Skills4Sports
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Increasing the Employability of NEETs by tackling the skills gap for the Sports Sector

About the project

In the Mediterranean region, youth unemployment is twice as high as adult unemployment. In the Southern Mediterranean, young people are three times more likely to be out of a job than adults (International Labour Organisation, 2017). Contrarily, prominent sectors, like the sports industry, face challenges finding the right skills for their rising needs. Responding to this challenge, Skills4Sports aims to increase the employability of NEETs by tackling the skills gap in the sports sector. It will create new curricula in sports-related professions including both athletics-related ones (coaches, physicians, etc.) and business oriented ones (merchandising, marketing, administration, event management). This analysis based on skills gap will result in electronic tools (e-learning platform, mobile app and social-media app) addressed to youth and in a network “Strategic Alliance for Skills4Sports” dedicated to key sport stakeholders reducing the skills’ mismatch and offering new job opportunities to NEETS.

Key information

Skills4Sports
Increasing the Employability of NEETs by tackling the skills gap for the Sports Sector
A.3 Promotion of social inclusion and the fight against poverty
A.3.1 Professionalization of young people (NEETS) and women
Greece, Malta, Italy, Spain, Palestine, Lebanon

Financial data

2.9 million
Total budget
2.6 million
EU contribution
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10%
Project co-financing

Highlights

Project in numbers

8
Partners
6
Countries
10
Technical outputs

Project duration

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Objective

To increase the employability of NEETS of the Mediterranean area in the sports sector, by developing new professionals, reducing the mismatch of skills and involving key stakeholders

What will be improved?

Skills4Sports will increase capacities of the NEETS to find better jobs with more than 200 job contracts expected thanks to the adjustment of skills’ mismatch between offer and demand. The transnational nature of the sport industry will contribute to pursue careers across borders, including international events, mobility of employees and multicultural working environments with the support of stakeholders involved in the Strategic Alliance for Skills4Sports.

Who will benefit?

  • 1,200 NEETs trained in professional skills for sport industry 
  • Training organisations 
  • 60 sports industry employers and stakeholders
  • Public authorities
  • NGOs and social organisations

Expected achievements

  • 9 new curricula for sports professionals
  • 3 electronic tools for e-learning and gamification
  • 240 training days for final beneficiaries
  • 1 Strategic Alliance for Skills4Sports
     

Contribution to policy-making

The involvement of institutional partners in the consortium, the access of all partners to political actors, as well as the planned involvement of key policy-makers in the Strategic Alliance for Skills4Sports, provides the project with the opportunity to influence relevant policies at several levels and in different regions. Through the involvement of key policy-makers, the project aims to start a wider discussion on skills development, NEETs characteristics and needs and niche industries, such as the sports industry, that can provide sustainable employment opportunities.

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Skills4Sports in Lebanon boosts jobs opportunities in the sports sector

In Lebanon, 378 young people have been trained in new skills related to the sports industry.

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Skills4Sports trained over 1.150 young people

Among the 9 courses developed by Skills4Sports, the most popular ones were about Sports Digital Marketing & Communication and Sports Event Management.

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Skills4Sports: the outcomes of the Strategic Alliance meet up in Palestine

In Palestine, about 300 young people have been trained in sports skills.

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Skills4Sports partners got inspired by professional runner and learnt about sport´s business

Motivation and mental work, needed skills in the sport business, tips on how to manage sport´s events: here are some points addressed during the Skills4sport strategic allianc…

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Skills4Sports is organizing the Strategic Alliance Meeting in Barcelona

From the 15th to the 17th of March, INDESCAT will organise the Strategic Alliance Meeting in Barcelona. This will be an opportunity to tackle the gaps in youth employment in t…

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Skills4Sports in Palestine organised a training on sports events management

The goal of the course was to incorporate a step-by-step approach to planning and executing a successful sports event.

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Skills4Sports offers course on Sports Digital Marketing & Communication

The course is directed to young people with sports training and who is looking for a job. Deadline to apply 20 November 2022.

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Skills4Sports offers 6 courses in Greece

The course aims to develop professional skills that favor the employment of young people in the sports sector in Greece.

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Skills4Sports moves forward with its training and certifications in Lebanon

Skills4Sports partnership visited Sagesse Club SC in Beirut, to discuss the project and the future of young's people employability in the sports sector.

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Skill4Sports in Lebanon to provide training to young people

During the info day, the training curriculum was presented to the partners in Lebanon.

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Skills4Sports in Lebanon informs about its sport skills curriculum

Through a workshop that will be held on 5th October 2022.

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Skills4Sports is looking for a sport expert in Lebanon

Skills4Sports partner Rene Moawad Foundation is looking for a sports expert in Lebanon. Deadline to apply: 11 July 2022

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Skills4Sports finalising sports curricula

Skills4Sports partners meet in Evia, Greece and finalise sports curricula to be offered in summer/autumn trainings 2022. Each partner focuses on different skills to better prepare young people in jobs related t…

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Skills4Sports in Greece works together with the Union of European Football Associations

While Skills4Sports will soon launch training for young unemployed people in the sports sector, UEFA commits to ensure sustainability of Skills4Sports´ activities.

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Skills4Sports promotes courses and inspires young people in Malta

Young people aged 17-22 were informed about Skills4Sports courses and inspired by the life stories of important sports figures.

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Skills4Sports in Italy celebrates World Sports Day

Local athletes and young get together to learn about Skills4Sports and workout outdoors

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Skills4Sports to create nine trainings in Catalonia

INDESCAT, Skills4Sports partner in Spain, will develop nine 40-hour trainings for combatting youth unemployment.

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Skills4Sports inivites you to apply for the development of Sports Curricula in Lebanon

Skills4Sports is looking for two professionals to develop Sports Curricula in Lebannon. Deadline : 19th April 2022.

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Skills4Sports creates strategic alliance for combatting unemployment in Palestine

This alliance brings together the public and private sector as well as universities and NGOs to find solutions to the lack of job opportunities in the sport sector.

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Skills4Sports and the potential to break barriers

"Sport can break barriers and go beyond the borders and for this reason it is important to know other languages and get to know people from other countries”. A participant spekaing at an info-day in Paler…

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Skills4Sports hosted its opening conference on Mediterranean Youth, Sports and Employment in Malta

Mediterranean organisations mobilise sports to combat youth unemployment. About 50 participants attended the conference.

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Skills4Sports in Italy promotes its project among young people in Palermo

The Italian partner also met with the sport councillor of the municipality of Palermo to get him involved in how to increase job opportunities in the sports sector.

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Skills4Sports alliance in Palestine commits to reduce youth unemployment in the sport sector

By providing 12 training courses targeting 35 people per course and focusing on practical skills to be applied in the sport sector.

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Skills4Sports project evaluates the educational system in sports sector and identifies the tools to implement better employment opportunities

Better monitoring and evaluation of educational systems and an increase in the offer of Vocational traini…

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Skills4Sports event to highlight employment opportunities for youth in the sport sector

The opening conference, to take place in St. Pauls Bay, Malta on 3 December from 9 am to 2 pm, will also be livestreamed.

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Skills4Sports in Greece asks key stakeholders in the sports sector about the gap skills of young people

TREK S.A. and the Development Agency of Evia have launched an online survey addressing key stakeholders about the acquired skills for the jo…

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Skills4Sports in Greece asks young unemployed about their skills' needs for sports' jobs

The Greek partners of Skills4Sports,TREK S.A. and the Development Agency of Evia, have launched an online survey addressing NEETs in Greece …

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Skills4Sports: What Palestinian stakeholders think about youth employment in the sports sector

Don’t miss the video trailer produced within Skills4Sports Press and Info Day at Ramallah, Palestine on June 30th, 2021.

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A Hellenic Olympian shares her ideas during Skills4Sports Info Day in Evia

A great participation was achieved in the Infoday and the Press Day held at Chalkida, Evia in Greece, on Wednesday 21st of July, 2021, within the Skills4Sports project.

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Skills4Sports: lack of mechanisms, policies and funds to tackle employment in the sport sector in Greece

The main stakeholders of Evia discussed the challenges of youth employment in the sport sector during the focus group organised by the Devel…

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Skills4Sports: the Development Agency of Evia is hiring an external auditor

The deadline for the submission of offers is up to July 20th, 2021 at 14.00 Greek time (EET).

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Launch of Skills4Sport in Palestine to create job opportunities for youth in the sport sector

Two important events were organized by Sports for Life (PS4L) at Ramallah, Palestine on the 29th of June, 2021, to present the Skills4Sports project funded by ENI CBC Med Prog…

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Greece: Skills4Sports launches online survey for NEETs and key stakeholders in the sports industry

The survey aims at assessing employment opportunities and related professional skills for young people in the sports sector.

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