Common use of EU added value Clause in Contracts

EU added value. Transnational projects EU added value was demonstrated in a number of ways, including:  Alleviating discrepancies between Member States;  Spreading best practices;  Testing the viability of networks across the subject areas supported;  Providing policy support through knowledge generation;  Strengthening the European dimension in sport. Importantly, none of the projects could have been carried out successfully by organisations acting at national level, since they addressed issues with a cross-border element and / or challenges for which no one Member State had identified a complete solution. The transnational projects have facilitated the spread of innovative methods and expertise. At the project level, the EU added value varied according to such factors as maturity of the sector in question, the composition of individual networks and the types of organisations involved, the limited duration of support (i.e. one year) and the management procedures of projects. It is also clear that, while support for long-existing networks may be more effective in the short term, promoting the establishment and expansion of networks also demonstrates European added value. Support for transnational projects found a good balance between these two possibilities for adding value. Non-commercial sport events The EU-added value of support for special events did not realise its full potential and could have been significantly increased had the Commission been given the opportunity to set specific award criteria against which applicants could have been scored and held accountable. Studies, surveys and conferences Studies, surveys, conferences and seminars fulfilled their role of providing the Commission and other actors with policy support and developing the EU dimension in sport. They also contributed to the establishment of the Commission as an important contributor to the development of EU sport.

EU added value. Transnational projects EU added value was demonstrated in a number of ways, including:  • Alleviating discrepancies between Member States;  • Spreading best practices;  • Testing the viability of networks across the subject areas supported;  • Providing policy support through knowledge generation;  • Strengthening the European dimension in sport. Importantly, none of the projects could have been carried out successfully by organisations acting at national level, since they addressed issues with a cross-border element and / or challenges for which no one Member State had identified a complete solution. The transnational projects have facilitated the spread of innovative methods and expertise. At the project level, the EU added value varied according to such factors as maturity of the sector in question, the composition of individual networks and the types of organisations involved, the limited duration of support (i.e. one year) and the management procedures of projects. It is also clear that, while support for long-existing networks may be more effective in the short term, promoting the establishment and expansion of networks also demonstrates European added value. Support for transnational projects found a good balance between these two possibilities for adding value. Non-commercial sport events The EU-added value of support for special events did not realise its full potential and could have been significantly increased had the Commission been given the opportunity to set specific award criteria against which applicants could have been scored and held accountable. Studies, surveys and conferences Studies, surveys, conferences and seminars fulfilled their role of providing the Commission and other actors with policy support and developing the EU dimension in sport. They also contributed to the establishment of the Commission as an important contributor to the development of EU sport.

EU added value. Transnational projects EU added value was demonstrated in a number of ways, including:  • Alleviating discrepancies between Member States;  • Spreading best practices;  • Testing the viability of networks across the subject areas supported;  • Providing policy support through knowledge generation;  • Strengthening the European dimension in sport. Importantly, none of the projects could have been carried out successfully by organisations acting at national level, since they addressed issues with a cross-border element and / or challenges for which no one Member State had identified a complete solution. The transnational projects have facilitated the spread of innovative methods and expertise. At the project level, the EU added value varied according to such factors as maturity of the sector in question, the composition of individual networks and the types of organisations involved, the limited duration of support (i.e. one year) and the management procedures of projects. It is also clear that, while support for long-existing networks may be more effective in the short term, promoting the establishment and expansion of networks also demonstrates European added value. Support for transnational projects found a good balance between these two possibilities for adding value. Non-commercial sport events The EU-added value of support for special events did not realise its full potential and could have been significantly increased had the Commission been given the opportunity to set specific award criteria against which applicants could have been scored and held accountable. Studies, surveys and conferences Studies, surveyssurvey, conferences and seminars fulfilled their role of providing the Commission and other actors with policy support and developing the EU dimension in sport. They also contributed to the establishment of the Commission as an important contributor to the development of EU sport.

EU added value. Transnational projects EU added value was demonstrated in a number of ways, including:  Alleviating discrepancies between Member States;  Spreading best practices;  Testing the viability of networks across the subject areas supported;  Providing policy support through knowledge generation;  Strengthening the European dimension in sport. Importantly, none of the projects could have been carried out successfully by organisations acting at national level, since they addressed issues with a cross-border element and / or challenges for which no one Member State had identified a complete solution. The transnational projects have facilitated the spread of innovative methods and expertise. At the project level, the EU added value varied according to such factors as maturity of the sector in question, the composition of individual networks and the types of organisations involved, the limited duration of support (i.e. one year) and the management procedures of projects. It is also clear that, while support for long-existing networks may be more effective in the short term, promoting the establishment and expansion of networks also demonstrates European added value. Support for transnational projects found a good balance between these two possibilities for adding value. Non-commercial sport events The EU-added value of support for special events did not realise its full potential and could have been significantly increased had the Commission been given the opportunity to set specific award criteria against which applicants could have been scored and held accountable. Studies, surveys and conferences Studies, surveyssurvey, conferences and seminars fulfilled their role of providing the Commission and other actors with policy support and developing the EU dimension in sport. They also contributed to the establishment of the Commission as an important contributor to the development of EU sport.