EOSE In Brief
European Observatoire of Sport and Employment
EOSE is an international civil society organisation working towards the development of the whole sport and physical activity sector.
Permanent staff in 2024
Executive Board members
Member organisations
Countries represented
“A sport sector that fulfils its social, health and economic potential in Europe”.
EOSE VISION
“To facilitate and support the development of the sport and physical activity sector workforce, bringing education and employment together, to ensure people working and volunteering have the appropriate skills and competences to enable the sector to fulfil its potential”.
EOSE MISSION
Sport is recognised as having the power and significant potential to act as a policy tool:
- To improve health
- To contribute to economic growth and regeneration
- To support community development, social cohesion and the integration of migrants
- To create jobs and improve employability, particularly engaging with unemployed youth
- To support the education and personal and social development of young people
Recent years have seen EOSE cement its position in the sector as a sustainable, independent, non-profit civil society network and expert association acting as a focus for skills and workforce development in the sport and physical activity sector across Europe.
From an informal group to a recognised expert organisation
Over more than 20 years of active work with its network in the sector…
EOSE has built a reputation and is recognised :
- As an expert organisation in research and labour market analysis
- As a facilitator building bridges between the worlds of education and employment
- As a contributor to the development of a competent workforce of paid staff and volunteers with the right skills through innovative occupational standards and fit-forpurpose education and training offers.
1994
Set up as an informal group
2002
Official registration as a French not-for-profit organisation
2019
First ever European Employer Skills Survey and EU Skills Summit
2022
First ever European Skills Survey on Sport Volunteering
2023
First ever European Sport Volunteering Summit, completion of 3 transnational projects, and a sustainable organusation with members in 30 countries including 25 EU Member States
EOSE
Positioning
& Ambition
There is a growing recognition of the potential of sport as a social and economic driver
and as a result there is an increasing level of expectation from national governments for the sector to become a powerful tool linked to mainstream policy in education, health and the economy and for it to be used to promote social cohesion.
EOSE in European Projects
EOSE and the whole sport sector operate in a changing landscape, and we are convinced of the need to pursue the work towards skills development and the modernisation of education and training to equip those working or volunteering in the sector with the right competences.
66
EU FUNDED PROJECTS SINCE 2002
40
PROJECTS AS COORDINATOR
26
PROJECTS AS A PARTNER
161
PARTNERS INVOLVED
201
PARTNERS INVOLVED
38
COUNTRIES INVOLVED
38
COUNTRIES INVOLVED
35
EU/INT NETWORKS
35
EU/INT NETWORKS
EOSE collaborates with its network of members and partners through ambitious transnational initiatives and projects to analyse the European and national sport labour markets, and to promote and support the modernisation of education systems and the development of a competent paid and unpaid workforce that is essential to the success of the sector.
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