Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport

ICSSPE's appointment as consultative body to the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS) has been renewed.

In this role ICSSPE continues providing policy advice to the sport-related work of the Council of Europe through sharing knowledege and drawing upon its global network. In 2013 the programme of EPAS focuses on drafting an international convention to combat the manipulation of sports results. EPAS currently consists of 35 member states, while its Consultative Committee is made up of almost 30 sports organisations.

Following a resolution passed in 2007, the Council of Europe installed EPAS not only to provide a forum and platform for governmental actors and public authorities, but to include sport federations and NGOs in order to discuss current challenges and perspectives in European sport. Specifically aimed at ensuring good governance and high ethical standards, it seeks to develop policies, monitoring mechanisms and capacities with regard to sports ethics, the autonomy of the sport sector, match fixing, child and youth protection as well as diversity in sport.        

More information regarding EPAS can be obtained from www.coe.int/epas.