First Annual Conference, May 2006

The sport sector is in a building process at the European level. More than 12 countries have at least one Collective Agreement signed at sport subsector level and 3 of them have a Collective Agreement covering the whole sector.

In this context, EASE has been created in 2003 to defend the rights and material and moral interests of the employers, as well as to develop the social dialogue in the sport sector building an effective network across the EU.
In this on-going process, education and training are key issues. Today, employers have their say, that is the reason why EASE participates in European projects related to the definition of qualifications.

The EASE First Annual Conference including the General Assembly has been organised on Thursday and Friday 18th and 19th of May 2006. This event took place in the Papendal Sports Centre in Arnhem and was sponsored by our Dutch member : the WOS - Werkgeversorganisatie in de sport .

This Conference was a success: all the participants expressed their will to work towards establishing a social dialogue at the European level for the sport sector. In order to reach this aim, the social partners have to create the structure, that is to say the Sport Social Dialogue Committee and to strengthen the network of partners.

Markus Handke of the Directorate-General for Employment and Social Affairs of the European Commission and Andrzej Rogulski of the DG for Education and Culture (Sport Unit) participated in the Conference on behalf of the European Union.

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