European Paralympic Committee
Based in Vienna, Austria, the EPC was founded in November 1991 as the IPC European Committee and was later registered as an independent entity in 1999.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.[1] 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 European Para Youth Games is a biennial multi-sport event for young para-athletes aged between 13 and 23.