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NGO Nest - Germany

NGO NEST Berlin was born in 2016 out of an initiative by young professionals in the fields of NGO, Social Innovation, European projects, European mobility, Networking and Non Formal Education methods. The organization aims at advancing human, social and socioeconomic development of young people through creating and deploying a multilayered set of educational activities targeted at young people in cooperation with NGOs and stakeholders at the different levels. This aim will be pursued through an emphasis on networking with NGOs and stakeholder entities, encompassing the local/regional/national dimensions (joint elaboration and implementation of educational programmes delivered through Non Formal Education methods involving different targets of the youth population ) as well as the European sphere (European project design, establishment of European networks of NGOs and stakeholders, offer of European mobility opportunities to young people).

NEST Berlin at the same time operates in connection with NGOs and stakeholders at the European level for the purpose of exchanging best practices in youth work and youth education, with the main aim of representing a transnational hub of innovation in NGO practices and coordination schemes between NGOs and stakeholders in Europe.

The organization manages “MITOSIS”, a co-working space in Berlin. The spaces represents an open hub of collaboration and innovation participated by a disparate set of local and international professionals working in fields as diverse as Programming, Art and Philosophy. A cross-cutting driver of NEST NGO’s action is represented by the attention to the valorization and diffusion of the potential of Non Fornal Education (NFE) methods as a crucial pathway towards a more impacting and inclusive education functional to the environment and peculiarities of NGO actors. For instance, Non-formal learning activities are frequently based on private initiatives by NGOs. NEST acts to promote the advancement of NFE methods as well as the establishment of synergies among formal, non-formal and informal educational methodologies and environments.

NGO NEST Berlin is an organization of recent foundation (2016). At the same time, NEST Berlin can count on a professional staff with competences and experience in areas as disparate as Project Management, Non Formal Education methodologies, Networking and Communication (online as well as offline).

Key professionals within the organization’s structure have been involved in the management of international projects in the Erasmus Plus frame, both KA1 and KA1. The organization works to develop initiatives of youth education based on NFE methods at the local,regional, national and European levels, in cooperation with stakeholders at the various levels taken into consideration.

NEST Berlin’s experience in Networking in an European dimension is consolidated by its status as a candidate organization for membership in MV International (MVI), an international NGO network comprising 21 European member organizations, 4 European organizations candidate to membership and 6 associate organizations from Africa (Cameroon, Kenya and Senegal), Latin America (Argentina) and Asia (India). MVI is a global platform, open to stake holding organisations and individuals with special expertise in the fields of Social Entrepreneurship, Non Formal Education and Sustainability.

NEST is also experienced in the field of social innovation at the international level. The organization regularly pursues this pattern of action through the management of the co-working space “MITOSIS”, participated by local and international professionals in different fields.

In regards of activities in the sport field NGO NEST Berlin prosses strong local collaboration with local clubs and young athletes willing to develop their competences and career in this field. Regularly NEST organizes local events in which this target group is participating, and NEST provides support in terms of education through sport methodology and various activities related to operation of social changes through sport. Moreover, NEST works to support the development and promotion of valuable sport programs for youth and adults, supports the implementation of local educational programs in the field of sport, preparation and management of local projects with schools in this field, etc. The organization promotes and supports the sport movements in Berlin and is aimed at strengthening the spirit of cooperation among young athletes and local authorities responsible for sport policy development.

Board members of the organization are semi professional volleyball players and their motivation to work in the sports field is driven from the background which they have, willing to provide quality opportunities for career development of new generations. In this sense, NEST Berlin has taken the lead of the project willing to increase the level of its actions and to start working for support policy reforms at EU level in the field good governance of sports, etc.

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MV International - Italy

The European Non Governmental Organization (ENGO) MV International (MVI) is a network of 37 European NGOs (one per Country and with members in each of 27 Countries of the EU), 8 associate organizations from Africa (Cameroon, Kenya, Senegal and Uganda), Latin America (Argentina and Peru) and Asia (India and China) aimed at promoting participatory planning between NGOs fostering the exchange of knowledge among professionals in the field of European design. ENGO MVI is a global platform open to organisations working within the fields of Youth, Non Formal Education, Sport and Culture.

Created in 2012, MVI is today a global actor closely cooperating with its 37 member organizations, international NGOs, and public and private sector stakeholders. Its thousands individual members from 27 European countries represent a diverse group of people active within European projects, youth, non formal education, social entrepreneurship, sport and cultural activities. MVI has a growing experience in establishing new thematic Consortia, promoting new partnerships, developing and implementing EU projects and organising high-profile European congresses, conferences and hearings. To fulfil these objectives, MVI concentrates on three key areas: project activities, education and policy-making/advocacy efforts.

MVI engages in advocacy at the European and transcontinental level through its yearly Social Campaigns whereby the Network promotes European and global awareness on the topics forming part of its constitutive priorities, with a particular focus on the contrast to Hate Speech and discrimination in the field of youth and in society in general.

In the field of Sport, MVI competence is brought about by the high quality sectoral expertise of its key members as well as by the relationship between Sport and Non Hate Speech values MVI aims at exploring at the different levels, from the local to the international. The founder organization MVNGO is experienced in the use of Sport as an instrument of education and social inclusion and has implemented several international activities at the European and transcontinental level in the field through its professional division of Sport Experts and Trainers (MVNGO Sport Branch). The Bulgarian member Champions Factory is an NGO experienced in the educational use of Sport in connection with on Formal Education methods. The organization has a long record local, European and international activities in the field, including Capacity Buildings Youth, as a coordinating and partner organization. MVNGO and Champions Factory are applicant organizations or partners in a total of more than 10 Collaborative Partnership Projects in the Sport field. Their competence extends to the field of project design in Sport by virtue of the theoretical knowledge in the realms of Sport and Project Management possessed by their leading staff.

As an international umbrella organisation, MVI further has the capacity to exploit results of the project directly via its membership, which counts 27 members in the EU and 37 in the European continent. This platform provided a strong base to not only sustainability and roll-out of results in project partner organisations, but also in a substantial subsequent dissemination and exploitation. MVI is also centrally placed to execute a broad-reaching dissemination and exploitation of the project.

ENGO MVI is a non profit “association of associations” that intends to carry out social involvement and community building activities for its members and stake holding (third) parties encouraging participation, freedom and dignity of its members. Mine Vaganti NGO, Asociacion Juvenil Intercambia and Cecis are the co-founding organization of the ENGO. In line with these values and objectives, thanks to its role as advisor for public and private bodies – well served by participation to European programmes – the co-founder established a serious network and Youth platform of ENGO partners around Europe. MVI counts on the full commitment of 37 member organisations from Europe, plus 8 organisations from outside Europe. All the members have a wide experience in project management and they have organized several activities as youth exchanges, training courses, study visits, internship programs and volunteer hosting.

MV International has developed a noticeable experience in the field of Erasmus Plus projects at highest level, in cooperation with an extensive and ever-expanding network of members and international partners. MVI achievements in this respect are directly related to the field of Sport, through the sectoral expertise accumulated by its members and, the competences in the field developed by its regular staff as well as, more recently, through the elaboration of autonomous project proposals focused on Sport in the Erasmus Plus field.

The Network conducts yearly Social Campaigns to raise awareness about its constitutive priorities, with a particular focus on contrast to phenomena of discrimination and Hate Speech. The last MVI Social Campaign of 2018 “Cyber-Bullying and No Hate Speech” achieved the involvement and contribution of NGOs from European and extra-European countries. The Network is committed to exploring the relationship between Sport values/practices and the impacting promotion of No Hate Speech values.

MV International’s key members have moreover an internationally recognized expertise in the use of Sport as an agent of education and social inclusion, particularly of disadvantaged categories of young people.

MVI’s founding and leading member Mine Vaganti NGO can count on a professional division of Sport Trainers (MVNGO Sport Branch) who have performed a leading role in the discharge of European and international projects focused on Sport and Education. The most important achievement scored by MVNGO Sport Branch in the aforementioned field was the Erasmus Plus Capacity Building Youth “Inclusion Through Sport” (ITS) coordinated by MVNGO for 2 years (2016-2017) with the involvement of 12 organizations from 12 countries across 4 continents of the World.

The member organization Champions Factory is experienced in the use of Sport as an agent of education and social inclusion at the different levels (from the local to the European and international). The organization presently coordinates the Erasmus PLUS Capacity Building Youth project “Women Empowerment through Sport” (WEtS) focused on the use of Sport as an agent of social inclusion of disadvantaged females.

MVNGO and Champions Factory are applicant organizations or partners in a total of more than 10 Collaborative Partnership Projects in the Sport field. Their competence extends to the field of project design in Sport by virtue of the theoretical knowledge in the realms of Sport and Project Management possessed by their leading staff.

The ENGO, as a representative of the Network, has founding values that are described in the “Statement of the Network” of 10/11/2012, subscribed in the “Commitment Letter” in which the partners commit themselves to respect the values.

The NGOs involved meet annually at a general meeting and elect an Operative Committee made up of 7 people belonging to different NGO partners.

The meeting, to be held every year at the premises of an organization affiliated with the network, aims to create a debate between the representatives of the associated NGOs to plan future joint actions to be implemented during the following calendar year.

The members of MVI work as a team to create and develop new projects such as youth exchanges, seminars or training courses.

Among MVI team, there are some trainers/facilitators (Salto accredited) with a wide experience that are ready to be involved in the implementation of this particular project.

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Fundacion Universitaria San Antonio – UCAM, Spain

UCAM considers sports as a key element of students/alumni comprehensive training, so we pay special attention to all the activities related to sport practice. UCAM offers a Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, which, in our opinion, describe and represent an area of knowledge that plays an important social role. As an academic discipline, it represents a pedagogy system of the motor behaviors which are the common denominator of all physical and sports activities. From another perspective, the huge ever-growing diversity of forms and activities of body practices results in the generalized concept of sports, which is made up by sports in the context of leisure, recreation and tourism, school and university sports, performance sports, entertainment sports and professional sports.

We would like to remark some facts that we consider as most relevant to our sport success:

Students get plenty of personal attention by young professors (50 professors), highly qualified (over 60% doctors) and dedicated to the students´ training.
Sports tutors who watch over harmonizing the academic and sport life.
Our experience of 14 years (10 classes, more than 1,100 graduates). We are the first to offer both the bachelor´s degree and the EHEA undergraduate degree in the Region of Murcia.
Students coming from related fields (e.g. Physical Education) will gain the recognition of credits obtained in their previous studies.
High demand for students to come to study the degree with us (360 in the first year).
UCAM Sports Center, the largest gym in Murcia, with modern facilities.
The research background, with more than 60 master´s thesis, 14 doctoral thesis defenses and more than 45 research projects.

UCAM also organizers and participates in numerous sports competitions across the country, being the Spanish Universities Championship as the main national competition, where UCAM has an impressive record being among the top five Spanish Universities for the last few years: 1st position in 2011/2012. UCAM has also developed a sponsorship programme for various teams from the Region of Murcia in sports such as basketball, volleyball and football. The “Sports Service” is the greatest exponent in this are within the University, and its priority objective is to allow all UCAM students enjoy their preferred sport category under the best possible conditions. To accomplish this goal, UCAM has its own 3,000 square meters Sports Center, a gym with state-of-the-art equipment. The muscle-building room “Technogym”, has an area of 600 square meters, and has been awarded with the Innovation Prize in the Europe´s Top Fair of Fitness, Well-being and Health. Another relevant element of the Sports Service is the Annual Programme devoted to top level (high performance) athletes and sportsmen7women, through the University carries out a personalized monitoring process for those UCAM student athletes, with the aim of helping them overcome the difficulties that arise from balancing their academic and training activities.

UCAM work on several collaborative partnerships under the Erasmus+ Sport action either as partner either as main coordinator. The team has relevant experience for undertaking the implementation of the current project.

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Rijeka’s Sports Association - Croatia

Rijeka’s Sports Association, allying all sports clubs in the City of Rijeka, is the promoter of the Programme of public sports programme co-funding in the City of Rijeka, which is presented through the City administration department for sports and technical culture to the government of the City of Rijeka. Rijeka Sport Association have the following basic duties: coordination of their members’ activities, fostering and promoting sports in accordance with the National sports development programme, specifically sports for children, youth, students and the disabled; proposing programmes of public sports programme co-funding and taking active role in their development; responsibility for categorized sportsmen and implementation of legal provisions protecting their rights; taking active part in arrangements for important international sports events; cooperation with Croatian Olympic Committee, Croatian Paralympic Committee and Croatian Deaf People’s Sporting Society as well as taking active part in the development of criteria for the utilization of sporting facilities and school sports halls by sports clubs in the City of Rijeka.

RSS currently has a program and existing cooperation with primary and secondary schools, particularly with the professors of physical education – kinesiologists, in which, throughout the year, it carries out various sports activities. Coaches are employees of RSS who conduct training processes in the clubs but are also involved in working with young people in primary and secondary schools.

Basic targets of the Programme of public sports programme co-funding in the City of Rijeka are: investments in the development of junior sportsmen in order to foster sporting culture; upgrading public health and creating solid grounds for the preservation of the level of quality of sports activities in Rijeka and its further increase; upgrading the top and average levels and the general sporting quality which fosters the development of sports and contributes to the renown of the city; animation of as many citizens as possible regardless of their age and gender, special co-funding for joining disability sports; construction, completion/adaptation of sporting infrastructure.

RSS is the organizer of the biggest recreational event in Croatia which involves around 10,000 citizens of all ages, from preschools, children, elementary and secondary school pupils, senior citizens and people with disabilities.

These activities are allocated regular and occasional financial support for 220 sports clubs with approx. 18,000 active athletes of different age, out of which 9,500 either registered or unregistered sports club members and over 5,000 students and recreationists.

RSS employs 19 persons. RSS is very active in coordinating and implementing EU projects. Current projects coordinated by the Rijeka Sport’s Association are: PASSPORT (Erasmus+ Sport, collaborative partnership, dual career of the athletes); A Path to TranSportAction (Erasmus+, KA2, promotion of gender equality in rural areas, countering sexism and gender stereotypes, all through sport combined with informal education methods); BETTER (Erasmus+ Sport, small collaborative partnership, promotion of traditional European sports and games – bocce); s-PORTEND ( Erasmus+, KA104, adult mobility and education through sport). Current projects RSS is a partner organization on are: Traditional games are meeting, Move to improve, Good governance in sport, Green seal, Back2track, Sport Diplomacy Academy, Let’s take sport out of youth. Main topics of our projects are: anti-doping, good governance in sport, social inclusion and equal opportunities, encouraging participation in sport and physical activity, dual careers of athletes, promoting European traditional sports and games, mobility of volunteers, coaches, managers and staff of non-profit sport organisations, protecting athletes, especially the youngest, from health and safety hazards by improving training and competition conditions, etc.

Department for developing and implementing EU project consists of 3 persons (project manager and 2 expert assistants), that are constantly supported by Sports program manager and Financial manager.

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Bulgarian Sports Development Association – Bulgaria

The association has been established in 2010 as a non profit public benefit organization devoted to the development of Bulgarian sport and enhancing sporting culture in Bulgaria. The association works for the sustainable development of physical education and sport in Bulgaria through diverse projects and programs for the development of sport, sports infrastructure and physical education. It also works for developing and enforcing transparency in sport, development of prevention through sport etc.

BULSport main goals are:

Sustainable development of physical education and sport in Bulgaria;

Develop different strategies and programs for sport tourism.

Development, application, implementation and coordination of national, municipal, government, European, international and other projects and programs for development of sport, sports facilities and physical education; Improving the health, physical condition and sports culture of the nation, concerning youth problems as a priority;

Optimization and mobilizing human and material potential in sport and personal development;

Creating an enabling environment for sustainable and efficient management and entrepreneurship in sport and tourism;

Development of education in physical culture and sport and through sport, and informal continuing education in the field of sport, professional development, business and entrepreneurship;

Protection of children, youth, professional athletes, coaches, sports figures and sports organizations;

Develop, Stimulate entrepreneurship and personal development of the youngsters;

Development of prevention through sport.

The association is run exclusively by volunteers and more than 20 volunteers are involved permanently in order to develop sport events. Sport volunteering is one of the main goals of the organization over the past 3 years as there is a real result of its work in engaging young people to become volunteers in major sport events held in Bulgaria. Young athletes and volunteers are an essential part of the team of the association and as capacity building of the team has always been a top priority. Over the years the association has organized a variety of events focused in the field of sport and physical activity, and its top priority in the future is the development of sport and sport culture in Bulgaria. Each team member is committed to the development of sport and has worked in various aspects of management, administration and organization of sport. The team has participated in lot of trainings and initiatives under the program Youth in Action and Erasmus+. So far, the Bulgarian Sports Development association holds the successful development of 14 projects related to sport and volunteering on national and international level and it is involved in 8 others currently.

Founders and young leaders of Bulgarian sports development association come from experienced and influential organizational backgrounds with several projects that includes: more than 50 sport events of various range organized in Bulgaria – national, European and world championships in different sports, more than 10 national conferences, organized in Bulgaria, participation in many European events at representative level on behalf of Bulgaria on youth policy such as Youth congress Spain 2010 and Denmark 2012, Training of Trainers, Training of International Project Managers, Social Entrepreneurship, Education through Sport, Congresses and workshops

Over the years we have built excellent partnerships with a number of Bulgarian and international organizations with which we maintain active relationships and develop joint projects for the development of sport and active civil society. Bulsport is the unique Bulgarian Association which got an approved project under the Erasmus+ Sport Action in 2016. The organization is a full member of ISCA – International sport and culture association (DK), which is an international network gathering various organizations operating in the sport field.

The Bulsport Team believes that sport should be part of a modern life of children and young people and should create in them values such as motivation, discipline, fair play. Sport is also a excellent way to prevent many youth problems such as social exclusion, school dropout, violence, crime and addictions.

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Sassari Torres Femminile

ASD FC Sassari Torres Femminile is the main female Football Club of the city of Sassari and the most awarded female football club in Italy. The origins of the club date back to 1980, when the latter was established under the denomination of “A.C.F. Delco Costruzioni di Sassari”. The Club achieved promotion in the B League of the Italian female Championship in 1989, with promotion in the A Italian Football League achieved in the season 1989-1990. Already during the first season, the club wins the Italy cup, and the first Italian national title arrives in the season 1993-1994. Since then, the trophies accumulated by the Club throughout its existence include 7 Italy Cups, 7 Italian national titles and 1 Women’s Champions League.

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