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For the first time, a collaborative partnership – led by Fédération Française du Sport d’Entreprise – FFSE – unites different intersectorial partiers to develop a common strategy to support women who aspire to be leaders in sport, reaching higher positions in the government of sport. Thanks to this three-year project, partners will work together to develop nine intellectual products and provide a concept to reduce the gender gap.

The SWinG concept relies primarily on the potential for mentoring and a support network of emerging women leaders with similar ideas or aspirations. That is why, partners are launching call for participants – both for mentor and for mentees – inviting everyone to be part of the SWinG mentorship programme.

The SWinG mentoring scheme has been designed as a mid-term transformative change programme. With this scheme, partners would like to encourage more women to step up by providing them the support and network they need and deserve.

If you would be interested or know someone who might be, this is your chance to step up and be part of the adventure.

The contact point from Lazio side is EMCA Project Manager Gabriella Bascelli (gabriella.bascelli@multisportclubs.eu).

For further information, please visit SWinG Official Website.

Fill the Form to be Mentor: https://forms.gle/DsftvXb4chgBBMrMA

Fill the Form to be Mentee: https://forms.gle/9Gt3tt33fZtUjVNt6

28th January: APPLE Kick-off Meeting

Everything will start on 28th January, when eight Multisport Clubs will meet at the European Platform for Spot Innovation House of Sport, to kick-off APPLE Project. From 11.00 a.m., S.S. Lazio Atletica Leggera, AaB, Feyenoord Rotterdam, HASK Mladost, SD Crvena Zvezda, SC Levski Sport for All, Polisportiva Pontevecchio and SFP Olympiacos are gathering with EPSI representatives to fix the first steps of this Erasmus+ Project, focused on promoting an healthy lifestyle for European citizens, with a particular stress on young people.

29th January: EPSI Brokerage Event + EMCA General Assembly

The following day, 29th January, EPSI House of Sport will be the theatre of a double appointment. During all day, Multisport Clubs who would like to attend, can register at a special price (88% discount) to EPSI Brokerage Event Sport Project Lab 2020 having the opportunity to meet experts in many EU Programmes. After the event, that will end at around 5 p.m., all Multisport Clubs will participate to EMCA General Assembly, fixing objectives for next years to come and proposing new projects, especially in sight of the next Erasmus+ Sport Call.

30th January: Erasmus+ Sport InfoDay

The 30th January, participants will move to the European Commission (Charlemagne Building), for the annual “Infoday” on Erasmus+ Sport organised by the EU Commission and EACEA, to inform potential applicants about the political context, future programme, simplification and funding opportunities in 2020. Speakers will discuss policy and will give advice and tips on preparing and submitting proposals, and on the financial aspects of funding.

It is a honor for the project coordinator HASK Mladost and for all the other Multisport Clubs (plus the European Platform for Sport Innovation) involved in the Project. Good practice stories are indeed finalized projects that have distinguished themselves by their impact, contribution to policy-making, innovative results and/or creative approach and can be a source of inspiration for others.

HASK Mladost yesterday showed the results of the Project in a press conference in Zagreb, that was a good opportunity to talk about the Booklet included in EMCA Studia and about the present and future Projects of the Club.

The aim of the meeting was to summarize activities and projects done in the last year and programme together next steps towards the 2020 Erasmus+ Sport Call for Proposals. The meeting represented also an important opportunity to enlarge our network, with acceptance of four new members, that share with EMCA a sensibility towards Multisport: Chievo Verona and Polisportiva Partenope from Italy, Fecht Club Graz from Austria and MSG Panserraikos Club from Greece.

Then, the dialogue among clubs went through different topics, including the creation of a specific group of Multisport representatives created to guide EMCA through our increasing growing process.

After this intense session, partners analysed 2019 not successful project applications, aiming to represent them in this Erasmus+ Cal for Proposals. Several new ideas were also presented by many Clubs, who started to shape their collaborative partnerships for turning them into our next Multisport projects.

Senior officials from IOC, EOC, UEFA, European Parliament, European Commission, Council of EU and EU member states, sport industry and athletes and sport events’ organisers shared their views and discuss on the impact of the COVID-19 to sport.

The role of EU Commissioner Mariya Gabriel 

The conference started with opening words by Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, in charge of Sport. Afterwards, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach delivered the keynote speech. The conference continued with two video testimonials and two high-level panel discussions focused on grassroots sport and competitive sport, and the sport sector more broadly:

1. ‘Key challenges and lessons learnt from the crisis for grassroots sport organisations‘;

2. ‘The impact of the crisis on growth and jobs in the sport sector and possible ways to recover’.

Speakers of the Conference

• Brian Maguire, Moderator
• Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
• Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee
• Jean Gracia, President of the European Athletics Championships Paris 2020
• Gerd Kanter, Chair of the Athletes’ Commission of the European Olympic Committees, Olympic Champion in discus throw
• Anna-Kaisa Pusa, Mayor of Kurikka, Finland
• Julien Zylberstein, Chief of Governance & Stakeholder Affairs of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)
• Marc Tarabella, Member of the European Parliament, Co-Chair of the Sports Group
• Stephan Mayer, Parliamentary Secretary of the State, Germany’s Presidency of the Council of the EU
• Kirstie Simpson, Secretary General of the European Observatoire of Sport and Employment (EOSE) and Associate Dean of the Chester Business School, University of Chester
• Manuel Pauser, Vice President for Global Government & Community Affairs at adidas and Vice President of the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI)
• Marisol Casado, Member of the International Olympic Committee and President of the International Triathlon Federation
• Tiago Brandão Rodrigues, Minister of E ducation, Portugal

The event represented an important opportunity to talk and discuss about future and the next developments of the EMCA network, analysing different strategic topics, like potential EMCA enlargement and the recent Erasmus+ Sport Call regarding present and future projects.

Moreover, the election of the EMCA bodies took place, with important announcements in terms of responsibilities and tasks. The engagement and the enthusiasm shown by participants can certainly bode well for the future, with new challenges and opportunities in the name of “Multisport for All”.

EMCA bodies (2021-2025):

• EMCA President: Federico Eichberg (Società Sportiva Lazio);
• President of the Assembly: Vanina Milanova (Levski Sport for All);
• Secretary General: Gina Luzzatto;
• Board: Bojan Mijatovic (HASK Mladost), Martijn Looren de Jong (Feyenoord), Malte Kalsbach (TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Christina Tsilikgiri (Olympiacos SFP);
• Auditors: Mile Samardzic (SD Crvena Zvezda), Maximilian Ozpredek (Wiener Sport-Club), Balint Maté (Ferencvaros).

The evening was the time of the official opening and the occasional ceremony. Mrs Mariya GABRIEL opened the official EWoS and Mr Janez JANŠA (Prime Minister of Slovenia) the Slovenian holiday. The dinner that followed was a moment for pleasant conversations and exchange of reflections and impressions from the central day of European sports