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 Recommendation 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 (CETS n° 120). (more...)

- Final resolutions

- Speech by Council of Europe Deputy Secretary General Maud de Boer-Buquicchio

- Speech by Michel Platini, President of UEFA

- Conference website

- Programme

See also: PACE committee says harmonised laws against match-fixing now ‘urgent’