The President of the European Fair Play Movement (EFPM) Philippe Housiaux and Executive Committee member Robert Perc met with Secretary General of the European University Sports Association (EUSA) Matjaz Pecovnik on May 10 in Ljubljana.

The meeting was held at the ocassion of scheduled EFPM visit as preparation of activities related to the implementation of the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF), which will be held in July in Maribor, Slovenia. EUSA and EFPM have been long-time partners, promoting fair play and positive values of sport. The participants discussed the existing cooperation and potential new ways, initiatives and strategies of promoting fair play princliples - fair competition, respect, friendship, team spirit, equality, sport without doping, respect for written and unwritten rules such as integrity, solidarity, tolerance, care, excellence and joy; on and off the field.



The main aim of the European Fair Play Movement is to promote Fair Play and Tolerance in the broadest sense, in sports and everyday life, at European level. EUSA was awarded with the EFPM Plaque of Merit and Diploma in 2014 for its engagement and promotion of fair play. Among general promotion of fair play values, EUSA encourages fair play at its sports events, recognises the positive examples, and annually attributes the Enno Harms Fair Play Award. For the promotion of fair play during the last year's European Universities Games, see the article Fair play and clean sport are part of EUSA and EUG 2022.

More information about EFPM: www.fairplayeur.com