It is with great pleasure that the MESGO team announces that Mr. Popovski – MESGO graduate, second edition – has now been appointed as General Secretary of the Football Association of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

The MESGO team wishes him all the best in his new position and every success for the future. We believe that the courses he undertook within the MESGO programme will help him address his future challenges.

The MESGO team and UEFA are proud to announce that Pierre Lienhard, participant of the first MESGO program from 2010-2012, wrote a book co-authored with Prof. Dr. Holger Preuss. The book – An insightful text about legacy, sustainability and CSR at Mega Sport Events – has been published by the end of July 2014 at Springer Gabler. An Analysis of the UEFA European Football Championship 2008 in Switzerland with a foreword by Dr. h.c. Adolf Ogi, former President (1993 and 2000) and Federal Councillor (1988-2000) of the Swiss Confederation and former Special Advisor on Sport for Development and Peace to the Secretary General of the United Nations (2001-2007).

The UEFA European Football Championship 2008 (EURO 2008) was the largest sports event ever organized in Switzerland. The host nations Austria and Switzerland emphasized the sustainability of the event. Through their analysis the authors argue that well-known principles of sustainability and policy were not uniformly implemented for the EURO 2008. Nonetheless, this book shows how, in Switzerland, a legacy was created through the implementation of corporate governance and social responsibility policies by UEFA, the Swiss Government and the Swiss Football Association. This book offers an unprecedented resource for sports practitioners and researchers. It provides a wealth of data based on the study of existing scholarly literature, key strategic and conceptual documents as well as exclusive interviews with high-level executives involved in the organization of EURO 2008.

The preface written by Dr. h.c. Adolf Ogi , the table of contents and some sample pages can be downloaded at the bottom of this page.

IMPORTANT : Extension of the deadline for the applications to MESGO III: until Friday 25 April at midday (Paris, GMT+1)

It is with profound sadness that the MESGO family yesterday learned about the sudden and unexpected passing away of Olafur Rafnsson, President of FIBA-Europe and of the Icelandic Olympic Committee. Olafur was a MESGO graduate of the programme’s first intake.

Olafur will be deeply missed by both the MESGO family and the basketball and sport communities.

Our thoughts are with Olafur’s family, FIBA-Europe and everybody who had the pleasure of sharing precious moments with him.

The MESGO team

Organised by the tourist office of La Toussuire – Les Sybelles, the Centre de Droit et d’Economie du Sport of Limoges (CDES, MESGO academic partner) and MG Sport Pro (association of general managers graduated by CDES), the fourth Toussuire Sports Conversion Trophy awards ceremony was held in La Toussuire, a French ski resort, on 9 January 2012. The purpose of the awards is to highlight the most successful career changes of retired athletes.

With a jury chaired by Olympic ski champion Jean Pierre Vidal, the 2012 trophies were awarded to Marc Lievremont (rugby), for the best conversion to general manager; Laurent Jalabert (cycling), for the best male athlete’s conversion; and Yannick Souvré (pictured), for the best female athlete’s conversion.

The MESGO congratulates Yannick on her well-deserved award.

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has officially confirmed its active participation in the MESGO programme. IIHF is the sixth team sport partner to come on board of this European programme. IIHF President, Mr. René Fasel, stressed the valuable content of the MESGO for senior sport managers working in a European context.

On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Danish National Federation, the EHF decided to award a scholarship for a female Danish applicant for the Executive Master in European Sport Governance. The EHF will fully sponsor the successful applicant.

Find out more: http://www.eurohandball.com/article/13185

The Association of European Team Sports (ETS) established last December has launched its official website at: www.europeanteamsports.com

ETS was created with the main objective to represent and promote the interests of European team sports and to discuss issues concerning team sports within a European context.

More information about ETS history, objectives, structures and members is provided on the website. A section is dedicated to the MESGO programme.

The Birkbeck Sport Business Centre is hosting a one-day event focusing on governance in sport on April 16th 2010, with confirmed speakers including UEFA, the Bundesliga, England Netball, Fast Track and Sport Resolutions.

The event will also see the launch of a report charting standards of governance in UK national governing bodies of sport recently produced by the Sport Business Centre.

For more information : http://www.sportbusinesscentre.com