Brussels, December 18, 2015 – the 12th Executive Board meeting of the EOC EU Office took place in Brussels yesterday. Representatives of the EOC (Patrick Hickey, President, and Kikis Lazarides, Treasurer), DOSB (Michael Vesper, CEO) and the Czech Olympic Committee (Roman Kumpost, Director of International Affairs) discussed among other items the budget of the EOC EU Office and the implementation of the activities in 2015.

Niels Nygaard, EOC Executive Committee member and liaison-member for the EOC EU Commission, and Jean-Michel Saive, Chair of the EOC Athletes’ Commission, were also invited to attend the meeting.

Folker Hellmund, Director of the EOC EU Office, presented the main activities of the EOC EU Office of 2015 including the implementation of the SIGGS Project (“Support the Implementation of Good Governance in Sport”) which continues in 2016. Furthermore, he referred to the successful staging of the European Evening of Sports in May 2015, the lobby activities in the field of Erasmus+ Sports, Data Protection and Visa Policy and the renewed communicational activities of the office.

In addition, the Board discussed some of the upcoming challenges for the year 2016 including the discussions in the framework of the Single Digital Market. It was also decided to appoint Jean-Michel Saive as a professional representative of the Olympic Athletes’ Commissions dealing with EU Affairs in Brussels. The Board also approved the budget and the work plan for 2016.