Strengthening Coaching with the Objective to Raise Equality - SCORE

‘Strengthening Coaching with the Objective to Raise Equality’ (SCORE) was a European project supported by the Erasmus+ Programme, led by the European Non-Governmental Sports Organisation (ENGSO), which promoted equal opportunities, namely gender equality in coaching, and focused on increasing the number of employed and volunteer women coaches at all levels of sport, as well as enhancing knowledge on gender equality in coach education.

The project was targeted at sports and coaching organisations at all levels, more specifically coaches, trainers, former athletes, volunteers and decision makers in the field of coaching. The outcome of the project was a toolkit to support women coaches to develop towards the coaching of high performance and to create gender equality in every coaching system.


SCORE Project specifically aimed to promote gender equality in coaching and to achieve this objective the partners developed an educational toolkit “awareness pack” aiming at increasing the number of female coaches and breaking the barriers for female coaching by innovative solutions.

The toolkit included tools both for sport organizations and for coaches. In addition, the project developed an education program for mentors, organized for the representatives from project partner organizations. 



The implementation of the mentoring program was conveyed in the form of national training sessions. After the education, the mentors had the chance to assist potential female coaches in their respective countries in developing the mentees' professional and personal growth.



The success of the project was guaranteed by an excellent project team, with the involvement of the following organisations:
- European Non-Governmental Sports Organisation (ENGSO)
- Sport Coach UK
- Finnish Coaches Association
- International Council of Coaching Excellence (ICCE)
- European Observatoire of Sport and Employment (EOSE)
- Sport and Citizenship
- European University Sports Association (EUSA)
- German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB)
- Swedish Sports Confederation (RF)
- National Olympic Committee of Croatia (NOC Croatia)
- Lithuanian Union of Sports Federations (LUSF)
- Cyprus Sports Organisation (CSO)
- Portuguese Sports Confederation (CDP)

The project lasted from January 2015 to December 2016 was co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. The participation of EUSA was supported by the International University Sports Federation (FISU).