On the 28th of June, 2023, EASE held its General Assembly. The Assembly was chaired by Laurent Martini, EASE’s Executive Director and COSMOS representative. Unfortunately, Philippe Diallo, chairman of EASE, couldn’t attend the General Assembly as he was committed to representing the French Football Federation at UEFA Executive Committee in Nyon. EASE General Assembly took place in Cologne, even though [...]
Tuesday 30th of May 2023 EASE TALKS n°5 - Update on the energy costs crisis and its impact on the European sport sector After holding the board meeting for May 2023, EASE members shared their views on the past winter to update the analysis realised in November 2022 on the consequences of the energy costs crisis on the European sport sector. At [...]
On the 23rd and 24th of May 2023, a follow-up meeting of the ESCSE project was organised in Paris with all the partners. The partners were delighted to be welcomed in the offices of the Organisational Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games of Paris 2024! The purpose of this meeting was to agree on the content and amend the [...]
Friday 7th April 2023 On the 5th of April 2023, EASE participated in the signature of the Social Charter of France 2023, which is also involved in the European Social Charter for Sport Events (ESCSE) project. The ESCSE project has now been in the testing phase for a year with the sport events organisers. The inauguration of the Social Charter of [...]
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 [...]
