2017
CONFERENCE
The 2017 Conference entitled “Fostering Inclusion and Well-Being through
Sport”, organised by EUSA in cooperation with the Portuguese Academic
Federation of University Sport (FADU) was held on April 7th and 8th in Coimbra,
Portugal – the host city of the European Universities Games 2018.
Over 150 participants representing 33
countries from across Europe and the
international university sport world
participated in the event, including repre-
sentatives from EUSA’s member federa-
tions, universities, cities, international and
continental federations, EUSA partners
and FISU.
The first plenary session was entitled “Us-
ing Sport to Promote Inclusion and Equal-
ity”, after which an overview of EUSA’s
activities was presented.
A workshop devoted to “Providing a
Place for Volunteers and Opportunities
for Youth” was then held, followed by a
second workshop focusing on safeguard-
ing in sport.The day’s last session focused on the chal-
lenge of creating a lasting legacy of sus-
tainability within the sports event world.The second day of the conference kicked
off with two parallel sessions focusing on
two important areas of university sport:
“Engaging Students – Good Practices” aswell as the use of social media to promote
sports events.The fourth plenary of the conference
gathered all of the participants together
for the final session, entitled “Activating
Europe”, where speakers from the Euro-
pean Commission, FISU and EUSA shared
insights into their organisations and the
impact made across the continent.