EUSA Magazine 2019-20

EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY SPORTS ASSOCIATION YEAR MAGAZINE 2019-20^102

6. EU INITIATIVES

SKILLS FOR YOU(TH)

THROUGH SPORT

SK4YS – Skills for You(th) through Sport – is a transnational

initiative of European sport, youth organisations and

educational institutions whose aim is to raise awareness of soft

skills and competences learnt through sport and implement

them through sport-based employment programmes. It is co-

funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.

The two-year awareness-raising

initiative, which targets young

people from disadvantaged

backgrounds and those not in

employment or training, focuses

on a cross-sector approach of

sport, youth, employment and

education policies.

The project, which started in

2019 and will end in December

2020, will look to empower

sport, youth and educational

institutions by developing

and delivering sport-based

employability programmes

for young people through the

collection, classification and

promotion of European good

practices, made available

through an educational

handbook.

The main outcome of the project

will be a good practice database

and an online handbook

(educational module) which will

be developed for representatives

of youth and sport organisations,

coaches, trainers and youth

leaders on topics related to

soft skills development through

sport, the contribution of sport

and physical activity to key

competences and developing

sport and employability

programmes for disadvantaged

young people.

Partners of this transnational

project include European

Non-Governmental Sport

Organisation (HUN), Oltalom

Sport Association (HUN),

Budapest Association for

International Sports (HUN),

European Observatoire of Sport

and Employment (FRA), Cyprus

Youth Council (CYP) and the

European University Sports

Association Institute (SLO).

PLEASE SEE

youth-sport.net/sk4ys

for more information

Co-funded by the

Erasmus+ Programme

of the European Union