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On March 30-31 the 2023, the kick-off meeting of the Erasmus+ funded project “Sport as Value”, coordinated by ENGSO in cooperation with the Olympic Committees of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, the Confederacao do desporto de Portugal (PSC), The University of Pristina, the Organizzazione per L’educazione allo Sport (OPES), and EAS. During the next two years, Sports as Values aims to build the capacity of sport clubs, organizations and federations to integrate positive values into the sport practice at the grassroots level in a structured, dynamic and systematic way, as well as to build stronger communities and peaceful societies through sport and promotion of EU values in a historically fragmented region.

The project partners hope to create sustainable, long-lasting partnerships in the Balkan region, with skilled and knowledgeable organizers that will successfully promote the positive impact of grassroots sports and the values in sport which will result in stronger, peaceful, and more connected societies.

Following a research phase to gather knowledge on grassroots sports and good practices on promotion of values in and through sports across the Western Balkan regions, two workshops will be organized to raise the capacity of sport managers, coaches, and volunteers working within the event management department in grassroots sports organizations. After developing new skill sets, joint actions will take place in the four Balkan countries based on the guidelines developed through initial project activities and research.