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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

SUSTAINABILITY AND LEGACY IN SPORT

KYEV, UKRAINE

NOVEMBER 29-30, 2023

On November 29 and 30, an international conference on Sustainability and

Legacy in Sport: Challenges and Perspectives was held in Kyiv in hybrid

format, hosted by the National University of Ukraine on Physical Education

and Sport, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the Ministry

of Youth and Sport of Ukraine, and the National Academy of Educational

Sciences of Ukraine, under the patronage of the International University Sports

Federation (FISU), the European University Sports Association (EUSA) and the

International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE).

The 7th edition, although still
marked by the situation in
Ukraine and the current state
of affairs caused by the war,
managed to gather great
speakers, covering insightful
topics, all expressing high hopes
that peace will return soon, and
sport, education and scientific
work will continue to advance
and grow.

The conference was opened by
the greetings of many important
guests, among them the FISU
President, Leonz Eder, Maria
Bulatova, Vice – President of the
National Olympic Committee
of Ukraine, and Yevheniy Imas,

President of Sports Students’

Union of Ukraine (SSUU).

On Wednesday, the following

topics were put forward

through plenary sessions:

Social, Ecological, Economic

and Organizational dimensions

of sport in the concept of

sustainable development;

Physical culture of children

and youth as components

of sustainable development

concept; Current challenges

of sports development and

achieving goals of sustainable

development; Olympic

education as implementation of

sustainable development ideas

in society; Current challenges

of training choreographers in

higher educational institutions.

After all these plenary sessions,

a panel discussion followed

and enlarged the discussion on

each of the topics. The array

of speakers on these panel

discussions included EUSA

President Adam Roczek, who

spoke about the Development

programs of European Student

Sports: key components and

innovative directions.

As part of the program of

the conference, the Satellite

seminar on Management of

University Sport: Sustainable

Development of the Erasmus+

Project Enhancing Sport

Organizations and Management

(ESOM), took place.

On the second day of this

conference, additional overall

topics were covered: sports

medicine, public health,

mental health in sport, youth

and the Olympic movement,

and education through sport.

These topics were mainly

presented through sessions

and panel discussions, covered

by professionals in the areas of

discussion.