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 programs 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.

Upcoming Events:

3rd TAFISA Europe Conference, Lisbon (Portugal), October 2020
4th TAFISA Europe Conference, Krakow (Poland), 2022

Participants of the 1st TAFISA Europe Conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia
2nd TAFISA Europe Conference

GAMES

The 1st TAFISA European Sport for All Games were held in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands, from 3rd to 7th August 2018, welcoming delegations from across Europe to demonstrate and compete in their traditional sport or game. For more information, please see www.esfag2018.eu.

Upcoming Events:

2nd TAFISA European Sport for All Games will take place in Umbria, Italy in 2022 and will be organised by the Italian Federation of Traditional Sports and Games (FIGEST)

EUROPEAN PROJECTS

TAFISA Europe supports TAFISA in many projects co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Commission.

This includes the “European Traditional Sports and Games Platform” (ETSGP), with the following project partners:

Additionally, TAFISA Europe supports TAFISA as a leader or partner in various projects co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union
For an overview of these projects, please see the TAFISA Erasmus+ projects page.
For more information regarding the possible support from the Program 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.