The SOPROS (Assessing, Evaluating and Implementing Athletes’ Social Protection in Olympic Sports) project team extends an invitation to athletes, stakeholder representatives, academics and everyone interested in Olympic elite sport to attend the first public conference of the project.
The event titled “Athletes’ Social Protection: Current Solutions and Future Needs” will bring together experts and stakeholders from sport governance, politics and academia at the German Sport University Cologne.
The project team is proud to present its Self-Assessment Tools for athletes and stakeholders which aim to systematically assess the current status quo of national policies protecting athletes in Olympic sports against social risks. Current research highlights that different countries have developed various measures and solutions to ensure the social protection of elite athletes. Still, gaps may prevail in important fields, like maternity protection or old-age benefits. The aim of the conference is to learn about the different approaches existing in European countries and to discuss the future needs for a holistic approach to athletes’ social protection.
For more information about the approach and methodology of the SOPROS project, please refer to the Concept Note.
Invited panellists include, at a national level, representatives of National Olympic Committees, National Federations, Ministries and public agencies in charge of elite sport policy, the military forces administering elite sport programmes as well as Athlete Associations. Invited organisations of the European and international level include the International Labour Organization, the International Olympic Committee, the European Olympic Committees Athletes’ Commission and EU Athletes.
Register fot the event here. Participation in the conference is available in-person and online.
