History of the EOC EU Office
01The office was established in 1993 as "EU Office of German Sports" in Brussels.
02 During the following years, the Europeanisation of the office took place as sport organisations from other EU countries started to join.
03 Following the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty and the first EU competence in the field of sport, the decision was taken to transform the office in a real European representation office under the umbrella of the European Olympic Committees (EOC).
04 On 20 February 2009, the office was officially transformed into "EOC EU Office". The partner network at the time of establishment consisted of 14 partner organisations. The EOC EU Office was officially opened by Patrick Hickey, President of the EOC, Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and Dr. Thomas Bach, President of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB).
Key dates of the EOC EU Office (since February 2009)
- 10 November 2009: first edition with discussion on topics such as the Lisbon Treaty, integration and dual careers of athletes
- 15 June 2011: second edition with the EU Work Plan for Sport and the integrity of sport as main topics
- 27 February 2013: third edition with discussion on EU funding possibilities for sport and the fight against match-fixing
- 06 May 2015: fourth edition with discussion on sport as a mean to tackle societal problems
- 19 June 2017: fifth edition with discussion on protection of European Sport Model
- 2019: sixth edition
- 20 February 2009: start of the EOC EU Office with 14 partners
- 01 July 2009: four new partners join the office (Rugby Europe, ENGSO, LEN and FIFA)
- 01 January 2010: the European Handball Federation (EHF) becomes partner of the office
- 01 July 2010: the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) becomes partner of the office
- 01 April 2012: the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) becomes partner of the office
- 01 September 2014: the Czech Olympic Committee becomes partner of the office
- 01 October 2015: European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) becomes partner to the office
- 01 February 2016: FIBA becomes partner to the office
- 01 January 2017: Finnish NOC follows VALO as partner to the office
- 19 May 2017: the NOC of Portugal becomes partner to the office
- 01 January 2018: the NOC of Croatia becomes partner of the office, bringing the total number of partners to 26
Patrick Hickey, President of the EOC, addressing the participants during the third edition of the European Evening of Sports
Official opening of the EOC EU Office by Patrick Hickey, Jacques Rogge, and Dr. Thomas Bach
Patrick Hickey during European Evening of Sports 2013
"Sport deserves to receive full recognition in the upcoming EU budget"
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