"<< Background >>Beach handball is a growing sport where players and coaches are also tournament organizers and volunteers. Due to the high demands of the tournaments and the many tasks involved, there is a great need for specialized volunteers, separated from sport staff.<< Objectives >>The main objective of this project was to improve the volunteer policy and increase volunteer satisfaction at beach handball tournaments in such a way that would simultaneously develop our current volunteers, increase the number of new volunteers, and extend the duration of volunteering for both. It was important to find the greatest motivation for volunteers and develop a strategy to gather beach handball tournament organizers and volunteers in one place.<< Implementation >>Eight live meetings were held where partners discussed how to improve (create) the volunteer system in beach handball. Some of the meetings took place during tournaments, which helped partners see the situation ""on the field."" The partners conducted a survey and received valuable results, both from them and from the volunteers through informal conversations. A volunteer application website was set up (beachvolunteers.com), where the results of the project can also be found.<< Results >>Survey distributed among volunteers revealed that the greatest motivation for all of them to return was appreciation and usefulness. Before volunteering began, different goals were set for different age groups by themselves - younger volunteers mainly want to make new friends and gain experience that could be useful to them, while people over 30 volunteer because they can do something for a cause they care about. Those information will help organizers to to improve the quality of their event."

The main elements of the EVS project ACTeen, 1 Slovenian volunteer came to do a 12 month long term EVS from November 2019 until November 2020, to Croatia, Zagreb in the non profit organization Ocean Znanja u Republici Hrvatskoj. Starting the project the activities will was focused on the integration and meeting the local society, culture and new experiences. The volunteer attended the planned on-arrival and mid-term trainings organized by the Agency for mobility and EU programs. The goal of the project was to reach young people, especially teenagers and create activities through which they could build the necessary skills competencies and attitudes and finally to encourage behaviors that led towards awareness about the necessity of working on the civic competencies under the self development route.The volunteer was given a chance to work on topics and share knowledge with teenagers mainly and other young people addressing important topics. The project was written for a Cypriot volunteer but she couldn't come for private reasons and the changes were communicated with the Agency for mobility and EU programs and accepted once the new volunteer was selected. To reach the goal, guided by Ocean Znanja, coordinated by Zrinka Suk and mentored by Mirko Logožar the volunteer made an impact through the following project activities:1. Creating, organizing and implementing educational workshops about being proactive, Critical Thinking, Active citizenship, Basics of photography and organized an online exhibition after it.2. Creating, organizing and implementing an educational workshop online for teenagers who have issues with approaching Chemistry in school – Organic Chemistry3. Creating educative posts on social media about – VOLUNTEERING, CIVIL COURAGE, SOLIDARITY, COMMUNITY, SOCIAL RITUAL and COMPETENCES. 4. Writing articles on the web page of the organization to spread awareness about active citizenship 5. Creating a social media strategy to reach and impact the target group e.g. through bilingual slider posts about Fun, Education, European Solidarity Corps Mission6. Creating stop motion videos addressing topics such as civil courage, solidarity, the power of kindness, the importance of volunteering.7. Organizing free time activities for young people to build their social network. Some of the activities were – Learning new card games event and educational post about it, Basics of upcycling and facts about upcycling…8. Motivating young people through videos during the pandemic to explore, stay active and healthy. The volunteer planned and realized a personal project with the help and support of her mentor.The cooperation of the two NGO's was done though several channels of communication, on time and framed by the rules of the Erasmus+ project through which the project has been approved. The role of the volunteer was crucial to reach the objectives and aims of the project, since Ocean Znanja is working regularly with the projects target group we provided a safe environment for the projects activities to be implemented by the volunteer. The volunteer had personal, techincal and professional support to learn, develop and be able to deliver. All of the activities were done in Ocean Znanja office in Zagreb or online through Zoom platform and presented by Social media of the organization. The work on weekly basis was never less then 30 hours and not more than 35 hours a week.

The overall objectives of the project are awarenes-raising about sport in higher education, opening university sport to the general population, with emphasis on inclusion and equal opportunities. A particular focus will be the preparation and implementation of European Universities Games 2018 and the inclusion of women, disabled people and people from disadvantaged backgrounds. We find that university sport in Slovenia and other European countries at present unfortunately still does not take sufficient account of the diversity of its users and does not do enough to encourage their active participation. Through participation in the project, EVS volunteers will assist in achieving greater organizational capacity of organizations working in the field of university sport, opening and diversifying recreational and competitive sports activities among students, finding good practices taking into account cultural, socio-economic and other characteristics. The project foresees the 8-month mobility and participation of two volunteers, a man and a woman from different countries. One volunteer will work more in the field of communications and education, while the other in the organization and development of sports programs and activities associated with them, on inclusion of wider spectrum of participants, especially female and people with disabilities. During the project volunteers will learn about the structure of university sport on a local level and in a broader European context and actively participated in the planning, organization and execution of several events; especially: - Seminar for European university organizations in Ljubljana; - EUSA General Assembly and Gala in Madrid; - European Universities Games in Coimbra; - smaller events by local partners in Ljubljana and other places in Slovenia. The project aims to open university sport and increase the number of participants from disadvantaged backgrounds, women and people with disabilities. The effect will be visible through the promotion activities as well as statistics of the participants at the events, particularly at the European Universities Games.

(Uni)ted forces to support the education of (Uni)versity sport comm(Uni)ty project aims to create the educational opportunities for staff working in university sport associations.Project partners consist of one local club - Akademicki Zwiazek Sportowy Warszawa, two national university sport associations - Akademicki Zwiazek Sportowy and Studentensport Nederland and European University Sport Association. Through the series of meetings it is set to create conditions for skills development of the participants in the area of organizing university sport tournaments. Each meeting will concern different specific topics connected to the objectives of the project. Experts will be invited for those occasions, but it will be also used as an opportunity to use participants' knowledge for a common creation of outputs of the project. For the additional value, some of meetings will take place during national and regional university sport competitions - participants will be able to learn not only through the theoretical exchange of practice but also practical one. First phase of the project will revolve around meetings and discussion over particular topics. The outcomes of those meetings will be put together and will create the final product of the project - a guidebook. Second phase of the Uni4S project in 2022 will be dedicated to evaluation of the guidebook, gathering feedback through a series of various activities and finalizing the ultimate version of the guidebook. That material will be translated into Dutch and Polish language. This way, the impact of the project is expected not only to concern directly the participants but also local university sport clubs in the Netherlands and Poland, where the results will be shared. The project does not hold down to its timeframes. Its outcomes aim to be used after 2022 and be a gold standard for organizing university sport tournaments.

The overall objective of the project Inclusion in sport (iSport) is to promote diversity and social inclusion using sport as the vehicle, to enhance the sporting experience of all participants – athletes and volunteers, especially targeting women, LGBT+ and people with disabilities, promote equal opportunities and awareness of the importance of health-enhancing physical activity through increased participation in, and equal access to, sport for all. It also targets managers – sports bodies and event organisers.The project is unique in bringing together actors from profiles underrepresented in sport – women, LGBT+, people with disabilities – the goal being to increase participation of these minorities in sport competitions and tournaments, and also to offer the experience of shared sporting experiences and the opportunity to learn about the uniqueness of each other. The learning opportunity of these shared experiences will be realised by an online MOOC and an interactive learning tool to help consolidate the intake of information and the opportunity of living the ‘other’ experiences, and a final set of recommendations so that these learning experiences are transferable and can be used as guidelines for sport event organisers.The project consortium consists of 8 partners from 8 countries, representing different sectors: NGOs and sport federations, University, as well as a grassroot sports club.