June 2024

As part of the 2nd International Scientific Conference 4 Healthy Academic Society, organized by the Croatian Academic Sports Federation in the city of Porec from May 30th to June 1st, the second in-person partners’ meeting of the project Discovering university sport and supporting dual career (DiscoverU) took place.

Representatives of all project partners met in Porec on May 30th  – 31st of May.

Mr Simone De Luca, representing EUSA and its Institute, provided a general overview of the project, recalling its purpose and methodology and the role assigned to each partner, summarizing all the phases and activities undertaken so far and those still to be addressed.

Following the project overview, the representative of the European Athlete as Student network (EAS), Prof. Mojca Doupona, took the stage to inform all partners about the communication and dissemination activities related to the project. A practical demonstration on how to manage the uploading and updating of activities records through the use of the Sigma platform in the Funding & Tenders Portal Submission System of the European Commission was given. As a result, a common need was identified to thoroughly track all communication and dissemination activities carried out by all partners, including milestones and final deliverables, according to project deadlines.

Regarding the Action Plan and coming up activities, important information were also shared.

The partners agreed to meet again in person in Hungary in July during the European University Games 2024, where they will have the opportunity to participate in a wide range of side activities scheduled from 11 to 14 July.

The 3-year project, co-funded by the European Union, aim to improve sport and physical activity opportunities for students in higher education on one hand, addressing larger student population; and at the same time promote and support dual career in higher education in partnering countries. This will be achieved by gathering information, sharing good practice examples and implementing sports and educational activities.

More details about the DiscoverU project can be found on https://discoveru.eusa.eu

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The 4^th Transnational Partners’ Meeting took place on the 3^rd and 4^th of June 2024, in Nicosia, Cyprus. It was hosted by the Center for Social Innovation and presented by Laura Capranica as president of EAS.

The meeting focused on the the development of the E-STOP platform and the finalisation of the training material and the planning of the piloting phase.

The E-STOP platform will soon be ready and will host the training material in English and all partner languages (Serbian, Croatian, Italian and Greek). It will also host information on national sports committees to create a European network through a map which will be developed through the platform.

During the meeting, the partners agreed on the changes that need to be made to the training material in order to finalise it and begin its translation.

Effective communication and planning followed, to set the context and structure of the piloting phase. During the piloting, the partnership will involve 72 teachers and 72 coaches, and will provide training sessions using the educational material of TALENT. An essential part of the piloting is the evaluation which teachers and coaches will provide after the end of the piloting. The partnership will use the valuable feedback and adjust the material to better suit the needs of teachers and coaches.

Overall, the meeting in Cyprus was super-efficient and all partners are eager to reach out to teachers and coaches and share the project’s educational material.

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The sixth Consortium Board meeting of the Erasmus+ Sport project TALENT (Cloud-based education for creative sport talents) convened online on May 15th, 2024.

Attended by representatives from each partnering organization in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Serbia, Greece, Cyprus, and Malta, the meeting focused on reviewing progress within Work Package 4 (Recognition of talented children – development of training materials). Discussions centered on refining and enhancing the existing training materials. Furthermore, the coordinator CI SDZ provided updates on advancing the E-STOP platform and User Guidelines, underscoring the submission of Guidelines to the Agency and their forthcoming translation into national languages across partner countries. Planning for the upcoming project meeting on June 3-4 in Nicosia, Cyprus was also addressed during this session, with the Board collaborating to develop the agenda. All partners are actively engaged in dissemination efforts, with plans underway for creating project-related videos and Reels to amplify outreach and engagement.

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