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Two days of debates, discussions, workshops, round
tables and panels to discuss and analyze the current
status of sport in Europe. On 4th and 5th October,
the Appia Park Hotel in Rome (via Appia Nuova,
934, 00178 Rome - RM) will host the members of
ENGSO, stakeholders and players from the sports
field, for the second edition of the European Sport
Platform. The event will be organized by the
European Non-Governmental Sports Organization
in collaboration with OPES.
The first edition of the event took place in Budapest
on 16 th and 17 th November 2018 and was focused
on the E-sports phenomenon and on the impact that
it can have in the sport field. The second edition
of the event, in Rome, will address the following
topics: volunteers, the everyday heroes of sport,
diversity in sport governance, and sport for
mental wellbeing. Prominent speakers will be on the
podium to share their experiences with the audience
and to lead the discussion on the three main
topics of the second edition of the European Sport
Platform. Sara Massini, head of the International
Relations Department of OPES and newly elected
member of the ENGSO Executive Committee, for
example, will address the topic of gender equality
in sports governance. Sara Massini has always been
committed to the fight against inequalities and for
the demolition of all those walls raised by gender
stereotypes, also existing in the sport field. Her
intervention will be a stimulus and an incentive to
reflect on the importance of diversity in governance,
also sharing a former Erasmus+ Sport project and
its national follow-up initiative. The list of speakers
also includes the name of Valerio Di Tommaso, met
by OPES during the ceremony to assign the “Scirea
Prize” to the Italian national soccer team (Rome,
Cinecittà World theme park, 18 and 19 May 2019),
composed of psychiatric patients. The team in 2018
gained the title of World Champion.
Considering the format of the event, the
topics addressed, the presence of international
representatives of the sport field and the list of
speakers, there is no doubt that the two-days event
(4th and 5th October) will be highly interesting and
fruitful. The Platform will be a unique opportunity for
all those people working or volunteering within sport
organizations and associations everyday.
Pictures: Hans Jagnow (Photo Credit: Nándor Vörös / Hungarian Competitive Sport Federation)
Martin Fritzen (Photo Credit: Nándor Vörös / Hungarian Competitive Sport Federation)
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