The tenth cross-border seminar on sports cooperation was organised by the Euroréseau du sport on 9 and 10 October 2009 in Hendaye, on the French-Spanish border.
Forty-six persons took part in the discussions and in the presentations of good practices, which covered topics such as "The cross-border association model applied to the world of sport".
The Euroréseau du sport, with its registered office in San Sebastian, Spain, is a standing working group formed by several organisations* aiming to develop sports cooperation between the French, Spanish and Portuguese cross-border regions. It has the following objectives:
- identify the regions and gather information on cross-border cooperation on sport;
- analyse the problems and the obstacles encountered by the citizens of the cross-border regions in accessing all types of sporting discipline and provide solutions to these problems;
- promote sports cooperation activities between the cross-border regions of the European Union;
- encourage the integration of the activities of the Euroréseau du sport into the programmes specific to the various Euroregions;
- put forward recommendations to the national and Community bodies for them to become more directly involved in these issues, etc.
In this context, the MOT has launched a consultation of its members and of its EUROMOT network to collect other examples in Europe of cross-border exchanges in the area of sports cooperation.
* Fourteen partners: local authorities, associations and sports clubs; the cross-birder Consorcio Bidasoa-Txingudi is a member. Further information at www.eurored-deporte.net
Source: Cross-border news, No. 53, October 2009
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