EASE stands for European Association of Sport Employers. EASE is a European not-for-profit organisation and a independent membership association of national sport and active leisure employer organisations wishing to promote social dialogue.
EASE was founded to respond to the need and necessity for regulations at European level for the sport sector. Social regulations in sport are not only the task of the European Commission but also of the European Social Partners.
The aims of EASE are amongst others to promote and develop her representativeness in European countries, to participate in the ESSDC and to negotiate at European level on behalf of employers in sports within its mandate.
European Association of Sport Employers
Several European organisations from the sector sport and active leisure decided it was necessary to come together and address social affairs linked to business issues at European level. To do so in a structured way, the European Association of Sport Employers (EASE) was founded in the year 2003. The main goal is to build a unique sectoral social dialogue committee for all sports.
Three main segments of the sport and active leisure sector can be distinguished:
not-for-profit sport
professional sport
active leisure
It is possible to provide reasonable clear definitions and limits of the sport and active leisure sector: it is made up of several segments, organised around the productions of differentiated services.
Sports Emplyers guide
Leaflet concerning the Sport Employers' guide to social dialog. To read or download click here.
Not for Profit
Not-for-profit sport is the traditional part of the sector and is still the most important one. It gathers not-for-profit organisations (mainly associations), which provide training and competitive sporting activities to their members. Essentially run by volunteers, it is nevertheless experiencing increasing professionalization of its human resources.
Active leisure
Active leisure represents a growing area in the sport and active leisure sector. It is organised either by associations or by companies, often very small, which offer services and leisure opportunities but do not offer training for competition (e.g. fitness, horse riding, sailing, winter sports…).
Professional sport
Professional sport is orientated essentially towards putting on events, within which professional football occupies a dominant position in Europe, ahead of other sports. Professional sport has highly visibility because of its media coverage and the high degree of internationalisation of its human resources.
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