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Match-fixing at Sport Ministers' Conference in
Belgrade (Serbia)
19/03/2012
In the framework of activities of the Enlarged Partial
Agreement on Sport (EPAS), the 12th Council of Europe
Conference of Ministers responsible for Sport took place
on March 15th in Belgrade, at the invitation of the
Serbian Government.
The conference consisted of two parts: in the first,
following up on the Recomendation CM/Rec (2011) 10,
Ministers addressed the promotion of the integrity of
sport to fight match-fixing, with the possibility to
negotiate a specific international convention. In the
second one, the event focused on pan-European sports'
co-operation and strengthening monitoring mechanisms of
the European Convention on Spectator Violence.
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Final resolutions
Speech by Council of Europe Deputy Secretary General
Maud de Boer-Buquicchio
Speech by Michel Platini, President of UEFA
The 12th Council of Europe
Conference of Ministers responsible for Sport will
take place on 15 March 2012 in Belgrade, at the
invitation of the Serbian Gouvernment.
The conference will cover two main themes.
In the first part, the ministers will be invited to
discuss the promotion of integrity in sport to combat
match-fixing, and in particular the pros and cons of
negotiating an international convention compared to
continuing with co-operation based on existing
conventions, complemented by decisions and non-binding
legal instruments.
The second part will deal with political issues of pan-European
co-operation and strengthening the monitoring capacities
of the Convention on Spectator Violence.
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Programme
Will
illegal betting threaten Europe’s year of sport?
Lausanne, February 2, 2012 - Interview with Stanislas Frossard, the
Executive
Secretary of EPAS at
the meeting of the Founding Working Group on the Fight
Against Irregular and Illegal Betting in Sport of the
International Olympic Committee.
In this interview,
Stanislas Frossard, the organisation's key adviser on
these issues, explains why he believes Council of
Europe's standards could be the framework for the global
response of this "concer of sport" estimated to be worth
$140 billion.
"This is world-wide problem," he says. "Match-fixing has
become the number one issue in sport policy. The Council
of Europe has a leadership position.
"The Council of Europe intends to open its process to
non-European states and to broaden good standards to
fight against match-fixing and possibly to involve non-European
states in its convention."
Concern about the threat posed to European sport by
match-fixing and illegal betting is heightened this year
due to the UEFA football championship tournament hosted
by Ukraine and Poland and the London Olympics.
Link to the podcast
Seminar on the
Winter Olympic game volunteer programme in Sochi
On 15 and 16 December 2011 a seminar took place
in Sochi (Russia) on the recruitment and training of the
volunteers for the Winter Olympic and Paralympics Winter
Games Sochi 2014.
EPAS had the
oppotunity to present its work and to introduce two
international experts who shared their experience on
managment of volunteer programmes. The seminar brought
together the Directors of 26 regional volunteer hubs
which will be in chatge of the recruitment and training
of volunteers Sochi 2014.
EPAS activities
relating major events will continue with a Conference on
the evaluation of the sustainable impact of such sport
events which will take place in Automn 2012.
The Council of Europe commits itself in the fight against match-fixing
On Wednesday 28 September 2011, the Committee of Ministers of the 47 member states of the Council of Europe adopted the Recommendation CM/Rec(2011)10 on the promotion of the integrity of sport against manipulation of results, notably match-fixing.
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Congress “Sport Practices, Disabilities
and Territories”
In connection with its Programme to
Promote Diversity in and through Sport, the EPAS is
supporting the Congress “Sport Practices,
Disabilities and Territories”, co-organised by the “Pôle
Ressources National Sport et Handicaps” and the French
Ministry of Sports.
The
Congress is taking place in Bourges, France on
28-30 June 2011.
It aims at providing scientific exchanges of
multidisciplinary applications in the field of sport,
delving into the
processes
of
integration of people
with disabilities in sports.
The event features
several round tables on topics such as training, sport
practices from sport for all to elite sport, as well as
public sport policies for people with disabilities at
local, regional and international level.
Speakers include
Chantal JOUANNO, the French Minister of Sport as well as
representatives from the European Commission and leading
institutions in
the
integration of people with disabilities such as
Paralympics
GB.
Programme
(in French only)
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