No Violence In Sport

The NOVIS project was carried out successfully, fully achieving the set objectives, and indeed the results obtained have strengthened the commitment of the partners to continue with further local and transnational activities, in the belief that the developed model constitutes a valid practical and concrete response for the prevention of all violence in the sport sector.The project carried out all the activities, with a substantial alignment in terms of timing and content. The results achieved by the project were particularly significant in Greece and Italy, where excellent results were achieved in both cases also from the point of view of the involvement of stakeholders and policy makers. The results achieved in Spain, Holland, Romania and Bulgaria were excellent, both from a qualitative and quantitative point of view. The results achieved in Poland were satisfactory, even if the final phase of implementation saw a decreasing commitment from the Polish partner. Faced with this evolution, the consortium reacted consistently thanks to the risk planning already developed in the design phase, recovering the numerical and qualitative targets set through a greater commitment by the other partners.In general, the project has created a vast and heterogeneous set of tools and methodologies for an educational approach in the world of school and young people aimed at developing critical skills towards one's approach to sport, to cheering and to the behaviours of the adult world. A large number of participant has been involved during the testing phase: more than 5.000 children were involved, together with their parents, coaches and school teachers. 300 coaches and teachers have been engaged in train the trainers activities, and 46 persons from the internal staff of the participating partners have supported those activities. A huge communication and dissemination plan took place during all the lifetime of the project. A large media coverage has been ensured, targeting children, professionals (coaches and school teachers) and stakeholders. We collected a large number of positive feedbacks and the voluntary adoption of the Novis model by more than 200 external organizations. Many sports federations were reached and involved, becoming in turn Ambassadors of the Novis model. The consortium has already decided to continue the development and implementation of the model also in the near future.All of the following Intellectual outputs and Multiplier events have been completed:IO1) Surveys and data analysisIO2) Teachers Methodological GuideIO3) OER Online PlatformIO4) OER (video, testimonials’ interviews, tools and presentations for schools and for families)IO5) Pilot affiliation supporting tools and documentsIO6) Sport Chart Against Violence in SportIO7) One scientific article, submitted to an international reviewME1) Transnational conference, “Creating the EU network of sport clubs, federations and associations against violence”ME2) Transnational conference, “Promoting EU Sport values and fighting violence in sport”The project has partially suffered from the Covid-19 pandemic in its final part of dissemination, both locally and transnationally. After having had to cancel the final multiplier event in March 2020, the consortium asked for an extension of the project duration until 31/12/2020, moving the date of the event to November 2020. Unfortunately, the second wave of the pandemic forced to convert the conference in an online event, which in any case obtained more than satisfactory results, exceeding the pre-established target of over 200 affiliated organizations and stakeholders. Also due to the Covid, the fifth partners' meeting, which was scheduled in parallel with the final multiplier event, took place online.