On April 19, the European Commission hosted the Seminar on the European Week of Sport Beyond Borders. The event took place online, and focused on the European Week of Sport and the #beactive campaign also outside the borders of the European Union.

Special emphasis was given on the engagement of young people in sport, physical activity and healthy lifestyle.



In the introduction, the opening and welcome words were given by Ms Mariya Gabriel, EU Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth and Mr Tiago Brandão Rodrigues, Minister of Education in Portugal before the keynote speech was given by Mr Sergey Bubka, President of the Ukrainian National Olympic Committee.


 
In the constructive dialogue with young nominees, young people, many of them current and former athletes from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro and Ukraine, shared their perspectives and ideas about engagement of young people in sport and healthy lifestyle.



The main panel discussion focused on the same topic - How to attract young people to practice sport and adopt healthy lifestyles in the "new normal". Moderated by Ms Suyin Aerts, the inputs were given by Mr Juraj Horzic (Petra Preradovica Primary School, Winner 2020 #BeActive Education Awards), Ms Claudia Bokel (President of the German Fencing Federation and Permanent Advisor to the Dutch Sports Council), Ms Gabriella Bascelli (Project Manager, European Multisport Club Association) and Mr Luka Zivic (Counsellor for Education, Youth and Sport, Permanent Representation of Slovenia to the EU).



European University Sports Association (EUSA) is a proud partner of the European Week of Sport and the #beactive campaign, promoting and celebrating activities of the European Week of Sport held each year between September 23 and 30, joint with the International Day of University Sport, commemorated annually on September 20; while promotion and activities within the #beactive and #letsidus campaigns are carried out throughout the year. We also encourage our members and partners to engage and join the activities and actively take part.



For more information, please see https://ec.europa.eu/sport/week_en