Pat Hickey, President European Olympic Committees attended the first meeting of the High-Level Group on Sport Diplomacy took place on the 8 October in Brussels. The group was set up by Commissioner Navracsics in order to assess the value of sport in EU external policies and in public diplomacy in general.
15 selected members with different backgrounds (former athletes, academics, representatives of think thanks and media, personalities having exercised high-level responsibilities in the field of sport, representatives of major sport organisations, etc.) are invited to prepare recommendations addressed to the Commission by the end of June 2016.
Commissioner Navracsics informed about his priorities in the field of sport and highlighted the potential of sport to bring people together, to generate a sense of common purpose and build communities.
