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 Com-
munities 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 prac-
tices with an emphasis on athletes’ aware-
ness 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 harassment and abuse social
norms through whistleblowing promotion
across all levels and types of sports.Partners of this transnational pro-
ject include the Aristotle University ofThessaloniki (GRE); European University
Cyprus (CYP); Portuguese Union of Profes-
sional Football Players (POR); Spanish
Women Futsal Players Association (ESP);
Salzburg Sports Association (AUT); Hel-
lenic Gymnastics Federation (GRE) and
the European University Sports Associa-
tion (SLO).The project is co-funded by the Erasmus+
Programme of the European Union.SAFE-GUARDING