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03.12.2022

SMILE PROJECT WAS PRESENTED DURING INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS FOR APPLIED SCIENCES IN SPORTS

In the period 02-03 December 2022, within the framework of the third international scientific congress "Applied Sciences in Sports", Bulgarian sports development association presented the current activities of the organization, including the SMILE initiative to leading scientists, coaches and experts from Bulgaria and abroad. Sport, Motivation, Inclusion, Leadership, Engagement – #SMILE project 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. An international sports event is coming, within the framework of the initiative, which will be held in Croatia in April 2023.

27.11.2022

ADAPTED DARKO TEAM BABY CUP START

More than 300 children took part in the first indoor competition of the season on the 27th of November 2022. The Darko Team Baby Cup – second edition, kicked off the athletics competition under a roof at the capital's Asics Arena. The competition was meant for children between the ages of 4 and 13 and was open to all – whether they were carded athletes, members of a racing club or wanted to take their first steps into athletics.

26.11.2022

BSDA HELD A LOCAL EVENT UNDER THE ONE GOAL PROJECT

On November 26, 2022, in Sofia, Bulgaria, a local sports event under the ONE GOAL project was held, in which more than 30 girls and women – athletes and coaches in different sports – took part. During the event, theoretical and practical sessions were held, in which topics such as practical knowledge and skills, the necessary practice and qualification needed to practice women's football, methods and practices for the promotion of female football coaches, the promotion of physical and technical qualities of female football players, contemporary role models in women's football and effective psychological methods and techniques for working with adolescents, were discussed.

25.11.2022

BSDA HELD A DISSEMINATION EVENT UNDER THE BOOST PROJECT

On the 23rd of November, 2022, in Sofia, Bulgaria, on the territory of the "Vasil Levski" National Sports Academy, Bulgarian sports development association held a dissemination event and introduced the students to the "BOOST-Boosting Outstanding Omnicompetent Successful Talents" project. During the meeting the following topics were discussed: the need to increase skills and employability, modernize education, training and youth work with a focus on young people and the development of transversal skills and their importance for the personal and professional development of young people in Europe.

24.11.2022

INTERNATIONAL MEETING REGARDING SPORT AND NON-FORMAL EDUCATION WAS HELD IN COLOGNE

In the period 22-25 November 2022, an international meeting in the framework of the “Sport&NFE” initiative, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme, was held in Cologne, Germany. During the event were discussed the developed so far educational content and implemented project activities, as well as the upcoming International conference Education through Sport, which will be held in Sofia in May 2023.

24.11.2022

#SAFESPORTEVENT – PARTNER OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL FORUM FOR SPORTS SAFETY

The Bulgarian Sports Development Association-led #SafeSPORTevent project is an official partner of the International Forum for Sports Safety 2022 – the first global step for international sports safety cooperation, which was held on the 24th of November, 2022. The event is organized by the Korea Sports Safety Foundation (KSSF), together with the Korea Sports and Olympic Committee (KSOC) and sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. The event was broadcasted live on YouTube and recordings are available at the website of the initiative: http://www.issforum.or.kr/.

22.11.2022

BSDA TOOK PART IN THE LAUNCH OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE START TO TALK INITIATIVE

On the 22nd of November, 2022, in Boyana National Football Base, Bulgaria, the first meeting within the framework of the Council of Europe initiative – Start to talk was held, during which measures and policies for protection of children in sports were discussed, as well as the current models and key elements needed for the development of the roles of child protection officers, such as skills, knowledge and individual experience. Ivaylo Zdravkov – board member of BSDA, took part in the meeting, on behalf of the Bulgarian sports development association.

21.11.2022

BSDA HELD A DISSEMINATION EVENT UNDER THE HAPPY BONES PROJECT

On November 21st, 2022, a dissemination event under the Happy Bones project was held at the "Vasil Levski" National sport academy, which aimed to inform sports specialists, trainers, coaches and sports pedagogues with the specific "Happy Bones" methodology, in which adapted physical activity is applied to people diagnosed with osteoporosis – a progressive metabolic disease of the skeleton. As a result of destruction of the collagen matrix, the bones become thinner and lose their density. The balance between the processes of construction and degradation of bone tissue is disturbed in favor of degradation. Bones become brittle, leading to more frequent fractures – especially in the wrists, spine and hips. With the most dramatic consequences is the fracture in the area of the femoral neck, that is why the creation and validation of such type of protocols is of utmost importance for the correct rehabilitation, recovery and treatment of such type of diseases.

18.11.2022

#SAFESPORTEVENT FINAL MEETING WAS HELD IN BULGARIA

In the period 15-18 November 2022 in Sofia, Bulgaria was held #SafeSPORTevent final meeting that gathered the partners from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey to evaluate the project progress and to plan together the future project actions. During the mobility, the consortium took part as well in International conference “Strategic rethinking: new NATO’s strategic concept and the EU’s strategic compass. Perspectives from the Central and Eastern European Member States”, organized by Sofia Security Forum, project partner. During the event, #SafeSPORTevent team had the opportunity to present project outputs, as well as ideas and good practices in the field of safety and security in sport and has been exchanged views on the potential development of the mutual cooperation on the topic in the future.

13.11.2022

#SAFESPORTEVENT WAS PRESENTED AT THE CHOOSE YOUR WAY OF SPORTS AT NSA

On November 13, 2022, during the sports holiday "Choose your of sports", held at the “Vasil Levski” National Sports Academy, Bulgarian sports development association held an event under the #SafeSPORTevent project. The security protocols created within the project, the potential risks and threats in the conduct of sporting events, as well as the necessary measures and protocols to optimize the security and safety of spectators, administrative staff, athletes and officials were presented and discussed.

13.11.2022

BOOST PROJECT WAS PRESENTED AT THE CHOOSE YOUR WAY OF SPORTS AT NSA

On November 13, 2022, during the sports holiday "Choose your way of sports", held at the "Vasil Levski" National Sports Academy, the activities and the e-learning platform, part of the "BOOST-Boosting Outstanding Omnicompetent Successful Talents" project, were presented. During the event the following topics were discussed and debated: the need to increase skills and employability, modernize education, training and youth work with a focus on young people and the development of transversal skills and their importance for the personal and professional development of young people in Europe.

11.11.2022

ONE GOAL INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FOOTBALL MEETING WAS HELD IN LITHUANIA

In the period 07 – 11 November 2022, in Kaunas, Lithuania, an international meeting and a final conference of the ONE GOAL project were held, in which coaches and experts from 5 partner countries – Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy, Uruguay and the hosts from Lithuania took part. Kornelia Naydenova, Zlatka Gaberova and Ivaylo Zdravkov took part in the meeting on behalf of the Bulgarian sports development association – a partner in the project.

09.11.2022

#BOOST TRAINING FOR TRANSVERSAL SKILLS WAS HELD IN MLADOST

On November 9, 2022, a training of pedagogical counselors and psychologists from the capital’s “Mladost" district was held, during which Joanna Dochevska – chairperson of the board of BSDA, presented the "BOOST – Boosting Outstanding Omnicompetent Successful Talents" project. During the meeting the following topics were discussed: the need to increase skills and employability, modernize education, training and youth work with a focus on young people and the development of transversal skills and their importance for the personal and professional development of young people in Europe.

04.11.2022

FINAL MEETING UNDER THE MOVING PROJECT WAS HELD IN PORTUGAL

In the period 01.11.–04.11.2022 in Cascais, Portugal, a final meeting under the MOVING – Learning through mobility of sports’ volunteers project was held. The sports events for people with disabilities were presented, during which the methods developed within the project were tested, as well as the training of the young volunteers in each country of the present partnership, who had the opportunity to participate in the sports events at local level and practice what they have learnt.

31.10.2022

ORIENT SPORTS ORIENTEERING COMPETITION WAS HELD IN SOFIA

On the 31st of October 2022, in the city center of Sofia, an orienteering competition for social inclusion was held. Participants were young people aged between 18 and 30 years old who were previously introduced to the participatory mapping method, which refers to community mapping that combines modern cartography with participatory methods to reflect and represent the spatial knowledge of local communities. The young people were divided into 5 teams of 6, each accompanied by a sports coach and a social worker. Each participant received an ORIENT kit with a set of sports orienteering tools developed specifically for the event by the project partners.

28.10.2022

#BOOST DISSEMINATION EVENT WAS HELD IN CROATIA

On the 28th of October, 2022, in Opatija, Croatia, Vere Montis NGO organized a dissemination event under the "BOOST-Boosting Outstanding Omnicompetent Successful Talents” project. The event was held at the Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management, within the Entrepreneurship week, which was held in the period 24 – 28 October. During the event, the project itself was presented, the transversal skills and their importance for the personal and professional development of young people in Europe, as well as the BOOST e-learning platform – an innovative easy-to use tool, including videos and contents regarding the most important transversal skills. The participants in the event showed great interest in the e-learning platform and received copies of the #BOOST Transversal Skills Development Handbook for youth workers.

26.10.2022

INTERNATIONAL MEETING UNDER THE HEPA SUN PROJECT WAS HELD IN PORTUGAL

In the period 24-26 October 2022, a meeting of the Sports, health and fun for preschool children/SUN project consortium was held in Mirandela, Portugal, which aimed to analyze the activities carried out in each of the partner countries. The event was attended by Joanna Dochevska – chairperson of the Bulgarian sports development association (the Bulgarian partner of the initiative). A number of trainings and sports activities that took place at national level in the last two years were presented, as well as the sports event for children and parents “Mom, Dad and I”, which was implemented in Zaimov Park on the 21st of October 2022.

26.10.2022

BSDA PRESENTED THE ACTIVITIES UNDER THE ENDURANCE PROJECT

In the period 25-26.10.2022, at the Vasil Levski National Sports Academy, Sofia, Bulgarian sports development association held an event under the ENDURANCE project, which was attended by more than 160 coaches, sports specialists, sports pedagogues, physiotherapists and sports managers. The project is implemented in partnership with eight partners from seven countries (Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, Italy, Slovakia and Spain). During the event, topics such as project management, administration and reporting, guidelines and practical recommendations for the operation of the online interactive training platform "ENDURANCE", practical tasks and forms of creating and administering business projects, were discussed.

21.10.2022

HEPA KIDS CHILDREN SPORTS HOLIDAY WAS HELD IN SOFIA

On the 21st of October, 2022, a sports holiday "Mom, dad and I" was held in Zaimov Park, which was attended by more than 120 children from the 195 "Mormarevi Brothers" kindergarten. The participants had fun with sports and relay games, and Darko Team Athletics School contributed to the sports smiles, which besides with the sports specialists, joined in with an attractive mascot that delighted the children – the Darko wasp. A large number of volunteers took care of the excellent organization, including young people from metropolitan schools and young sports specialists from the Vasil Levski National Sports Academy.

19.10.2022

HEPA SUN PROJECT WAS PRESENTED IN SOFIA

On 19.10.2022, in kindergarten №100 "Acad. Pencho Raykov", Sofia, Bulgarian sports development association presented the activities of the "HEPA SUN – Sports, health and fun for preschool children” project, in which pedagogical specialists from the educational institution took part. The event was organized in partnership with the management of the kindergarten in the person of Zlatka Atanasova – director and Mrs. Diana Hadjiangelova from the Association of Bulgarians with Asthma, Allergy and COPD (ABBA). Interesting information about adapted sports was shared by Ivelina Kirilova, lecturer at NSA Vasil Levski and expert at BSDA.

19.10.2022

BSDA HELD A LOCAL SPORTS EVENT UNDER THE ONE GOAL PROJECT

On October 19, 2022, in Sofia, Bulgaria, a local sports event was held under the ONE GOAL project, in which more than 25 female sports coaches took part. During the event, theoretical and practical sessions on the following topics were held: practical knowledge and skills, the necessary practice and qualification needed to practice women's football, methods and practices for the promotion of female football coaches, the promotion of physical and technical qualities of female football players, contemporary role models in women's football and effective psychological methods and techniques for working with adolescents. The event was held with the support of the "Football and Tennis" department at the "Vasil Levski" National Sports Academy with the participation of highly qualified and experienced football coaches, such as Assoc. Prof. Kornelia Naydenova – coach of the goalkeepers in the women's team of Bulgaria and NSA.

16.10.2022

INTERNATIONAL MEETING UNDER THE WAYWARD PROJECT WAS HELD IN ITALY

In the period 11–16.10.2022 in the town of Sassari, Italy, the final international work meeting of the WAYWARD project was held. The event was attended by representatives of the six partner countries – Bulgaria, Vietnam, Greece, Italy, Ireland and Mexico. The project consortium includes organizations working specifically with the target group (young people with intellectual disabilities) by using the Education Through Sport methodology. Representatives of Bulgarian sports development association were Konstantin Zankov, board member, and Teodor Petrov, a volunteer in the organization.

15.10.2022

A TRAINING OF SPORTS SPECIALISTS WOMEN'S HURDLES WAS HELD IN ROME

In the period October 12-15, 2022, an international training of sports professionals was held in Rome, Italy, within the framework of the "WOMEN'S HURDLES" project, aiming to develop and implement innovative practices related to the promotion of women's physical activity, especially of those in a dynamic family and work environment. The project objective is to promote and support EU strategies in the area of social inclusion and equal opportunities of women, which are based on physical activity and a healthy lifestyle. The duration of the project is 24 months and involves 6 partner organizations from 5 European countries – Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Lithuania and Romania. Research and online activities have been carried out so far. The sports specialists Valentina Nedeva (MVJ SPORT) and Ivelina Dimitrova (Class for your back) took part in the training, as well as representatives of Bulgarian sports development association – Joanna Dochevska, Ivelina Kirilova and Velina Andonova.

15.10.2022

FINAL CONFERENCE UNDER THE HEPA PROJECT WAS HELD IN CROATIA

On 15.10.2022 the final conference of the HEPA (Health Enhancing Physical Activity) – Health and Fitness Assessment for Seniors project was held in Zagreb, Croatia. The research carried out within the framework of the project in the individual partner countries was presented, as well as an analysis of the impact of the HEPA project on the elderly people who took part in the pilot sessions. The achieved results, the activities carried out and the main recommendations for the future implementation of the HEPA project for the elderly were discussed. Kalinka Gudarovska – board member of BSDA and Emilia Pergelova – international projects coordinator in BSDA took part in the meeting on behalf of the Bulgarian sports development association.

14.10.2022

INTERNATIONAL MEETING UNDER THE EWA PROJECT WAS HELD IN ATHENS

In the period October 11 – 14, 2022, a partner meeting under the EWA project – Empowering Women Athletes: Tackling Feminine Abuse, Violence and Discrimination in EU Sports Clubs was held in Athens, Greece. During the meeting, the partner local training sessions, the prepared training materials (Strategy and tools for the empowerment of female athletes), the established centralized model of the "Help Desk – for Athletes and Women", as well as the crucial role of sports professionals in combating abuse, violence and discrimination against women, were discussed.

12.10.2022

INTERNATIONAL MEETING UNDER THE ORIENT PROJECT WAS HELD IN SOFIA

On the 11th and the 12th of October, 2022, in the city of Sofia, Bulgaria, a partner meeting under the ORIENT project was held. The results achieved so far, the organization of future project activities, as well as the ways of popularizing their results were discussed. The consortium consists of 5 European countries and one from the Western Balkans: Italy, Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus, Austria and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Kalinka Gudarovska, board member of the association and Emiliya Tsanova, part of the association's team, took part in the meeting on behalf of the Bulgarian sports development association (BSDA). The meeting was held in the building of the Center for Family Counseling at the Local Commission for Combating Antisocial Behaviors of Minors, Mladost metropolitan area, with secretary Mrs. Stela Tsakina.

07.10.2022

HALT TENNIS TOURNAMENT WAS HELD IN THE HOME FOR ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES IN THE TOWN OF BANYA – SONIC START

On October 07, 2022, in the Home for adults with intellectual disabilities in the town of Banya – Sonic Start, a table tennis tournament and sports activities were held, which brought to the users and educators of the social service a day full of smiles. The game of table tennis is one of the most engaging activities for the brain and even older players can play table tennis recreationally. It is a fast moving, competitive activity which positively affects physical fitness levels, improves sustained attention and enhances the development of visuospatial skills. Due to these characteristics and the accessibility of the sport, it has been proved through research that table tennis can be effectively used as a prevention and rehabilitation program for people suffering or at risk to develop Alzheimer's and dementia since it activates up to five different sections of their brains simultaneously.