Eurosafe Objectives
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  • Formation of a Sport Safety task force:To formally establish a small task force, serving to promote all other developments.
  • Best practice recommendation:
    a) To raise the awareness of stakeholders (GOs, NGOs, sports federations) about the extent of sports injuries and to provide information on sport-specific good practice programmes (e.g. by fact sheets).
    b) To collaborate with other sectors (especially the sector that promotes physical activity) in order to advocate the inclusion of sport safety in national policies and other health promotion programmes.
  • Networking:To create a wider network consisting of the relevant stakeholders (practitioners, researchers, policy makers) to exchange good practice in preventing sports injuries and their implementation in different settings.
  • Support for projects and campaigns:
    a) To help potential partners in planning and executing successful projects and campaigns dealing with sports injury prevention.
    b) To give advice on making effective use of existing financing opportunities for actions to achieve the goals.