Deadline: 16-Jun-21
The European Commission is calling for proposals for Grassroots Sports Programmes and Infrastructure Innovation to identify and test innovative ideas.
This call will be implemented according to the new establishment and delegation act entrusting the EACEA with certain tasks related to the management of the pilot projects and preparatory actions in the field of education, youth, culture and sport, and in accordance with the conditions delegating powers to the European Education and Culture Executive Agency with a view to the performance of tasks linked to the implementation of Union programmes in the field of education, audiovisual and culture, citizenship and solidarity comprising, in particular, implementation of appropriations entered in the general budget of the Union.
Objectives
- The general objective of this action is to give the opportunity to sport organisations to develop and promote new forms of practicing sport and physical activities, the communication about these activities and their benefit and the development of light sport facilities.
- This includes the development of new forms of sport and physical activities, the communication about these activities and their benefits as well as the development of small, recreational sport facilities.
- The specific objective of this action is to support the promotion of physical activity through flexible, modern ways of practicing sport both in terms of offer (trainings, activities) and in terms of infrastructure.
Priority Area
- The activities must respect EU essential principles such as non-discrimination; any sport infrastructure involved in the activities shall be accessible to people with disabilities.
Funding Information
- The available call budget is EUR 1.9M€. This budget might be increased by maximum 20%.
- Projects should normally range between 18 and 24 months.
- Project budgets (maximum grant amount) are expected to be around EUR 400.000 per project, but this does not preclude the submission/selection of proposals requesting other amounts.
Activities
Activities that can be funded (scope) Actions will promote new forms of practicing sport, such as (non-exhaustive list):
- adaptation of the existing infrastructure and development of light sport facilities, which directly complement the expected results;
- organisation of new forms of physical activities and integration with traditional activities to offer sport activities; − innovative approaches to training programmes;
- intergenerational activities and outreach to young people to increase their participation;
- use of digital technology and social media.
Expected Outcomes
The expected outcomes of this preparatory action include:
- A better knowledge about new forms of practice of sport and physical activity
- The development of new forms of practices as well as soft programmes to promote it
- A better integration of new ways of practicing sport and physical activity in the offer of traditional sport federations and organisations
- An increased participation of young generations to sport
- The development of light sport facilities, which directly complement the previous expected results
Geographic location
Proposals must relate to activities taking place in the EU Member States.
Eligibility Criteria
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- Be a legal entity (public or private body)
- Be a sport federation, organisation or club with legal personality, which regularly organises sport competitions or activities, and has activities in Europe, a European dimension or European impact.
- be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
- Beneficiaries and affiliated entities must register in the Participant Register — before submitting the proposal — and will have to be validated by the Central Validation Service (REA Validation). For the validation, they will be requested to upload documents showing legal status and origin.
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