EUSA Year Magazine 2022-2023

BE(ACH) VOLUNTEER, BE(ACH) FAIR

The main idea of the project is to facilitate in exchanging knowledge

about volunteering systems and to improve the volunteer’s policies by

using the benefits of beach handball – fair play being a main sport’s

rule – as a model during the organisation of sport events.

In the beginning of 2022, the
partners in the project started
to work on knowledge exchange
about volunteering systems
and improving volunteer
policies by using the benefits
of beach handball, with strong
emphasis on fair play. They also
introduced the project to the
European Handball Federation
(EHF), receiving positive
feedback.

On the next meeting on March
19 th, partners were setting
important steps in the project,
highlighting beach handball as
a developing sport, importance
of volunteering and fair play.
During this meeting. partners
made important action points
for the Handbook, which was
presented to the tournament
organizers in the upcoming
Beach Handball events.

In April, during the Beach
Handball Tournament Jarun

Cup 2022, in Zagreb, partners

had another chance to meet in

person, to discuss next steps

of the implementation of the

project, as well as finalize

the details of the Internet

platform, which will enable

volunteers and organisers of

beach handball events to work

together.

As the project was introduced

to the European Handball

Federation, at the meeting in

Tilburg in the Netherlands

during the Camelot Beach

Handball Tournament, on

May 28th, the project partners

were joined by the EHF Beach

Handball Manager, Mr Tobia

Pisani.

On the occasion of this year’s

European Universities Games

in Lodz, project partners had

the chance to visit the venue of

the EUG2022 beach handball

competition, having a meeting

while EUG volunteers were

playing an initiation match.

The partners also met on

September 25, for a meeting

in Kranjska Gora, where they

discussed the experiences of

the past Beach Handball events,

and started evaluation process

of follow-up initiatives.

On 3rd of December, the partner

organisations met for a final

meeting in Zagreb, where they

evaluated the project results,

involving the final survey

results, upon which, the project

partners discussed how to

keep empowering and involving

volunteers in Beach Handball,

sharing personal best practice

experiences and stating the

final steps with concluding the

project.

In duration of two years, the

project participants held

numerous working meetings,

promoted fair play and

volunteering at more than

ten top-level beach handball

tournaments organized in the

project’s partner countries,

collected surveys with

tournament participants related

to the needs of volunteers

during the organization of

large events in order to

produce future guidelines and

recommendations that are of

great importance.

The VOLFAIR project is

co-funded by the Erasmus+

Programme of the European

Union. Project partners are

Academic Beach Handball Club

Zagreb (CRO), University Sports

Association of Poland – AZS

(POL), EUSA Institute (SLO)

and Camelot Beach Handball

Tournament (NED).

Co-funded by the

Erasmus+ Programme

of the European Union

PLEASE SEE

http://www.beachvolunteers.com

for more information

EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY SPORTS ASSOCIATION YEAR MAGAZINE 2022-23^118

8. EU INITIATIVES