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INVITE THE COMMISSION TO: — work with the Member States in implementing this Work Plan, in particular regarding the outputs outlined in Annex I, — inform the Member States on ongoing or planned initiatives in other EU policy areas impacting on sport and respective developments in the Commission, — inform the Working Party on Sport of the mandates of the expert groups, — support the Member States and other relevant actors in their activities on the themes and key topics set out in the present Resolution, in particular by: — examining means to facilitate the participation of Member States and experts, as well as to invite representatives from the sport movement and, where appropriate, other stakeholders in the expert groups referred to in Annex I, assuring a high and coherent level of representativeness and expertise, — establishing expert groups in the following areas: — Integrity — Skills and human resources development in sport, — establishing other forms of support for promoting exchange of good practices and peer learning as well as for building knowledge (e.g. studies), — providing the necessary expert input on anti-doping issues, in particular the compatibility with EU law of any forthcoming revision of the WADA Anti-doping Code, — providing logistical and technical support for gathering and disseminating relevant documents and information on EU sport policy, — organising specific cluster meetings in the policy areas which were dealt with extensively by the previous and current Work Plans for Sport. The aim of such meetings is to discuss policy-relevant outcomes of EU funded projects that benefit sport as well as to foster exchange of good practices and insights on specific topics, to take stock of progress made and to identify where further action is needed, in particular in the areas set out in Annex I. These types of meetings should be organised at least once per year, — ensure a follow-up of the work done by previous High Level Groups set up by Commission on ‘Grassroots Sport’ and ‘Sport and Diplomacy’, — ensure a follow-up of the recommendations produced by the previous Expert Group on Good Governance and ensure continuity on current issues related to the fight against match-fixing, — promote the recognition of skills and competences in sport, — facilitate the structured dialogue on sport, including the organisation on an annual basis of the EU Sport Forum, bringing together all the key stakeholders at different levels of sport, — develop the annual European Week of Sport and promote the Week throughout the year as a tool to promote participation in sport and physical activity in line with the priorities of this Work Plan, — support the priority themes and corresponding key topics established by this Work Plan, taking advantage of the Erasmus+ programme and other relevant EU programmes, as well as European Structural and Investment Funds, — adopt, during the first half of 2020 and on the basis of voluntary contributions from Member States, a Report on the implementation and relevance of the Work Plan. This Report will be the basis for the preparation of a possible successor EU Work Plan during the second half of 2020, — where appropriate, make the outputs achieved in the working structures of this and previous EU Work Plans for Sport publicly available.