Tafisa Europe

Tafisa Europe

TAFISA Europe is an active, informal platform acting as TAFISA’s official European regional body since 2011.
TAFISA Europe is governed by a set of adopted guidelines, and its primary objectives are to:

  • Provide programmes and events for members and citizens, including physical activity events, educational programmes and networking events,
  • Provide European networking and experience transfer platforms,
  • Lobby across Europe for Sport for All and physical activity, and assume political leadership

CONFERENCES

TAFISA Europe supports and promotes TAFISA activities in the region, as well as implements its own activities, including cooperation with the European Commission.

The 1st TAFISA Europe Conference on “Take Back Your Streets… Take Back Your Future!” was held on September 16th to 18th, 2016 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, hosted by the National Olympic Committee of Slovenia and the Sport Union of Slovenia.

The 2nd TAFISA Europe Conference was held on August 7th, 2018 in Heerenveen, Netherlands, hosted by Knowledge Centre for Sport Netherlands and Sport Fryslân.  It focused on themes such as Traditional Sports and Games and Play, and was hosted within the scope of the 1st TAFISA European Sport for All Games

The 3rd TAFISA Europe Conference was held on the afternoon of Monday 26, 2022 in Perugia, Italy in connection to the 2nd TAFISA European Sport for All Games. The Conference hosted speeches and discussions on "Promoting Traditional Sports and Games in Europe: Successes and Strategies". The Conference concluded with new organisations signing the INTERACT Pledge and thus committing to promote Sport for All through their work.

 

 

GAMES

Bidding for the next TAFISA European Sport for All Games 2026 is now open!

If you are interested to learn more about hosting the event, please contact us and send us your expression of interest using the template Expression of Interest Letter.

The host for the 3rd TAFISA European Sport for All Games 2026 will be elected by the 2023 TAFISA General Assembly in Düsseldorf, Germany. 

Previous Events:

  • 1st TAFISA European Sport for All Games, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, from 3rd to 7th August 2018
  • 2nd TAFISA European Sport for All Games, Perugia, Italy from 23rd to 29th September 2022
1st TAFISA European Games

EUROPEAN PROJECTS

TAFISA Europe supports TAFISA in many projects co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Commission.
For an overview of these projects, please see the TAFISA Erasmus+ projects page.
For more information regarding the possible support from the Programme Erasmus+, please see the Erasmus+ Sport page.

MEMBERS & STEERING COMMITTEE

TAFISA Europe’s members are all European members of TAFISA, affording members to benefit from the services of both TAFISA and TAFISA Europe.
TAFISA Europe is chaired by a Steering Committee elected every four years during a TAFISA Europe Members Meeting. Members Meetings are held at
least annually.

TAFISA EUROPE STEERING COMMITTEE 2015 - 2019

Peter Barendse

Peter Barendse
CHAIRPERSON

Netherlands,
KC Sport

Malgorzata Szukalska-Wrona

Malgorzata Szukalska-Wrona
CO-CHAIRPERSON

Poland,
Ministry of Sports and Tourism

Patrik Perosa MScBA

Patrik Perosa MScBA
CO-CHAIRPERSON

Slovenia,
Sport Union of Slovenia

Flavia Epureanu

Flavia Epureanu
MEMBER

Romania,
Romanian Federation Sport for All

Prof. Dr. Dusan Mitic

Prof. Dr. Dusan Mitic
MEMBER

Serbia,
Sport for All Association Serbia

Efi Mouzourou

Efi Mouzourou
MEMBER

Cyprus,
Cyprus Sports Organisation

Robert Benyhe
MEMBER

Hungary,
Hungarian Leisure Sport Association

Yasin Bolukbasi
MEMBER

Turkey,
Turkish Sport for All Federation

Wolfgang Baumann

Wolfgang Baumann
EX OFFICIO

Germany,
TAFISA President

TAFISA EUROPE CONTACT DETAILS & OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

TAFISA
Hostatostrasse 2
65929 Frankfurt Höchst
Germany

Tel: +49 (0) 69 9739 3599 20
Fax: +49 (0) 69 9739 3599 25
E-mail: info@tafisa.org

TAFISA Europe Guidelines