Enhancing key competences of coaches through international training courses
Project Context
Year
2017
Scope
European project
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- Country of the applicant: Estonia
Project Context
Year
2017
Scope
European project
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- Country of the applicant: Estonia
Lead Organisation Information
Name of the lead organisation
Foundation of the Sports Education and Information
Type of the lead organisation
Foundation
Funding
- Type (public, private, etc): Public
- Name of the funding programme: ERASMUS+, KA1 Adult educational staff mobility
- Amount:14.267 EUR
Type of activity
Concrete activities / learning mobility scheme
Sector
Sport and Physical Activities
Description of the initiative
- The objective of the project was to enhance the capacity of the higher level coaches to act as the trainers of other coaches’ through the international further education courses and conferences, to develop and deepen cooperation with European partner organisations and to integrate the Estonian sports organisations into international cooperation in the field of coaches’ training.
- The project consortium consisted of five sports organisations – the applicant Foundation of Sports Education and Information and the members Estonian Athletic Association, Estonian Handball Association, Estonian Badminton Association and Estonian Swimming Association.
- The scope of the project foresees participation in seven international further educational events – six of them are related to specific sports disciplines and one is of general horizontal character coaches’ conference or course.
- The planned number of participants was 16 trainers – 14 coaches-trainers on specific sports and 2 trainers of interdisciplinary sports courses.
Beneficiaries Information
Profile
- Coach
- NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: The project consortium consists of five sports organisations – the applicant Foundation of Sports Education and Information and the members Estonian Athletic Association, Estonian Handball Association, Estonian Badminton Association and Estonian Swimming Association. The scope of the project foresees participation in seven international further educational events – six of them are related to specific sports disciplines and one is of general horizontal character coaches’ conference or course. The planned number of participants is 8 trainers – 7 coaches-trainers on specific sports and 1 trainers of interdisciplinary sports courses.
About The Mobility Experience
Country visited & duration
- Country(ies) visited:Finland, Ireland, GB, Sweden. Poland, Nedherland
- Duration: average time 3 days
Factors of success
- Quality of the partnership
- Willingness from both sending and host organisations to share expertise
Testimonial from the organiser
“Impact on the state level is the increase in offering of high level further education courses on the sports involved in project and indirectly through improved generalized knowledge the enhanced level of complementary courses in all sports.”
Pritt Vene, Project Leader
Contact
- Name of the contact person: Priit Vene
- Email: priit@spordiinfo.ee
- Phone number : +372 50 56 445
- Website: http://www.spordiinfo.ee/Spordiinfo
Other important information and feedback about the good practice
- A similar project was conducted in 2015.