Bart OoijenSport Unit European CommissionTorun 12 December 2011

Sport and EQF Sport and EQF A Perspective from the European CommissionA Perspective from the European Commission

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EU DIMENSION OF SPORT

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CommunicationCommunication

Educational institutes

• Relevance of including sport-related qualifications in national qualification systems with reference to EQF.

• Transparency regarding the validation and recognition of qualifications gained by volunteers, as well as regarding qualifications required for regulated sport professions.

• Support social partners to create an EU-level social dialogue and to discuss items such as contractual stability, education and training, health and safety, employment and working conditions of minors, the role of agents or the fight against doping.

New features for European Sport

- European sport is no longer an activity for young men only

- Competitive sport organized under umbrella of sport

federations is just one type of today’s sport.

- Sport and tourism are linked more and more

- New sports and unknown disciplines are introduced and

used in different markets

EU and SPORTEU and SPORT

New features for European Sport

- Many small enterprises in fitness, outdoor sports, afterschool programs and community programs are now part of the sportsector.

- Local sportclubs based on volunteers (board, majority ofcoaches) are still backbone of sport in North West Europe.

- Sport activities are getting more instrumental for social

objectives (health, fight against crime, social inclusion)

- Governments have growing interest in sport but it still varies a lot in European countries depending on tradition, sportculture and political preferences

Sport in Europe

- Athletes (and coaches?) as role models for society

- Social corporate business professional sport

- Advanced techniques enter sport

- Balance between commercialization and values of sport

- Solidarity between levels and types of sport

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• Sport Participation

61% people in EU once/twice a month (305 million)49% people in Poland

40% people in EU once/twice a week (200 million)25 % people in Poland

Eurobarometer 2009

Sport in EU EuropeSport in EU Europe

Sport is popular, but for everybody?

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Developments in organized sportDevelopments in organized sport

- More professional coaches - More professional coaches 73% of Coaches still volunteers

- Higher training intensity and more specific trainings- Higher training intensity and more specific trainings programmesprogrammes

- Need for more qualified trainers and coaches - Need for more qualified trainers and coaches safety and security/ quality/ integretysafety and security/ quality/ integrety

- High EU mobility of sporttrainers and coaches - High EU mobility of sporttrainers and coaches

EU: SPORT EU: SPORT

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Developments in coach professionsDevelopments in coach professions

-- Diversity in coach/trainers professions Diversity in coach/trainers professions - instructors- instructors- personal trainers- personal trainers- multi sport community coaches- multi sport community coaches- coaches in organized sport - coaches in organized sport - talent coaches, high performance- talent coaches, high performance

- More specialisation - More specialisation sports, mental, endurance sports, mental, endurance managementmanagement

- Growing market of formal and non formal education- Growing market of formal and non formal education

EU: SPORT EU: SPORT

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Pathways to functions in sport Pathways to functions in sport (professional – volunteers)(professional – volunteers)

- Formal educational institutesFormal educational institutes vocational education and training, vocational education and training,

higher education instituteshigher education institutes

- Specific education in single sportdisciplinesSpecific education in single sportdisciplinessportfederationssportfederationsprivate institutesprivate institutes

EQF en sportEQF en sport

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Before EQF and SportBefore EQF and Sport

EQF and SPORTEQF and SPORT

www.eose.org

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Based on EQF and sportBased on EQF and sport

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EQF and sportEQF and sport

UK: Support by Educational agency

SKILLS ACTIVE UK work in partnership with the sector to ensure that education and training is based on national occupational standards and a national qualifications framework that reflects the real needs of sport employers.Sport qualifications range from Apprenticeships to foundation degrees and cover job roles such as coach, groundsman and professional athlete.

http://www.skillsactive.com/

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EQF and sportEQF and sport

FCS Level FQF/EQFSQF

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Conclusions

•Longterm process

•Transparant qualifications

•Individual pathways possible

•Experiences as volunteers or elite sport career could be validated which gives opportunity for adated programmes

•Validation and assessments are crucial

•Cooperation between formal educational institutes and sport organisations will be improved

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Education and Training in SportEducation and Training in Sport

European Qualification Framework (EQF)

EQF makes national coach education qualifications more transparent on a European level even if countries use their own level system of 4- 8 - 11 levels

Some challenges:- Inclusion of sectoral (mainly small) sport qualifications in national

qualification structures (referees?)

- Recognition of learning outcomes of informal and non formal learningRecognition of learning outcomes of informal and non formal learning

- Relation of international qualifications issued by international sportfederations (direct link to EQF not acceptable yet)

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