Following several years of collaboration, the European University Sports Association (EUSA) and Radio Capodistria, part of the national broadcaster RTV Slovenia, consolidated their partnership by signing a Memorandum of Understanding, further strengthening the partnership between the two organisations.

Radio Capodistria is the Italian language programme of Radio Slovenia, part of the Slovenian public broadcasting service primarily targeting the informative needs of the Italian minority in Slovenia, as well as other Italian-speaking communities in the region.

The main objectives of the Memorandum of Understanding are to strengthen general cooperation and partnership between the two organisations, to work together in activities and media projects promoting sport and physical activities in Europe with a special focus on youth, and to disseminate information on University Sport events, projects and other activities. The Memorandum will also assist in raising public awareness on relevant issues in the field such as dual career, youth leadership empowerment, volunteering and European/international cooperation in the field of sport.

In recent years, EUSA activities including the International Day of Sport celebrations, European Universities Championship events in Slovenia and Italy, volunteering and other projects have been featured in the shows on Radio Capodistria. The local Slovenian radio station is also involved in the PROmoting DUal Career through Education of young journalists (PRODUCE) project, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union and coordinated by the EUSA Institute. Mr Antonio Saccone, one of Radio Capodistria’s journalists, is also a mentor in the programme, having guided a set of young reporters who attended two European Universities Championships held in 2019 in Koper, Slovenia, and Zagreb, Croatia.

Over the past few months, university sport and EUSA-related content has already been aired in the “A ritmo di sport” radio show, with great engagement from the OPES Italia Civil Service volunteers working in EUSA Office.

You can tune in the show every Saturday afternoon on Radio Capodistria or access them online at capodistria.rtvslo.si, or see the archive of the related radio shows on the EUSA website.