The EuroHockey Institute was co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union with a clear mission to deliver world class education, learning and development to support the growth of our member national associations. The Institute was formally launched in Monchengladbach, Germany to delegates of the 35th EuroHockey General Assembly. The EuroHockey Institute is formed across seven strategic pillars with over 40 programmes able to be accessed by national associations and their members, ultimately working towards the global impact in tandem with the FIH and FIH Academy.

The EuroHockey Institute enables the societal role of sport to be presented by encouraging, promoting, developing and supporting growth of hockey through education in Europe at all levels. This is done by sharing knowledge through teaching, mentoring and facilitating the correct programmes and environments to maximise understanding, implementation and application.

The EuroHockey Institute project partners have strategically supported the formation of these pillars and programmes over the three-year term of the co-funded partnership by the European Union.

This was done in conjunction with Association Royale Belge De Hockey, Fédération Française De Hockey, Copenhagen University, Stichting Orange Sports Forum, Royal Dutch Hockey Federation, Deutsche Hockey Bund, Hockey Magic, Slovenian Hockey Federation, Swiss Hockey Federation.

During this time, the partnership has also delivered nine intellectual outcomes that have allowed the institute to be formed via strategic and academic reviews.

Highlighting the importance of education, learning and skills transference in sport has been an integral focus in the project alongside the analysis of key findings to enable a sustainable business model. All the findings will be published towards the end of 2023 on the new EuroHockey website.

The seven pillars of the EuroHockey Institute are:

• Athletes
• Coaching
• Governance
• Innovation
• Officiating
• Sustainability
• Workforce