Key Action 1: Staff Mobility in the Sports Sector
Mobility projects in the field of sport provide the opportunity for staff of sport organisations, especially in the field of mass sport, to improve their competences, professional qualifications and acquire new skills through learning mobility, by spending a period of time abroad, thus contributing to capacity building and the development of sport organisations.
Definitions
Mass Sports (Grassroots Sports)Physical recreational activities regularly practised at a non-professional level by people of all ages for health, educational or social purposes.
Sports staff
A person engaged in the coaching, training and management of an athletic team or individual athletes either for a fee or on a voluntary basis.
Eligible Participants
Agency staff
- Coaches and other sports staff in sports organisations at mass sport level.
- Staff in non-mass sport organisations, including those pursuing dual careers and non-sport careers, where the participation of such staff may benefit mass sport.
- Volunteers (other than coaches) in sports organisations.
Eligible Organisations
- Public or Private organizations (legal entities) active in the field of sports and physical activities in mass sports. (non-profit organisation, local public authority, sports club, etc.)
- Sports organisations that are not active in mass sport but can offer a benefit to mass sport through their participation. (international organisation, national sports federation, etc.).
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- The organisations (associations/victims) must be registered with the Registrar of Associations and Foundations
- Sports federations must be registered with the CSO
- Private organisations must be registered with the Registrar of Companies
Eligible Outgoing Activities
- Job shadowing (job shadowing)
Participants can spend a period of time (2 to 14 days) in a host organisation in another country to learn new practices and gather new ideas through observation and interaction with coaches, volunteers or other staff members in their daily work in the host organisation.
- Training activities or provision of training
Participants can spend a period of time (7 to 45 days) coaching or providing training in a host organisation in another country, as a means of learning by completing their tasks and exchanging knowledge. It contributes to capacity building in mass sport organisations.
Supporting activities facilitate the organisation of learning activities and cooperation between organisations. Each preparatory visit must have a clear purpose and must serve to improve the scope and quality of the mobility activities.
Budget categories
On a unit cost basis
- Organisational costs
- Travel expenses
- Personal support (living expenses)
- Agency support for participants with fewer opportunities
- Preparatory visits
- Language support
On the basis of actual costs
- Supporting participants with fewer opportunities
- Extraordinary expenditure to secure a letter of guarantee (80%) or for expensive travel