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,
which was also streamed online, on September 8 and 9, 2020.
EUSA, being a member of the
EPAS Consultative Committee,
was represented at the event
as well. On the first day, the
EPAS Consultative Committee
met in the morning, reviewing
the organisation’s work and
annual activities, discussing the
proposals for the next year’s
conference on diversity and
electing the new Bureau for the
next two-year mandate. The new
EPAS CC Bureau will be Chaired
by Mr Kole Gjeloshaj (ISF), with
Mr Tone Jagodic (EOC) as the
Vice-Chair, and members Ms
Laura Capranica (EAS), Mr Louis
Mustakas (ENSE), Mr James
Ogilvie (UEFA) and Mr Janez
Sodrznik (TAFISA).
EPAS plenary sessions in the
joint meeting of the Governing
Board and the Consultative
Committee were chaired by
Ms Madeleine Delapierre (FRA)
and Mr Alexandre Husting
(LUX), supported by EPAS
Secretary General Mr Stanislas
Frossard and the Secretariat.
The topics discussed were the
Council of Europe Conference
of Ministers responsible for
Sport, the proposal for the
revised European Sport Charter,
a public webinar on the topic
of COVID-19 impact on human
rights in sport and a proposed
follow-up on the Tbilisi
declaration.The second day was dedicated
to the current activities and
projects, focusing on the three
pillars: ethical sport (Kazan
action plan on sport integrity,
tackling corruption and
promoting good governance),inclusive sport (promoting
gender equality in sport and the
ALL IN project, as well as the
topic of diversity and fighting
against discrimination, setting
the topic of the EPAS Diversity
Conference 2021) and safe
sport (inclusion of children and
their protection in sport, and
the extreme martial arts &
combat activities). The meeting
concluded with a discussion on
the next year’s activities.PLEASE SEE
http://www.coe.int/en/web/sport/
epas
for more information