Poland in the EU

Ministers agreed that all sport activities should resume in safe conditions and stressed the economic and social importance of the sport sector. They exchanged best practices and highlighted several points, in particular:

• using EU funds and programmes to support the sport sector, in particular Erasmus+ Coronavirus response investment initiative and European week of sport
• recognizing the role of sport and its importance for social and economic development in the future EU measures and instruments
• coordinating procedures with the European sport organisations with a view to safely resuming sport activities
• ensuring continuous dialogue with the sports movement
• issuing guidelines for conducting sport activities in safe conditions at all levels
• providing additional support to preserve jobs, compensate for wage loss and implementing unemployment benefits schemes

Minister Dmowska-Andrzejuk discussed the individual stages of the Polish government's actions bringing the economy back on track, with particular emphasis on the ongoing stage IV of restoring the activity of Polish sport. The Polish minister underlined the need for far-reaching coordination of Member States' efforts and actions to ensure a level playing field and fair competition in international events. Conducting research on the effects of the crisis, developing a comprehensive strategy for crisis management in sport and further exchange of information and best practices - these are the priorities that were particularly meentioned in the summary of the meeting.