Partners

HUNGARIAN SCHOOL SPORT FEDERATION (HSSF), Hungary

Hungarian School Sport Federation (HSSF) is the biggest civil organisation in the fields of youth sport and education in Hungary. It has received public benefit status according to Hungarian law which means that the activity of the organisation is recognised by the state as of public interest. The Federation, founded in 1987, went through a major transformation in 2012, extending its mission beyond school sport: HSSF decided to support teachers to implement quality physical education, and to promote health-conscious, future-oriented lifestyle through regular physical education and fitness assessment. The mission of our organisation is therefore significantly wider today than it was before: the main goal is to increase the number of children who are actively involved in physical activity programmes and promote the concept of health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA) and grassroots sport. HSSF also participates in promoting values like volunteering and social integration through physical activity. To effectively follow these goals, we are also keen on strengthening our international activities further.

INTERNATION SPORT AND CULTURE ASSOCIATION (ISCA), Denmark

International Sport and Culture Association (ISCA) is a global platform open to organisations working within the field of sport for all, recreational sport and physical activity. Created in 1995, ISCA cooperates with its 260 member organisations from 89 countries, international NGOs, and public and private sector stakeholders. Collectively, its members have up to 40 million individual members representing a diverse group of people active in grassroots sport and physical activity promotion.

FEDERATA SHQIPTARE E SPORTIT SHKOLLOR (FSHSSH), Albania

The Albanian School Sport Federation, known as Federata Shqiptare e Sportit Shkollor (FSHSSH), is an NGO, founded in Tirana (Albania) in 2016 by PE teachers’ associations members. The federation has extensive experience and expertise in implementing projects, school sport events for all children aged 6-18 (including children with special needs), moving entertainment games for kids in kindergarten aged 3-6, in delivering professional trainings for PE teachers and kindergarten teachers in Albania (theoretical and practical) and in leading scientific seminars, conferences (national & international), school championships, workshops, as well as publishing books and studies on educational standards. FSHSSH’s work is guided by scientific principles to take care of the health and wellbeing of the Albanian society and is the leader for implementing the new scientific strategy ‘Physical Education Scientific Platform in the Pre-University Education System in Albania’. The Federation cooperates with the Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth and other authorities related to youth, sport and health in Albania. It has a strong cooperation with international school federations and is member of the International Sport and Culture Association (ISCA); International School Sport Federation (ISF) and Albanian National Olympic Committee (KOKSH). The federation cooperates extensively for the development of physical education and sport with all Regional Educational Directorates of Albania, with the members of PE associations and other experts. FSHSSH involves all actors in its work together: the support of school staff, PE teachers and other teachers, including students, parents, leading citizens, decision makers, sport centres, sport clubs, record men and women/talents, public health, media and the wider community. Through physical activity and sport, FSHSSH helps to foster societal change by addressing the urgent need to improve the health and activity level of our younger generation.

Movement builds health!

KOHA NE DUART TONA (KNDT), Kosovo

Koha ne duart tona is a non governamental organization founded in 2011 in Vushtrri, Kosovo. KNDT was founded to identify the problems that young people face and the possibility of organizing various activities for the benefit of young people, develop local and national partnerships and building a democratic culture in decision-making and cooperation with communities, develop economic activities that would lead to employment and improve conditions for young people. Since 2018 KNDT started being part of different sport projects and grassroot projects in Kosovo, as a helping hand the organization has been part of projects with different sportive Kosovo stakeholders. Social Inclusion Sports (European week of Sport 2019), Sport Festival Prishtina 2019 and some other grassroots projects are part of our past projects. We aim to build more capacities in terms of our human resources for the Sport Program that we have in order to reach different topics that can be raised through sport.

TOGETHER ADVANCING COMMON TRUST, North-Macedonia

NGO TAKT (Together Advancing Common Trust) is a non-governmental organization which work in built on three main strategic pillars: Empowerment of girls and women; Strong advocacy agenda on advancing gender equality, Peacebuilding and social cohesion through sport. Our programs have allowed girls and women to use their leadership skills to capitalize on their education, to express their opinions and ideas and to take action on issues of societal importance. Consequently, our sport based programs have become a powerful tool for challenging patrichal social norms and furthering development goals. In addition, TAKT’s goal is to harness the power of sport to promote inclusion, reconciliation and peacebuilding. We implement Sport for Development and Peace as a social intervention strategy which uses sport to address peace and objectives, building o the targets of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. TAKT has established the first Sports Diplomacy Programme on grass-root level, and we provide expertise and inputs on promoting the strategic approach of EU Sports Diplomacy. We are an impact driven organization that ensures our services deliver tangible change in the lives of the young people we support. TAKT is a women-led organization

EUROPEAN PHYSICAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (EUPEA), Luxembourg

EUPEA is the umbrella organisation of the national Physical Education Associations in Europe, representing approx. 200.000 individual members (Physical Education teachers) in 32 countries. EUPEA’s vision is to promote Physical Education as an important educational area within the school system and the training of young people. Its mission is to guarantee the presence of Physical Education within the curriculum through a continuously adjusted and actualized argumentation and lobby for the position of Physical Education in all countries of Europe. One of EUPEA’s core objectives is to continuously investigate the situation of Physical Education and school sport in the different member countries in Europe. EUPEA’s specific expertise lies in the field of Physical Education (PE) and school sport as well as in Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE). Besides, EUPEA has an excellent multi-level Physical Education and school sport network in Europe consisting of National Physical Education Teacher Associations, Physical Education teachers and corresponding schools. EUPEA could profoundly contribute to the project by its expertise and networks in the field of Physical Education and School Sport. EUPEA conducted several studies on Physical Education and school sport in Europe (compare Onofre et al., 2012; Holzweg et al., 2014; Marques et al., 2014). The experience from these studies and activities could also be brought in the project.