Activities of Krystyna ŁYBACKA related to 2016/2143(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
An integrated approach to Sport Policy: good governance, accessibility and integrity (short presentation) PL
Amendments (56)
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas sport has a specific nature which is based on voluntary structures and is a prerequisite of its educational and societal functions;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas balanced policies which aim to increase financial transparency, stability and credibility in sport are key to improve financial and governance standards;
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 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Is concerned with the current challenges which have emerged in the sports industry, such as exploitation of young players, doping, racism, violence, corruption and money laundering among others;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Stresses that integrity of sport which embodies values such as fair play, solidarity and team spirit is often associated with integrity of sport competitions; underlines that sport needs to remain resistant to influences and elements that could cast doubt and jeopardise the integrity of sporting competitions;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 c (new)
Paragraph -1 c (new)
-1c. Reiterates that recent corruption scandals at European and International level have once again flagged the urgent need for in-depth genuine reform of the structures and practices of sport governing bodies, with a view to further improve their governance and fight corruption from within the organisations;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 d (new)
Paragraph -1 d (new)
-1d. Repeats that fighting corruption in sport requires transnational efforts and cooperation among all stakeholders, including public authorities, law enforcement agencies, the sports industry, athletes and supporters;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Is of the opinion that developing a culture of transparency must be complemented by a better separation of powers within the sport governing bodies, better division between commercial and charitable activities and better internal self-regulatory procedure to advance, detect, investigate and sanction sport crimes and illegal activities within the sport organisations;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Is of the opinion that countries bidding for or hosting sport events need to implement socially, environmentally and economic responsible planning, organisation, implementation, participation and a follow up of those events; Calls on the sports organisations and countries hosting the events to avoid undesired changes in the living environment of local residents, including the displacement of local populations;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports the initiatives taken by sports organisations to improve governance standards in sport and further urges sport organisations and governing bodies to implement and enforce strict ethical standards and a code of conduct for its management and executive committees and for its members associations;
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 185 #
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- fixingPoints out that the challenges associated with investigation of international cases of match-fixing involve suspects from various countries with different legal frameworks and definitions; Stresses, therefore, that cross- border sharing of information and expertise between sports bodies, state authorities and licensed betting operators is essential to detect, investigate and prosecute match-fixing, and to better identify irregular bets, big movements of money or athletes betting on their own competitions; Recalls, in this respect, that the 4Th Anti-Money Laundering Directive introduces a requirement for gambling providers to carry out due diligence checks on high transactions;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the Commission and the Member States who have not done so to sign and ratifyto find a solution to the current impasse in relation to the Council of Europe Convention on the manipulation of sports competitions with a view to its full implementation and ratification;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Supports and encourages education and information programmes and preventive measures on the threat of match-fixing and doping at all levels of sport, both amateur and professional; Calls on the European Commission and Member States to propose concrete measures in the next EU work Plan for the organization of youth-friendly targeted educational campaigns to inform people adequately and improve understanding of those problems at as early age as possible;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to facilitate doping controls and support national testing programmes and to ensure that information-sharing between state authorities and anti-doping agencies is effective;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to work closely with WADA and the Council of EuropeNotes the importance of the World Anti-Doping Agency for monitoring and coordinating anti-doping policies and rules all over the world; Calls on the Member States and the Commission to work closely with WADA and the Council of Europe, to reinforce the legal and political commitments of the World Anti- Doping Code (WADAC) and to strengthen EU's role in the future functioning and financing of the agency in order to prevent and fight doping more effectively;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Is of the Opinion that the EU should be a major actor in shaping and promoting European anti-doping policy worldwide; Calls on the Commission to establish an international anti-doping platform, together with other intentional stakeholders such as WADA, the Council of Europe and countries from all around the world, to exchange information and best practices on the health and prevention policies in the fight against doping;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Is of the opinion that doping is also a growing problem in the recreational sport sector, where education and information campaigns and experienced and professional instructors and trainers are needed to help influence a healthy behaviour relating to doping;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to explore ways of information sharing in the context of violence in sport through the existing networks;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that the threat of health epidemics, hooliganism and terrorism requires new efforts to ensure operational safety and security at sports events; Encourages the Commission to adopt recommendations for the creation of minimum safety standards for sport events to respond to the new challenges in the sport industry and to ensure that players and supporters are as safe as possible; Calls on the Member States to sign and ratify without delay the Council of Europe Convention on an Integrated Safety, Security and Service Approach at Football Matches and Other Sports Events;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is of the opinion that sports needs to deal effectively with racism and discrimination in order to remain a powerful tool of social inclusion and integration; Condemns strongly all forms of discrimination, racism and sexism in sport and u; Underlines the need to prevent such behaviour and to implement various monitoring mechanisms to improve the recording of such incidents and help combat inequalities, social barriers, stereotypes and prejudice;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that athletes must be protected from abusive practices such as third-party ownership which raise numerous questions of integrity and broader ethical concerns; Calls for joint action at European level to address third- party ownership of players in the European sport and the rights of athletes, trainers and teams;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Welcomes the annual EU Sport Forum promoting dialogue with stakeholders from international and European sport federations, the Olympic movement, European and national sport umbrella organisations and other sport- related organisations; Points out that the dialogue structure with stakeholders, functions of the forum and follow up of the discussion needs to be further improved;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Considers that strengthened rules promoting the local training of players are required in order to increase the pool of new talents across Europe;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the establishment of transparency registers for the payment of sports agents; repeats its call for licensing and registration of sport agents and regulating the profession of sport agents as professional activity;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes initiatives which encourage gender equality in decision- making roles in sport, as well as initiatives which aim at fighting against gender based stereotypes and any kind of harassment in sport;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes initiatives which encourage gender equality in decision- making roles in sport; Calls on the sport organisations to pay particular attention to the gender dimension in sport and to commit and improve the gender balance and representation of women in the boards and executive committees of all organisations, which is still at a very low level;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Emphasises the role of sport in social inclusion and integratingon of refugees, migrants and asylum- seekers and minority groups; Welcomes the first ever Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and calls for similar initiatives to take place at national and European level so that refugees, migrants and asylum-seekers athletes will have the possibility to compete at sport competitions;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. RUnderlines the importance of education through sport and the potential of sport to help get socially vulnerable youngsters back on track; Calls on the Member States, national associations, leagues and clubs to recognises the importance of grassroots sport in preventing and fighting radicalisation and develop and support initiatives in this respect;
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 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Supports effective dual career systems and access to further education and vocational training for athletes; Calls on the Commission and Member States to facilitate athletes' cross-border mobility, harmonise recognition of sport and education qualifications, including the recognition of non-formal and informal education acquired through sports;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls on the Member States in collaboration with educational institutions to promote cross-border exchange of athletes and provide access to athletic scholarships supported by the necessary facilities resources and academic flexibility for athletes, so that professional sportspeople can simultaneously obtain a university education and compete in sport competitions;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Supports the training of dual careers specialists and advisors with exchange of good practices and establishing professional networks;
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Supports the mobility of coaches and other services providers (such as physiotherapists and dual careers advisers) and exchange of good practices with a focus on the recognition of qualifications and technical innovations;
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 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)
Paragraph 29 b (new)
29b. Stresses that the lack of physical activity is identified by WHO as the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality having considerable direct and indirect social and economic impact and costs for Member States; Is concerned that despite the considerable costs and significant impact on general health, physical activity levels are falling across some Member States;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 c (new)
Paragraph 29 c (new)
29c. Encourages Member States and the Commission to make physical activity a political priority in the next EU Work Plan on Sport, especially for young people and vulnerable communities from socially deprived areas where physical participation is low;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 c (new)
Paragraph 29 c (new)
29c. Calls on the international, national federations and other providers of education to ensure that issues related to integrity in sport are included in the curriculum of sport coaching qualifications;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 d (new)
Paragraph 29 d (new)
29d. Reiterates that physical education at school is a an essential entry point for children to learn life skills, attitudes, values, knowledge and understanding to help them develop patterns for lifelong physical activity participation and health life style behaviours;
Amendment 326 #
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 should play a vital role in providing sport opportunities and to maintain healthy lifestyles;
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Underlines that promotion of physical education and participation in sport in schools at a very young age and universities, as well as by older people, is vital; Calls on the Member States to ensure that sport is a subject in the curriculum of schools at all levels of education;
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Takes into account that the EU population is ageing, therefore specific attention should be paid to the positive impact that physical activity can have on the health and wellbeing of the elderly;
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Highlights that sport and physical activity should be better promoted across sectors;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Supports the idea of a structured and institutionally-established European labelling system for Active Cities to promote cities which together with local authorities create physically active environment through urban planning and organisation of the city infrastructure in order to encourage health and activity for its citizens;
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 b (new)
Paragraph 31 b (new)
31b. Calls on Member States to ensure full and equal access to public sports facilities, equipment and apparatus, including investment in their maintenance and foster the establishment of new sports clubs particularly in rural and disadvantaged urban areas;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Stresses that disabled people should have access to all sports facilities, specially trained coaches and adapted physical activity programmes at school; Urges Member States to implement inclusive sport programmes for disabled people at schools and universities, so that pupils and students with disabilities can participate in sport lessons and in sport extra-curricular activities;
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Recognises the fundamental role of the International Paralympic Games in fostering awareness, fighting discrimination and promoting access to sport for disabled people; Calls on the Member States to step up the efforts towards the inclusion in sport activities of persons with disabilities and increase public media visibility and broadcasting of the Paralympic Games and other competitions involving disabled athletes;
Amendment 352 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 d (new)
Paragraph 32 d (new)
32d. Is of the opinion that there are still many challenges to express sexual orientation and gender identity in sport in fear of discrimination and exclusion; Calls on the Member States and sport organisations to take specific measures to ensure equal access and opportunities of people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans or intersex (LGBTI) to participate in sport and in sport competitions;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Welcomes initiatives brought to promote inclusion, integrity and accessibility in sports through use of new technologies and innovation;
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Welcomes transnational sporting events staged in various European countries insofar as they contribute to the promotion of key shared values of the EU such as pluralism, tolerance, justice, equality and solidarity;
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Stresses that funding is an important EU policy toll used to improve key fields of EU activity in sport; Calls on the Commission to allocate more funds to sport and to better mainstream the funds under ERASMUS+, with a focus on grassroots sport and education, to enhance its visibility and to improve the mainstreaming of sport into other funding programmes; Urges the Commission to provide sustainable financial support through the Erasmus+ to implement dual career policies for athletes in the Member States, to promote and support dual career exchange of athletes and foster further research in this area;
Amendment 376 #
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 to improve the mainstreaming of sport into other funding programmes such as the ESIF or Health Programme;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Supports measures promoting the mobility of volunteers in sport; Recognises the important role of volunteers in sport, who contribute to both social and economic value of sport, particularly at grassroots level; Encourages Member States to recognise the work of volunteers in the next EU Work plan for sport by supporting measures to promote the mobility and skills development of volunteers in sport and exchange of best practices in volunteering; Calls on the Commission to allocate in Erasmus +, and in particular the chapter on grassroots sports, a special budget line or a pilot project to promote and help the work of volunteers at grassroots level;
Amendment 400 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Maintains that the selling of TV rights on a centralised, exclusive and territorial basis with equitable sharing of the revenue is essential for the sustainable funding of sport at all levels and to ensure a level playing field; Emphasises that sporting events which are regarded as being of major importance for society should be accessible to the widest possible range of people and should not be broadcasted on an exclusive basis;
Amendment 417 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)
Paragraph 44 a (new)
44a. Emphasises that sport is a powerful factor in creating and strengthening a feeling of local, national and even European belonging;