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Europe is facing challenging lockdowns to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and all of us are more digital than ever. However, EAS is committed to keep sustaining the dual career of athletes and working hard on forthcoming initiatives, including the Annual Conference 2021 to be held in Lisbon next September. We warmly thank our Members and our co-Partners of ERASMUS+Sports Collaborative Partnerships for their efforts in keeping sustaining the student-athletes through innovative solutions at educational and/or sport levels. In fact, lots of interesting things happened and we will keep you informed through our website (www.dualcareer.eu) and by emails.

In agreement with the aims of the Network, in the past months of 2021, EAS carried out several virtual activities:

Support and organize a continuous exchange between institutions and experts across Europe working in the field of dual career.

EAS organized the second online EAS Cafè, which was dedicated to Dual Career Migrating Athletes. This bimonthly opportunity to discuss specific dual career issues has been greatly participated and appreciated. The third event will be organized in April and will focus on the role of media in support of student-athletes.

EAS participated to the online meetings and activities of the ongoing 2017 (e.g., EMPATIA) and 2018 (e.g., DONA, ED MEDIA, MTG, SoS, and Starting11) and 2020 (e.g., BRAVA-DC, ElCamp; and Para-Limits) Erasmus+ Cooperative Partnerships. From March 2020, the activities were carried on in a virtual modality due to the COVID-19 lockdown. Last February the AMID project submitted its final report, whereas the duration of the projects EMPATIA, DONA, EDMEDIA, MTG, and SoS was extended to the 2021.

In 2021, an update of the contribution of EAS to the European dual career through the ERASMUS+Sport Collaborative Partnerships has been published in the international journal Cultura, Ciencia y Deporte. Furthermore, two scientific manuscripts on the outcomes of the AMID, EMPATIA projects have neem published on the peer-review journalsHuman Movement, and Plos One, respectively. Finally, the outcomes of the MTG project have been presented at the scientific conference ‘Sport for the sustainability of society’ organized online by the University of Latvia.

Create a political environment that addresses the needs of talented athletes pursuing a dual career by cooperating with partners in sport and educational systems.

Fruitful partnerships with the European Commission and the Council of Europe have been consolidated through the participation in relevant events held in online modalities. In the next months EAS will contribute to the revision of the European Sport Charter and to the application to European partnerships.

May 20, 2021 – Call for European proposals 2021

(https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/…)

September 20-22, 2021 – EAS Annual Conference, Lisbon, Portugal.

In inviting you to follow the EAS official website and social media to keep informed on the ongoing activities, we remind you that you can contribute to the European dual career culture with relevant news.

We wish you and your loved ones all the best for the health and wellbeing.

on behalf of the EAS Executive Commitee

Laura Capranica

President

European Athlete as Student Network