EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SPORTS INTERGROUP

TUESDAY 1ST JULY 2008

EU Funding for sport: current opportunities, and future developments

13.00 Chairman's Introduction - Chris Heaton-Harris MEP

13.10-13.30 - Current EU funding for sport: Michael Trinker, EU Sports Office

1. Current funding lines, including Lifelong Learning, Youth in Action, Europe for Citizens and others

2. How to apply for them and how to locate funding partners

3. What is most likely to be funded - current EU priorities

13.30-14.00 Future EU funding for sport: Michal Krejza, Head of Sport Unit, European Commission

1. Implementation of the PDC Action Plan - opportunities for sports bodies

2. Pilot projects and preparatory actions explained

3. The Lisbon Treaty and the Irish referendum - where does EU sports funding go from here?

14.00-14.30 Questions and discussion

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SPORTS INTERGROUP ATTENDEES TUESDAY 1ST JULY 2008

NAME ORGANISATION

Chris Heaton-Harris MEP

Neena Gill MEP

Slavi Binev MEP

Syed Kamall MEP

Liz Lynne MEP

Christa Prets MEP

Michal Krejza European Commission Sport Unit

Pedro Velazquez European Commission Sport Unit

Laura Real Assistant Eoin Ryan MEP

Ilona Lelonek Assistant Lidia Geringer de Oedenberg MEP

Loveday Redgate Assistant Glyn Ford MEP

Ellen Valkenborgs Assistant Ivo Belet MEP

Keith Newman Assistant Chris Heaton-Harris MEP

Clare McLoughlin Assistant Chris Heaton-Harris MEP

Mika Domisch Assistant Lasse Lehtinen MEP

Alex Stringer Assistant Arlene McCarthy MEP

William Thavenot Assistant Robert Aktins MEP

Chris Poles Assistant Glenis Wilmott

Tsanko Tsankov

Alexandre Husting ULB University

Emily Riley Nike

Michael Trinker EU Sports Office

Andre Megale EPFL

Lutz Dommel PDC EU affairs/German Football League

Francis Cole DEVE Committee

Folker Hellmund EU Sports Office

Sophie Crist French Olympic Committee

Emma McClarkin RFU

James MacDougall CCPR

Francis Boeynaems APCO

Herman Rutgers EHFA

Filipe Ortigao Neves EHFA

Monica Monaco VISA Paralympics

Steve Pope Golf Europa

Tony Bennett PGA Europe

Lucia Mora Ruibola Quintus

Bertrand Landel Quintus