14.00 - 16.00 Meeting of Senior Officials

Participants: Representatives of the 46 Council of Europe member States, EPAS non-Council of Europe member States (Canada, Israel and Morocco), Holy See and Kazakhstan, who are Advisers to their Ministers or Heads of Delegation (one representative per delegation)
 

14.00 - 15.00 Meeting of the EPAS Consultative Committee Bureau

Participants: Bureau of the Consultative Committee
 

17.30 - 18.30 Restricted ministerial gathering of EPAS member states

Update on EPAS activities and consultation of the Ministers on their priorities

Participants: Ministers/Heads of delegations from EPAS member States only

For more detailed information, please consult the full programme of the event (MSL17(2022)1) 

08.00 - 09.00 Ad hoc Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Participants: PACE Delegations and Secretariat
 

09.00 - 09.50 Opening of the Conference

Welcoming addresses by:

• Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN, President of the Republic of Türkiye (video address)
• Mehmet Muharrem KASAPOĞLU, Minister of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Türkiye
• Marija PEJČINOVIĆ BURIĆ, Secretary General of the Council of Europe
• Linda Hofstad HELLELAND, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Head of the PACE delegation to the Conference

09.50 - 10.10 Press point
 

10.10 - 10.20 Adoption of the Agenda – Election of the Chair and Vice Chair
 

10.20 - 12.30 Theme 1 – Sport for all: uniting us for stronger societies

10.20 - 11.00 Keynote speeches by:

• Clarence SEEDORF, Football Icon and UEFA Foundation for Children Board Member
• Kristina MOLLOY, Chief Membership and Impact Officer, International Paralympic Committee
• Giovanni GUIDETTI, Head Coach of the Vakifbank volleyball club (Türkiye) and the Turkish national team
• Annamarie PHELPS, Co-Chair of the International Working Group on Women and Sport
• Emine BOZKURT, Chair of the European Commission’s High-Level Group on Gender Equality in Sport

11.00 - 12.15 Contributions from Ministers in plenary session on Theme 1

1. Gender equality: ensuring women’s equal participation and involvement;
2. Sport as a means of inclusion: its role for disadvantaged groups;
3. Sport for children: education, prevention and development.

12.15 - 12.25 Signing Ceremony
 

14.00 - 16.10 Theme 2 – Rethinking sport: leading the way for a healthy and sustainable future

14.00 - 14.40 Keynote speeches by:

• Gizem GIRIŞMEN, Paralympic Gold Medallist in Archery
• Spyros CAPRALOS, President of the European Olympic Committees, IOC Member
• Marcelien BOS-DE KONING, multiple World Champion in sailing and advocate for clean seas, The Netherlands

14.40 - 16.10 Contributions from Ministers in plenary session on Theme 2

1. Addressing the emerging challenges to sport policies;
2. Facilitating access to sport and encouraging practice as part of healthy lifestyle;
3. Boosting the return to sport activities and events.

16.10 - 16:30 Press point
 

16.30 - 17.30 Closing session
 

16.30 - 16.45 Adoption of the final texts (resolutions)
 

16.45 - 17.30 Close of the Conference

Closing speeches by:

• Bjørn BERGE, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe
• Micheál Ó CONAIRE, Director of Sports Policy, representing the Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
• Alexandre HUSTING, Chair of the EPAS Governing Board
• Kolë GJELOSHAJ, Chair of the EPAS Consultative Committee
• Mehmet Muharrem KASAPOĞLU, Minister of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Türkiye

For more detailed information, please consult the full programme of the event (MSL17(2022)1)

08.00 - 09.00 Extraordinary plenary meeting of the EPAS Consultative Committee (depending on the number of confirmed participants)

Working session as a follow-up of the 2021 diversity conference

Participants: Members of the EPAS Consultative Committee
 

09.30 - 12.00 Side event on the inclusion of migrants and refugees through sport

Participants: All participants in the conference
 

9.30 -10.00 Opening session

Introductions:

• Leyla KAYACIK, Special Representative of the Secretary General for Migration and Refugees, Council of Europe
• Clarence SEEDORF, Football Icon and UEFA Foundation for Children Board Member
• Kolë GJELOSHAJ, Chair of the EPAS Consultative Committee and Director of Institutional and Educational Affairs, ISF

10.00 -10.45 Roundtable 1 – Inclusion of migrants and refugees through sport: what are the key vulnerabilities and challenges?

• Nigar ARPADARAI, Member and Rapporteur of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
• Aya MEDANY, Peace and Sport Champion for Peace and member of the IOC’s Athletes’ Commission
• Loukas ANASTASIADIS, Head of Partnerships, FARE Network
• Nagin RAVAND, Football coach, Denmark

Moderator: Francine RAVENEY, EPAS Deputy Executive Secretary, Council of Europe
 

10.45 - 11.15 Presentations: examples of current best practice

Presentations from:

• Mogens KIRKEBY, Vice-Chair of the EPAS Consultative Committee, President of ISCA
• Géraldine HEINEN, Football & Social Responsibility Advisor, Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) and its campaign ‘Everyone on the Field’
• Sebahattin DEVECIOGLU, representing the Faculty of Sports Sciences of the Firat University (Türkiye) and its Peace Ball project
• Michelle MILLS, Sport for Development Programme, Unicef

11.15 - 11.50 Roundtable 2 – Inclusion of migrants and refugees through sport: where do we go from here?

• Jeroen CARRIN, Senior Programme Manager, Olympic Refuge Foundation
• Philippe LECLERC, Representing the UN Refugee Agency in Türkiye
• Filippo VEGLIO, Senior Expert, Football and Social Responsibility Division, UEFA
• Guido BATTAGLIA, Head of Outreach and Policy, Centre for Sport and Human Rights
• Eryn ZANDER, Founder and President of Sportunity, European Union project on sport and integration

Moderator: Francine RAVENEY, EPAS Deputy Executive Secretary, Council of Europe
 

11.50 - 12.00 Recommendations and closing session

• Sophie KWASNY, EPAS Executive Secretary, Head of the Sport Division, Council of Europe
• İnanç ÖZÇAKMAK, Deputy Director General, International Organisations and Foreign Relations, Ministry of Youth and Sports, Türkiye

For more detailed information, please consult the full programme of the event (MSL17(2022)1)