Previous years
The Keep Crime Out of Sport+ Project reaches the Finish Line
The Keep Crime Out Of Sport+ (KCOOS+) project of the Council of Europe comes to an end in December 2021. The project has been running from January 2018 to promote the implementation of the Macolin Convention against the manipulation of sports competitions. In the final months, KCOOS+ has offered...
The Council of Europe Anti-Doping Monitoring Group just concluded its 54th meeting.
The Monitoring Group discussed a draft recommendation on the protection of whistleblowers in the context of the fight against doping in sport. The document highlights rights and duties of whistleblowers and key measures to be taken to ensure their protection. The Monitoring Group also discussed a...
EPAS and the Italian Department for Sport organise a Conference on Integrity in Sport
The Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS) of the Council of Europe and the Italian Department for Sport are organising a Conference on Integrity in Sport within the framework of the Italian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. The event will take place in...
A unique Network of National Platforms
On Monday 22 November 2021, the Group of Copenhagen met for the first time as Advisory Group to the Follow-up Committee of the Macolin Convention on the manipulation of sports competitions. This meeting was attended by representatives from more than 30 countries from all regions of the world. The...
EPAS welcomes the IOC’s Framework on Fairness, Inclusion and Non-Discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sex variations
Following a two-year consultation process with more than 250 athletes and concerned stakeholders, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) released its new “Framework on Fairness, Inclusion and Non-Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity and Sex Variations” on 16 November 2021. EPAS...
The Role of National Olympic Committees within a National Co-operation Framework
The webinar jointly organised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Council of Europe (CoE) took place on 27 October 2021 to deepen the expertise of 110 participants from across the world on effective ways to address the manipulation of sports competitions. The webinar was...
Three sports organisations join EPAS as newest Consultative Committee members
Following a decision by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 13 October 2021, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), the Alice Milliat Foundation and Panathlon International have become the 27th, 28th and 29th members of the Consultative Committee (CC) of the Enlarged...
The Committee of the Macolin Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions holds its third meeting
The Monitoring Committee of the Macolin Convention held its third meeting on 11 and 12 October 2021. It was once again a hybrid meeting with the presence in Strasbourg of the Chair of the Committee, Mr. George Mavrotas (Greece) and remote participation of over 30 members and observers. During...
European Online Networking Session to facilitate exchange of information and experience in addressing the manipulation of sport competitions
The Keep Crime Out of Sport + (KCOOS+) project of the Council of Europe is back full speed with a rich variety of activities scheduled until December 2021. These activities include the update of the Macolin Club House, national and international facilitation meetings (e.g. workshops, webinars, or...
T-DO Evaluation Team visits the Russian Federation
A Council of Europe Evaluation Team visited the Russian Federation to assess the implementation of the Anti-Doping Convention. The visit which took place from 21 to 23 September 2021 aimed at analysing the measures taken in the fight against doping in sport in Russia. The Team met with Oleg...
Morocco signs the Macolin Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions
Chakib Benmoussa, Ambassador of His Majesty the King of Morocco, signed the Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions (CETS No. 215) on 20th September, in the presence of Bjørn Berge, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe. Morocco is the 2nd non-European...
Diversity Conference 2021: Protecting and promoting the human rights of intersex and transgender athletes in sport competitions
The sports world is largely organised on the basis of the binary categories "women/men", although some people may not fit, and/or may be deemed not to fit, into either of these two categories; this is often the case of transgender and intersex athletes. This categorisation is discriminatory...
Austria ratifies the Convention on safety, security and service in sport
On 3 August 2021, Gerhard Jandl, Permanent Representative of Austria to the Council of Europe, deposited, in the presence of Bjørn Berge, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, the instrument of ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on an Integrated Safety, Security and...
European Sports Charter: Call for tender for consultancy services on implementation guidelines for the revised European Sports Charter
EPAS is currently revising the European Sports Charter (ESC), a Council of Europe standard that sets out the basic principles for national sports policies, enabling governments to provide their citizens with the opportunity to participate in sport under defined conditions. The revision process...
Launch of the Football Local Alerts Global Strategy (FLAGS) project
The Council of Europe’s Secretariat of the Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions (Macolin Convention) launched with the support of FIFA the Football Local Alerts Global Strategy (FLAGS) project last 30th June. This new initiative builds upon the foundations laid by the Group of...
The Follow-Up Committee to the Macolin Convention holds its second meeting
The Follow-up Committee to the Macolin Convention held its second meeting online on 23-24 June 2021, in accordance with the current sanitary guidelines. The Committee granted UEFA and FIFA the status of Observer to the Convention and welcomed the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sports (EPAS)...
2021 - Annual meeting of the EPAS Governing Board and Consultative Committee
On 15 and 16 June 2021, the EPAS Governing Board and Consultative Committee held their annual joint meeting online to discuss the EPAS programme of activities amongst other topics, ranging from the impact of COVID-19 on sport activities, to child safeguarding, closed sports leagues and the...
International Federation of Sport Officials joins EPAS as its newest Consultative Committee member
Following a decision by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 2 June 2021, the International Federation of Sport Officials (IFSO) has become the 26th member of the Consultative Committee (CC) of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS). As a pioneer international federation...
Germany signs the Convention on safety, security and service in sport
Rolf Mafael, Permanent Representative of Germany, formalised, this 7th June, 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 Sports...
Hungary signs the Convention on safety, security and service in sport
Péter Sztáray, State Secretary for Security Policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary, formalised, this 2nd June, 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...
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