According to the decision of the Management Council approved on 6th December 2014 in Belgrade, FIM Europe will investigate the opportunities of financing motorcycling sport activities in Europe from European Union funds.
The objective is to identify ways how to (co)finance activities of FIM Europe and of its member FMNs such as European Championship events, training camps and suchlike.
There is an allowance of 266 million Euro for the period of 2014-2020 in the EU budget to fund EU-wide, non-profit sporting activities and events, through the ERASMUS+ program. Various events like European University Games or Youth Olympic Festival have already been co-financed from this program in the recent past. Apparently various motorcycling sport activities organized under the FIM Europe or its member FMNs are suitable for similar support.
FIM Europe will further follow this issue, informing its member FMNs about guidelines how to proceed in application process. As a first stage it is certainly necessary to identify projects suitable for application, which is a task for all FIM Europe and member FMNs.
The project will be lead by Jan Stovicek, the FIM Europe Vice President (in the photo).
