The European Paralympic Committee (EPC) is an international non for profit organisation which serves a membership of 49

National Paralympic Committees A National Paralympic Committee (NPC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Paralympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), NPCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the ...

and 9 European branches of disability. Based in

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Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

, the EPC was founded as the IPC European Committee, it was later registered as an independent entity in 1999.http://www.europaralympic.org/ The EPC is responsible for organising the European Paralympic Committee Youth Games. Furthermore, the EPC acts as an organisation which promotes and defends the collective interests of National Paralympic Committees, International Organisation of Sports for the Disabled or International Paralympic Sport Federation and European athletes with disabilities. The EPC has a democratic structure and the governing body of the organisation is elected every two years through a general assembly, where all registered members are entitled to send delegates and cast their vote. The Committee is made up of a president, secretary-general, treasurer, technical officer, athletes' representative and four members-at-large. The current president is Ratko Kovačić from Croatia, a former table tennis champion.

Member countries

In the following table, the year in which the NPC was recognized by the

International Paralympic Committee The International Paralympic Committee (IPC; german: Internationales Paralympisches Komitee) is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and fun ...

(IPC) is also given if it is different from the year in which the NPC was created.

Events

European Para Youth Games (EPYG)

The European Para Youth Games is a biennial

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for young para-athletes aged between 13 and 23.

References

External links

European Paralympic Committee - official Website

European Paralympic Committee Youth Games - official Website
{{Authority control European sports federations Paralympic Committees *European Paralympic Committee 1999 establishments in Europe Sports organizations established in 1999

Member countries

Events

European Para Youth Games (EPYG)

See also

References

External links