NEWS

INTERNATIONAL MEETING UNDER THE INSPORT PROJECT WAS HELD IN MILAN
10.12.2022
In the period 8-10 December 2022, in Milan, Italy, an international meeting under the "Sports for inclusion and inclusion for Sport - InSport" project was held, which brought together partners from 4 European countries - Bulgaria, Italy, Lithuania and Turkey. Sports for inclusion and inclusion for Sport is a project that seeks to encourage social inclusion and equal opportunities in sport through improvement of skills of coaches, trainers and other staff of organizations active in the fields of sport, youth work and social care and activities related to the social inclusion through sports - Bulgarian sports development association, which is a partner of the initiative from Bulgaria, was represented by Joanna Dochevska, Stefka Djobova and Ivelina Kirilova.
THE MAIN GOALS OF THE PROJECT ARE:
• To create, provoke and strengthen the synergy between the sectors of sports, formal and non-formal education; so as to create an enabling environment for cross-sectoral cooperation with the aim to increase the participation and equal access to sport for all;
• To create the necessary opportunity for the target groups to go through non-formal training, using sports as a training tool;
• To elaborate Handbook to help coaches, trainers and other staff of organizations active in the fields of sport, youth work and social care to use sport as a fun tool for social inclusion and at the same time provide them description of the key elements to recognize those who can seek for higher or highest sport results. Handbook will be freely available and adoptable by other sport, youth, NGOs and governmental organizations;
• To promote an innovative approach in the field of non-formal education in the sports sector, to raise awareness and understanding that not only sport can be a tool for social inclusion, but also social inclusion through sport, can lead to the growth of sports talents;
• To promote the cooperation for knowledge exchange and capacity development in areas such as education, training and the sports sector between schools, sports clubs and NGOs.

“Sports for inclusion and inclusion for Sport“ project is co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union.