European Year of Education through Sport EYES 2004

The European Parliament adopted a resolution based on the report by Doris PACK (EPP-ED, Germany) on the European Year of Education through Sport. (Please refer to the document dated 17/04/02.) Parliament emphasised the objective of promoting equal access to, and equal participation in all sports for girls and boys in accordance with sport's function in promoting the development of personal identity and emancipation. Along with organising athletics competition between school teams in each country, Parliament also added that information campaigns may take place on the possibility of using sport as a practical educational tool for other subjects, such as protecting the environment. The cost of the athletics competition will be borne by the general budget of the EU.�