SERVE

SERVE is a joint idea of leading European stakeholders in sports and education inspired by the common will to strengthen the recovery and support crisis resilience of the sports and education sectors during and in the aftermath of the COVID 19 pandemic. SERVE is Smart Education Resources in Volleyball Environment. The project is engrained into the general needs of the project participating countries (PPC) volleyball environments, calling for new policies, practices, and actions for sustainable and perspective volleyball development. SERVE main objective is to promote education in and through sports and encourage dual career (DC) of athletes by setting up a Trans -European network of three national volleyball sports federations and two leading sports science Universities from 4 European countries to develop, elaborate, test and evaluate a sustainable European educational and training model in Volleyball SERVE to increase skills in grassroots sports, school education and recreational family sports and provide a new dual career path for sports talents. SERVE new model includes elaborating a brand new European sports federation - based comprehensive eLearning program and a mobile application on How to play Volleyball as a hybrid digital tool based on VOLLEY science, data, and media. SERVE program targets grassroots sports club athletes, including 300 children and adolescents 9-19 years of age, 30 volleyball coaches, PE teachers, and students, as well as recreational volleyball players. SERVE will include volleyball sports people from different ages and from diverse cultural, social, and economic backgrounds living in remote areas or facing socio-economic difficulties whereas social inclusion and gender equality principle are embedded in all project activities. SERVE is designed fully in line with the European green policies as foresees the green approach to be applied during the whole project lifecycle.