MESIS - MISSING PIECES FOR EDUCATORS AND LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS ADDRESSING INCLUSIVE SPORT

The project aims to foster LGBTI inclusive sport communities by developing new pedagogical tools and competences in the field of the “Education Through Sport” (ETS) methodology. The idea has been developed starting from the outcomes of Erasmus+ project “Outsport” (2017-2019), on the basis of the international follow up webinars “WebOutsport” held in November 2020 (“Sport and Equality in Europe”) and in January 2022 (“The Rise of Visibility). This project involves 5 partners with different profiles and backgrounds (LGBTI sport organisations, grassroot sport body, sport clubs) and also involves associated partners to increase the visibility, impact and project effectiveness at the local level. The project will generate e-learning and practical tools for organisations and youth operators involved in sport, in particular coaches and PE teachers, and will develop local strategic partnerships in the field of LGBTI and ETS, by selecting 15 local stakeholders (schools, local authorities, sport associations). After a preliminary Training of Trainers meeting, the project trainers will involve 60 recruited coaches and PE teachers with specific capacity building sessions in order to transfer the key competencies on LGBTI issues in sport and make them able to deliver ETS exercises to their audience. The outcomes of these actions will lead to the design of open e-learning content in 7 different languages, structured for operators who train sport coaches and PE teachers and for educators who directly work in the field. These actions will lead to the launch of the open access MOOC and to the creation of resources in the EPALE platform. The project foresees 8 dissemination events to deliver and test project outputs and reach approx. 300 people (students and practitioners). Starting from the achieved know-how and results, the partnership aims to create a EU-wide model by implement a Policy Vademecum designed for local policy implementation in the fields of sport and education.