1. Chair of the EPAS Governing Board
2 1.E N G S O G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y EU Seminar 7 June 2013, Belgrade
Ewa Markowicz
Chair of the EPAS Governing Board

2. What is EPAS?
body set up within the Council of Europe to promote the development of sport
established in 2007
Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport
”enlarged” – open for non CoE countries
”partial” – voluntary

3. First pan-european sport platform with 2 pillars:
NGOs
Consultative Commitee
Governments
Governing Board

4. 35 Member States
Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Switzerland and “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”.

5. 28 Consultative Commitee Members
International Basketball Federation Europe – FIBA-Europe
International Council of Sports Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE)
International Sport and Culture Association (ISCA)
International Sports Federations (SportAccord) International University Sports Federation (FISU) Peace and Sport
Sport & Citizenship Think Tank Sports Rights Owners Coalition (SROC) Tennis Europe
The Association for International Sport for All (TAFISA Europe) Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)
FARE Network
Play the Game
Panathlon International
European Athlete Student Network (EAS) European Elite Athletes Association (EU Athletes) European Fair Play Movement (EFPM) European Gay & Lesbian Sport Federation (EGLSF) European Handcycling Federation European Judo Union (EJU) European Non-Governmental Sports Organisation (ENGSO) European Olympic Committees (EOC) European Paralympic Committee (EPC) European Physical Education Association (EUPEA) European Rugby Association (FIRA-AER) European Women and Sport (EWS) Federation of International Amateur Sambo (FIAS) Homeless World Cup Foundation

6. Ministerial Conferences
12. Conference (Belgrade, Serbia, March 2012)
13. Conference (Magglingen, Switzerland, September 2014)

7. Standard-setting and monitoring
draft convention on match-fixing
draft recommendation on gender mainstreaming in sport
Recommendation CM/Rec(2012)10
on the protection of child and young athletes from dangers associated with migration
consultative visits

8. Promotion of diversity and fight against discrimination
2012 – fight against homophobia in sport
Conference „United against homophobia in sport”, Utrecht
2013 – children and youth
Political conference in Budapest
2014 – sport in prisons
…… Political conference in…… ??

9. Follow-up activities Collection "Sport policy and practice”
Collection of "Good practice handbooks"

10. Other acivities
More information on the website of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS):

11. Thank you for your attention