EUSA Magazine 2019-20

EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY SPORTS ASSOCIATION YEAR MAGAZINE 2019-20^100

6. EU INITIATIVES

HALTING HARASSMENT

AND ABUSE IN SPORTS

USING LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES

Halting Harassment and Abuse in Sports using Learning

Technologies (HALT) is a three-year project which looks to

raise awareness of best practices in combating violence and

tackling racism, discrimination and intolerance in sport.

The project will create and
exploit learning technologies
(digital games, digital
informative material, movies
and online community of
practice platforms) developed
by academics to address
this goal in a wide network
of athletes across Europe,
supported by sports and athlete
organisations.

HALT will look to develop Online
Communities of Practice (CoP)
for awareness and knowledge
about harassment and abuse
in sports among athletes,
academic experts and sport
sector stakeholders.

The project’s aim is to enable

knowledge-sharing and the

emergence of best practices

with an emphasis on athletes’

awareness and knowledge

about harassment and abuse

in sport; develop e-learning

material; minimise the risk of

offending behaviour of people

involved in sports; identify new

areas for policy intervention;

and develop anti-harassment

and abuse-protection social

norms through whistleblowing

promotion across all levels and

types of sports.

Partners of this transnational

project include the Aristotle

University of Thessaloniki (GRE);

European University Cyprus

(CYP); Portuguese Union of

Professional Football Players

(POR); Spanish Women Futsal

Players Association (ESP);

Salzburg Sports Association

(AUT); Hellenic Gymnastics

Federation (GRE) and the

European University Sports

Association Institute (SLO).

The project is co-funded by the

Erasmus+ Programme of the

European Union.

PLEASE SEE

eusa.eu/projects/halt

for more information

Co-funded by the

Erasmus+ Programme

of the European Union