European Non-Governmental Sports Organisation Youth


European Sports NGO Youth is the non-governmental umbrella youth organisation of ENGSO. It has the aim to represent the young Europeans in sports in 34 countries and to achieve, promote and support the implementation of the ENGSO guidelines for children and youth sport. ENGSO Youth promotes health, sustainable development, sport diplomacy, education and employability, and inclusion through sports. ENGSO Youth is member of the European Youth Forum since 2007.

History

At the beginning of 2000, on initiative of the German Sports Youth eight national sport umbrella organisations from eight European countries started to co-operate in the "Network for the European Youth Work in Sports – Sport Youth goes Europe“. These partners have joined forces on European level to engage and lobby for the interests of young people that are organised in sport clubs and federations.

Vision, mission and aims

According to the European Non-Governmental Sports Organisation Youth website, their vision, mission and aims are as follows:

Vision

To represent the interest of people under the age of 35 dealing with sport in Europe.

Mission

ENGSO Youth is a democratic, youth-led organisation, representing national umbrella organisations for youth sport from across Europe.
To provide support, advice and guidance for members who want to establish their own youth structure;
To work in partnership with the European Union, the Council of Europe and other European organisations to represent the voice of youth sport;
To provide up to date communications and good practice to all member organisations.

Aims

Structure

ENGSO Youth is structured with a General Assembly as the highest decision making body. The General Assembly meets annually and decides about statutes, the political platform and the work plan, as well as it elects the Committee of ENGSO Youth. The Committee is elected every 2 years. The Committee consists of 9 members and is responsible for leading and representing the organisation between the General Assemblies.
The Committee and the Secretary General coordinate the daily work of the organisation.
ENGSO Youth has a secretariat based in Budapest. Secretariat consist of operations manager. ENGSO Youth also has three other staff members: youth officer, projects and policy manager and communications officer.

Chairperson

Current Committee

Each committee is elected by the entire membership every 2 years at the General Assembly, it consists of:
The Secretary General attends the board meetings as a non-voting ex-officio.
NamePositionNationality
Ms. Ugnė ChmeliauskaitėChair
Mr. Filip FilipićVice-Chair
Ms. Lovisa BromsCommittee Member
Ms. Ivana PranjićCommittee Member
Ms. Erika JuhászCommittee Member
Ms. Iva GliboCommittee Member
Ms. Kirsten HasenpuschCommittee Member
Ms. Marianna CardosoCommittee Member
Mr. Titouan Martin BarréCommittee Member

Staff

Activities and projects

ENGSO Youth has realised several project all using physical activity and sport as a tool for a social change. All project have been realized thanks to grants by the European Union or the Council of Europe. In particular through the Youth in Action Program, Preparatory Actions in the Field of Sport and the Youth Department grants of the Council of Europe.
ENGSO Youth is cooperating with several European and International Organisations with which shares objectives and aims.
More in detail is a partner of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport of the Council of Europe. ENGSO Youth has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the European Paralympic Committee
ENGSO Youth is tightly cooperating on several project with the European University Sports Association - EUSA.
A mutual and constant cooperation is also active with the European Gay and Lesbian Sport Federation - EGLSF since 2012. ENGSO Youth is the creator of the campaign Youth Sport speaks out on TabooPhobia - Developing a youth led campaign to challenge homophobia in and through sport and cooperated in a European funded project against sexual and gender harassment and abuse in sports, Sport Respect Your Rights.
In the mandates of 2015-2019 ENGSO Youth participated in several Erasmus+ funded projects in various areas of sport, inclusion, employment, sexual violence and other: Sport empowers disabled youth, Study on the Contribution of Sport to the Employability of Young People in the Context of the Europe 2020 Strategy, Voices for Truth and Dignity, Activity, Sport and Play for the Inclusion of Refugees in Europe – ASPIRE and RISE - Refugees Integration through Sport.
In 2018 ENGSO You signed a memorandum of understanding with Special Olympics Europe Eurasia.
Currently ENGSO Youth leads the SK4YS - Skills for You through Sport project and participates as a partner organisation in: COME IN! - inclusive sports programmes for young people with and without disabilities, SWinG - Supporting Women in achieving their Goals, EYVOL - Empowering Youth Volunteers through Sport and MONITOR - Monitoring and Evaluation Manual for Sport-for-Employability Programmes.

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