Deadline: 11 June 2020
The European Commission has announced a Call for proposals serves to implement the Preparatory action “Exchanges and mobility in sport”.
Sport is a powerful tool, bringing people together at international, national, regional and local levels, and developing people-to-people contacts. Cooperation, partnerships and exchanges at grassroots level – inside the EU as well as with non-EU countries – can contribute to the development of new skills and positively influence societal changes. Moreover, sport organisations at all levels are by nature open to international cooperation.
This preparatory action aims to contribute to the efforts of sport organisations by supporting the learning mobility of their staff. Exchanges of people, ideas and good practices can be beneficial for the individuals, for their organisations and for sport and society as a whole.
Objectives
The general objective of this action is to give the opportunity to staff of sport organisations (athletes entourage) to improve their competences as well as qualifications and acquire new skills through learning mobility by spending a period of time in a foreign country (in and outside of the EU).
Learning mobility should be seen as an investment in human capital and a contribution to the capacity building of various sport organisations.
- Opportunities for learning mobility in this context should be addressed to:
- Coaches and other ‘staff’ of sport organisations (including volunteers) – linked to professional sport;
- Coaches and other ‘staff’ of sport organisations (including volunteers) – linked to grassroots sport.
- The action seeks to have an impact in two major fields:
- Improving the knowledge and know-how of sport staff;
- Developing international cooperation in the field of learning mobility in sport.
The specific objective of this action is to support learning mobility and exchanges while promoting the international dimension of sport.
Eligible Activities
Only activities pursuing one or several objectives mentioned above are eligible.
Specifically, applicants are expected to propose actions that promote the mobility of coaches and other staff of sport organisations (including volunteers), including through the following activity examples (non-exhaustive list):
- Exchanges of coaches
- Placements
- Periods of trainings/study
- Job-shadowing
The expected outcomes are twofold:
- Regular exchange schemes for sport staff;
- Establishment of European networks of coaches and sport staff.
Funding Information
- The maximum amount per individual grant will be 200.000 EUR.
- The minimum duration of projects is 6 months. The maximum duration of projects is 24 months.
The action will consequently be implemented through five different lots:
- Lot 1: Cooperation with Western Balkans
- Lot 2: Cooperation with Eastern Partnership
- Lot 3: Cooperation with Asia
- Lot 4: Cooperation with Latin America
- Lot 5: Cooperation with Africa
Eligibility Criteria
- Only applications from legal entities established in EU Member States are eligible.
- For all lots, in order to be eligible, projects must be presented by applicants meeting the following criteria:
- Be a public or private organisation with legal personality, active in the sport and physical activity field and organising sport and physical activities.
- Have their registered legal office in one of the EU Member States
Supporting Documents
In order to assess the applicants’ eligibility, the following supporting documents are requested:
- private entity: extract from the official journal, copy of articles of association, extract of trade or association register, certificate of liability to VAT (if, as in certain countries, the trade register number and VAT number are identical, only one of these documents is required);
- public entity: copy of the resolution, decision or other official document establishing the public-law entity ;
For more information, visit https://ec.europa.eu/sport/funding/calls/call-proposals-exchanges-and-mobility-sport-2020_en