INTERVIEW
The unit will build on the
diversity of European sport to
help exchange best practice
funding of grassroots sport in Europe.
We committed to contributing to these
reflections by launching an EU study.
The outcomes at the end of next year
should be useful perspectives to further
shape the Commission’s approach in EU
policy areas that affect sport finance.”
An Equal Footing
The tender for a study on equal treat- volunteering, including a sector study projects specifically related to sport. In
ment of non-nationals was launched on volunteering in sport. The specific the meantime, and in anticipation of
in July 2009 and Krejza’s team is in the focus on sport was important because the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, the
process of evaluating several offers. there are structural differences com- Sport Unit is implementing a provisional
“This study will map the situation con- pared with other sectors that we wish to funding instrument, the ‘Preparatory
cerning discrimination on grounds of take into account. The study is making Action in the field of sport’.
nationality relating to access to individ- good progress and I’m confident that “The main objective of the Preparato-
ual sport competitions in the European the results and recommendations will ry Action is to lay the ground for future
Union,” Krejza explains. help us to launch projects in the field of EU sports measures in view of the EU
“My unit receives frequent complaints volunteering in sport in 2010,” he says. sport competence foreseen in the Lis-
from EU citizens who live in a member bon Treaty,” Krejza explains. “The aim
state other than their own and who
Sustainable funding for
is to provide policy support and identify
cannot, for that reason, participate in future policy actions and test the estab-
competitions in individual sports such
sport will remain a top
lishment and functioning of suitable
as swimming or horse-riding. In view
priority when we further
networks and good practices.
of the link between such competitions “We launched the first call for pro-
and regional or national championship
develop an EU policy
posals in May this year and the selected
titles, this is a tricky subject from an EU
dimension in sport
projects will run between December 2009
perspective. The study will hopefully put and March 2011. However, I wish to stress
forward suggestions for possible solu- European Funding that a preparatory action has, by defi-
tions that comply with community law Streams for Sport nition, a very modest budget. We had
and provide an appropriate response to According to Krejza, until the Lisbon €4m (£3.6m) available for the first call for
the problems posed by the discrimina- Treaty comes into force, obtaining proposals in health-enhancing physical
tory measures identified.” financial support for projects related to activity, education and training, disability
sport is still very limited at European lev- sport and gender equality in sport. How-
Volunteering in Sport el. However sport-related projects can ever, the value of the submitted projects
Acknowledging that volunteering sometimes be eligible under the frame- was more than 10 times higher.
needs greater attention in EU poli- work of EU programmes established to “Contributing to the review of sustain-
cy-making in view of the benefits for support other policies – such as able funding for sport will remain a top
society in terms of cohesion, democracy regional policy, social affairs, public priority for the work of my team when
and citizenship, and also because of its health, youth, education, civil society we further develop an EU policy dimen-
inherent economic value, Krejza says and equal opportunities. sion in sport.” ●
that there’s a lack of good and compa- If the Lisbon Treaty is adopted, an To view the Sport Unit’s studies
rable information on this sector at EU EU Sport Programme could be used as and projects in more detail, visit:
level. “We decided to launch a study on a tool to provide financial support for
http://ec.europa.eu/sport
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