THE EUROPEAN ANTI-DOPING INITIATIVE
The European Anti-Doping Initiative (EADIn) project, which ran from December 1,
2010 to March 31, 2012, aimed to establish a Europe-wide “Anti-Doping
Mentality” in the youth sector while creating a transnational network to develop
and encourage preventive anti-doping education in the youth sectors of the
partner organisations involved in the project, one of them being EUSA.
Action points in the project involved find-
ing and implementing strategies to moti-
vate young people to pass on the message
of anti-doping to their peers, thus creating
a self-perpetuating, multiplying effect.
An online training tool to educate Anti-
Doping Junior Ambassadors was created,
as well as a Europe-wide network of Anti-
Doping Junior Ambassadors.
The project’s final conference, which
concluded the 15-month cooperation,
included all nine partner organisations,
among them also the EUSA, and started
on January 14, 2012, in Innsbruck, Austria
which was at the same time also the host
of the Winter Youth Olympic Games.Conference attendees were able to review
the experiences of the nine partners and
the Anti-Doping Junior Ambassadors over
the project’s duration, exchange best prac-
tices, foster cross-border communication
and future long-term cooperation while
also developing recommendations for
future measures and discussing interna-
tional developments in the field.Participants of the European Anti-Doping
Initiative included the Deutsche Sportju-
gend im Deutschen Olympischen Sport-
bund e.V.(GER); Federation InternationaleCatholique Education Physique et sportive
(AUT); Federazione Italiana Aerobica e Fit-
ness (ITA); Olympic Committee of Slovenia
(SLO); French National Olympic Commit-
tee (FRA); European Non-Governmental
Sport Organisation Youth (GER); Zentrum
fur Dopingpravention der Padagogischen
Hochschule Heidelberg (GER); Osterrei-
chischer Leichtathletik-Verband (AUT) and
the European University Sports Associa-
tion (SLO).ANTI-DOPING