Programma: Erasmus+ Sport
Period: 2023-2025
Role of OPES: partner
Website: ENGSO Education – CHANGE
The Project
CHANGE – Cooperation for Change Management and Innovation in Sports is a European project dedicated to promoting integrity, values, and good governance in sport.
The project contributes to strengthening the capacity of the organised sports movement to adopt innovative governance approaches, particularly for grassroots sport. The goal is to support sports organisations in building more sustainable and innovative ways to address present and future challenges.
Objectives
The main goal of CHANGE is the development of an educational programme on innovation and change management in the organised sports movement. The programme focuses on resilience and environmental, economic, and social sustainability, working on three main areas: digitalisation, inclusion and engagement, and sustainability.
Activities and Expected Results
The project included the involvement of a group of experts, the development of an online course, scientific papers, a handbook, a research report, a toolkit, educational webinars, podcasts, workshops, and a final conference.
OPES participated as a partner, contributing to the European pathway of research, training, and international cooperation on change in sport, with particular attention to inclusion and digitalisation, already highlighted in OPES materials dedicated to the project.
CHANGE leaves sports organisations with concrete tools to understand their challenges, discuss necessary changes, and transform reflection into practical and sustainable actions.
Partner
- ENGSO – European Non-Governmental Sports Organisation, Sweden
- Malmö University, Sweden
- N3xt Sports, Spain
- EASM – European Association for Sport Management, Netherlands
- OPES, Italy
- Latvian Sports Federations Council, Latvia World Snowboard Federation, Austria UFEC – Union of Sports Federations in Catalunya, Spain Basics Sports Club, Belgium Sport and Sustainability International, Switzerland DIF – The National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark, Denmark