EU Sport Link

EU Sport Link facilitates the link between sports actors in European countries, especially the sports federations, the local authorities for sport and the sports clubs.

EU Sport Link is an initiative of the Belgian based Flemish Sports Federation (VSF) and Flemish Institute for Sport Management and Recreation Policy (ISB).

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The Vlaamse Sportfederatie vzw (VSF) is the recognized umbrella organisation of the sports federations in Flanders (Belgium). VSF supports, informs and represents more than 75 sports federations, their approx. 19.000 clubs and over 1,4 million club members.

VSF has 7 thematic focuses: sports policy, support to the governance of the member federations, sports for all, elite sport, volunteering in sport, sports and ethics, sports and health, support to sports clubs management.

You will find on www.Vlaamsesportfederatie.be an overview of its member organisations and staff members.

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EU Sport Link fully and only follows up EU related matters. It does this for the two main Flemish/Belgian sport umbrella organisations, the umbrella organisation of the 90 sports federations and the umbrella organisation of the 285 sport services of the cities and villages.

EU Sport Link is the liaison between Flanders/Belgium and Europe for the sector of sport and physical activity. It a) acts as a knowledge center, b) provides information, c) helps actors in the EU to link with actors in Flanders/Belgium and vice-versa, d) acts as the representative entity towards the EU and Flemish/Belgian authorities; on sport an physical activity.

In this context, EU Sport Link is always present at the Inter-group on Sport hearings of the European Parliament, participates at the EU Sport Forum of the European Commission, is a active within several EU sport umbrella organisations (ISCA, ENGSO, ...). EU Sport Link is active in the annual European Week of Sport. The EU Sport Link coordinator is an EACEA expert, provides lectures on sport and the EU at several universities, published articles and books on sport and the EU, organizes information session on sport and the EU on regular bases, provides tailor made assistance to entities wanting to link with the EU, works on regular bases from an in close collaboration with the Erasmus+ National Agencies, feeds the VSF and ISB websites for all its news on sport and the EU, sends out e-letters on sport and the EU on bi-monthly bases, maintains contacts with people from the European Parliament / Unit Sport of the European Commission / the Belgian attache on sport of the permanent representation at the EU.

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http://www.eusportlink.be

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EU Sport Link is a legal entity which acts as a facilitator for the two main Flemish/Belgian sport sector umbrella organisations, but also for other Flemish/Belgian actors such as universities, high schools, sport institutions on sport and employability / ethics / schoolsport ... . EU Sport Link thus facilities the EU related matters on dozens of topics and hence professional staff in a range of entities.

The focus hereby is always to link actors, create collaborative partnerships, ... between entities in the EU and at the EU level with entities in Flanders/Belgium.

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