Kick-Off Meeting Erasmus+ PASS project
Dr. Karen Petry and the team from the Institute for European Sport Development and Leisure Studies hosted the Kick-Off Meeting of the ERASMUS+ project“Policy Advocacy in Sport and Society” (PASS). Representatives from the Munster Technological University in Ireland, Kufstein University of Applied Sciences in Austria, the NGO Oltalom in Hungary, the NGO Fair Play Point in Czech Republic as well as SportandDev/ ISCA and the UNHCR took part in the meeting in order to discuss the outline and objectives of the 3-years project (1.2.2024 – 31.1.2027) and to initiate first steps to achieve them.
The PASS-project, which is coordinated by the team from the German Sport University, seeks to develop a comprehensive set of tools and resources to raise awareness and capacity for policy advocacy within the sport and development sector. To achieve this, the project will begin with mapping the current status of policy advocacy in the European sport and social development sector. Throughout the project, these results will build the foundation for the development of a widely accessible online course as well as further resources in order to support mainly NGOs from the sector in Europe and worldwide to develop advocacy strategies for their organisations.