NEWS

FINAL MEETING UNDER THE INSPORT PROJECT WAS HELD IN LITHUANIA
26.03.2023
In the period 23.03. – 26.03.2023 in the town of Biržai, Lithuania, a final meeting under the Sport for inclusion and inclusion for sport – INsport project was held. The activities carried out and the results achieved within the framework of the project in the individual partner countries were discussed, as well as main recommendations were given for the future practical application of the INsport 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.
THE EXPECTED PROJECT RESULTS ARE:
• Sharing and exchange of good practices;
• Handbook and set of tools with new methods, developed by trained professionals with the help of a team of experts in the field;
• An extended international network of professionals able to use the experience gained from the project;
• Strategic cross-sectoral collaboration between sport stakeholders and NGOs in Europe;
• Increased efficiency and capacity of the participating organisations, through training of sport sector actors, presentation of practical examples and tailor-made solutions for training and use of non-formal education and Education through sport methodology;
• A qualitative framework for the use of the Education through sport methodology in the everyday work with target groups at European Union (EU) level;
• Improved expertise and competence of the organisations in the project through exchange of good practices.

The consortium consists of 5 partner organizations from four European countries – Bulgaria, Italy, Lithuania and Turkey. Kalinka Gudarovska and Konstantin Zankov, board members of the organization, took part in the meeting on behalf of the Bulgarian sports development association.

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