38 Amendments of Momchil NEKOV related to 2016/2143(INI)
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas sport also contributes to integration of people and transcends race, religion and ethnicity;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas promoting sport for people with intellectual or physical disabilities should be a key priority at European, national and local level;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas grassroots sport offers opportunities to tackle discrimination, to foster social inclusion, cohesion and integration and to make a strong contribution to the development of transversal skills;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas, overall, physical activity is stagnating despite the hard evidences that physical activity improves personal health and well-being of people, as a result of which Member States make significant savings in terms of public expenditure on health and despite a growing trend for recreational sports, such as jogging, which are practised outside any organised structure;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
S. whereas the further education and vocational training alongside physical training of athletes is crucial to prepare them for a career outside sport; and uncertain future at the end of their sporting career;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
T. whereas volunteering is a fundamental condition for accessible, low- cost sports activities and events, especially at grassroots level and important means of non-formal education and youth employment;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 c (new)
Paragraph -1 c (new)
-1c. Reiterates that recent corruption scandals at European and International level have once again flagged the urgent need for in-depth genuine reform of the structures and practices of sport governing bodies, with a view to further improve their governance and fight corruption from within the organisations;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the role of the European Commission and the Member States to step up and prioritise work and actions on good governance within the next EU Work Plan for sport; Recalls that good governance must be a condition for the autonomy of sports organisations, in compliance with the principles of transparency, accountability and democracy;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Supports and encourages education and information programmes and preventive measures on the threat of match-fixing and doping at all levels of sport, both amateur and professional; Calls on the European Commission and Member States to propose concrete measures in the next EU work Plan for the organization of youth-friendly targeted educational campaigns to inform people adequately and improve understanding of those problems at as early age as possible;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes investment in sportand finance in sport and sport organisations provided that it is sustainable, transparent, subject to strict controls and not detrimental to the integrity of competitions and athletes;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the establishment of transparency registers for the payment of sports agents; repeats its call for licensing and registration of sport agents and regulating the profession of sport agents as professional activity;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Underlines that the economic significance of sport has to be seen in a wider cross-border context and for that comparable data is needed; Acknowledges the importance of sport satellite accounts (SSAs) in Member States, measuring the economic impact of sport in the national context; calls on the Commission to develop a European sport satellite account which should provide more reliable and comparable data and broader assessment of the economic importance of sport by involving more actively policy-makers, experts and sport stakeholders;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Underlines the need for appropriate representation of all stakeholders in the EU sport policies; Invites the Commission to improve the working structures and composition of the existing Expert Groups as regards as NGOs, sport representativeness and experts willing to contribute to development of EU sport policy, are concerned;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that sport buildsinvesting in sport will help us build united and inclusive societies, move barriers and enable people to respect each other by building bridges across cultures and ethnic and social divides;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Is of the opinion that sport organisations are better equipped to promote societal role of sport and fulfil societal expectations in the fight against racism, discrimination and violence, when they abide by the high standards of good governance;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Underlines the value of transversal skills acquired through sports as part of non-formal and informal learning, and further stresses the link between sports employability, education and training;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. RUnderlines the importance of education through sport and the potential of sport to help get socially vulnerable youngsters back on track; Calls on the Member States, national associations, leagues and clubs to recognises the importance of grassroots sport in preventing and fighting radicalisation and develop and support initiatives in this respect;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. SupportsRecalls that young European athletes are often faced with the challenge of combining their sports careers with education and work. On the one hand, they experience difficulties reconciling their sports training with a general education or professional training, while, on the other hand, switching to a new form of employment at the end of their sports careers can prove rather difficult. Supports in this regard effective dual career systems and access to further education and training for athletes;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Supports effective dual career systems and access to further education and vocational training for athletes; Calls on the Commission and Member States to facilitate athletes' cross-border mobility, harmonise recognition of sport and education qualifications, including the recognition of non-formal and informal education acquired through sports;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls on the Member States in collaboration with educational institutions to promote cross-border exchange of athletes and provide access to athletic scholarships supported by the necessary facilities resources and academic flexibility for athletes, so that professional sportspeople can simultaneously obtain a university education and compete in sport competitions;
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Underlines the need to ensure sustainable financial support for EU dual career exchange programmes through the Erasmus+ Sport chapter;
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28b. Calls for the establishment of European and national funding systems to implement dual career policies and to foster further research in this area;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 c (new)
Paragraph 28 c (new)
28c. Believes that there is need to adopt an integrated approach to education, including the recognition of non-formal and informal learning acquired through sports;
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Stresses that professional athletes are often confronted with abusive employment practices and insufficient access to social rights and health and safety standards; Urges the Commission and Member States to take concrete steps and to present a comprehensive action plan for the promotion of minimum employment standards and labour rights for professional athletes;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)
Paragraph 29 b (new)
29b. Stresses that the lack of physical activity is identified by WHO as the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality having considerable direct and indirect social and economic impact and costs for Member States; Is concerned that despite the considerable costs and significant impact on general health, physical activity levels are falling across some Member States;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 c (new)
Paragraph 29 c (new)
29c. Encourages Member States and the Commission to make physical activity a political priority in the next EU Work Plan on Sport, especially for young people and vulnerable communities from socially deprived areas where physical participation is low;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 d (new)
Paragraph 29 d (new)
29d. Reiterates that physical education at school is a an essential entry point for children to learn life skills, attitudes, values, knowledge and understanding to help them develop patterns for lifelong physical activity participation and health life style behaviours;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Underlines that participation of people in sports and physical activities is lower amongst the lower socio-economic groups and people living in socially deprived areas; Highlights that sport should be better promoted among socially excluded groups in the EU;
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 b (new)
Paragraph 31 b (new)
31b. Calls on Member States to ensure full and equal access to public sports facilities, equipment and apparatus, including investment in their maintenance and foster the establishment of new sports clubs particularly in rural and disadvantaged urban areas;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Stresses that disabled people should have access to all sports facilities, specially trained coaches and adapted physical activity programmes at school; Urges Member States to implement inclusive sport programmes for disabled people at schools and universities, so that pupils and students with disabilities can participate in sport lessons and in sport extra-curricular activities;
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Recognises the fundamental role of the International Paralympic Games in fostering awareness, fighting discrimination and promoting access to sport for disabled people; Calls on the Member States to step up the efforts towards the inclusion in sport activities of persons with disabilities and increase public media visibility and broadcasting of the Paralympic Games and other competitions involving disabled athletes;
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure that children and youth practise sport in a safe environment and participate in decision-making, planning and execution processes at all levels;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Welcomes initiatives brought to promote inclusion, integrity and accessibility in sports through use of new technologies and innovation;
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Stresses that funding is an important EU policy toll used to improve key fields of EU activity in sport; Calls on the Commission to allocate more funds to sport and to better mainstream the funds under ERASMUS+, with a focus on grassroots sport and education, to enhance its visibility and to improve the mainstreaming of sport into other funding programmes; Urges the Commission to provide sustainable financial support through the Erasmus+ to implement dual career policies for athletes in the Member States, to promote and support dual career exchange of athletes and foster further research in this area;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Supports measures promoting the mobility of volunteers in sport; Recognises the important role of volunteers in sport, who contribute to both social and economic value of sport, particularly at grassroots level; Encourages Member States to recognise the work of volunteers in the next EU Work plan for sport by supporting measures to promote the mobility and skills development of volunteers in sport and exchange of best practices in volunteering; Calls on the Commission to allocate in Erasmus +, and in particular the chapter on grassroots sports, a special budget line or a pilot project to promote and help the work of volunteers at grassroots level;
Amendment 400 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Maintains that the selling of TV rights on a centralised, exclusive and territorial basis with equitable sharing of the revenue is essential for the sustainable funding of sport at all levels and to ensure a level playing field; Emphasises that sporting events which are regarded as being of major importance for society should be accessible to the widest possible range of people and should not be broadcasted on an exclusive basis;
Amendment 410 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Considers that sustainability and environmental protection should be an integral part of sports events and sport stakeholders shall contribute towards the Global Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 417 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)
Paragraph 44 a (new)
44a. Emphasises that sport is a powerful factor in creating and strengthening a feeling of local, national and even European belonging;