The European Commission and the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) organised on January 30 in Brussels an info day on Erasmus+ Sport and other EU funding opportunities, followed by project coordinators' meeting the following day.

European University Sports Association (EUSA) and its Institute attended the event and were represented by Mr Andrej Pisl, Communications and Projects Manager.



Over 500 people represented various organisations and institutions from all over Europe attended the 7th edition of the Sport Info Day. The hosts prepared information about the Erasmus+ sports chapter and other EU funding opportunities related to sports activities. The event was opened by the new Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth Ms Mariya Gabriel.



The meeting was also an excellent opportunity to meet representatives of existing partners, as well as an opportunity to explore potential new strategic partnerships and project cooperation.



EUSA with its EUSA Institute in Ljubljana, Slovenia, leads several Erasmus+ and ESC projects, as well as forms partnership consortium in other projects selected for funding in the field of promotion of education in and through sport with special focus on skills development and supporting the implementation of the EU Guidelines on Dual Careers of Athlete; as well as in the field of encouraging social inclusion and equal opportunities in sport. EUSA representative Mr Pisl took the opportunity to meet the representatives of the European Commission and the Executive Agency, as well as some of the project partners at the meeting, also discussing next steps in the projects.



Several of the events during the two days were also streamed live, and recordings, along with the given presentations, will soon be available at the dedicated website.

For more information, please see https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/event/infoday-sports-2019_en