Euro Paddle Pass is a project involving seven National Canoeing Federations in Europe. The project aim is to create a common system of paddle sport competency awards across Europe. Please feel free to browse the site to learn more about the project and the member countries involved. 

The project was set up initially with finance from the European Commission as part of the European Year of Education through Sport.  

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2004 was designated as European Year of Education through Sport (EYES - 2004). The European Commission selected for financial support approximately 185 EYES projects at local, regional, national and trans-national level.

The main objective of EYES was to focus attention on the importance of sport in an educational context. [More information]

These are some of the aims of EYES –

• To raise the awareness of sports organisations of the need for co-operation to develop education through sport.
  
• To focus attention on the positive contribution made by voluntary work to informal education, particularly for young people.
  
• To encourage the exchange of good practice in the context of the potential role sport can achieve within education.