João Paulo Rebelo, Secretary of State for Youth and Sport of the Portuguese Government, opened the 6^th meeting of the “Group of Copenhagen”. Discussions, involving 22 countries (including for the first time Australia), centered on a systematic approach of the trans-national co-operation between the National Platforms and the assistance to countries to prevent, detect and investigate effectively all types of manipulation covered by the Macolin Convention (CETS n°215). The “Group of Copenhagen” also engaged to play an active role in the preparation of the 3^rd International Conference on the fight against the manipulation of sports competitions – Promotion and implementation of the Macolin Convention which will focus on the role of the National Platforms (Strasbourg on 24-25 September 2018, www.coe.int/macolinconference).