Few steps away from the stadium of Differdange, current football club champion of Luxemburg, the partners of the project European Week of Winter Sport (EWWS) held the second in person project meeting between July 8-10, hosted by the LUNEX University. Under the coordination of L’ORMA, Italian sport club based in Milan, the partners have discussed the status quo and the next steps to be done.

The scope of the project is to promote physical activity, winter sports and sustainable development, mostly through the campaign of the European Week of Winter Sport. The project started in January 2024. Until now, the main collective activities are conducting a cross-border research, related to the organisation of sustainable winter sport events and the drafting of a toolkit, a document useful for the events organisers.

Through the project, local leaders in different countries will be engaged and empowered to act as multipliers, spokespersons and ambassadors for the EWWS initiative. They will involve other people and organisations in the campaign and organise different kind of events during the pilot test of the EWWS in February 2025.

The next project activity will be a training, planned for November 2024, hosted by the Ski Club Rijeka. The partners will attend and co-organise the event. Beside the project presentation, the program will be related to the development of competences, attitude, skills and knowledge useful to boost our network of events organisers. EUSA will be engaged in recruiting participants, preparing the program and delivering part of it.

The survey on winter sports is still open. Please help us in promoting the survey and in gathering the valuable data, especially if winter sports events are organised in your country. The survey will be open until July 28, and is available at https://forms.gle/3XZaqj96TTWWrEPs9

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