24 Feb How sport clubs in Estonia coped with Covid-19
Besides the financial loss, one of the bigger problems sport clubs in Estonia faced during the lockdown was how to sustain good communication and connection with their members. ...
Events
18 Feb “The pandemic has highlighted inequality in sport” | Interview with Sarah Townsend
Sarah Townsend is a General Secretary of ENGSO’s associated member, the European Gay & Lesbian Sport Federation (EGLSF), and a member of the Equality Within Sport (EWS) Committee. She is also one of the 15 experts selected to the European Commission’s High Level Group on...
16 Feb The first meeting of the High Level Group on Gender Equality in Sport
On Tuesday, 16 February 2021, ENGSO Honorary President Birgitta Kervinen and Equality Within Sport (EWS) Committee member and a General Secretary of our associated member, EGLSF, Sarah Townsend participated in the first meeting of European Commission’s High Level Group on Gender Equality in Sport....
04 Feb The impact of COVID-19 on the sport sector in Sweden
In Sweden, sport clubs have experienced both: the closures and the reopening allowed only under strict restrictions. Organised sport activities decreased tremendously in 2020. The government allocated 150 million Euros to the sport sector to prevent the financial ruin of sport clubs and sport associations....
28 Jan ENGSO at the 6th meeting of the European contact group on IPACS
On Thursday, 28 January 2021, ENGSO Policy Director Laurent Briel participated in the 6th meeting of the European contact group on the International Partnership against Corruption in Sport – IPACS. The event gathered 21 participants; representatives of the governments, sport federations and other organisations....
27 Jan In Italy, clubs are struggling, but crisis can be an opportunity to take a step towards innovation
In Italy, grassroots sport clubs are struggling and some of them were forced to make radical choices such as a total closure of the club. ...
20 Jan ENGSO on European Sports Charter and Human Rights in sport
On Friday, 15 January 2021, ENGSO Secretary General Sara Massini participated in the 16th Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for sport (Ministerial roundtable) and presented the position of ENGSO on the future of the European Sports Charter and Human Rights in sport....
13 Jan Sports For Climate Action Framework
In December 2020, ENGSO President Stefan Bergh, ENGSO Secretary-General Sara Massini and ENGSO Youth chair Ugne Chmeliauskaitė signed the Sports For Climate Action Framework, initiated by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). ...