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Sport plays an increasingly important role in society and in people’s lives. Sport is an essential part of democracy. Its social, health and economic dimensions are gaining more and more attention, positioning sport as an important policy arena.
In such a context, The CoE the strategic priorities for the four-year period (2022-2025) to enhance sport as a values-based activity with a clear focus on human rights are:
- Reaffirming the Council of Europe as a reliable and key partner in addressing European and global challenges in sport, influencing developments while establishing a platform for effective co-operation between governments and sports organisations,
- Firmly place the protection of human rights and respect for the rule of law in sports, inparticular in the fight against corruption, on the agenda of both governments and sports organisations, including fostering changes in legislation, policies and practices in Europe and beyond;
- Strive for major advances in the promotion of values-driven sport (through the European Sports Charter), in the fight against doping, the manipulation of competitions and in ensuring safety, security and service at sports events.
The CoE vision can be summarised as following:
“To assist and advise governments and sports organisations to advance human rights, the rule of law and democracy in and through sport, while acknowledging that the Council of Europe is a platform for the development, monitoring and implementation of standards and policies for safe, ethical and inclusive sport.”
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