"STARS of Women"

Project №621916-ЕРР-1-2020-1-BG-SPO-SSCP

The project is funded under the Erasmus+ Sport Small Collaborative Partnerships Programme and aims at promoting better women social inclusion through sport as well as promoting European Sport initiatives such as "Now we move" , "Be Active" campaigns, European Sport Week and European Fitness Day in the partnering countries of Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Cyprus and Egypt.

The project abbreviation stands for"Sport and Tolerance Against Racism and Social Exclusion of Women" describing in brief the project aims and objectives. Under the project the partners will present the situation of women involvement in sport in each country, share best practices of sport events for better social inclusion of women and further strengthen the partnership.

Project Partners

"Youth ad Civil Initiatives in the Rose Valley" is the project coordinator from the town of Karlovo, Bulgaria. The NGO has over 14 years of experience in European partnership projects. The organisation has been working in the field of gender equality, women rights and better social inclusion of women since 2009 with local, national and international projects. Since 2016 the NGO is a MOVE Agent implementing mass sport activities for the people in the Municipality of Karlovo. They have organised events for European Move Week, European Sport Week, European Flashmob and Fitnes Days in collaboration with local sport and dance clubs.

The “Conrad” Students Sport Club has been offering sport activities forthe young people of Gdańsk, Poland for over 13 years. The club offers judo, handball, basketball, football, athletics, unihockey, table tennis, volleyball and summer biathlon. The range of activities offered by the club is constantly growing over the years as well as the gained experience of the club’s members and key staff. The recipients are children, adolescents and students aged 4-24 years old who come from all around the district of Gdańsk. Around 400 people regularly attend classes offered by the club with a percentage of about 40 women/girls to 60% men/boys. The club is working with units of local government and private economic operators in the popularization of sport, promoting healthy and active lifestyles among children, adolescents and adults.

The Romanian partner is the Association “Mod of Life” who have been taking part in the sport life of Mehedinti County since their NGO’s establishment. The Association, together with the Romanian Basketball Federation, Mehedinti County Sports Departament and CS Heart Drobeta Turnu Severin were part of the organizing committee for some of tehbiggest sport events inthe region such as:

ALL STAR GAME, BALKAN SPORT FOR ALL GAMES,BALKAN BASKETBALL GAMES FOR JUNIORS, FINAL TOURNAMENT OF NATIONAL BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP U-16,CARPATI TROPHY for Senior women national Handball teams ROMANIAN FOOTBALL FIRST LEAGUE. The president of Mod of Life was president of CS Turnu Severin, the only team from this area that played in the Romanian football league in the entire history of football;

The organisation has the staff and facilities to organize and host local, national and international sport events considering the fact that Drobeta Turnu Severin has a Sports Hall (1800 places), 3 football Stadiums, 6 tennis courts and many other sports facilities.

The “Blue Cherry” Association from Cyprus is an organisation from Limassol working for youth and adults’ empowerment, skills and knowledge transfer. They have been partnering with the local municipality and Rotary Club to design and implement the Limassol coastal lane where street fitness facilities, bike alleys, table tennis, skateboard and other street sports fields have been arranged for the citizents and tourists of Limasol. This is a perfect example of local partnership for promotion of sport in spare time and that is why we plan to have the final project meeting there. The organisation is taking part in the Cyprus National Health Programme for promotion of healthy lifestyle and sport for all.

The Egyptian partner “South Egypt Development Agency of Qena” was established in 2002 with the aim of offering training programmes and opportunities for inclusion of women, children and youth. For over 19 years it has been working for women’s empowerment. SEDAQ has implemented many projects for women inclusion through sports, such as bikes races for girls aged 15-30 years, marathon races for women for five kilometers from Dandara temple to Qena city. In 2014 The project coordinator "YCIRV" partnered SEDAQ in the project “4D Women’s Empowerment” funded by Anna Lindh Foundation aiming to encourage women from Bulgaria and Egypt to take active part in social, political, cultural and sport life of their countries.The Egyptian organisation is experienced in project management, development and publication of training and educational materials for women’s empowerment on topics like sexual and reproductive health, human rights, active scitizenship and women entrepreneurship.