The general objective of the project was social inclusion of immigrant children through health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA). This was planned to be achieved through five specific objectives:1. to develop network among stakeholders2. to increase capacity to operate at transnational level3. to prepare, implement and develop a training module fit for the target group4. to disseminate the project5. to ensure quality in the coordination, monitoring and evaluation of the project (horizontal objective).The project gathered 5 not-for-profit sport organisations: DSR SUPERKID Croatia, European Institute for Local Development (EILD) Greece, Association Sportiva Diletantisitca Margherita e Vita Basket (MSV Basket) Italy, MEDesTU Portugal and Inonu University Turkey. The project was held for 24 months and the main activities were a) establishing partnerships with national HEPA focal points, b) implementation of the HEPA training module and c) European Week of Sport. Target groups were immigrant children. There were approximately 150 immigrant children (on average 30 per project partner who were 5-17 years of age) involved in the project coming from various countries: Pakisat, Angola, Iraq, Iran, Brazil ....The project delivered the following results:- Signed Memorandum of Understanding with national HEPA focal point in Croatia, membership in EU HEPA network in Italy and partnerships with local organisations that work with immigrant children in Croatia, Italy, Portugal and Greece.Turkish partners has already established partnerships before the project.- Developed HEPA training module for immigrant children- Implemented HEPA training modules with immigrant children in all project partners' countries. Training modules were organised as various sport games and sports such as football, ice skating, basketball, handball etc.- Promotion of the project results during European Week of Sport which was done online and at the national EWoS opening ceremony in CroatiaImmigrant children provided feedback after the training sessions through questionnaires and results show that they had in general a very positive experience during the project training sessions. They felt very happy, entertained and wanted to remain involved in sport activities. After the project, project partners remained in contact with each other. They also kept working with local organisations that work with immigrants and the project consortium are collaborating on new EU project opportunities.

Sports Activator project involved two main transnational meetings in Romania: a seminar and a short term volunteering activity, which involved more than 60 participants from 6 organisations of Turkey, Spain, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania. Aiming to raise the awareness on the value of sport and physical activity in relation to the personal, social and professional development of individuals, Sports Activator managed to gather together the ideas, the skills and the passions for physical education, nutrition and sports of 60 sport teachers, trainers, youth workers, volunteers, coaches, people involved in sport clubs and different people with various backgrounds in the sports field. During the seminar, we created a toolbox with the methods, tools, games, activities and all the information that we all agreed on putting in there, for other youth workers or sport facilitators that would like to learn more about engaging youth in sport activities. We worked together to design a non-formal sport event, that we tested at local level, having the opportunity to practice and to see the reaction of teachers, children, parents and youth workers to our ideas. Feedback part was one of the important ways of improving the project, when after the event we gathered to speak about what happened, what we could do better in different communities with different cultures, what we should do according to various situations and what to keep in mind in organizing future sport events. Everyone engaged has learnt about preparing a program with activities, working under stress, adapting to new and unexpected situations, discovered team work, responsibility and the importance of feedback in the learning process. For the returning home, all the participants understood what they have to do next, in order to create an international sports event in their community, based on our toolkit and to share it to more people that can make use of it. The one month volunteering activity followed the seminar and gave the opportunity to 27 sport volunteers to learn to become sport leaders in their community, to gain experience and to try and develop their skills according to their own needs. During the volunteering activity, the participants implemented sport events in 11 different communities (Ruginoasa, Pașcani, Ciurbești, Butea, Oțeleni, Crucea, Lungani, Cucuteni, Miclăușeni, Târgu Frumos, Iași), around our region, having the proper workspace to try what they have prepared in the first week of the EVS. With the help of the toolbox created during the seminar, the local volunteers, the trainers and the mentors, they spent in Romania one month full of activities that contributed in creating the necessary abilities for future events. Following different tasks, building teams, creating programs according to different criteria, discovering multiculturality and sharing experience, the participants learnt about promoting, supporting and growing the healthy lifestyle spirit that we commonly agreed that it has an important role in everybody’s daily routine. For the last part of the EVS, participants exchanged experiences, feedback and planned their future activities, in order to bring the knowledge closer to the people that need to understand it better. The dissemination part has contributed to the efficient sharing of the methods and tools that we developed during Sports Activator around Europe and more children, youngsters and adults have learnt about the benefits of sport. The participants of the Sports Activator transnational meetings organized 20 events in Turkey, Spain, Greece, Bulgaria and Portugal, which involved 652 participants. In Romania, more than 500 children and youth from 11 communities participated in sport activities, we developed a basketball team and an experiential sport center within our youth center, where anyone interested can use the resources and learn about non-formal education in sport.

"The project ""Sports training for all"" ST4ALL was successfully managed and implemented as per the approved Application form and the signed Grant Agreement Number – 2017-3130-001-001. General information:•Project Start: 1 January 2018•Project Duration: 30 months + 4 months extension due to COVID-19 pandemic•Project Funded by: EACEA (centralized), Erasmus+ Programme, •Measure: Sport, Collaborative partnerships - Group of priorities 4 (Social inclusion & Combat violence, racism and discrimination) Partnership:Coordinator:•P1: University of Plovdiv “P. Hilendarski”, BulgariaPartners:•P2: National Association of Professionals Working with People with Disabilities, Bulgaria•P3: Rijeka Sports Association for Persons with Disabilities, Croatia•P4: Inonu University - School of Physical Education and Sports, Turkey•P7: Vienna Association of Educational Volunteers, Austria•P8: “St. Paisii Hilendarski” Secondary School, Bulgaria•P9: TOLBO vzwIn the approved application form there were two Belgium partners: P5: European Platform For Sports And Innovation, Belgium and P6: Werkgroep Inclusieve Toegankelijkheid, Belgium. Due to internal issues, both Belgian partners P5 and P6 withdrew at the very beginning and they were replaced by P9: TOLBO vzw ( Belgium), who took over all their responsibilities and budget. Direct target users which have been involved in the project:•sport youth leaders and workers •active sports/physical education trainers in special education / inclusive / mainstream schools•family members •NGOs of people with disabilitiesBeneficiaries•Youth (aged between 5 and 18) with disabilities: Visual impairments, Hearing impairments, Mobility impairments, Communication impairments, Learning disabilities, Complex impairments (multiple)The whole partnership has worked in very close collaboration, which was key factor for the successful achievement of the project objectives and results. All six transnational project meetings (TPM) were implemented as planned. Besides the six TPM, the partners organized and held eight online meetings using Skype, Zoom and Google Meet platforms. Meetings’ Agenda, list of participants, and detailed minutes were prepared before and after each meeting and were placed on Dropbox, used for project repository of information from the beginning of the project till its end. The Permanent and ongoing e-mail correspondence between the Coordinator and all partners ensured smooth communication and collaboration on activities. Horizontal activities were implemented and completed successfullyA1 - Project Management activitiesA2 – Iterative Testing and PilotingA3 – Quality Assurance and evaluationA4 – Dissemination, promotion and awareness-risingThe Intellectual Outputs were developed successfully.•IO1: Database of inclusive sports practices in schools/youth organizations•IO2: Development of ST4ALL Curriculum •IO3: Mobile and online self-assessment tool to support the grassroots’ sports trainer in assessing the studies material•IO4: Mobile learning application integrated via online learning portal and community platform https://st4all.eu/elearning & https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.st4all.mobile The second half of the project and especially the last 12 months October 2019 – October 2020 were very challenging for the project team. Many of the team members were infected with Covid-19, most of the offices were closed but the project coordinator and all partners gave their best to implement their duties in this emotionally and physically difficult environment due to Covid-19 world crisis. At the end all activities were implemented and the project indicators were achieved."

"In recent years martial arts has become more open to the general public. Also disadvantaged people and people with disabilities are now also involved in the martial arts (MA) trainings. This new situation however identified that the teachers and trainers are unprepared to respond to the specific needs of (disadvantaged) students (with disabilities) who want to join MA classes. MAINCLUSION project was designed to equip sport teachers and trainers with the necessary knowledge and skills to teach martial arts within the evolving system of inclusive education and inclusive sports.Sport in general can be a very powerful tool for education and inclusion when working with young people because it can be very motivating and engaging. In Bulgaria as well as in other Balkan countries and Turkey, people with disabilities and those from other disadvantaged groups have limited access to the mainstream education, employment and community life from a young age. This social isolation deprives them of opportunities to develop relationships with others —opportunities essential to their social development and important determinants of health and well-being. The martial arts as concrete sport activity are well suited to helping disadvantaged young people acquire social skills they may be lacking. It teaches them how to communicate effectively as well as the significance of teamwork and cooperation, goal-setting, self-discipline, respect for others, and the importance of rules.The MAINCLUSION project had as main objective to train sports teachers in mainstream schools including those from remote/rural areas to introduce Martial Arts to socially disadvantaged youth, regardless of age, race, gender or ability. The project introduced a range of innovative techniques to stimulate and facilitate the uptake of inclusive martial arts sport trainings, using a mobile and online training platform.The main outputs delivered by MAINCLUSION project are: IO1 Case studies IO2 MAINCLUSION curriculum and ""Train the trainers"" handbook IO3 (Online/Mobile) course/training material IO4 Online peer support and training portal platform IO5 Set of interactive training videos IO6 Mobile training app with individual learning pathThese IOs were developed as a result of a cooperation among project partners and were actively promoted over the project to a large number of stakeholders – more than 50 000 in Bulgaria, Belgium, Greece and Turkey as well as on EU level.Starting December 2018 all outcomes were tested by physical activity teachers and sport trainers in all partners countries and the results from pilot testing explicitly confirmed that the training modules, videos and other interactive materials are useful and support the inclusion of people with disabilities in martial art classes. For more information see the country pilot reports uploaded onto Dropbox Within the project's 3 joint staff training events were organised in Malatya – Turkey, Sofia - Bulgaria, and Athens Greece. The workshops within the visits were led by sports school teachers, martial art trainers including those with disabilities as well as representatives of sport NGOs oriented to young people with disabilities. The project has been realised by 7 organisations from 4 countries (Bulgaria, Belgium, Greece and Turkey) and includes:- P1 Marie Curie Association – MCA as Non-governmental organisation providing trainings to youth - BG- P2 Yamato Sport Club as Martial Art Sport Club - BG- P3 “Paisii Hilendarski” as Secondary public school - BG- P4 European WingTsun Organisation as Martial Art Association - BG- P6 PHOENIXKM BVBA as Inclusion oriented SME - BE- P7 PENTHESILEIA Inclusion oriented NGO - EL- P8 INONU UNIVERSITY Higher education institution on sport teaching - TRTo promote and mainstream the 6 IOs, partners implemented 3 Multiplier Events in Belgium (Ypres), Greece (Athens) and Bulgaria (Sofia). They were attended by more than 220 stakeholders who expressed interest to use the MAINCLUSION results in their daily work. Additionally partners from “Paisii Hilendarski“ school and EWTO implemented more than 30 workshops where inclusive martial arts techniques were demonstrated to students with and without disabilities. Some of these workshops were recorded (video) and were used as internal training materials for physical activity teachers working in the public schools or MA clubs. These workshops were an unanticipated benefit both for students and teachers as they demonstrated the power of martial arts as an effective tool towards inclusion."