting of the EPAS

Governing Board and the

EPAS Consultative Committee

discussed the reports and

recent news, including the

conferences of ministers

responsible for sport, and

the 2020-21 programme

of activities. The first day

concluded with a round table

event on the subject of Sport

and Media Freedom.

The second day was dedicated

to the current activities and

projects, focusing on three

aspects: ethical sport (tackling

corruption and promoting

good governance, sport and

human rights), inclusive sport

(promoting diversity and fighting

against discrimination, migrants

and their integration through

sport) and safe sport (martial

arts and combat activities,

inclusion of children and their

protection in sport) as well as

topics covering all three pillars

(sport for all, the European

Sports Charter and its revision).

In 2019, the Council of Europe

celebrated its 70th anniversary,

having maintained its focus

on human rights, democracy

and the rule of law for seven

decades. Based on the Council

of Europe’s general sports

standards, the Enlarged Partial

Agreement on Sport (EPAS) was

established in 2007 in order to

give fresh momentum to pan-

European sports co-operation;

address the current challenges

facing sport in Europe; make

sport healthier, fairer and well

governed and ensure that

it conforms to high ethical

standards.

PLEASE SEE

http://www.coe.int/en/web/sport/

epas/

for more information