NEWS

FINAL MEETING UNDER THE MOVING PROJECT WAS HELD IN PORTUGAL
04.11.2022
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.
The consortium includes 5 partner organizations from 4 European countries – Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy and Portugal. Kalinka Gudarovska – Board member of the organization, Emilia Pergelova – European projects coordinator, Nikola Gudarovski and Velina Toneva – volunteers at BSDA, took part in the meeting.

The MOVING project aims to support the mobility of volunteers, coaches, managers and staff of non-profit sport organizations. The target group are people aged 18+ interested in volunteering to explore the possibility of a career in sport as well as to further strengthen their competencies. The project seeks to answer the priority European policy challenge of supporting volunteering in the field of Sport as a vehicle of employability, economic growth and social engagement.

OBJECTIVES OF THE MOVING PROJECT:
• Creation of a European network to facilitate the possibility for volunteers and NGOs build their own experience in the field of sports via mobility;
• Fostering professional quality, attractiveness and operational results of grassroots sport organizations through exchange of best practices and development of quality professionalism of staff and volunteers through non-formal education and e-learning.

The MOVING project is co-funded under the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union.