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 2021
Executive Board members
Member organisations
EU Member States represented
From an informal group to a recognised expert organisation
EOSE is an international civil society organisation working towards the development of the whole sport and physical activity sector.
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, and 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
2021
25 EU Member states, 4 new Erasmus+ projects and a new Strategic Plan
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.
58
EU FUNDED PROJECTS SINCE 2002
36
PROJECTS AS COORDINATOR
22
PROJECTS AS A PARTNER
149
PARTNERS INVOLVED
179
PROJECTS AS COORDINATOR
36
COUNTRIES INVOLVED
37
COUNTRIES INVOLVED
32
EU/INT NETWORKS
34
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.
"WADA is currently engaging with EOSE to support the development of their new Global Learning and Development Framework. With EOSE’s many years of expertise in workforce development, professional or occupational standards creation within the sport sector, their experience and insight is adding value to our work. We also respect the independent view that the EOSE staff bring and their contribution has been professional and extremely supportive.”
Amanda Hudson,
Education Director, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)
"The last project we undertook with EOSE, Golf Stand, had a positive impact on golf education and the skills development of golf professionals. This is why we were delighted to join forces again in 2021 to embark on the EDUGOLF project together to update and develop new standards and modernise education for golf professionals. We appreciate the project management of EOSE and the EOSE 7 Step Model which provides a structure for the standards and training material we need to reform golf education.“
Ian Randell,
Chief Executive, Confederation of Professional Golf (CPG)
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