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The fight against doping in Albania - new evaluation report
The evaluation report of the Monitoring Group on the 2023 visit focuses on Albania’s actions to strengthen the fight against doping, assesses the structure and functioning of the national anti-doping organisation, and evaluates the role of public authorities in the upholding of clean sport. The...
"All In Plus" joint European Union - Council of Europe project receives the Grand Prix Edouard Eskenazi by AFCAM
The "All In Plus: Promoting greater gender equality in sport" joint European Union - Council of Europe project received the Grand Prix Edouard Eskenazi from the Association Française du Corps Arbitral Multisports (AFCAM). The AFCAM Executive Committee and its President Patrick Vajda unanimously...
Combating discrimination in sports: Educational Workshop on the European Sports Charter
The Council of Europe’s Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS) is holding an Educational Workshop on the European Sports Charter for the U-18 Ice Hockey National Team of Ukraine on 3-4 April in Budapest, Hungary. The Workshop is organised in collaboration with the Ukrainian Ministry of Youth...
Denmark joins EPAS
The Council of Europe is delighted to announce that Denmark has joined the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS) as of 1st April 2024, becoming its 40th member state. EPAS welcomes Denmark’s commitment to promoting a more ethical, more inclusive and safe sport for all, and looks forward to...
Tackling Competitions Manipulation in Sport, an education programme on how to detect, investigate and prosecute match-fixing through national and international cooperation
Alerts regarding potential manipulations in the realm of sports have been steadily increasing globally, spanning all sports and continents. However, the rate of disciplinary and criminal sanctions continues to lag behind, largely due to the complexities of such illicit operations, and the ensuing...
EPAS Breakfast Roundtable on Sport officiating and gender equality
Gender-based discrimination and inequalities are recurrent in the sports world, negatively impacting athletes, coaches, referees, and others, thus ultimately harming the integrity of sport. Such discriminatory acts are counter to the principles set forth in the European Sports Charter. The...
The Monitoring Group of the Anti-doping Convention (T-DO) held its 58th meeting
More than 70 European experts met for two days to discuss the reinforcement of the fight against doping in Europe. Attendees to the 58th meeting of the Monitoring Group welcomed the study “Anti-Doping measures targeting fitness and gym centres: a mapping of practices in the State Parties of the...
The Ad Hoc European Committee for the World Anti-Doping Agency (CAHAMA) holds its 63rd meeting
The Ad Hoc European Committee for the World Anti-Doping Agency (CAHAMA) held its sixty-third meeting in Strasbourg, on 5 and 6 March. More than 90 anti-doping specialists from Council of Europe member states exchanged views with World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) representatives on the agenda items...
How does Belgium's anti-doping system function? : our evaluation report is now online
The Monitoring Group of the Anti-Doping Convention (T-DO) conducted an evaluation visit to Belgium in January 2023. The evaluation team considered the decentralised responsibilities among the Flemish, French, and German-speaking Communities, and the Common Community Commission in the...
The Monitoring Group of the Anti-Doping Convention conducts a high-level visit to the Republic of Moldova
A team of anti-doping experts from the Monitoring Group of the Anti-Doping Convention (T-DO) conducted a high-level visit to Moldova on 1-2 February. The visit focused on the strengthening of the anti-doping system and best practices in governmental clean sport policies. The evaluation team met...
Council of Europe and WADA meet in Warsaw for Anti-Doping Compliance Coordination
In a meeting held at the headquarters of the Polish Anti-Doping Agency (POLADA) in Warsaw, on 31 January 2024, the Council of Europe and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) addressed issues related to compliance coordination. The agenda covered various topics, including exchanges on compliance...
The Advisory Group on Compliance meets in Warsaw to boost the fight against anti-doping at national level
The Advisory Group on Compliance (T-DO COMP) held a meeting on 30 January 2024 in Warsaw, Poland, hosted by the Polish Anti-Doping Agency (POLADA). Discussions revolved around the three axes of compliance monitoring: evaluation procedures, subsequent legal assistance and follow-up and...
Building the strategy and #Sport IS Respect campaign in Spain
A two-day workshop was held in Madrid on 18-19 January in order to design the future Strategy for Combating Hate Speech in Sport and the Action Plan for Spain 2024 – 2026, discuss the potential funding mechanism, and plan for the development of the #Sport IS Respect campaign. Organised with the...
Denmark ratifies the Saint-Denis Convention
The Permanent Representation of Denmark has transmitted, this 16 January 2024, to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe the instrument of approbation of the Council of Europe Convention on an Integrated Safety, Security and Service Approach at Football Matches and Other Sports Events...
Addressing hate speech in sport to build inclusive societies
In 2024 the Council of Europe/European Union project “Combating hate speech in sport” will be launching the #SportISRespect campaign in France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Montenegro and Spain. In the fast-changing world of sport, hate speech has emerged as a troubling symptom of deeper social...
The 2023 Highlights of the Sport Division
Over the last 12 months, our team has relentlessly promoted human rights in and through sport. In 2023 sport integrity took centre stage – to ensure the integrity of people, of organisations, and of competitions in sport! Some of the key moments of the year include: For the Enlarged Partial...
Denmark signs the Saint-Denis Convention
Jens Kisling, Permanent Representative of Denmark, formalised, this 11th December, before the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Bjørn Berge, the signature of the Council of Europe Convention on an Integrated Safety, Security and Service Approach at Football Matches and Other...
Anti-Doping evaluation visit to Albania
A team of Council of Europe experts carried out an evaluation visit to Albania on 5 and 6 December 2023, to assess the country’s anti-doping programme, practices and policies in the context of its implementation of the Anti-Doping Convention. The team met with representatives of the public...
Annual meeting of the Pool of International Experts on Safe Sport: focus on safer recruitment in sport
The Pool of International Experts on Safe Sport held their second annual meeting on 5 December 2023 in hybrid format (Strasbourg and online). Organised by the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS) in the framework of the “Start to Talk” project, the meeting included a roundtable entitled...
Sport integrity at the centre of the EPAS Statutory Committee extended meeting
Protecting the integrity of sport has been one of the main objectives of the Council of Europe’s Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS) since its creation in 2007. The annual meeting of the EPAS Statutory Committee was held on 4 December 2023 in Strasbourg, followed by an extended session...
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