Aurélie Bezault has been working since the end of 2016 at the French Erasmus+ National Youth and sport Agency, starting first as both a European Voluntary Officer and a National Point of contact for Erasmus+ Sport.This French Point of contact for Erasmus+ Sport has been established in 2015 thanks to the support of the Ministry of Sports with a triple mission : informing, supporting and promoting French Erasmus+ Sport projects. Since its creation, more than 40 French applicants have been accompanied with success and she gets more than 125 new requests for information or support each year.
Convinced that synergies between Sport actors and the Erasmus+ Youth chapter are relevant, she proposed the creation of a Strategic Partnership between National Agencies on the topic of Sport, which will start by the 2nd semester of 2022.
Beyond animating the Sport Point of Contact, she has been appointed in 2022 Deputy Head of the Erasmus+ Projects Unit of the Agency, coordinating the implementation of the Youth Erasmus+ program (KA1 and KA2) in France with the organization of the calls, the selection and the monitoring of the projects.
Parallel session: Drive equality, diversity & inclusion in sport
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Ms. Bozkurt is the Chair of the European Commission’s High Level Group on Gender Equality in Sport. This High Level Group made proposals for future actions to the Commission, the Member States and the sport movement in the field of Gender Equality in sport. Topics related to girls and women’s participation in sport, female coaches, women’s representation in decision-making processes, media coverage as well as gender-based violence are addressed. She fulfills several other leadership roles in Boards of renowned international organizations like International Alert.
As Chair of the Board of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance in Sweden, she was part of the highest level of leadership of an intergovernmental organization on global democracy working worldwide. As a former Member of European Parliament (2004-2014) representing the Netherlands, Ms. Emine Bozkurt worked on civil rights, including women’s rights.
A passionate advocate of human rights, she was appointed Chairwoman of the cross-party Anti-Racism and Diversity Intergroup of the European Parliament. As a leading MEP on gender equality in sport, she cooperated closely with the European Commission, national governments, Council of Europe, sport and civil society organisations during her 10 years in European Parliament. In 2014 she was appointed Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau by His Majesty the King of the Netherlands.
Parallel session: Drive equality, diversity & inclusion in sport
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Parallel session: Drive equality, diversity & inclusion in sport
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