Sport Equality: sub-granting report
Time frame: 2025
Sport Equality is implemented within the framework of the Sport4CERV - Enabling Equality through sport project which funded by the CERV programme of the European Union.
CERV-2024-OG-SGA
Type of Action: CERV-FPA-OG
Acronym: Sport Equality
Project Number: 101194551
Duration: 12 months
Implementation period:
1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
In 2025, ENGSO will allocate €18,000 in subgrants to its member organisations as part of the Equality & Sport action plan, funded by the EU CERV programme.
The primary goal of these subgrants is to encourage and support European sports organisations in advancing equality through advocacy, education, and awareness-raising initiatives. The plan fosters collaboration between ENGSO’s member organisations and other sports bodies, aiming to create lasting change. This initiative is being implemented in phases, with the collective efforts of all ENGSO bodies and members, led by the ENGSO EWS Committee.
Open call for hosting events
Sport Equality action plan aims to ensure grassroots voluntary based sport movement in EU are called to promote equality, human rights and democratic values for a stronger Europe. Within the framework of this action plan, the European Youth & Sport Platform will be organised.
Open Call for hosting: European Youth and Sport Platform
Open Call for hosting: Training Course on Advocacy, Equality, and Human Rights in Sport
The objective of this call is to select a hosting organisation responsible for co-organising, together with ENGSO and ENGSO Youth, an event titled “European Youth and Sport Platform”. This event will bring together 100 young participants (aged 18–35) from the grassroots sport movement, representing ENGSO members and beyond. The aim is to create a space for learning, exchange and active participation in the development of sport policy at the EU level, with a focus on promoting equality.
The objective of the call is to select a hosting organization who will be in charge of organizing together with ENGSO the Training Course on Advocacy, Equality and Human Rights in Sport. An event with 20 participants coming from the grassroots sport movement belonging to ENGSO members who will be in charge of the advocacy plan for their entities and run advocacy campaign and programs after the training. We expect to support one of our member to coordinate the efforts in Europe to implement the training course on advocacy, equality and human rights in sport aiming at empowering national umbrella sports organisations with knowledge and skills on advocacy competencies on equality and HR in sports with a focus on LGBTQI+ and create an active European network of staff people and experts who can introduce advocating actions in their daily work in order to push for equality in all segment of sport organisations.
Awarded organisations
Training Course on Advocacy, Equality, and Human Rights
- 8-9 may 2025
- Rome, Italy
- Awarded to opes italia
- Grant: 10000 eur
The training course, hosted by ENGSO member OPES Italia, took place on 8-9 May in Rome, Italy. The event revolved around the topic of advocacy, equality and human rights in sport, and focused on raising awareness and educating participants how to use advocacy action to improve the state of sport, equality and human rights in and through sport in Europe.
European Youth & Sport Platform 2025
- 5-7 june 2025
- Munich, Germany
- Awarded to DOSB (implemented by DJS)
- Grant: 8000 eur
At the 2025 edition of the European Youth and Sport Platform, held from 5–7 June 2025 in Munich, Germany, organised by ENGSO Youth and hosted by the German Sports Youth (dsj), 150 young people from across Europe came together to explore the topics of sport innovation, mental health, sustainability and youth participation. The event served as a pivotal opportunity to discuss key priorities at the intersection of youth and sport.
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