Erasmus+ Project Coordinators' Meeting EACEA, 22nd February 2016 Yves Le Lostecque Head of Unit Michal Rynkowski - Policy Officer Olivier Fontaine Policy Officer policy and programme Unit European Commission DG EAC
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Prehistory and history Special annual events 2009-2013 Preparatory Actions in the field of 2014: First year of implementation of the Erasmus+ programme ( chapter) First year of implementation of the HEPA Recommendation (adopted in November 2013) Adoption of the second EU Work Plan for (2014-2017)
2015 Increasing ambitions First European Week of (Second week of September 2015); Negotiations on match fixing in the Council; Erasmus+ programme: Evaluation, increased financial support.
2016 Erasmus+ evolving Adaptation of priorities Adaptation of grants (types, max. grant) Even more focus on grassroots sport organisations
EU Work Plan for (2014-2017) 3 Priorities: - Integrity of sport - The economic dimension of sport - and society 5 Expert Groups: - Match-Fixing - Good governance - Human Resources Development - HEPA - Economic Dimension 16 Outputs: - Doping output finalised; - HEPA output to be finalised in July. YOUR PROJECTS MATTER THE PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTS THE POLICY!
Erasmus+ 2014 Call: Budget: 22,3 M, 45 projects in total 2015 Call : Budget: 22,9 M Results of first EWOS call: 5 projects + 5 events (from 78) 40 collaborative partnerships and 3 events from 341 applications 2016 Call: Budget 27,4 M EWoS Call: deadline 21 January General call: deadline 12 May
Work Programme 2015 Objectives To tackle cross-border threats to the integrity of sport, such as doping, match fixing and violence, as well as all kinds of intolerance and discrimination; To promote and support good governance in sport and dual careers of athletes; To promote voluntary activities in sport, together with social inclusion, equal opportunities and awareness of the importance of health-enhancing physical activity through increased participation in, and equal access to, sport for all.
Work Programme 2015 Activities Support for collaborative partnerships; Support for not-for-profit European sport events, involving several programme countries; Support for strengthening the evidence base for policy making; Dialogue with relevant European stakeholders.
Work Programme 2015 Priorities 1. Encouraging participation in sport and physical activity, especially by supporting the implementation of the European Week of 2. Encouraging participation in sport and physical activity, especially by supporting the implementation of the EU Physical Activity Guidelines 3. Promoting the Dual Careers of Athletes, especially by supporting the implementation of the EU Guidelines on Dual Careers of Athletes
Work Programme 2015 Priorities 4. Combatting doping, notably in recreational environments 5. Combating match-fixing, especially through the support to prevention, awareness-raising and cooperation among stakeholders 6. Promoting voluntary activity in sport
Work Programme 2015 Priorities 7. Supporting innovative and educational approaches to contain violence and tackle racism, discrimination and intolerance in sport 8. Improving good governance in sport 9. Encouraging social inclusion and equal opportunities in sport, especially by supporting, in the field of sport, the implementation of EU strategies, notably the EU Gender Equality Strategy and the EU Disability Strategy.
Erasmus+ : evolution A bit of statistics. And an outlook..
A bit of statistics: 2014 2015 2016 Collaborative partnerships 39 40 ca. 70? Small collaborative partnerships - - ca. 57? Not-for-profit events 3+3 3 ca. 3? EWoS collaborative partnerships - 5 ca. 8? EWoS not for profit events - 5 ca. 12?
Priorities 2014 v. 2015 2014 2015 HEPA 16 HEPA 10 Social inclusion 13 Dual careers 9 Violence and intolerance in sport 3 Social inclusion 9 Dual careers 2 Violence and intolerance in sport 4 Good Governance 2 Good governance 4 Fight against doping 2 Fight against match-fixing 3 Fight against match-fixing 1 Voluntary activity in sport 1 Fight against doping 0
Priorities for 2016: collaborative partnerships 25% projects supporting the implementation of the EU guidelines in the field of physical activity and dual careers) 25% projects supporting the integrity of sport such as antidoping and fight against match-fixing 25% voluntary activity in sport, combat against violence, racism, discrimination and intolerance in sport, good governance in sport 25% Encourage social inclusion and equal opportunities in sport.
Small collaborative partnerships More focus on grassroots sport organisations Max. grant 60.000 EUR Simplified documents (declaration on honour) No verification of the financial capacity No issues with the pre-financing Budget: 3.363.000 (ca. 57 grants)
Small collaborative partnerships Encourage social inclusion and equal opportunities in sport, especially by supporting the implementation of EU strategies, notably the EU Gender Equality Strategy and the EU Disability Strategy; Promote European traditional sports and games; Support the mobility of volunteers, coaches, managers and staff of non-profit sport organisations; Protect athletes, especially the youngest, from health and safety hazards by improving training and competition conditions
Important dates: 3 March 2016: Info Day 12 May 2016: deadline for submission of applications
Specific policy areas
Promoting physical activity Latest developments from the EU sport policy side Erasmus+ - Project Coordinator's Meeting 22/02/2016 Olivier Fontaine Unit Policy and Programme European Commission DG EAC
Are we active enough? Europeans adults that never or seldom exercise or play sport 60% Adults obese 17% Adults overweight 35%
Why is physical inactivity a problem? Human costs: premature death, physical and mental health Economic costs: health systems, employability, productivity Social Cost
Europe as a whole is facing a future obesity crisis of enormous proportions" (2030) European Congress on Obesity Prague, May 2015
Policies are not effective
Improving the monitoring of national HEPA policies
Monitoring framework established by the Council Recommendation on HEPA across sectors 23 indicators Network of national physical activity focal points operational Cooperation with World Health Organization First edition of the physical activity country fact sheets published in Sept 2015 (COM) http://ec.europa.eu/sport/news/2015/0928-hepa-who-factsheet_en.htm (WHO) http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/disease-prevention/physical-activity/country-work
Improving the monitoring of national HEPA policies Physical activity surveillance is improving How to improve comparability? HEPA coordination is improving
Encouraging physical activity at younger age
Encouraging physical activity at younger age Key role of schools Minimum requirements of physical activity (WHO) Expert Group recommendations to encourage physical education at school, including motor skills in early childhood, and to create valuable interactions with the sport sector, local authorities and the private sector (EU Work Plan for 2014-2017) (http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupdetail.groupdetaildoc&id=19860&no=1) Council conclusions on the promotion of motor skills, physical and sport activities for children (adopted 24 Nov 2015)
The Eurydice report on physical education (2013) was a useful source http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/education /eurydice/documents/thematic_repor ts/150en.pdf 31
Facilitating exchange of best practices on HEPA among Member States
Implementation of the Council Recommendation on HEPA across sectors (Nov 2013) Member States Develop a cross- sector approach involving policy areas including sport, health, education, environment and transport (national strategies and action plans) Commission Exchange of good practices in the Expert Group on HEPA (EU Work Plan for 2014-2017) Provide targeted support to national HEPA Focal Points for capacity building and training
Co-financing projects and events
Raising awareness of benefits of sport and physical activity
The EWoS 2015 was a success Evaluation report 5 millions Participants 31 - Participating countries >7000 - Events 30 - European Partners Media campaign Continuity Start on 10 Sept Flexibility but convergence towards the same week across the EU
Assessing the role of grassroots sport and identifying future actions
High Level Group on Grassroots Set up by Commissioner Navracsics Assess the role of grassroots sport in its societal and economic dimensions 15 high level members Recommendations: June 2016 No. Family name First name Organisation/Function 1 ANDREEVA (BG) Mila Executive Director of Sofia 2018 European capital of sport 2 BALOGH (HU) Gábor President of the Hungarian School Federation 3 BAUMAN (DE) Wolfgang President of TAFISA 4 BRASSEUR (LU) Anne Former Minister, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe 5 CARDOSO (PT) Carlos President of ENGSO 6 CHAPPELET (CH) Jean-Loup Professor Lausanne University 7 INFANTINO (IT) Gianni Secretary General of UEFA 8 KIVISAARI (FI) Tiina Annikki Secretary General, Finnish Paralympic Committee 9 MACHU (FR) Philippe and Citizenship 10 MESTRE (PT) Alexandre Miguel Former Minister Marketing Director s club Levski (sports club from 11 MILANOVA (BG) Vanina Vaneva Sofia, Bulgaria, founded in 1914. The most popular sports branches are football, basketball and volleyball. The club develops 40 types of sport) 12 NYGAARD (DK) Niels President of the Danish Olympic Committee and s Confederation of Denmark. Member of Executive Committee of European Olympic Committees 13 SEMAN(SK) Frantisek Professor and researcher on history and Olympism, Member of the Accreditation Commission for preparation of sport activities and system of education in sport in Slovak Republic within the Ministry of Education 14 STICKLER (AT) Friedrich Former President of European Lotteries, Former co-opted Member of UEFA Executive-Committee, Board Member of Austrian Olympic Committee, Member of the BSO (Austrian s Organisation) Executive Committee, President of Austrian Football Association 15 WATSON (UK) Graham President EuropeActive
Key take-aways: Current initiatives in the HEPA policy at EU level are Improving the monitoring of national HEPA policies Encouraging physical activity at younger age Facilitating exchange of best practices among Member States Co-financing projects and events Raising awareness of benefits of sport and physical activity Assessing the role of grassroots sport and identifying future actions
Further information Commission's Policy and Programme Unit website: http://ec.europa.eu/sport/ EACEA (Agency) website: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/index_en.php Contact: Policy and Programme Unit: EAC-UNITE-C3@ec.europa.eu Susanne.Hollmann@ec.europa.eu Olivier.Fontaine@ec.europa.eu
Thank you Email: yves.le-lostecque@ec.europa.eu olivier.fontaine@ec.europa.eu michal.rynkowski@ec.europa.eu Web: http://ec.europa.eu/sport/