michal krejza, head of sport unit dg education & culture, european commission
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European Commission’s Priorities on Match Fixing. Michal Krejza, Head of Sport Unit DG Education & Culture, European Commission London, 20 October 2011. 2011 Communication on Sport: match fixing recognised as threat to the integrity and ethics of sport - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Michal Krejza, Head of Sport UnitDG Education & Culture, European Commission
London, 20 October 2011
European Commission’s Priorities on Match Fixing
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Match fixingand
sportingfraud
2011 Communication on Sport: match fixing recognised as threat to the integrity and ethics of sport
2011 Communication on fighting corruption in the EU: corruption in sport singled out as possible area of action
Match fixing as form of corruption Need to have an overview of how Member States deal
with match fixing episodes Study on legal framework applicable to sporting fraud at
national level in the EU - launched in September 2011 Results expected beginning of 2012 Basis to assess whether EU action is needed
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Match fixingand
gambling
Green Paper on online gambling launched by the Commission in March 2011
Public consultation open until July 2011 Integrity of sport part of the topics of the consultation Workshop organised by DG MARKT in May 2011 Results of the consultation currently analysed with a view
to follow-up
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Other actors:IOC, CoE
Working Group on illicit and irregular gambling in sport launched by IOC in March 2011
Second meeting held in June 2011 to work on three main topics: education/information, detection and legislation
Experts groups set up in second half of 2011 Results to be reported to Working Group beginning of
2012 Commission’s services associated to IOC work Council of Europe: Recommendation on promotion of the
integrity of sport against manipulation of results, notably match fixing – adopted on 28 September 2011
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EU Council
Match fixing as priority for the Polish Presidency Expert Group on Good Governance to produce
recommendations for future consideration on the fight against match fixing by mid-2012
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EducationAnd
Prevention
Importance of education and awareness raising among key actors (players, referees, match officials)
Different initiatives already exist (e.g. EU Athletes & EGBA)
EU added value in promoting networking, exchanges and sharing of good practices
Possibility of funding for such measures in 2012 budget (Pilot Projects voted by EP)
Fight against match fixing to be part of priorities of EU Sport Sub-Programme post-2014
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Thank you for your attention!