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November 2011

- Sport and Citizenship welcomes the Communication from the Commission, "ERASMUS FOR ALL: the EU programme for Education, Training, Youth and Sport" which foresees €238 million funding for European cooperation in sport between 2014 and 2020. The emphasis on sport for all, good governance, dual careers and levels of participation in sport and physical activity seems particularly relevant and we will try to suggest ways of thinking in these areas.
Communication Press release by Sport and Citizenship

- Sport and Citizenship will take part to the EU Conference on Sports Agents, organised by the European Commission, 9 to 10 November, to be held in Brussels. Nicolas Gyss, Secretary general of Sport and Citizenship will attend this event.
Agenda

- Sport and Citizenship will take part to the 4th colloquium "Sport and Research in Pays de la Loire", 18 to 19 November, to be held in La Roche-sur-Yon.
Agenda

- Sport and Citizenship will take part to the colloquium "Sport and Citizenship: a challenge for all", 19th of November, to be held in Bordeaux. Julian Jappert, Director of Sport and Citizenship will intervene during a round table on "Sports activity: educational and social role".
Agenda

- Sport and Citizenship will hold on December 15 on the premises of at the Université catholique de Louvain in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) a workshop "Europe, sport and volunteering: towards the necessary developpement of synergies between stakeholders ". It will gather members of the steering committee of the European network on "Sport and Volunteering" developed by our think tank and will be led by Thierry Zintz, member of the Scientific Committee of Sport and Citizenship, President of the network "Sport and volunteering," and Carole Ponchon, European projects leader at Sport and Citizenship.
Provisional programme

October 2011:

- Sport and Citizenship welcomes the Opinion of the Committee of the Regions DEVELOPING THE EUROPEAN DIMENSION OF SPORT, adopted at its Plenary Session of 12 October 2011. The rapporteur for this opinion was Mr. Roberto Pella, Vice-President of the EPP Group and Member of the Council of Valdengo, Italy.
Read the Opinion

- Sport and Citizenship will hold a series of lectures during Play the Game 7th World communication conference on sport and society, on Thursday 6th of October, 9:00 - 10:30AM, "Mega-events: beyond sport, behind the promises, the reality". Marc-Olivier Neu, Project manager, will be the moderator.
More information.

- Sport and Citizenship is a member of the steering committee of the first Nature and Sports Euro'Meet to be held from 5 to 8 October in Annecy. On the 7th of October, our think tank will hold a plenary lecture on the "concept of outdoor sports in Europe".
More information

- Sport and Citizenship will take part to the CommunicaSport conference, 12 to 14 October, to be held in Saint-Omer, Pas de Calais, France, rear base for London 2012 OG. On the 12th of October, our think tank will hold a pleanry conference on "the role of volunteering as a motor for sports associations" (in French only).
Plus d'infos

- Sport and Citizenship will take part to the MOVECongress, organised by ISCA, 19-232 October, Paris. Vincent Chaudel, Vice President of Sport and Citizenship, will intervene during a round table on "Promoting active citizenship through physical activity", on the 20nd of October, 16:00-17:30. THERE ARE STILL SOME PLACES LEFT...FIRST ARRIVED, FIRST SERVED RULE, REGISTRATION ON ISCA WEBSITE!
More information

September 2011

- With only few months left of the European Year of Volunteering and a few days before the release of its special issue dedicated to the topic, Sport and Citizenship welcomes the adoption (on 20 September) by the European Commission of a Communication on EU policies and volunteering.
More information.

- Sport and Citizenship welcomes the decision of the French Prime Minister to appoint its Director, Julian Jappert, to the Haut Conseil à la Vie Associative (High Council for Community Life).

- Sport and Citizenship welcomes the decision of the Council of Europe which makes our think tank member of the EPAS (Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport) 's Consultative Committee. Together we will work to promote sport and its values at the continental level as well as the establishment of a framework for a pan-European platform of intergovernmental cooperation in sport.
More information.

- A few months after opening to competition of online sports betting, and while the European Commission has launched a broad consultation on this specific topic,Colin Miège, co-director of Sport and Citizenship's Scientific Committee, is publishing an article that presents a mixed assessment of the operation.
Read the article (French only).

- Sport and Citizenship took part to the 10th edition of the European Women and Sport (EWS) conference, 15 to 18 Spetember 2011, London. More information

- Annie Sugier, member of Sport and Citizenship's scientific committee, will intervene during a round table on "Fight against fraud and discrimination in sport", organized by MEP Emine Bozkurt on the 22nd of September on the premisses of the European Parliament.. Her lecture will deal with gender issues. This round table will be opened by the Commissioner in charge of sports, Mrs Vassiliou. More information

- Carole Ponchon, European Project Leader for Sport and Citizenship, will take part to the second EuroVolNet seminar organised by ISCA, 23 to 25 September 2011, Riga, Latvia. More information

August 2011:

- Sport and Citizenship took part to the European Commission public consultation on on-line gambling in the Single Market. Our think tank's position on the subject.

- Sport and Citizenship is a media partner of the 9th edition of the Homeless World Cup, to be organised in Paris from 21-28 August 2011. Programme of the event.

July 2011 :

- Sport and Citizenship is pleased that the European Commission has proposed a multi-annual budgetary framework for 2014-2020, with EUR 15.2 billion earmarked for an integrated programme for education, training and youth ('Education Europe'), including a Sport Sub-Programme.
Strongly supported by our think tank, this measure -if confirmed- is a step forward in building a true European sports policy. More information on the Commission website.

- Julian Jappert, Director of Sport and Citizenship, will intervene during MEMOS V's Modul 3 on human ressources management, organised on the premisses of INSEP, Paris, on the 7th of July. His lecture will deal with lobbying activities. More information (in French).

June 2011:

- Laurent Thieule, President of Sport and Citizenship, will take part to a Breakfast Session on "Developing the European Dimension in Sport: What stakes for EU sport organizations and grassroots sport conference", organised by LOGOS Public Affairs on the 29th of June at 9:00 in Brussels. More information and registration at: www.logos-eu.com

- Sport and Citizenship will be heard by the informal group "European Parliament Friends of Sport" on June 21^st at 18:00 in the premises of the European Parliament. Laurent THIEULE, President of the think tank, will share with MEPs Sport and Citizenship‘s vision on the future of sport in Europe and present prospects for the future of the sport competency.

- Sport and Citizenship will take part to the conference "Sport and Business: which synergies for tomorow?", organised by Droitdusport.com on the 24th of June on the premisses of Lyon 3 University, Lyon, France. More information and registration at: www.droitdusport.com.

- Sport and Citizenship will take part to the congrss "Sport, Diasbilities and Territories", organised by the French National Ressources Centre for Sport and Disabilities, on the 28-30th of June in Bourges, France, on the premisses of CREPS du Centre. More information and registration at: www.creps-centre.fr/prnsh/

May 2011

- Conference on "Regional Policy and Sport", organised by the EU Olympic Committee office and the Commitee of the Regions on the 24th of May 2011.
Laurent Thieule, President of Sport and Citizenship, moderated this conference. More information. See the report.

- Sport and Citizenship took part to the consultation held by the Committee of the Regions on the 24th of May 2011 in order to prepare its opinion on the Communication on Sport adopted by the European Commission on January 2011. The Rapporteur on the opinion, Mr Roberto Pella, Member of the EDUC Commission of the CoR, together with his expert Mr Demetrio Albertini met and exchanged with representatives of the associations of local and regional authorities and other stakeholders. More information.

- Workshop "Preserving Sport Funding and the integrity of sports competitions", organised by Sport and Citizenship in partnership with The European Lotteries on the 24th of May 2011, on the premisses of the European Parliament.
Vincent Chaudel, Vice President, and Alexandre Husting, Co director of the Scientific Commitee represented the think tank and took part to the debate. More information

- French Sport Assembly.
Sport and Citizenship was part of the newly lauched Sport Assembly, an initiative by the French Minsitry of Sport. Julian Jappert, Director, and Sylvain Landa, Development manager, were heard regarding the "Sport for All" issues.

- 1ères Assises Sporsora de l'Economie du Sport, Paris, May, 5th, 2011.
Jappert Julian, Director of Sport and Citizenship, spoke on the panel: "Economic Values vs. sporting values: may the the logic of market endanger sportsmanship spririt?" in the presence of B. Lalande (Director - Kantar Sport), S. Beaud (Sociologist - EHESS), F. Morinière (General Manager - L'Equipe), N. Maingot (Director of Communication - FIFA), C. Chenut (General Manager - Lacoste), V. Relave (Director of Communication - La Poste) and J. Dumé (National Director of Arbitration - FFR). More information

- Sport and Citizenship attended the EuroVolNet Seminar: "Trends, Opportunities anc Challenges for Volunteering in Europe" held in Chatham Maritime, Medway Campus in UK, 6th-8th May. The seminar constitutes an important component of the EuroVolNet project (lead by ISCA and funded by the EU) and serves the overall aim of debating volunteering challenges in Europe.

April 2011

- Sport and Citizenship's positions on the Absence of Sport budget. Written Declaration of the European Parliament.

- Sport and Citizenship will attend the European Tour on Volunteering (Sunday 17th April), within the framework of the European Year of Volunteering 2011, which take place in France (Paris) from 14th to 20th April. More information

March 2011

- On March 8, it is the International Women's Day. Sport and Citizenship took the opportunity to write about Women and Sport: article from Carole Ponchon to be downloaded here (only in French).

- The journals of the Institute Sport & Management published by Institute Sport & Management de Grenoble Ecole de Management in collaboration with Sport and Citizenship are now available. Extract of the journals to be downloaded here. For more information, please contact: contacts@sportetcitoyennete.org

February 2011

- Following the workshop on volunteering in sport, co-organised by Sport and Citizenship with the Committee of the Regions and the European Commission in Brussels, during the Forum "Regional and Local authorities in action during the European year of Volunteering 2011", January, 26th, 2011; Minutes of the Workshop to be downloaded here.

January 2011:

- On 18 January 2011, the European Commission adopted a Communication entitled "Developing the European Dimension in Sport". The new proposals aim at strengthening the societal, economic and organisational dimensions of sport. Position of Sport and Citizenship on the Communication, to be downloaded here.

- To be found on Euractiv, the interview from Mr Laurent THIEULE, President of Sport and Citizenship: "The EU’s sports policy is a good basis for constructing a ''common European identity'' and although it may be under-funded, what will matter is political will".

- Forum organised by the Committee of the Regions: Regional and local authorities in action during the European Year of Volunteering 2011, Brussels, January, 26th, 2011.
Sport and Citizenship is co-organising with the Committee of the Regions and the European Commission, Educa"ion and Culture DG, a workshop on volunteering in sport aiming at identifying how to improve volunteering infrastructures at local and EU level. This event will focus on exchange of best practice in support of the objectives set out for the European Year of Volunteering.
The registration is now open for this event on the Committee of the Regions' website.

December 2010

- Sport and Citizenship’s team sends you its best season’s greetings.

- Forum Communica Sport, the national meeting point for Sports and Cities, Toulouse, France, December 10, 2010.
Colin Miège, Co-directeur of Sport and Citizenship, will moderate two conferences:

The consequences of the French territorial reform on the sport governance at regional, national and European level, in the presence of prestigious speakers: Denis Masseglia (Chairman of the french Olympic Committee), Safia Otokoré (President of the Sports Committee of the ARF) , Jacques Thouroude (Chairman of ANDES), Florence Rangeon (Assistant MEP), Bertrand Jarrige (Sports Director of the French Ministry of Sports).
The relationship between the sports movement and public authorities: the new decision circuits, in the presence of prestigious speakers: Claudie Sagnac (Deputy Director of the Territorial Action of the French Ministry of Sports), Brigitte Bourguignon (National Secretary for Sport of the Socialist Party), Vincent Debusschere (President ANDIISS), François Briançon (Deputy Commissioner for Sport in the city of Toulouse).

- Contribute to the next "Europe for Citizens' programme".
Launch of the online consultation on the Europe for Citizens programme 2014-2020. The consultation will be open until January 5, 2011. We invite you to participate to this consultation and let the European Commission knows how sport is meaningful in the promotion of a united Europe opened to all European citizens.

- Representatives from the cities in Europe have developed 30 guidelines to support European municipalities in promoting children’s physical activity.

All users are welcome to work together with the project partners on the guidelines and to send them remarks or supplements by 15 December 2010.

November 2010

- Further to our conference "Sport and European Citizenship" held on Tuesday, November the 9th 2010 at the Committee of the Regions, minutes of the debate to be downloaded here.

October 2010

- Sport and Citizenship organized a Conference on "Sport and European Citizenship" which takes place on Tuesday 9th November 2010, 2:00pm, in Brussels.
This event will be held with the support of the European Commission and the Committe of the Regions.
If you want to attend this event, please contact : contact@sportetcitoyennete.org or by phone : +33 2 41 38 51 26
At the end of this Conference, our think tank will proceed to the award of the four "European Citizens of Honour Trophies".

- Exclusive interview: Christophe Béchu, MEP, Chair of the Maine-et-Loire Departmental Council, to be downloaded here (only in French).

September 2010

- Exclusive interview : Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, Sports and Health French Minister to be downloaded here (only in French).

- Outline of the Panel debate organized at the European Parliament, Brussels, "Changing lives through football. How can public-private partnership make a difference? to be downloaded here

August 2010

- Sport and Citizenship is withdrawing from the Global Sport Industry Summit

A year ago, the organizers of this event came to us and proposed us to build a round table on sport values. Since then, we appeared, alongside other major companies, as partner on their website.

Nethertheless, due to communication trouble with the organisers and some suspicion of dodgy event, we have decided to withdraw from this project, such as some other companies.
We invite you to be really careful if you were thinking of attending this event.

Yours sincerely.
Sport and Citizenship's team

- Article from Colin Miège, co-director of Sport and Citizenship' scientific committee "Moderniser la gouvernance publique du sport", to be downloaded (only in French).

July 2010

Nike : New patron of Sport and Citizenship, press release can be downloaded here.

Sport, Development and Aid: can sport make a difference?, a study by Grant JARVIE,University of Stirling, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Member of Sport and Citizenship's scientific Committee.

June 2010

- Panel debate, 30 June 2010, European Parliament, Brussels: "Changing lives through football. How can public-private partnerships make a difference?" . Mr Laurent Thieule, President of Sport and Citizenship, will take part to this event organized by Nike (which has recentlly become a patron of our think tank).

- The Special edition of Sport and Citizenship's journal: "2010 FIFA World Cup?: Africa's hour?" has been published.

Exceptionally, the full version of the magazine is available for free! To be downloaded here.

May 2010

The European Commission launches a EU-wide public consultation on sport to define guidelines for future European sports policy. This consultation is available online until 1 June 2010. Let them know what you think here!

- Workshop "The protection of young athletes into question," May 3, 2010, Paris. Sport and Citizenship -in collaboration with the working group federated around Laureus and La Voix de l'Enfant- has taken part in the organisation of this event .

- 5ème Rencontres Nationales du tourisme et des loisirs sportifs de nature éco-conçues (5th National Meeting about sustainable sport tourism and leisure), Conseil général de Loire Atlantique et Conseil Régional Pays de la Loire, May 4-6th 2010, Nantes (France).

- International symposium "Football, Europe and Regulations", Université Paris Descartes, May 7, 2010. Sport and Citizenship has participated in organizing this event and will be represented by Denis MUSSO, Co-Director of its scientific committee and Francis HILBRANDT, Member of the think tank.

April 2010

- Plenary Session of the Committee of Regions, April 14, 2010, Brussels. Sport and Citizenship will attend the plenary session during which Michel Platini, UEFA President, will intervene.

- 3rd Europe Forum: « Europe: A heritage, what responsibilities? » , 17 April 2010, Strasbourg. Sport and Citizenship participate in the workshop "Participate, European citizens!" and will be represented by Colin MIEGE, Co-Director of its scientific committee.

- Presentation of the Ethicsport Trophies, "New approach of partnership with professional sport", April, 27th 2010, Angers. Sport and Citizenship will take part to this event with Mr Vincent CHAUDEL, Vice-president, as a speaker.

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Jacques Delors	"In a short time Sport and Citizenship has emerged as a real platform for reflection on sport societal issues. It works towards a construction of a European sport faithful to its founding values[. ..]. It also helps to promote education and citizenship through sport. Finally, tahnks to its European commitment, it helps to bring people together through what they share and thus to build a European citizenship.
Viviane Reding	"Sports are crucial at encouraging people to take an active part in society. This link tends to be under-valued."
Androulla Vassiliou	" Sport and Citizenship is focused on an area that connects millions of people. I encourage you to highlight the values that are common to sport and to Europe."
Michel Barnier	" Sport has a clear educationnal and social role in terms of 'citizenship'. Its benefits derive not only from the practice but also from the voluntary commitment of people to sports clubs."
Andris Piebalgs	"Sport can be considered as a high impact tool for the transmission of important values on human and social development."
Wilfried Lemke	"Recognising sport as a positive force whose potential is worth mobilizing is key as it legitimates the work of field actors and provide them with a solid policy ground on which to stand."
Jacques Rogge	"Sport cannot solve all the problems, but I do believe it can contribute to making better ctizens of our young generation."
Pierre Sané	" The need to stimulate research, to support the setting up of databases and to make the results obtained available to decision-makers remains a key issue."
Edgar Pisani	"In politics we should go and have a drink together after a match, as we do in sport. In fact we do not deal carefully with each other neither on the pitch nor in the box. Successful wishes for Sport et Citoyenneté."
Michel Platini	"Football is a game before being a product, a sport before being a market, a show before being a business."
Nawal El Moutawakel	"Sport and Citizenship is fighting for development and citizenship trough and thanks to sport especially for young people. It is a global initiative that has to be welcomed and promoted in other countries!"