Burden of Sport Injuries in the European Union - Safety in Sports

2.5 Who is addressed by this report
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This study shall serve the information needs of stakeholders at European level: Concerned
administrators in the relevant Commission departments, in particular in DG
Health and Consumers as well as DG Education and Culture, decision makers and
experts in European sports federations, Members of the European Parliament who
are in particular concerned with sport and public health issues, key persons of the
concerned business sectors as sport good manufacturers. At national level the report
should be recognized by policy makers and administrators in the sport as well as in
the public health sector, decision makers and experts in national top sport federations,
researchers in the area of sport science and sport medicine, public health institutions
and agencies for injury prevention and safety promotion. For more details see
table/figure 1.
Stakeholder Stakeholder’s benefit
European Commission
(DG Sanco and
DG Youth)
- Political interest
in promoting
health enhancing
physical activities
(HEPA)
- Ensure physical
integrity of sport
participants
- Implementation
of the Council
Recommendation
on Injury Prevention
2008
- Reduce the negative
effect of injuries
on the promotion
of physical
activities
WHO-Europe - Reduce the negative
effect of injuries
on the promotion
of physical
activities
- Strong interest in
injury prevention
and HEPA promotion
Potential impact What can stakeholder
do?
- EC is important
for initiating EUwide
discussion
on safety in sport
- Strong impact on
sport and youth
organisations
- Authority in Europe
for national
governments
- Capable in forging
EU wide exchange
and actions
- Increase awareness of
preventability of injuries
in sport in the MSs by
benchmarking
- Continue to provide
statistical information on
health and economic
burden of sport injuries
- Stimulate sport organisations
in taking up safety
management programmes
as part of good
governance
- Exchange of good practices
(e.g. the inclusion
of safety management in
the overall policy of associations)
- Identifying good practices
- Dissemination of technical
guidelines and
tools
- Networking with practitioners
and policy makers