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FINAL REPORT Feasibility study for setting-up a European Sector Skills Council for the Sport and Active Leisure sector 1 TABLE OF CONTENT LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES ......................................................................................................... 5 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................................. 6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................................................... 7 1- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................................. 8 2- INTRODUCING THE SECTOR .................................................................................................... 13 2.1 THE SPORT AND ACTIVE LEISURE SECTOR ................................................................................ 13 2.2 MAIN EDUCATION AND TRAINING REALITIES AND CHALLENGES ............................................ 15 2.3 EUROPEAN POLICY CONTEXT ................................................................................................... 16 2.4 THE NEED FOR CHANGE: OPPORTUNITY CREATED BY THE FEASIBILITY STUDY ...................... 21 3- PRESENTING THE EUROPEAN FEASIBILITY STUDY – ESSC-Sport ................................................ 23 3.1 BACKGROUND .......................................................................................................................... 23 3.2 CONSORTIUM ........................................................................................................................... 23 3.3 THE CONCEPT OF EUROPEAN SECTOR SKILLS COUNCIL .......................................................... 24 3.4 WORKING METHODOLOGY ...................................................................................................... 24 4- FOCUS ON EXISTING EUROPEAN SECTOR SKILLS COUNCILS ...................................................... 28 4.1 BACKGROUND .......................................................................................................................... 28 4.2 EXISTING EUROPEAN SECTOR SKILLS COUNCILS ...................................................................... 29 5- MAIN RESULTS OF THE ONLINE CONSULTATION CARRIED OUT WITHIN THE SPORT AND ACTIVE LEISURE SECTOR IN EUROPE ......................................................................................................... 31 5.1 THE ONLINE CONSULTATION METHODOLOGY ........................................................................ 31 5.1.1 Main objectives .............................................................................................................. 31 5.1.2 Building the online questionnaire .................................................................................. 31 5.1.3 Building the database ..................................................................................................... 31 5.1.4 Sending the questionnaire ............................................................................................. 32 5.2 OVERALL NUMBER OF RESPONSES .......................................................................................... 33 5.2.1 Total number of responses ............................................................................................. 33 5.2.2 Type/category of organisations ...................................................................................... 34 5.2.3 Size of organisations ....................................................................................................... 35 5.2.4 Presence of unpaid staff / volunteers in sport organisations ........................................ 36 5.2.5 Tendencies for the evolution of the workforce over the next 2 years ........................... 37 5.3 POTENTIAL OF THE SPORT AND ACTIVE LEISURE SECTOR ....................................................... 38 5.3.1 Potential of the sector .................................................................................................... 38 5.3.2 Importance of skills and competences for the workforce.............................................. 38 FINAL REPORT Feasibility study for setting-up a European Sector Skills Council for the Sport and Active Leisure sector 2 5.4 THE MAIN SKILLS AND COMPETENCES CHALLENGES AND DIFFICULTIES ................................ 40 5.4.1 Correspondence between skills and expectations from sport organisations ................ 40 5.4.2 Level of difficulty to recruit new members of staff or to fill vacancies .......................... 41 5.4.3 Identification of main difficulties to recruit new members of staff or to fill vacancies . 42 5.4.4 Interest to engage new member of staff (paid or unpaid) from another EU country ... 43 5.4.5 Potential barriers for engaging/recruiting staff member from another EU country ..... 44 5.5 THE DEMAND FOR A EUROPEAN SECTOR SKILLS COUNCIL IN THE SPORT SECTOR ................. 44 5.5.1 Potential benefit of a European Sector Skills Council .................................................... 45 5.5.2 Support to the setting up a ESSC for sport and active leisure sector ............................. 46 5.5.3 Main priorities for the ESSC for the sport and active leisure sector .............................. 46 5.5.4 Willingness to be involved in the European Sector Skills Council .................................. 47 5.5.5 Main interest and domain of expertise of organisations willing to be involved ............ 48 5.6 SUMMARY OF THE MAIN RESULTS FROM THE ONLINE CONSULTATION ................................ 50 6- FURTHER CONSULTATION WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS FROM THE SECTOR ................................ 51 6.1 EUROPEAN CONSULTATION AND INFORMATION WORKSHOP ............................................... 51 6.1.1 Objectives ....................................................................................................................... 51 6.1.2 Participants ..................................................................................................................... 51 6.1.3 Programme ..................................................................................................................... 53 6.1.4 Main outcomes ............................................................................................................... 54 6.2 CONSULTATION WITH EU SPORT NETWORK ASSOCIATIONS .................................................. 56 6.2.1 Methodology .................................................................................................................. 56 6.2.2 Main position statements .............................................................................................. 57 6.2.3 Next Steps ....................................................................................................................... 60 7- RELATION BETWEEN A EUROPEAN SECTOR SKILLS COUNCIL AND THE EXISTING SOCIAL DIALOGUE COMMITTEE IN THE SPORT AND ACTIVE LEISURE SECTOR ............................................. 61 8- PROPOSAL FOR THE SETTING UP OF A EUROPEAN SECTOR SKILLS COUNCIL ............................. 62 8.1 SCOPE ....................................................................................................................................... 62 8.2 ROLE AND PRIORITIES .............................................................................................................. 64 8.2.1 Role of the European Sector Skills Council for sport and active leisure (ESSC) .............. 64 8.2.2 Priorities of the European Sector Skills Council for sport and active leisure ................. 65 8.2.3 Specific sector issues to be addressed at European Level ............................................. 66 8.3 MISSION STATEMENT ............................................................................................................... 67 8.4 PROPOSED STRUCTURE AT THE EUROPEAN LEVEL (GOVERNANCE) ........................................ 68 8.5 PROPOSED STRUCTURE AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL ................................................................... 70 9- SITUATION AND PROGRESS MADE WITHIN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ......................................... 74 9.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 74 FINAL REPORT Feasibility study for setting-up a European Sector Skills Council for the Sport and Active Leisure sector 3 9.2 SUMMARY OF THE NATIONAL SITUATION ............................................................................... 75 9.2.1 United Kingdom .............................................................................................................. 76 9.2.2 Belgium ........................................................................................................................... 78 9.2.3 Bulgaria ........................................................................................................................... 80 9.2.4 Finland ............................................................................................................................ 82 9.2.5 France ............................................................................................................................. 84 9.2.6 Hungary .......................................................................................................................... 86 9.2.7 Ireland ............................................................................................................................