CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
Summary
Chapter 1: Introduction
The development of an EU sports policy
Box 2: Challenges identified in the Commission's
Communication Developing the European Dimension in Sport
The Committee's inquiry
Chapter 2: The societal role of sport
Education, Skills and Personal Development
Societal Benefits
Box 3: Using sport as a method of preventing
youth offending
Chapter 3: Integrating sport into policy
making and
Research and data collection
Sharing of best practice
Chapter 4: Funding and supporting grassroots
sports
Sports Programme
Box 4: Examples of projects funded under
the Preparatory Actions
Mainstreaming sport into EU funding
Box 5: Funding streams for which sports
projects are eligible to apply
Funding for grassroots sports from the sale
of intellectual property rights
Box 6: Sale of broadcasting rights in
sport—the issues unravelled
Broadcasting rights
Box 7: Specificity of Sport
Lotteries and gambling
Chapter 5: Effective and representative dialogue
Mainstreaming within the Commission
Dialogue with the Commission
Improving access to EU funding through communication
Dialogue between grassroots organisations
Chapter 6: Summary of conclusions and recommendations
Appendix 1: Sub-Committee on Social Policies
and Consumer Protection
Appendix 2: List of witnesses
Appendix 3: Site visit
Appendix 4: Call for evidence
NOTE: Evidence is published online at www.parliament.uk/hleug
and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020
7219 5314)
References in footnotes to the Report are as follows:
Q refers to the question in oral evidence;
GSEU refers to written evidence as listed in
Appendix 2.
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