EUSA Year Magazine 2020-21

ENGSO AND ENGSO YOUTH

The 28th European Non-Governmental Sports Organisation

(ENGSO) General Assembly and the ENGSO Youth General

Assembly took place on November 12 and 14 respectively. The

events, which gathered ENGSO members and partners, including

EUSA, were supposed to be held in June 2020 in Torshavn, Faroe

Islands, but due to the Covid-19 pandemic, they were moved online.

After the welcoming words of

ENGSO President Mr Stefan

Bergh, representatives of

partner organisations addressed

the Assembly, including the

Vice-President of the European

University Sports Association

(EUSA) Mr Haris Pavletic.

After accepting the minutes of

the previous General Assembly, a

presentation on ENGSO’s Annual

Report of the past year was done.

The participants were introduced

to ENGSO’s work in Erasmus+

co-funded projects, and informed

about ENGSO’s representation in

a number of events.

The Assembly welcomed a new

member, the Slovak Olympic

and Sport Committee (SOSC),

and elected their new Secretary

General Ms Sara Massini, Head

of the International Department

at OPES Italia and previously

ENGSO Executive Committee

member. Ms Edina Andrejko

from Hungary was elected in

the vacant Executive Committee

member position.

The General Assembly

participants also received

updates on the ENGSO Action

Plan 2020–2021 and from the

three ENGSO committees:

ENGSO Youth, Equality Within

Sport (EWS) Committee and

the EU Advisory Committee.

The Assembly also confirmed

revision of the Statutes.

The ENGSO Youth General

Assembly celebrated the 18th

anniversary of the youth section

of ENGSO. The event started

with welcome words from its

Chair Ms Ugne Chmeliauskaite,

who together with the Vice-

Chair Mr Filip Filipic presented

the report for the past year.

Special reports were also

presented by the working groups

on social inclusion, education

and employability, health, sport

diplomacy and sustainable

development.

The ENGSO Youth Assembly

delegates then confirmed the

reports, strategy for the future

and modification of the Statutes.

They also elected a new ENGSO

Youth Committee member Ms

Anett Fodor from Hungary.

Anett is very active in the field of

sport, and has previously served

as EVS volunteer in EUSA, and

later coordinated the Erasmus+-

supported project Empowered

Nation on gender equality and

volunteering.

The Youth assembly concluded

with educational mini seminar

on youth leadership, highlighting

the activities of the UNESCO

Youth and Sport Task Force and

Design thinking methods.

The next ENGSO General

Assembly in 2021 is planned

to be held on June 11-13 in

Torshavn, Faroe Islands.

PLEASE SEE

http://www.engso.eu

and

http://www.youth-sport.net

for more information

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