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On May 27-28 in Strasourg, France, the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS) of the Council of Europe held its 20th Annual Plenary Meetings of its Governing Board and Consultative Committee.

A joint session the Governing Board, Consultative Committee and youth participants addressed the “Youth perspective Youth Perspective for Safe and Healthy Sport” in

Preparation of the 19th Council of Europe Conference of Ministers Responsible for Sport to be held in Monaco next November 3-4, 2026. In addition to the expectations, proposals, and recommendations of young people for the Governing Board meeting, two sessions addressed Safer and Healthier sport, respectively. As a panellist of the second session, Laura Capranica – President of EAS -urged actions to bridge the gap between the academic institutions and the sport bodies to protect the most vulnerable youth athlete population and to ensure a holistic development of talents.

During its in-camera meeting, the Consultative Committee elected the President, the Vice-President and the four Members of the Bureau. Charlotte Girard Fabre (International Federation of Sport Officials, IFSO), was elected Chair, Patrik Perosa (International Dance Organization, IDO), was elected Vice-Chair, whereas elected Members were Annamarie Phelps (European Olympic Committees, EOC), Guido Battaglia (Centre for Sport and Human Rights, CSHR), James Ogilvie (Union of European Football Associations, UEFA), and Marie Denitton (European Non-Governmental Sports Organisation, ENGSO), the latter also assigned the role of Gender Equality Officer.

During the two days, the multi-lateral cooperation across Member States and sports organisations allowed to examine past actions and programmes, and to propose future strategic objectives in the field of sport, especially related to further developments of the recommendations of the Revised European Sport Charter, safe sport environments through safeguarding and anti-discrimination, sustainable sport facilities, and artificial intelligence.