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Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS)

The EPAS aims to promote sport and emphasise its positive values, to establish international standards and develop a framework for a pan-European platform of intergovernmental sports co-operation while at the same time helping the public authorities of member States of the EPAS, sports federations and NGOs to promote sport and make it healthier, fairer and better governed.

News

New members of the Consultative Committee

The Ministers’ Deputies decided on 29 May to accept three new members of the EPAS Consultative Committee: Play the Game, Panathlon International and the FARE network are renowned actors in the field of sports ethics in Europe and EPAS is delighted to have them on board.

Canada invited to join the negotiation procedure (29 May 2013)

The Ministers’ Deputies approved the decision to invite Canada to join the negotiation procedure on the drafting of a possible international convention against the manipulation of sports competitions. Canada joins Israel, Japan and Morocco as the other non-European states involved in the negotiation process and may participate the next drafting group meeting in Strasbourg on 13-15 June 2013.

Integrity of sport: Council of Europe’s presence at the MINEPS V International Conference (Berlin, 29-30 May 2013)

UNESCO’s 5th International Conference of Ministers and Senior Officials Responsible for Physical Education and Sport took place in Berlin, and was opened by Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel. The Council of Europe’s delegation to this event was headed by its Director General for Democracy, Mrs Snežana Samardžić-Marković, who spoke during the opening ceremony on the negotiation procedure to draft an international convention against the manipulation of sports competitions. She stressed the importance of an international approach to combat corruption in sport and urged non-European states to get involved in the procedure.

MINEPS V official site
Speech Snežana Samardžić-Marković

Accession of Malta to EPAS

The Council of Europe is pleased to announce that Malta has become the 35th member state of EPAS as from 1 June 2013. We look forward to welcoming Malta’s delegates to the next meeting of the Governing Board on 26-27 June in Strasbourg.

Seminar on “Overview of sport in European prisons” – 5 March 2013

An expert seminar on the subject of sport in prisons was organised by EPAS, under the Andorran Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers. Speakers and specialists from the penological and sports sectors across Europe presented an insight into this topic and inspired debate and discussion amongst the participants.

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Seminar on Sports Judiciary and Human Rights (14 February 2013) and Round table on Sport arbitration and State arbitration (15 February 2013) ,Strasbourg

In co-operation with the International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg, EPAS organised a seminar on the co-existence of disciplinary systems in the sports movement and in public law (particularly on human rights protection mechanisms). The aim of the seminar was to promote dialogue at international level between sports arbitration and states’ judiciary systems. The seminar was completed by a Round Table on Sport arbitration and State arbitration.