EUSA Year Magazine 2020-21

ATHLETES FRIENDLY

EDUCATION

Funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union,

Athletes Friendly Education (AFE) is a transnational project

focused on the promotion of dual careers of athletes and

the support of innovative educational approaches and good

governance in sport, in relation to the objectives of the EU

policies in the field of sport and in pursuit of the objectives from

the EU Commission Guidelines on Dual Career of Athletes.

The aim of the project is to

spread awareness and good

practices among educational

institutions that support

athletes in their dual careers

by determining the minimum

quality standards of educational

and training institutions at the

EU level, before establishing a

certification system to recognise

the efforts made by dual

careerfriendly institutions.

The goal is to then raise

awareness on the importance

of education of athletes at

national levels and offer tools

for athletes, managers, coaches

and parents to take responsible

decisions about education, with

the project’s certified list of

educational programmes able to

guide them in their dual career

path.

Through the partners’ efforts,

AFE looks to create new

instruments of cooperation and

secure sustainable partnerships

between higher education

institutions and businesses

while establishing a list of

educational programmes, at the

EU level, with already developed

mechanisms.

Along with project coordinators

Olympic Committee of Slovenia

(SLO), partners in the project

include the National Olympic

Committee of Portugal

(POR), the Belgian Olympic

and Interfederal Committee

(BEL), the German Olympic

Academy (GER), the Croatian

Olympic Academy (CRO), the

University of Maribor’s Faculty

of Organisational Sciences

(SLO), the University of Rijeka’s

Faculty of Maritime Studies

(CRO), the Volleyball Federation

of Macedonia (MKD) and the

European University Sports

Association (SLO).

The two-year project began in

January 2019 and was initially

set to run until December 2020,

but was extended into 2021 as a

result of the global pandemic.

PLEASE SEE

eusa.eu/projects/afe

for more information

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Co-funded by the
Erasmus+ Programme
of the European Union