Activites

• #X018
• 2003/05/05 Council Meeting
• 2003/02/18 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Decision 2003/291
  • OJ L 043 18.02.2003, p. 0001-0005
• 2003/02/18 Final act signed
• 2003/02/06 End of procedure in Parliament
• 2002/12/19 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
  • T5-0626/2002 summary

    The European Parliament adopted the resolution drafted by Doris PACK (EPP-ED, Germany) and approved the common position.�

• 2002/11/28 Vote in committee, 2nd reading
  • A5-0419/2002
• #2461
• 2002/11/11 Council Meeting
  • 2461
• #2456
• 2002/10/14 Council Meeting
  • 09605/2002 summary

    In general, the common position retains the main features of the Commission's proposal for a decision while being consistent with the opinion of the European Parliament. This common position, which was adopted unanimously with Portugal abstaining (as it can find no justification for the absence of any express reference to EURO 2004 to one specifically European event of 2004). it provides a basis for pursuing negotiations on the proposal for a decision. As regards the budget, the Council approved the overall budget of EUR 11.5 million, which was proposed by the Commission and accepted by the Parliament at first reading. As regards the objectives of the decision, the common position remains faithful to the seven objectives proposed by the Commission and amended by the Parliament at first reading. As a result of the amendments, greater emphasis has been placed on the educational aspects of the Year of Education through Sport and the subsidiarity principle has been given greater weight. The Parliament's amendment concerning the inclusion of a specific objective on gender equality has been added to the recitals. In fact, rather than being an overall objective relating specifically to the European Year of Education through Sport, this is an issue which must be incorporated generally into Community measures. As regards the measures, the common position accepts those proposed by the Commission and amended by the Parliament, particularly the elimination of surveys and studies, with the exception of those relating to the evaluation of the impact of the European Year of Education through Sport. However, two amendments have not been accepted. The common position does not accept the Parliament's amendment concerning the inclusion of a list of various sporting competitions to be held in 2004. The Commission agrees with this approach. In fact, in its initial proposal, the Commission cited the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Athens firstly because of their universal and symbolic character and secondly because they cover most sports. The proposal simply mentioned the other major sporting events and only cited EURO 2004 in Portugal as an example. If other events were also cited, this would result in a very long list, which would be out of proportion with the text of the decision. It should be borne in mind that each year around 200 European and/or international championships relating to all sports and all categories of participants are organised in Europe. An exhaustive list would add nothing to the proposal for a decision and would make it excessively cumbersome. One of the objectives of the European Year of Education through Sport is simply to use events of this kind as a platform for voluntary initiatives - this being viewed as a key part of non-formal education. The common position also does not accept the amendment which would involve a sports competition being organised among European schools. The winners of the competition would take part in the lighting of the Olympic torch in March 2004 in Olympia. The Commission did not accept this amendment either. The Commission feels that the arrangement proposed by the Council, which would involve mentioning "European competitions with an educational slant", would enable those involved in the European Year of Education through Sport to submit proposals in response to theconcerns expressed by the Parliament, as set out explicitly in a declaration attached to the common position. The Commission cannot under any circumstances take the place of educational institutions or sports organisations and organise activities which fall within their remit. When implementing the decision, however, the Commission will do its utmost to encourage the specialised organisations, from both the school education sector and the sports sector, to put forward as part of the European Year of Education through Sport a project for a major event involving all Member States and stressing the added value the Olympic ideals can bring to education. The common position makes provision for the setting up of a committee to assist the Commission in the management of the European Year of Education through Sport. This amendment means that, for the sake of consistency, the same procedures will be adopted for the European Year of Education through Sport as for the European Year of Languages and the European Year of the Disabled. The other amendments, which serve merely to make the text more comprehensible and readable, retain the main features and respect the spirit of the Commission's initial proposal.�

• 2002/09/23 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading
• #2430
• 2002/05/30 Council Meeting
• 2002/05/14 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T5-0220/2002 summary

    The European Parliament adopted a resolution based on the report by Doris PACK (EPP-ED, Germany) on the European Year of Education through Sport. (Please refer to the document dated 17/04/02.) Parliament emphasised the objective of promoting equal access to, and equal participation in all sports for girls and boys in accordance with sport's function in promoting the development of personal identity and emancipation. Along with organising athletics competition between school teams in each country, Parliament also added that information campaigns may take place on the possibility of using sport as a practical educational tool for other subjects, such as protecting the environment. The cost of the athletics competition will be borne by the general budget of the EU.�

• 2002/05/13 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2002/04/17 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A5-0132/2002
• #2391
• 2001/11/29 Council Meeting
  • 2391
• 2001/10/22 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2001/10/16 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2001)0584 summary

    PURPOSE: To establish the European Year of Education through Sport 2004. CONTENT: Over 600 000 sporting clubs in Europe attest to the social importance of Sport. Sport, itself is an integral part of the teaching curriculum and itself contains essential educational values. A Commission Report into education system highlights the need to improve the preparation of teaching staff responsible for physical education and to better define its contents. Further, sport is an invaluable instrument which contributes to attaining the objectives of the COMENIUS programme, i.e to promote education in a multicultural framework, support disadvantaged groups, counter school failure and head off social exclusion. In December 1999 the Council asked the Commission to devise, in conjunction with the Member States, actions to tap the potential of sport in parallel education. Accordingly, the Commission proposes the creation of the European Year of Education through Sport in 2004. The objectives would be: - to made education and sports organisations aware of the need for co-operation; - to consider the use of the values conveyed through sport to develop the so-called basic educational skills whereby young people in particular can develop their physical prowess and also social competences such as working as part of a team, solidarity, tolerance and fair play; - to stress the positive contribution of voluntary activity to parallel education, particularly that of young people and to the development of the sporting movement; - to promote mobility and pupil exchanges particularly in a multicultural environment and through the organisation of sporting and cultural contacts as part of school activity; - to encourage reflection and discussion on what needs to be done to promote the social integration of the disadvantaged groups through sport in education; - to encourage sport in the school curriculum in order to fight against the sedentary nature of the school population and to contribute to the physical well-being of pupils; - to consider the problems relating to the education of young sportsmen and sports women concerned by ever earlier sporting careers. Actions covering these objectives could focus on the organisation of meetings and events; the organisation of voluntary actions on the occasion of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Athens; information and promotional campaigns to disseminate the educational values of sport; co-operation with the media; surveys and reports; events designed to provide information and, in particular, examples of good practice; the granting of financial support for transnational, national, regional or local initiatives to promote the objectives of the European Year of Education through Sport. The proposed budget would be EUR 11.500 million and will be allocated for the year 2003 and 2004. In order for obtain optimal success the Commission envisages widespread participation by the Member States as well as national sports organisations. To conclude, with Greece hosting the 2004 Olympic and Paralympic Games as well as the European FootballChampionship, the Commission is of the firm opinion that it would be both right and appropriate to hold the European Year of Education through Sport in 2004.�

  • DG [{'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/education_culture/', 'title': 'Education and Culture'}],

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2001)0584
• Debate in Council: 2391
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A5-0132/2002
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0220/2002
• Council position published: 09605/2002
• Debate in Council: 2461
• Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A5-0419/2002
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading: T5-0626/2002
• : Decision 2003/291
• : OJ L 043 18.02.2003, p. 0001-0005

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)