Thursday 9th of March 2023 The labour market of the European sport sector represented 0.7% of the working population of the European Union in 2021, gathering 1,4 million people. It is important to note that this labour market is not homogeneous: depending on each country, employment in sport refers to diverse realities, with a variable economic weight. For instance, in [...]
Friday 24th February 2023 On the 15th and 16th of February 2023, EASE participated in the kick-off meeting of the SOPROS project, held by the German Sports University of Cologne, which is also involved in the SDE Pro Sports project. SOPROS is a 3-years project, led by the German Sport University of Cologne. SOPROS stands for “Assessing, evaluating and implementing [...]
The European online roundtables. As one participant of the Disability roundtable said: "It's about willingness, openness to look for solutions rather than focusing on problems." BeST Inclusion project really wants to provide more solutions for a more inclusive and diverse workforce in the European sport sector. Like, the general purpose of this project is to produce concrete recommendation and good [...]
Tuesday 29th of November 2022 EASE TALKS n°4 - The energy costs crisis and its impact on the sport sector The year 2022 was marked by great difficulties regarding energy supplies in Europe, because of the Russian invasion against Ukraine, the reduction of gas flows in different pipelines and the uncertainty of the markets. The gas market and the electricity [...]
Friday 14th of October 2022 EASE TALKS n°3 - The feminization of the workforce in the sport sector in Europe The question of feminization of the workforce in the European sport sector is one of the main preoccupations of sport employers. The analysis led by EOSE through the European project ESSA-Sport (on which you can find more information here), about [...]
11th October 2022 On the 6th and 7th of October 2022, a follow-up meeting of the ESCSE project was organised in Paris with all the partners. The project is now entering the final phase of drafting a European Social Charter for Sport Events and some important discussions took place on this topic. A first version of the European Social Charter [...]
On the 26th and 27th of September 2022, EASE was happy to be in Rome, for the kick-off meeting of a new European project: the VERA project. VERA is the acronym for “Voice for equality and rights of women athletes” and this project is lead by the Italian association ASSIST (Associazione Nazionale Atlete), which is involved for more than 20 [...]
Monday 11th July 2022 On the 7th and 8th of July 2022, EASE held the kick-off meeting of the SDE Pro Sports project. Approved by the European Commission in April, this project officially started on the 1st of July 2022. It involves EASE, EU Athletes and the German Sports University of Cologne. It aims to develop social dialogue in [...]
Friday 8th July 2022 On the 6th of July 2022, EASE held its General Assembly. The Assembly was chaired by Philippe Diallo, chairman of EASE, and gathered all the members of the association, even though two of them were online. First of all, this Assembly was a great occasion to look back at the development of EASE over the [...]
Thursday 16th June 2022 On the 13th and 14th of June, EASE held the kick-off meeting of the BeST Inclusion ("Better Sport Through Inclusion") project. This project will last 3 years and aims at improving the employment of women, young people and people with disabilities in the sport sector. The BeST Inclusion project aims to help achieve an [...]
