Athletes Friendly Education (AFE) Project partners, including the EUSA Institute, gathered online for a short meeting and update on the transnational project on Thursday, December 3.

The Project, funded by the ErasmusPlus programme of the European Union, aims to spread awareness and good practices among educational institutions that support athletes in their dual careers by determining the minimum quality standards of educational and training institutions at the EU level, and then establishing a certification system to recognise the efforts made by dual career-friendly institutions.

Led by Project coordinators the Olympic Committee of Slovenia, partners in the project include the National Olympic Committee of Portugal, the Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee, the German Olympic Academy, the Croatian Olympic Academy, the University of Maribor’s Faculty of Organisational Sciences, the University of Rijeka’s Faculty of Maritime Studies, the Volleyball Federation of Macedonia and the European University Sports Association Institute.



Thursday’s meeting gave the Project coordinators the opportunity to inform all partners that a request to extend the two-year project, due to the current global pandemic, had been approved by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency of the EU, meaning the project will now conclude in December 2021.

Discussions then continued over the various work packages of the Project, presenting what has already been realised so far and the tasks that still need to be accomplished, before a discussion over the project’s budget was held.



Depending on how the current pandemic unfolds in future, it is still envisioned for two live events to take place next year as part of the Project, should the situation allow for it.

Partners will continue their activities on the Project, and will once again gather for a more in-depth meeting on the project’s progress in February next year.

For more information about the Athletes Friendly Education Project, please visit http://athletes.friendly.edu.olympic.si.