During the European Universities Winter Championships and EUSA Forum, hosted
in the Italian Dolomites – in Val di Zoldo, partners of the Discovering university
sport and supporting dual career (DiscoverU) held their kick-off meeting.
The project is led by the EUSA
Institute, and brings together
two NGOs; besides EUSA, also
the European Athlete as Student
network (EAS), national university
sport bodies from Croatia (CASF/
HASS), Hungary (HUSF/MEFS)
and Poland (AZS), as well as the
University of Salerno.
The 3-year project, co-funded
by the European Union, will aim
to improve sport and physical
activity opportunities for students
in higher education on one
hand, addressing larger student
population; and at the same time
promote and support dual career
in higher education in partnering
countries. This will be achieved
by gathering information, sharing
good practice examples and
implementation of sports and
educational activities.
On December 20, the main
part of the project meeting
was held. The meeting started
rounds of introduction and
presentation of each partner
organisation. Project plans,
timelines and commitments
were then presented, with the
participants reviewing their roles
and responsibilities, as well as
proposing some adjustments in
the delivery plan of the project.On 22nd of April, a webinar on
the topic of Dual Career was
held, as part of EAS Café, this
time joined by EUSA on the
topic of University Sports – From
Active Lifestyles to Dual career.
The meeting was hosted by
the European University Sports
Association (EUSA) and the
EUSA Institute, and was attended
by around 90 participants,
representatives of the partners,
national university sport bodies
and universities.The second in-person partners’
meeting of the DiscoverU
project took place during the
2 nd International Scientific
Conference for a Healthy
Academic Society, organized by
the Croatian Academic Sports
Federation in Poreč from May
30 th to June 1st. The meetingfocused on the project overview,
milestones, and final deliverables
according to deadlines.On July 14th in Miskolc, Hungary,
at the occasion of the European
Universities Games 2024, the
second partners meeting was
held, with the main goal of
sharing the progress of different
activities and agree on the next
steps and deliverables for the
upcoming months.Prof. Laura Capranica, President
of the European Athlete as
Student (EAS), presented the
objectives of the dissemination
and communication plan.
She provided advice on best
practices for dissemination.The partners concluded the
meeting with a discussion
on the various deadlines for
implementing deliverables and
dividing tasks to ensure timely
completion.Although competitive university
sport is not the priority of theproject, it is worth noting that the
consortium includes hosts of four
European Universities Games:
2016 Zagreb-Rijeka (CRO), 2022
Lodz (POL), 2024 Debrecen-
Miskolc (HUN) and 2026 Salerno
(ITA); with activities to be held in
all partner countries, including
the next two upcoming editions
next year and in 2026.MORE INFO:
https://discoveru.eusa.eu/DISCOVERING UNIVERSITY SPORT AND
SUPPORTING DUAL CAREER (DISCOVERU)
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