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We are pleased to inform you that our renewed website (www.dualcareer.eu) is online again and it will give you actual information about our projects and latest acitvities.

EAS participated in the following European events:

January 31, 2017; EU SPORT Infoday in Brussels, Belgium, which provided valuable information on funding opportunities in 2017 ( information available at: (http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/home/erasmus-plus/actions/sport_en). During this event, future cooperation with EU Organizations and Institutions was envisaged. As a result, EAS participated as partner in the application of the following EU Cooperative Partnerships on dual career submitted on April 6, 2017:

– EMPATIA
Applicant: University of Ljubljana, Slovenia;
Involved Institutions: University of Rome Foro Italico (ITA), University of Limerick (IRL), University of Coimbra (POR), INESP (FRA), EAS Network (MLT), EUSA (SLO), CONI (ITA), Sport Ireland Institute (IRL), Ginasio Clube Figueirense (POR);
Project aim: The primary aim of the EMPATIA project is to structure an evidence-based e-learning multi-lingual educational programme specifically tailored for dual career parenting, thus implementing the EU Guidelines on Dual Careers of Athletes (European Commission, 2012).

– AMID
Applicant: University of Salzburg, Austria;
Involved Institutions: University Hamburg (GER), University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; Lapland University of Applied Science (FIN), University of Cassino and southern Lazio (ITA), EAS Network (MLT);
Project aim: To facilitate the athletic and academic careers (e.g., dual career) of migrating athletes by envisioning DC mobility measures.

– SportDUO
Applicant: Hokejska Zveza Slovenije (HZS), Slovenia;
Involved Institutions: Österreichischer Eishockeyverband (OEHV. AUT), Hrvatski Savez Hokeja Na Ledu (HSHL, CRO), Magyar Jégkorong Szövetség (MJSZ, HUN), University of Ljubljana (SLO), EAS Network (MLT);
Project aim: To raise awareness and support development of dual career friendly ice hockey sport environment, while its intellectual outputs have great potential to support similar initiatives in other sport disciplines and countries.

March 8-9, 2017; EU Sport Forum held in St. Julian’s, Malta (more information is available at: http://ec.europa.eu/sport/events/201700127-eu-sport-forum_en).

DC4AC Conference “Dual Career of Élite Athletes A Look at European Experiences and a Reflection on What Still Needs to Be Done: Implementing EU Guidelines for Dual Career of Élite Athletes” held in Milan, Italy as part of the EU project “Regional Center for Dual Career Policy and Advocacy”.

Upcoming events:
May 04-06 ; EAS board meeting at INSEP to discuss actual project involvements, outcomes and resulting strategies.
The 13th EAS Annual Conference will take place from 12th -14th of September 2017 in Aarhus, Denmark within the Sport Summit in conjunction with ENSE, ICCE and SNE. The Conference will be a tremendous opportunity to share information on the recently EU-funded projects on Dual Career and to have young researchers submitting their work for the Bengt Nybelius Scholarship.

Please find more information as well here: http://conferences.au.dk/ense-sportsummit2017/