Informal meeting of the sport ministers of the European Union - Biarritz, 27 and 28 November
Group photo
© Hervé Hamon (MSJSVA)
- from: 27.11.2008
- to: 28.11.2008
- In: Biarritz
The main focus will be on preparing for the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, which is a permanent agenda item for the European sports ministers, in terms of the recommendations of the White Paper on Sport and of the 'Pierre de Coubertin' action plan adopted in 2007.
Three priorities are being developed during the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union and will be discussed in Biarritz.
These three priorities will be broken down into a number of themes:
- sport and health,
- the anti-doping campaign,
- the twofold training project for sports players,
- rules to strengthen clubs' regional or national links,
- the establishment of a satellite account for sport,
- a study of public and private sports funding in Europe,
- control of the profession of sports players' agents,
- study and planning of a self-regulation system for the sports movement based on the financial control of professional clubs.
This meeting of sports ministers follows on from the meeting organised under the Slovenian presidency on 16 and 17 March 2008 in Brdo (Slovenia). Informal meetings of EU sports ministers began in 1988 and, since 1999, have been held every six months.
- Updated: 29.12.2008
