On behalf of ENGSO, EWS member Sarah Townsend accepted the kind invitation from the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to France, H.E Jan Versteeg, in partnership with the NOC*NSF (Dutch Olympic Committee and Sports Federation) to the panel discussion entitled “Being an LGBTI+...
Strasbourg, 29 May 2024 - ENGSO Office Director Marie Denitton has been re-elected as the Gender Equality Rapporteur of the Council of Europe EPAS Consultative Committee Bureau. First elected in 2022, Marie Denitton now enters her second mandate as the Gender Equality Rapporteur, for the...
In recent years, several policy documents have been published by the European Commission on the matters of equality and diversity. It is time to monitor the impact that those policies are producing at the national level within the organized sport movement....
On 13 May 2024, ENGSO Executive Committee (ExCom) appointed new ENGSO EWS (Equality in Sport) Committee members for the mandate of 2024-2025. Under the leadership of Tarja Krum, the new Chair of EWS, the newly appointed members of the EWS Committee will continue the work...
The official kick off meeting for the SURE project took place in Azores, Portugal, on 29-30 April 2024. -How could the grassroots sport movement be more accessible? -How can sport be more affordable? -How can sport prevent dropout in times of crisis? ...
The "Lotteries in Europe" event, hosted by the The Belgian National Lottery and ENGSO’s longtime partner The European Lotteries, took place on 18-19 April 2024, in Brussels, Belgium. ENGSO joined the event with the aim of presenting the value of the long-term partnership with European...
The European Summit on Gender Equality and Diversity in Sport was held in Brussels, on 18 April 2024, organised by the ENGSO member Opes International within the framework of the project Sport and Equality which is co-founded by the European Commission. The main aim of...
SURE gathers a competent and motivated consortium of 11 partners and 5 associated partners from 13 countries, coming from private and public fields, from within and outside the organised sport movement to provide elements of answers to the following questions: -How could the grassroots sport movement...
In 2023 early summer we started with the lead of the University of Pristina to gather data from four Balkan countries - Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and Kosovo - in order to understand the current situation regarding grassroots sports in these countries. ...
In the last months, CHANGE project really focused on researching the challenges and investigating Change Readiness in Grassroot Sport, interacting and holding workshops with sport organisations, federations and clubs in 5 different countries (Sweden, Italy, Spain, Northern Ireland and Austria), in order to explore the...