Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-05-13-Speech-1-117"

Predicate	Value (sorted: default)
rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-05-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2004, European Year of Education through Sport2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020513.10.1-117"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-05-13-Speech-1-1182
lpv:speaker	lp:Eurig Wyn2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the European Year of Education through Sport will provide an excellent opportunity for promoting the social importance of sport within our society and will be a very powerful tool for promoting integration. One third of Europe's citizens pursue a physical activity on a regular basis, making sport one of the most significant social phenomena in Europe in the 20th century. Sport is an excellent way to engage people in their communities. It can contribute to education and lifelong learning, as well as promoting qualities of leadership, citizenship and teamwork. The Year of Education through Sport should concentrate on the social inclusion aspect of sport. However, for this to become a reality, we need to provide better facilities within deprived communities. What I am deeply concerned about is the lack of group leaders and volunteers to run sports projects, especially in the more depressed regions. What will be in the programme to address this? Also it is important that projects chosen should provide a firm foundation on which to build. The momentum provided during 2004 must carry on beyond 2004 – it should not stop there. It should become an established part of projects within our communities. The involvement of local and regional authorities also during the year will be crucial to its eventual success, as they are in a unique position to ensure that the widest possible access to local community action is achieved. Sport is not only a form of entertainment for the spectator. It also has a strong social dimension and it is this social dimension that should be one of the main themes during the year. All sports should be included, not just the mainstream sports – and we need to emphasise this throughout the programme. It is also important to link projects started under the European Year of Disability in 2003 with sporting projects for the disabled in 2004. No one should be excluded. I thank the rapporteur for an excellent initiative and look forward to participating in the development of the projects throughout the year."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Temporary committee on foot and mouth disease (2002-01-17--2002-12-17)3,3 member; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3,3 member; PETI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 unknown; Plaid Cymru - Parti of Wales (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Wyn (Verts/ALE )."1

Named graphs describing this resource:

The resource appears as object in 2 triples

Context graph