35 Amendments of Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ related to 2016/2143(INI)
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas practicing sports contributes to a better quality of life, prevents diseases and plays a fundamental role in strengthening personal development and health condition;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas good governance in sport refers to an appropriate regulation of sport through principles of effective, transparent, ethical and democratic management, processes and structures with the participation of stakeholders;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas sports organisations are responsible for ensuring high governance standards and should raise these further and adhere to it in all circumstances;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas sports tribunals have a central role to play in guaranteeing the universality of the rules of the game, the right to a fair trial and fairness in sport- related dispute resolution;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the fight against doping is a matter of public interest and public health;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas doping remains a threat to sport integrity, sport reputation and athletes’' health;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas acts of violence and discrimination may occur in sport and athletes shall be therefore effectively protected against exploitation, any form of abuse and discrimination;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas bad practices linked to agents and players’' transfers and the functioning of certain sport organizations have led to cases of money laundering, fraud and exploitation of minors;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
T. whereas volunteering is a fundamental condition for accessible, low- costility and development of sports activities and events, especially at grassroots level;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
Recital U
U. whereas sport can help and should be considered as opportunity to strengthen dialogue and solidarity with third countries and, to promote on world-wide scope the protection of basic human rights and freedoms and to support EU external policy;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need for a zero- tolerance policy ton corruption and other types of crime in sport;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges Member States to make public funding for sport subject to compliance with established and publicly available minimum governance standards;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and sports organisations to put forward by 2018, and subsequently duly implement, concrete proposals to enhance theirgood governance standards for sport organizations and to publish the outcomes;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on sports organisations to put forward by 2018, and subsequently implement, concrete proposals to enhance their governance and to publish the outcomes;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Reiterates that Member States should establish a specific criminal offence dealing with match-fixing and shall ensure that match-fixing and corruption inany criminal activity related to sport areis subject to judicicriminal proceedings;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that information-sharing between sports bodies, state authorities and licensed betting operators is essential to detect, investigate and prosecute match- fixing and any form of crime related to sport;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the Commission and the Member States who have not done souncil to find a solution which will enable the EU and the Member States to sign and ratify the Council of Europe Convention on the manipulation of sports competitions;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Supports education and information programmes on the threat of match-fixing, human trafficking in sport, financial crime and doping;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the European Commission to continue to support anti- doping projects through the Erasmus+ programme, while assessing its impact and ensuring that it usefully complements existing funding schemes within anti- doping;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the European Commission to support good governance in sport management projects through the Erasmus+ programme;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to encourage and facilitate the negotiation of agreements between countries permitting duly authorized doping control teams from other countries to conduct testing, respecting athletes' fundamental rights and in accordance with the International Convention against doping in sport;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to bring forward a proposal on a voluntary European "Fair Play Sport Organization" label, as a "soft measure" promoting a standard for sport organizations wishing to indicate they are fully compliant with the principle of fair play anti-doping measures;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to work closely with WADA and Council of Europe in defining a policy to protect whistleblowers;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the new Council of Europe Convention on spectator violence and calls on the Member States to sign and ratify it without delayan Integrated Safety, Security and Service Approach at Football Matches and Other Sports Events and calls on the Member States to sign and ratify it without delay, as well as the Commission to explore the possibility to sign and ratify it;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes investment in sport provided it is transparent, subject to strict controls and disclosure requirements and not detrimental to the integrity of competitions and athletes;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Reiterates its attachment to the European organised sports model, where federations play a central role, insofar as it balances the numerous diverging interests between all stakeholders, such as players, clubs, leagues, associations and volunteers, with appropriate and democratic representation and transparency mechanisms in decision-making;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Recognises the importance of grassroots sport in preventing and fighting radicalisation; in this regard welcomes two pilot projects adopted by the European Parliament "Sport as a tool for integration and social inclusion of the refugees" and "Monitoring and coaching through sports of youngsters at risk of radicalisation";
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Calls on sport organisations together with the Member States to promote minimum standards for coaches that include criminal record checks, training in safeguarding and protection of minors and vulnerable adults as well as doping and match fixing;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)
Paragraph 29 b (new)
29b. Calls on sport organisations and Member States to cooperate on supporting the employability and mobility of coaches seeking to work across the EU through a commitment to quality assurance of their competences and the standards of qualifications and training;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Underlines that participation in sport in schools and universities, as well as by older people, is vitalschools and universities shall play a vital role in raising awareness of the necessity of sport in people's lives and in providing sport opportunities;
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Highlights that sport should be better promoted among socially excluded groups in the EUCalls on the Member States to promote sport better among socially excluded groups in their territory and in this respect to enhance cooperation with respective non-governmental organizations and local schools;
Amendment 370 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Welcomes the Commission's study on the specificity of sport; calls on the Commission and sports organisations to consider further steps on development of sport specificity;
Amendment 375 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Calls on the Commission to allocate more funds to sport under ERASMUS+, with a focus on grassroots sport and education, to enhance its visibility and accessibility and to improve the mainstreaming of sport into other funding programmes;
Amendment 379 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Supports measures promoting the mobility and participation of volunteers in sport;
Amendment 408 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)
Paragraph 42 a (new)
42a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to allocate more funds to open public sports grounds and playgrounds in order to enhance easy accessibility to grassroots sport;