In recent years the number of professional and semi-professional athletes has grown significantly. Many of these athletes reach the end of their professional sports careers to find themselves without the necessary academic or other vocational qualifications to gain employment in other sectors....

The aim of the study is to provide information about cultural policy in the various EU Member States. As very little comparative up-to-date information was available, a questionnaire was sent to all Ministries of Culture in the EU Member States. To complete the picture, one artist or leading...