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04.07.2022
In the period 28.06 – 04.07.2022 in Sofia, Bulgaria, a youth mobility under the "We Shan't Tolerate Hate" (WSTH) project, was held. The project is a strategic partnership lasting 24 months focused on promoting youth volunteering as an instrument to contrast discrimination against migrants and refugees among the youth categories and within the hosting societies at large. The surge in intolerance, stereotyping and discrimination against migrants and refugees represents one of the most glaring realities influencing political and civil society debate, particularly in the European polities most sensibly hit by the massive migrants and refugee flows from Africa and the Middle Eastern region. Eurostat quantifies in 164.300 the number of extra-EU nationals who sought asylum in the EU-28 during the third quarter of 2017. The meeting was attended by young people from each partner country – Bulgaria, Italy and Romania, as well as participants with migrant background form Algeria and Pakistan.
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01.07.2022
In the period 28.06.2022 – 01.07.2022, in Lisbon, Portugal the second international meeting under the SONKEI project was held. The meeting was attended by 8 partner organizations form 8 European countries – Bulgaria, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Turkey and Croatia. During the meeting, the partners had the opportunity to learn about the activities and facilities of the Ginásio Clube Português: GCP (Portuguese Sports Club), discussed the project activities so far, the upcoming final conference in Istanbul and worked on creating the practical educational tools for children and youth to raise awareness of violence in sport. Emiliya Tsanova, Diyan Atanasov and Syuleiman Syuleiman took part in the meeting on behalf of the Bulgarian sports development association.
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24.06.2022
People with intellectual disabilities and/or mental health challenges are still subject of wide discrimination and impossibility to be properly included in the society. Sport is one of the most powerful tools that can support the inclusion process and in a gentle way present an opportunity for the mentioned target group to feel accepted and part of a group. 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 disability and/or mental health challenges. On 24th of June a kick off meeting has been held in online environment which gathered the partners and allowed them to review and plan all project actions together.
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23.06.2022
On the 23rd of June we celebrate the Olympic Day and the values of the Olympic Movement come alive. The International Olympic Day has been celebrated by a decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) since January 1948. To mark the occasion, open training sessions were organised for the sports included in one of the most significant sports for the Olympic Movement – modern pentathlon. During the event, organized by the Bulgarian sports development association, Faculty of Sports – National Sports Academy "Vasil Levski" and the Bulgarian Modern Pentathlon Federation, hundreds of children and adolescents had the opportunity to try the sport introduced by the creator of the modern Olympic Games Pierre de Coubertin. His aim was to bring together in a common sport all the skills that the ideal nineteenth-century cavalryman had to possess – running, swimming, riding, shooting and duelling. The children were welcomed and greeted by prof. Krasimir Petkov, Dean of the Faculty of Sports, Kamelia Alexandrova, President of the Bulgarian Modern Pentathlon Federation and the students and coaches who underwent the EHPARP training course, who encouraged them to apply the Olympic values in their lives: friendship, respect, dignity, equality, determination, inspiration and courage.
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22.06.2022
In the period 14/06 – 22/06/2022, 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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20.06.2022
In the period 12.06.2022 – 20.06.2022, in the town of Sassari, Italy, a youth mobility under the "We Shan’t TolerHate" (WSTH) project was held. This project is a strategic partnership lasting 24 months focused on promoting youth volunteering as an instrument to contrast discrimination against migrants and refugees among the youth categories and within the hosting societies at large. The surge in intolerance, stereotyping and discrimination against migrants and refugees represents one of the most glaring realities influencing political and civil society debate, particularly in the European polities most sensibly hit by the massive migrants and refugee flows from Africa and the Middle Eastern region. Eurostat quantifies in 164.300 the number of extra-EU nationals who sought asylum in the EU-28 during the third quarter of 2017. The meeting was attended by young people from each partner country – Bulgaria, Italy and Romania, as well as participants with migrant background form Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and Russia.
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19.06.2022
In the period 16-19 June 2022 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina was held #SafeSPORTevent meeting for exchange of good practices that gathered the partners from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey to finalize the project outputs. During the mobility, the consortium had as well fruitful meetings with local stakeholders from Bosnian Olympic Committee, SWORD security agency and a practical visit to European Wheelchair Basketball Championship. At the meetings has been tested the safety and security protocols and discussed 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.
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16.06.2022
An international Play’In Together conference on the power of sport was held in Leuven, Belgium from 13 to 16 June. Play’In Together relies on an innovative teaching method developed by PLAY International: Playdagogy. It aims at using sport games as an educational medium to treat sensitive topics otherwise. It allows children to learn and grow while playing and having fun. The final event brought together all European partners involved in the project, as well as sports professionals from all over Europe. The conference was also attended by Joanna Dochevska – Chairperson of Bulgarian sports development association, who presented part of the methodology in the aspect: Sports beyond disabilities.
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16.06.2022
On June 16, 2022, at the National Sports Academy "Vasil Levski", an innovative training for physical activity for people with osteoporosis was held, which brought together 35 sports professionals who after this event are going to have the opportunity to launch programs for people diagnosed with osteoporosis. Considering the needs to encourage osteopenic/osteoporotic patients to practice physical activity and to train health professionals on how to encourage them, the HAPPY BONES project aims to develop and promote an innovative exercise protocol for osteoporosis for osteopenic/osteoporotic, sedentary individuals aged 50-65 years, to engage them in moderate exercise and as a consequence, to increase their quality of life (physiologically and psychologically). In the period October 2021 – April 2022, a free Happy Bones therapy for women diagnosed with osteoporosis was held in Sofia, in which 24 ladies participated in. The program provided an opportunity to test in practice a protocol that ensures the quality physical activity for the target group.
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14.06.2022
In the period 13–14 June, 2022, in Palermo, Italy, an international meeting under the ONE GOAL project was held, which was attended by coaches and experts from 5 partner organizations – Bulgaria, Hungary, Lithuania, Uruguay and the hosts from Italy. Kornelia Naydenova, Zlatka Gaberova and Diyan Atanasov took part in the meeting on behalf of the Bulgarian sports development association, a partner in the project.
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11.06.2022
In the period 08–11 June 2022, in Athens, Greece the first meeting of the "WOMEN'S HURDLES" project was held. The project has the aim 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. By the end of the project, international and national training of sports specialists is forthcoming, within which the foundations of targeted activities regarding the inclusion of members of the fair sex in sports activities will be laid.
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09.06.2022
During the first days of June 2022, in Borovets, Bulgaria, Bulgarian sports development association held a training course under the "Re (IN) novating Marketing Strategy Across Semi-professional Female Teams" (RINMSASFT)" project, which was attended by sports specialists and sports administrators. The training presented the project’s results so far, the training modules and a number of practical tasks in the field of marketing, communication, financial strategies and good practices for sustainability and funding in sports, platforms and strategies for fundraising, management, management of sporting events, digital skills needed by sports professionals and administrators in the dynamic 21st century. The discussed topics were focused on the needs to strengthen the competencies of the semi-professional women's sports team’s managers through a process of increasing the skills, knowledge and competencies related to marketing, communication and advertising strategies.
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08.06.2022
In the period 05–08 June 2022, in Palermo, Italy, a meeting under the #Train4Inclusive project was held, which brought together partners from Bulgaria, Croatia, Italy, Slovenia and Spain. #Train4Inclusive project aims to develop methodology and tools, which supporters and supervisors of sport activities for people with disabilities will be able to use in order to monitor the progress of their physical, cognitive and social abilities. Within the project a handbook for sports coaches was developed. The international meeting was attended by Bulgarian experts Ivelina Dimitrova and Velina Toneva.
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08.06.2022
On June 8, 2022, in Borovets, Bulgaria, Bulgarian sports development association, with the support of the Department of Weightlifting, Boxing, Fencing and Sports for All, at the National Sports Academy "Vasil Levski", conducted a training within the ENDURANCE project, which is implemented in partnership with 8 partners from 7 countries (Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, Italy, Slovakia and Spain). During the training, topics such as project management, administration and reporting, guidelines and practical recommendations for the work of the online interactive training platform "ENDURANCE", practical tasks and forms of creating and administering business projects were discussed.
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08.06.2022
On June 8, 2022, in Borovets, Bulgaria, Bulgarian sports development association conducted a training, with the support of the Department of Weightlifting, Boxing, Fencing and Sports for All, at the National Sports Academy "Vasil Levski", within the "ORIENT – Young explorers re-discover local communities through orienteering” project which is implemented in partnership with 5 European countries and one country from the Western Balkans: Italy, Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus, Austria and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The project aims to improve the social inclusion and to spread the information regarding the local realities in different countries, while promoting a sense of freedom and positive change at local level, encouraging the involvement of young people in outdoor activities based on orienteering. ORIENT addresses the priority “encourage social inclusion and equal opportunities in sport” by developing a set of innovative outputs.
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07.06.2022
On June 7, 2022, in Borovets, Bulgaria, Bulgarian sports development association conducted a training with the support of the Department of Weightlifting, Boxing, Fencing and Sports for All, at the National Sports Academy "Vasil Levski". The training was held within the “SONKEI – Respect in Sport, Respect in Life” project, which is implemented in partnership with 8 partner organizations from 8 European countries – Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Turkey and Croatia. The training discussed good practices and methods for tackling racism and violence in sport, various methodologies and practical educational tools for children and young people to raise awareness of violence in sport and promote EU values of respect, courage, gender equality and inclusion.
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04.06.2022
An international para-sport conference was held in Thessaloniki, Greece in the period 02.06-04.06, 2022, which aimed to discuss the challenges in the dual career of the European athletes with physical disabilities. The meeting brought together experts in the field of adapted physical activity and sports, para-athletes, as well as representatives of the European, Swedish, Greek, Serbian and Croatian Paralympic Committees. The international event was held within the PARAdig /Dual-Track Careers for Para-Athletes/ project. Within the initiative, an online platform was created to support the professional development and to lay the foundations for the business and entrepreneurial skills, adapted to the needs of people with physical disabilities, in order to provide them with full personal and professional development. Bulgaria is actively working within the initiative in cooperation with the National Sports Academy "Vasil Levski" and the Bulgarian sports development association, which was presented at the conference by Joanna Dochevska (chairperson of BSDA), Assoc. Prof. Stefka Djobova, PhD and Ivelina Kirilova, PhD – world-renowned experts in the theory and practice of adapted sports. During the visit to Thessaloniki, a presentation of the "Adapted Sports and Inclusive Education" master's program of NSA "Vasil Levski" was organized.
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31.05.2022
In the period 29 – 31 May 2022, in Milan, Italy, the first meeting of the EntrepreNEETs initiative was held, which brought together the national coordinators from Bulgaria, Germany, Italy and Slovakia. Joanna Dochevska – Chairperson of BSDA, took part in the meeting on behalf of the Bulgarian sports development association. 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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30.05.2022
Sofia Holy Metropolis – Kyustendil Spiritual District, with the support of the Municipality of Kyustendil, Regional Department of Education – Kyustendil, Regional Library "Emanuil Popdimitrov – Kyustendil", Sunday School at the Church of the Nativity, the Sunday School at the Church of St. Martyr Paraskeva, Association of Bulgarians with Asthma, Allergy and COPD, Bulgarian sports development association (BSDA), and Theater Company “Empty Space”, organized a CELEBRATION OF THE ORTHODOX SPIRIT AND TRADITIONS.
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30.05.2022
On the 20th and 30th of May 2022, in Sofia, with the help of the "Adapted physical activity and sports" sector at the National Sports Academy "Vasil Levski", a dissemination events within the PARAdig /Dual-Track Careers for Para-Athletes/ project, were held. This project is a partnership between organizations with extensive experience in the field, including the European Paralympic Committee, the Ministry of Sport – Sweden, the Croatian Paralympic Committee.
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20.05.2022
In the period 15.05–20.05.2022, in Mexico City and in the city of Cuautla, Mexico, activities within the International Seminar for Joint Exchange of Experiences, which is a result of the activities carried out so far under the "Working to Approach Youth Workers as Agents of a Response to Disability" (WAYWARD) project, were held.
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19.05.2022
On May 19, 2022, аn online meeting under the EHPARP project was held. During the meeting the completed and upcoming project activities, finished materials and the training platform of the project were discussed. Diyan Atanasov and Emilia Tsanova took part in the meeting on behalf of the Bulgarian sports development association.
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18.05.2022
On May 18, 2022, an online meeting under the PROPELLERS project was held. During the meeting, partners from 6 European countries – Bulgaria, Italy, Poland, Greece, Croatia and Spain discussed the implemented and the upcoming project activities. Diyan Atanasov and Emilia Tsanova took part in the meeting on behalf of the Bulgarian sports development association.
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17.05.2022
On May 16 and 17, 2022, an international online meeting under the EWA – Empowering Women Athletes: Tackling Feminine Abuse, Violence and Discrimination in EU Sports Clubs project was held. During the meeting, the following topics were discussed: the completed and upcoming project activities, the prepared training materials and the training course on the role of sports professionals in combating violence and discrimination against women in sport Diyan Atanasov and Emilia Tsanova took part in the meeting on behalf of the Bulgarian sports development association.
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13.05.2022
EntrepreNEETs is a Small-Scale 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 and digital, and ICT skills. Therefore, it aims at combatting the following two aspects: the overrepresentation of women in the NEET category and their underrepresentation as entrepreneurs. The main strategy that is going to be implemented to accomplish this goal is to provide youth workers with tools based on non-formal education (NFE). Thus, the project will be the exchange of good practices, aimed at producing a toolkit that can be used across the EU in fostering entrepreneurship. It will do so by employing Entrepreneurship as a Competence framework (EntreComp), working on the 3 competencies it defines: ‘’ideas and opportunities’’, ‘’resources’’ and ‘’into action’’. The following EntreComp goals are in the scope of the project: ‘’I want to mobilize’’ and ‘’I want to create value’’. They will be accomplished by inspiring young female NEETs to pursue a career in the entrepreneurial world and by adapting it to their specific local context.
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13.05.2022
"BOOST-Boosting Outstanding Omnicompetent Successful Talents" is a 24 months strategic partnership, co-funded by Erasmus+ programme of the European Union, aiming to create new education and personal development for young people in Europe through delivering interactive educational formats and methods based on transversal skills development.
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10.05.2022
On 10.05.2022 in Sofia, Bulgaria, the fourth international meeting under the Pick4All – Pickleball is 100% inclusive sport project was held, within which the first pickleball tournament in our country was organized. During the event there was a demonstration held by sports specialists from the Spanish Pickleball Federation, as well as an amateur tournament, which was attended by children and young people from Sofia schools, as well as athletes in Adapted Basketball of NSA "Vasil Levski" and users of social services in the Home for adults with mental disabilities in the town of Banya – Sonic Start. The event was organized jointly by the two Bulgarian project partners – Bulgarian sports development association and Badminton Club RacketSpeed.
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