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19.09.2023
The Inclusive Orienteering for All (IOFA) project aims to make the sport of Trail Orienteering more accessible, inclusive, and enjoyable for everyone, particularly individuals with disabilities and sport operators. The project brings together organizations from Croatia, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria, Cyprus, and Hungary, each with unique expertise in promoting inclusive sports and Trail Orienteering.
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15.09.2023
In the period 12-15 of September 2023, in Bulgaria was held the final project meeting of SMILE initiative – Sport, Motivation, Inclusion, Leadership, Engagement, which is co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union and is coordinated by Bulgarian sports development association. The initiative aims to analyse the link between sport and inclusion in an innovative and different way – by ensuring international participation in sport activities of persons with intellectual disabilities.
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13.09.2023
On September 11-12, 2023, in Sofia, Bulgaria, Bulgarian sports development association has organized a partner meeting as part of the project "An educational and training program for older adults at risk of developing dementia through table tennis /hAlt/." During this meeting, partners discussed the progress of project activities and planned future initiatives that explore how sports and physical activities can contribute to improving the lives and well-being of individuals with Alzheimer's disease. Table tennis is one of the most brain-engaging physical activities, and what's even better is that even older players can enjoy playing table tennis. This sport has a positive impact on physical activity levels, improves attention and concentration, and enhances visual-spatial skills.
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12.09.2023
“European Week of Winter Sport” is an Erasmus+ co-funded initiative, aiming to encourage the participation in
sport and physical activity while raising awareness about climate change and promote sustainability through the creation and the implementation of the European Week of Winter Sport. The main project goal is promoting physical activity in winter, making winter sports more accessible and inclusive, and raising awareness about climate change and sustainability through winter sports.
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11.09.2023
In the period 7-11 September 2023, Sofia hosted the international entrepreneurship training program "EntrepreNEETs," aimed at young women (aged 18-29) with the goal of promoting female entrepreneurship in Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, and Slovakia. Each country selected five participants, who over the course of three working days, discussed the challenges facing women entrepreneurs and worked on innovative ideas based on social and community needs.
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11.09.2023
Rise Empowered Above Sexual Violence in Sports or simply RISE is an Erasmus Plus co-funded initiative, aiming to address the issue of sexual violence in sports. The aim is threefold:
a) to develop and promote a comprehensive set of policies, guidelines and tools for prevention of sexual violence, to be adopted by different Sport Stakeholders, building on existing practices developed under previous EU projects and on authentic data and information gathered during research studies conducted during this project,
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10.09.2023
Team sports bring people together and the development of inclusive water polo aims to achieve that, breaking down stereotypes about people with intellectual disabilities in a really fun way. In Inclusive Sports, teams are made up of people of similar age and ability. That makes practices more fun and games more challenging and exciting for all. Having sport in common is just one more way that preconceptions and false ideas are swept away. Achieving inclusion through sport in a practical way.
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06.09.2023
From September 1st to September 6th, 2023, training activities were held in support of the #SMILE initiative at the multifunctional sports hall 'Arena Botevgrad,' Botevgrad, Bulgaria. The Sport, Motivation, Inclusion, Leadership, Engagement – #SMILE project aims to analyze the relationship between sports and inclusion in an innovative and different way – by providing opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities to participate in international sports activities.
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29.08.2023
In the period from August 27th to 29th, 2023, a international meeting was held in Ormož, Slovenia, within the framework of the project CHEER, which aims to improve the mental health of young people by stimulating their creativity and harnessing their youthful enthusiasm. The crisis caused by the coronavirus epidemic has had a negative impact on young people in Europe. The fight against the pandemic and the introduced restrictive measures have weakened the mental well-being of the youth. Many of them feel that this crisis is taking away the most valuable period of their lives – their youth. As a result, young people are facing numerous mental challenges for which they are not receiving sufficient institutional and social support.
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28.08.2023
In the period 25-28 of August 2023, in Rijeka, Croatia was held the mid-term meeting of the international consortium, that implements the innovative initiative #SWIM – Swim Without Fear, that deliver its activities until June 2024. Representatives of the consortium had the chance to analyze the completed so far #SWIM activities, to approve the project research about hydrophobia in early age, implemented until the meeting and to plan the remaining actions – handbook for kids and parents, testing and dissemination events. During the meeting the #SWIM partners from Bulgaria and Croatia had practical visits in Kantrida Swimming Pools and fruitful meetings with sport experts, managers, coaches and decision makers.
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23.08.2023
On August 23, 2023, at the Granichki Monastery "St. Luke," within the first-ever summer camp organized by the Sunday School at the "Nativity of Christ" church, the Sunday School at the "St. Martyr Paraskeva" church, the Association of Bulgarians with Allergic and Lung Diseases, and the Theatrical Company "Empty Space," a sports event took place as part of the SMS - Strong Mind for Success project. The event was joined by children and youth who had the opportunity to explore the power of sports in overcoming challenges to the mental health of young people.
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19.08.2023
On August 19, 2023, at Kremikovsky Monastery "St. George the Victorious," a sports event was held as part of the summer camp at the monastery within the framework of the SMS – Strong Mind for Success project. Children and youth participated in the event, getting the chance to discover the power of sports in overcoming challenges to mental well-being.
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18.08.2023
On August 18, 2023, at the Balsha Monastery "St. Theodore Stratelates," the Bulgarian Sport Development Association organized training within the "Multisport Community Experience" project, attended by sports educators and specialists. The project is a collaborative partnership with five partner organizations: Bulgarian Sport Development Association (Bulgaria), Sports Association in Dubrovnik (Croatia), European Platform for Sport Innovation (Belgium), NGO Nest Berlin (Germany), and the University of Thessaly (Greece).
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10.08.2023
On August 10, 2023, at the Kremikovsky Monastery "St. George the Victorious," within the framework of a summer camp held at the monastery and organized annually by Milena Yotsova, a promotional event took place as part of the "Ramps4Champs" project. The event brought together children and young people with intellectual disabilities, with biggest part of the group belonging to Parallel World NGO (Plovdiv) and educational specialists, providing them with practical and theoretical tools for socialization and social integration through the sport of Boccia for people with disabilities. They discussed the power of sports in supporting integration processes in society and how it can serve as a catalyst for more effective and sustainable social change.
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07.08.2023
On August 7, 2023, the Bulgarian Sport Development Association conducted an online event as part of the "Youth Workers Academy 2.0" project. Participants had the opportunity to experience several specially designed virtual escape rooms for youth organizations, featuring various scenarios that needed to be resolved, created by the project team.
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02.08.2023
- Explore “Mind in the Game: Nurturing Mental Well-being in Football” Podcast
Greetings, football enthusiasts! Are you ready to take your game to the next level? Look no further than the “Mind in the Game” podcast, a thought-provoking series crafted by the “Strong Mind for Success” initiative, co-funded by Erasmus Plus.
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28.07.2023
Erasmus+ offers the opportunity to adult education providers and other organisations active in the field of adult education to organise learning mobility activities for adult learners and education staff. For staff, activities such as job shadowing, courses, and teaching or training assignments can be organised in another organisation abroad. For adult learners, the organisation can organise learning periods abroad for individuals or for groups. In addition, the applicant organisation can host teachers in training and invite experts from abroad.
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27.07.2023
In the period July 25-26 2023 at the Crnogorski Monastery "St. Cosmas and Damian" within a summer camp organized by the Sunday School at the "Birth of Christ", Sunday School at the "St. Martyr Paraskeva", the Association of Bulgarians with Allergic and Respiratory Diseases, and the Theater Company "Empty Space," a promotional event was held as part of the "Ramps4Champs" project.
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05.07.2023
In the period July 3rd and July 5th, 2023, an international partnership meeting for the "SCAED - Sport Community Against Eating Disorders" project was held in Thessaloniki, Greece. Coaches and experts from six partner organizations - Bulgaria, Italy, Poland, North Macedonia, Croatia, and the host country Greece - participated in the event.
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25.06.2023
On June 25, 2023, in Sofia, Bulgaria, Bulgarian sports development association held a dissemination event within the framework of the "Ramps4Champs" project, which is implemented in partnership with 5 European countries – Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus, Serbia and the Republic of North Macedonia. The event was attended by coaches, physical education teachers and sports specialists from Volleyball Club "Ahil" Sofia, as well as children and young people training at the club, who had the opportunity to get acquainted with practical and theoretical tools for socialization and social integration, through the sport of bocce for people with disabilities, to discuss the power of sport in supporting integration processes in society and how it can be used as a catalyst for a more effective and sustainable social change.
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20.06.2023
In the period 12/06 – 20/06/2022, in VUSB Nessebar, an adapted camp for water sports was held. The camp was attended by young people with intellectual disabilities, and the activities were led by lecturers from the four sectors of the Water Sports Department at the NSA "Vasil Levski".
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19.06.2023
The final meeting of the On the way to acceptance – a non-formal Youth program of innovative tools to learn project was held in Ankara, Turkey on June 19, 2023. Joanna Dochevska – chairperson of BSDA took part in the meeting, during which the materials created by the project team – comics, metaphorical cards and digital Escape room, were discussed. The partners from Bulgaria, Poland, Greece and Turkey also discussed future joint initiatives in the field of youth.
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16.06.2023
On June 16, 2023, an international conference "Innovations and good European practices" was held at the Grand Hotel Sofia, organized by Association Sport Club "Comac Sport" within the framework of the "Come and Play 4.0" project, EAC-2020-0745, co-funded by the European union. "Come and Play 4.0" aims to develop and widely promote innovative forms of practicing sport and physical activity, suitable for people of different ages, through a new intergenerational sport program, using digital tools and creating mobile playgrounds.
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15.06.2023
From June 12th to 15th, 2023, an international conference and partners meeting were held in Copenhagen (Denmark) as part of the Fit For Kids Europe initiative, bringing together policymakers in the field of sports and healthcare from 10 European countries. The main goal of Fit for Kids Europe is to establish a network of sports associations and non-governmental organizations in the EU that are willing to collaborate in order to increase the participation of inactive children and children with overweight and obesity in organized sports activities after school. Over 4 million children in the EU are overweight, which costs the Union 80 billion euros annually invested in healthcare systems to address this issue, and 70% of these children will continue to be overweight as adults.
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15.06.2023
In the period June 12-15, 2023, the final meeting of the "ORIENT - Young explorers re-discover local communities through orienteering" project was held in Graz, Austria. During the meeting the achieved results of the project were discussed, as well as the ways to popularize them. The consortium consists of 5 European countries and one country from the Western Balkans: Italy, Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus, Austria and Bosnia and Herzegovina. One of the main aims of the project was to encourage young people's participation in outdoor activities based on the sport of 'Orienteering' and also how to address and promote “social inclusion and equal opportunities in sport” by developing a set of innovative learning outcomes.
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09.06.2023
On the 9th of June 2023, in the town of Samokov, Bulgaria, Bulgarian sports development association held a dissemination event within the framework of the EntrepreNEETs initiative, in which sports specialists, sports managers and professionals in the field of sports participated. During the event, the prepared training materials under the project were discussed and tested, as well as the future partnership activities. ЕntrepreNEETs is a strategic partnership in the field of youth that aims to empower young female NEETs by providing them with entrepreneurial skills in the fields of social entrepreneurship, intercultural communication, project management, digital, and ICT skills.
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08.06.2023
In the period 07-08 of June 2023, in Sofia, Bulgaria, an international partner meeting under the #Train4Inclusive project was held. During the meeting the achieved results were discussed, as well as the future project activities were planned, with an emphasis on the specific training program for coaches of athletes with disabilities. The consortium consists of 5 European countries: Bulgaria, Spain, Italy, Slovenia and Croatia.
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