Health and Safety in the Sports Sector - Moving forward towards European social dialogue in the sport sector: Content and Contact (CC-Project)

Sep 1, 2008 - May 1, 2009

Project description

This was a descriptive and comparative survey on health and safety in the sport sector and included a general listing of health and safety issues in a broad sense as well as describing a listing of measures taken to prevent risks and injuries and promote workers' (players’, trainers’, coaches’) health (best practices, innovative actions).

The study sought to find similarities and opportunities for harmonisation of Member States legislation and to define best practices in health and safety in the sport sector.
It covered relevant information on the present 27 EU Member States. The information was collected in particular by distributing a questionnaire amongst stakeholders, that is sports organisations and ministries of sport, of labour and of health as the main. Comparative tables were included in the report. Topics covered included Sports law, labour law, collective bargaining (national or sectoral collective agreement), health, safety and well-being at work, Medical checks in relation to work, whether there was a specialist branch of occupational medicine for sports, the main areas of risk, collective insurance, etc.

Topic

Sport law
Labour law
Health
Safety at work

Objective

Within the framework of the project “Moving forward towards European social dialogue in the sport sector: Content and Contact” (CC-project), EURO-MEI together with its managing partner EASE (European Association of Sport Employers) and its strategic partner the EOC EU Office (formerly EU Sport Office), commissioned the T.M.C. Asser Instituut to undertake a comparative research study on health and safety in the sport sector.
As the sport sector is in full development on all levels, not much European research existed at that stage, on this topic. The project was undertaken in order to extend the knowledge on health and safety in the sport sector and thereby to help professionalise the sector. The research was financed by the European Commission.