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Children‘s rights in focus: How EU priorities echo in sport safeguarding

By Laura Hardman on June 27, 2025

The EOC EU Office followed with great interest the 15th European Forum on the Rights of the Child, which took place in Brussels on 23–24 June under the theme “Championing Children’s Rights: Building Fair and Resilient Societies”. The Forum reinforced the EU’s commitment to protecting children’s rights across all policies and sectors, with key discussions […]

EOC EU Office welcomes a delegation of French federations leaders with French NOC

By Laura Hardman on June 27, 2025

On 25 and 26 June, the EOC EU Office welcomed a delegation from the French National Olympic Committee (CNOSF) as part of their “Parcours Ambition Internationale”. This visit aimed to strengthen the international engagement of French sports leaders. Folker Hellmund (Director), Eva Rebmann (Deputy Director), Carlotta Giussani (Head of Funding) and Iva Glibo (Funding Officer) […]

Webinar “Creating Impactful Narratives: Research & Policy Skills for Stronger Project Proposals”

By Laura Hardman on June 20, 2025

The On 19 June, the EOC EU Office organised a capacity-building webinar titled “Creating Impactful Narratives: Research & Policy Skills for Stronger Project Proposals”. The session aimed to strengthen participants’ academic and policy research skill, but most importantly, their ability to build convincing arguments to support Erasmus+ project proposals. The webinar focused on equipping participants with practical […]

Danish EU Presidency highlights sport in its Programme

By Laura Hardman on June 20, 2025

The Programme of the Danish EU Presidency has been published, setting out priorities across policy areas, including sport. The Danish Presidency, which will run from 1 July to 31 December 2025, is committed to strengthening the European Sport Model promoting fairness in international sports competitions, particularly in the allocation of hosting rights, and will launch […]

EU Directors General for Sport meet in Wrocław under Polish Presidency

By Laura Hardman on June 16, 2025

On 11–12 June, the Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU hosted the meeting of EU Directors General for Sport in Wrocław, bringing together high-level officials from Member States. As the final sport-related event of the Polish Presidency, the meeting built on the theme “A new approach to the role of sport in education”, […]

Monthly Report Highlight - European Parliament draft kicks off debate on a stronger, fairer European Sport Model

By Strobach on June 13, 2025

The debate on the future of the European Sport Model (ESM) entered a decisive phase this month with the publication of the draft report by the European Parliament’s Committee on Culture and Education (CULT). Authored by rapporteur Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski (EPP, PL), the text will serve as Parliament’s formal position before the European Commission prepares […]

Empowering future sport leaders in Papendal

By Laura Hardman on June 6, 2025

This week, the EOC EU Office joined forces with its partner organisations engaged at the joint NILE (Nordic International Leadership Education), LEAP (International LEAdership Programme of the German Olympic Sports Confederation - DOSB), and International Leadership Course of the Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee - BOIC workshop in Papendal, Netherlands. Bringing together emerging leaders from […]

SAFE HARBOUR showcased at Olympism365 Summit in Lausanne

By Laura Hardman on June 6, 2025

From 3–5 June, the EOC EU Office took part in the Olympism365 Summit: Sport for a Better World, held in Lausanne. Bringing together leaders from the Olympic Movement, UN agencies, civil society and the private sector, the event focused on advancing the Sustainable Development Goals through sport, along with the theme of safeguarding in sport. […]

Household expenditure on sporting goods and services: disparities across the EU

By Laura Hardman on June 2, 2025

According to Eurostat's 2020 data, EU households allocated an average of 1.2% of their total expenditure to sporting goods and services, with significant variations across countries. Ireland recorded the highest average expenditure, while Bulgaria reported the lowest. Higher-income households consistently spent more on sports-related items, with the top income quintile in several countries spending at […]

Building bridges: German sport meets EU priorities

By Laura Hardman on May 23, 2025

This week the EOC EU Office hosted the 35th Gemeinschaftstagung Internationales, bringing to Brussels a dynamic delegation from Germany’s Landessportbünde, Landessportjugenden, the DOSB and the dsj. Over two productive days, delegates swapped insights on their European and global project pipelines, compared strategies for international engagement and took a deep dive into the fast-evolving EU sport-policy […]

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