EUSA Year Magazine 2024-2025

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

SUSTAINABILITY AND LEGACY IN SPORT

NOVEMBER 20-21

KYIV – UKRAINE

For the 8th consecutive time, the National University of Ukraine on Physical

Education and Sport hosted a traditional scientific forum dedicated to discussions

on the social, environmental, economic, and organizational dimensions of sports,

issues related to physical culture for children and youth, sports training, and

Olympic education, as well as addressing current challenges of sports medicine.

The 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, Ministry of Education and
Science of Ukraine, Ministry
of Youth and Sport of Ukraine,
National Academy of Educational
Sciences of Ukraine, under
the patronage of the European
University Sports Association
(EUSA), and the International
Council of Sport Science and
Physical Education (ICSSPE).

The conference started with
the opening remarks by many
important guests and individuals,
among them Adam Roczek,
President of the European
University Sports Association
(EUSA).

As part of the conference’s

opening remarks, the posthumous

Order of Merit was presented

in honor of Yevgeniy Imas for

his outstanding contributions to

university sports, given at the

EUSA 25th Anniversary Gala in

Vienna.

The programme of the

conference then continued

with the presentations of the

four keynote speakers, among

which, on behalf of the European

University Sports Association

(EUSA), Andrej Pisl, EUSA

Projects and Policy Manager,

presented the sustainability

commitment of European

University Sport through the

lens of the Environmental,

Social, and Governance (ESG)

sustainability model. Participants

had the opportunity to hear

more about EUSA environmental

sustainability commitments

through EUSA Green Policy,

sustainable planning of EUSA

events, networking, cooperation,

partnerships, and projects, as

well as in terms of creating more

sustainable sport events, as

well as the scoop of educational

events that EUSA is organising.

In the next day, the programme

of the conference went on,

focusing on social, ecological,

economic, and organizational

dimensions of sport in the

concept of sustainable

development. Different strategic

management tools and inclusive

methods, analysis, branding

and marketing ideas of

promoting sports, and the role of

technology in the development

of competitive sport activities

were the topics discussed on the

panel.

Plenary session on physical

culture and sports for children

and youth as components

of sustainable development

concepts. Olympic education as

implementation of sustainable

development ideas in society and

project activities in education and

science: modern opportunities

for youth were the topics that

brought up fruitful presentations

and discussions, as well.

Over the past eight years,

the Conference has

united governmental and

nongovernmental organizations,

more than 25 higher education

and research institutions in

Ukraine and around the world,

educators, scholars from

many countries, as well as

professionals in physical culture

and sports, doctoral students,

postgraduates, and students.

MORE INFO:

http://www.uni-sport.edu.ua

EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY SPORTS ASSOCIATION YEAR MAGAZINE 2024-2025^75