Skills for You(th) through Sport - SK4YS

SK4YS – Skills for You(th) through Sport – was a two-year (2019-2020) transnational initiative of European sport, youth organisations and educational institutions whose aim was to raise awareness of soft skills and competences learnt through sport and implement them through sport-based employment programmes.

The SK4YS awareness-raising initiative, which targeted young people from disadvantaged backgrounds and those not in employment or training (NEETs), focused on a cross-sector approach of sport, youth, employment and education policies.


The project looked to empower sport, youth and educational institutions by developing and delivering sport-based employability programmes for young people through the collection, classification and promotion of European good practices, made available through an educational handbook.



The handbook was and still is aimed mainly for representatives of youth and sport organisations, coaches, trainers and youth leaders on topics related to soft skills development through sport, the contribution of sport and physical activity to key competences and developing sport and employability programmes for disadvantaged young people.

The main outcome of the project was a good practice database and an online handbook which were developed for representatives of youth and sport organisations, coaches, trainers and youth leaders on topics related to soft skills development through sport, the contribution of sport and physical activity to key competences and developing sport and employability programmes for disadvantaged young people.

Partners of this transnational project included: European Non-governmental Sport Organisation (HUN),  Oltalom Sport Association (HUN), Budapest Association for International Sports (HUN), European Observatoire of Sport and Employment (FRA), Cyprus Youth Council (CYP) and EUSA Institute (SLO). 



The project was co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.