At the Council of Europe body the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport’s (EPAS) annual meetings, held from 28-30 May in Strasbourg, ISCA President Mogens Kirkeby was re-elected as Vice Chair of the EPAS Consultative Committee Bureau for 2024-2026.
 
The Consultative Committee consists of 30 sport organisations which support the fundamental values of the Council of Europe, and it supports the 41 Member States (the Governing Board) that are members of EPAS. The Bureau of the Consultative Committee leads the committee’s work and the Chairman and Vice Chair are invited to be part of the EPAS Governing Board’s Bureau meetings.
 
Kirkeby has been a member of the EPAS Consultative Committee since 2009 and has been involved in the sport collaboration within the Council of Europe since 2000.

Upon his re-election, he noted that “the International Sport and Culture Association has the slogan ‘the Human Right to MOVE’. The Council of Europe is promoting human rights and ISCA is promoting ways of MOVING People. So I am very pleased to be elected as Vice Chair of the Council of Europe Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport’s Consultative Committee.”
 
The EPAS Consultative Committee Bureau 2024-2026 comprises:
 
Chair
Charlotte Girard-Fabre (IFSO – International Federation of Sports Officials)
 
Vice Chair
Mogens Kirkeby (ISCA – International Sport and Culture Association)
 
Members
Andrej Pisl (EUSA – European University Sports Associations)
Annemarie Phelps (EOC – European Olympic Committee)
Patrik Perosa (IDO – International Dance Organisation)
Pauline Johanet (Peace and Sport)
 
Gender Equality Rapporteur
Marie Dennitton (ENGSO – European Non-Governmental Sport Organisation)

For more information, please visit the official Council of Europe EPAS website 

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