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Ewa Markowicz Member of the Bureau of the EPAS Governing Board

PROMOTING INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE: HOW TO OVERCOME ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION AND RACISM IN THE BALKAN REGION Skopje, 14-15.10.2010. Ewa Markowicz Member of the Bureau of the EPAS Governing Board. Introduction to EPAS. Pan-European Cooperation on s port policies

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Ewa Markowicz Member of the Bureau of the EPAS Governing Board

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  1. PROMOTING INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE: HOW TO OVERCOME ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION AND RACISM IN THE BALKAN REGIONSkopje, 14-15.10.2010 Ewa Markowicz Member of the Bureau of the EPAS Governing Board

  2. Introduction to EPAS • Pan-European Cooperation on sport policies • Since May 2007: 33 Member States: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” +1 Observer: Turkey.

  3. Dialogue and Co-operation with Sports movement 15 non-governmental partners: • European Non-Governmental Sports Organisation (ENGSO), • Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), • European Sport For All Network (ESFAN-TAFISA), • European Gay & Lesbian Sport Federation (EGLSF), • Peace and Sport Organisation, • European Judo Union (EJU), • European Rugby Association (FIRA-AER), • International Federation of Basketball– Europe (FIBAEurope), • European Fair Play Movement (EFPM), • International Sport and Culture Association (ISCA), • Homeless World Cup Foundation, • European Olympic Committees (EOC), • European Paralympic Committee (EPC), • International Council of Sports Science and PE (ICSSPE), • International Sports Federations (Sport Accord)

  4. European Sport Charter &Code of Sport Ethics • adopted in 1992; updated in 2001 • a common set of principles for all Europe • references to the social inclusion trough sport

  5. EUROPEAN SPORTS CHARTER „No discrimination on the grounds of sex,race, colour, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, association with a national minority, property, birth or other status, shall be permitted in the access to sports facilities or to sports activities.” MS should take necessary steps to „enable every individual to participate in sport”

  6. EPAS Programmeson the fight against discrimination in sport Examples: • Belgrade Conference Fight against racism and racial discrimination in sport • Seminar on Promoting intercultural dialogue: the role of sport and education in the Balkan region with FARE.

  7. Thank you for your attention

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