FAIR+

The FAIR+ project. Forum for Anti-Doping in Recreational Sport.

FAIR partners 10 NOV21

Summary

The European Commission recognises the importance of anti-doping in recreational sport, though the lack of cooperation between institutions and stakeholders risks letting doping in recreational become a cause of public health concern. Co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme, the FAIR+ project, a direct follow-up of the FAIR project, seeks to offer greater insight onto the prevalence of doping across recreational sport in Europe. The FAIR+ project will do so through the following activities.

Objectives

  1. To look into the existing prevalence of doping in recreational sport through a sample-based research, and investigate the societal and psychological motivations behind the use of doping at amateur level.
  2. To produce the FAIR+ Educational Guidelines that will provide several recommendations on how to implement effective educational campaigns targeting recreational sport coaches, instructors, and trainers, and which will look at providing indicators to assess impact. This work will be based on qualitative research performed with major doping stakeholders.
  3. To organise the annual Forum for Anti-Doping in Recreational Sport. The Forum has established itself as one of the most relevant European anti-doping events gathering experts, institutions and stakeholders to exchange on current policies and challenges. Since 2017, the Forum has contributed to raise policy-makers’ awareness of doping in recreational sport as a societal and public health concern, and it strives to foster further EU-level cooperation, networking and sharing of good practices and ideas.


Events
The FAIR+ Forums will take place annually (from 2020 to 2022) in November, and in Brussels.

Project information:

  • Collaborative Partnership, Erasmus+ Sport
  • 1 January 2020 - 31 December 2022
  • 391,18 EUR Grant

Official webpage: https://www.europeactive.eu/fair-project

Partners :

  • EuropeActive
  • Aarhus University
  • Anti-Doping Norway
  • Doping Authority Netherlands
  • Cyprus Anti-Doping Authority
  • Sapienza University of Rome
  • European Institute for Socioeconomics
  • TAFISA (Association For International Sport for All)