EuroHockey and its member national associations will benefit from Erasmus+ Sport supports worth €123,000 over the next three years, highlighting the European Commission’s Education and Culture Executive Agency’s importance to hockey in the continent.
It adds to other significant supports from the EU agency, notably the EuroHockey Digital Transformation and the Solidarity through Great Governance projects.
In the pipeline for the coming years, EuroHockey is part of the following three projects:
1. BEEST (overall project valued at €400,000)
EuroHockey Project Partner (€47,000)
The Aim: To foster a shared responsibility among all sports stakeholders to guarantee safe sports for everyone in the community. Therefore, safeguarding should be ingrained in the DNA of every level in the sports community, using practical resources through virtual reality for people to understand what safeguarding in sport is about.
This will link in with EuroHockey’s EDI Panel.
2. REFS: (overall project valued at €400,000)
EuroHockey Project Partner (€15,000)
The Aim: To inspire the next generation of sport officials (referees, umpires etc.) through improving the engagement of children and young people in sport officiating.
This will link to EuroHockey Officials, Youth Leadership and Development Committees.
3. YTSD: (overall project valued at €60,000)
EuroHockey Project Lead (€60,000)
Project partners ENG, NED, GEO, AUT, CZE member national associations.
The Aim: Is to create a pilot sending technical hockey coaching directors from KNHB and England Hockey to work and live in Austria and Georgia for circa 12week placement to support development of coaching pathways from grassroots to performance.
This link to EuroHockey Coaching and Development Committees.
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The Erasmus+ 2025 Funding and Programme Guide is also now out (link)
If your organisation has not signed up to eligible for EU funding, then take 15 minutes here to do so: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/how-to-participate/participant-register
