14/01/2021 10:00
CEV holds more than 200 online meetings to support stakeholders in pandemic times
News from the CEV
Luxembourg, January 14, 2021. Since the outbreak of the global health crisis, the CEV has responded swiftly and multiple times in an effort to support its stakeholders, starting with the unprecedented € 11.5 million ‘Marshall Plan’ for European Volleyball announced last April. Next to additional relief packages specifically designed to support organisers and teams, the CEV has strengthened the continuous exchange of information and views with all members of the Volleyball family, which has resulted in the delivery of more than 200 online meetings since the beginning of the pandemic.
These have provided stakeholders, primarily National Federations and clubs, with a platform where to voice their concerns, share best practices, discuss the development of the health crisis and try to find reasonable solutions, always in a spirit of solidarity and mutual support.
To this extent, the coronavirus pandemic has represented and still represents an opportunity to improve communication and to work on strengthening the cohesion and unity that the Volleyball family stands out for, working and acting as members of one Volleyball team.
The CEV recently announced a record-breaking € 4.8 million prize money pot at stake for the 2021 edition of the elite CEV Champions League Volley and more than € 800,000 for the teams reaching the late and most exciting stages of the CEV Cup and Challenge Cup. Moreover, with many competitions taking place in bio-secure bubbles, the CEV has secured additional support to the respective organisers through the provision of quick tests to detect the novel coronavirus and reduce the risk of further spread of the disease.
With 214 online meetings held since the end of February 2020, when the crisis began to manifest itself, the CEV has encouraged an open communication among all parties and acted as a mediator to find a consensus on how, when and where competitions can still take place even in times of a pandemic. The CEV will continue to use this same approach in the weeks and months to come, hoping that the health crisis subsides with the introduction of a number of COVID-19 vaccines, while keeping the safety and health of players, officials, volunteers and fans as its number one priority.
With this approach, the CEV – in close cooperation with all of its partners and stakeholders – managed to deliver as many as 304 Volleyball and 752 Beach Volleyball matches since international competition resumed in the summer of 2020 until the end of the year after the abrupt break caused by the pandemic last spring.
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