The deputy minister of sports, Giannis Vroutsis, has signed the financing of the upgraded Sports for All Programmes (PAGO) and Sports for All Events (EAGO), for the period 2025-2026, amounting to €2.3 million.
The funding from the Ministry of Sports concerns a total of 5,264 PAGO and EAGO sections, which are already being implemented by 112 institutions across Greece (the vast majority of which are municipalities), involving around 150,000 sportsmen and women of all ages, and will be completed by the beginning of summer.
Specifically:
– 4.242 Long Duration General Structured PAGO classes (3 times per week, 1 hour each, for 20-32 weeks)
– 733 Long Duration Special Structured PAGO classes (3 times per week, 1 hour each, for 20-32 weeks)
– 149 Short Duration Structured PAGO classes (5 times per week, 1 hour, for 8 weeks)
– 61 Sport for All events
– 57 Unstructured Short Duration PAGO classes (30 hours per week, for 8 weeks)
– 21 Unstructured Long Duration PAGO classes (30 hours per week, for 20-32 weeks)
Mr. “The upgraded Sport for All Programmes are the State’s strongest tool to make sport an everyday activity for every citizen of our country. This is a conscious political choice, with a clear social dimension. Our aim is not only to highlight the benefits of lifelong sport, but also to strengthen social cohesion through the values served by sport. Working closely with local government, through strategic planning and generous funding, we are enabling more and more municipalities to actively participate in PAGO and EAGO. Our goal is to offer as many groups in society as possible the opportunity to participate in sport, in terms of equality and accessibility, for all ages, for all genders and with special attention to People with Disabilities.”
