While Europe is the continent that has hosted the most international major sporting events, the concept of “sustainable development” has gradually imposed itself as a reference and a common objective to reach economically, environmentally and socially.

 
In 2014, EPAS gathered the European ministers in charge of sport in Sochi to discuss the issue of the positive legacy of major sports events; then in 2015 in Baku, to discuss their social sustainability. Based on their conclusions, the Governing Board of EPAS decided to start working on the substance with a view to publishing a good practice handbook, to serve as methodological support for states - the objective will be to highlight the collection and the exchange of experience pertaining to the three aspects of sustainability of major sports events with a particular emphasis on the social and societal aspect, for which expertise is still in an embryonic stage and whose measurement can still be improved:  this is a work in progress.
 

Executive Report of the Informal Ministerial Networking Event "How to promote a positive legacy of major sports events" organised in Sochi, Russian Federation on 7th February 2014

Executive Report of the Informal Ministerial Networking Event "How to promote the social sustainability of major sports events" organised in Baku, Azerbaijan on 13th June 2015