On Monday 14 November, a delegation of Sports Federations (School Sport, Triathlon, Artistic Swimming amongst others, and a delegation of the Sports Academy APEMS were guests in Brussels. Panathlon district president Paul Standaert gave a lecture on ethics in sport and Panathlon role in promoting children's rights in Sport.
He referred to the role of all stakeholders such as athletes (competitive and recreational) the sports clubs (managers and coaches) the federations, schools and governments.
Sponsors and media also have an important role in promoting ethical sports.
The lecture was structured around the elements as Sport as a right Ethics on the playing field Responsibility of all Stakeholders Educational challenge Sport Management (Integrity Management Framework) Influencing sport (the role pf non -profit organizations) Readers digest (press release of Panathlon and Academic research)
Paul highlighted the role of all the Panathlon volunteers in local, regional and international initiatives as for example partnership in Erasmus Plus projects EPOSM and SAMF.
The large participation in EC’s EWOS is also a strong result of the hard work of the Panathlon clubs.
Paul pointed out that good intentions does not suffice. Here is the necessity to inform, to direct, to control and even to correct. This is where all the stakeholders have their importance and need to be encouraged to get more involved in the promotion of a safe and healthy sport.
The audience was most interested in the role of Panathlon and inquired for starting a Panathlon representation in their country.
Paul Standaert