European sport leadership programme (ESLP) toolkit

Abstract

The present toolkit is the result of the actions carried out for the implementation of the Erasmus+ Sport project, called “European Sport Leadership Programme” (ESLP) (590801-EPP- 1-2017-1-EN-SPO-SCP) which started in January 2018 and ended in June 2020. It was led by the Catholic University of Murcia (UCAM) together with four other European universities: University of Malta (Malta), Università degli Studi di Roma “Foro Italico” (Italy), Pamukkale Üniversitesi (Turkey) and University of Thessaly (Greece). The primary objective of the European Sport Leadership Programme (ESLP) was to improve good governance in university sport, through the training of carefully selected students to promote and increase physical activity among the university population. As part of this, the aims were to promote voluntary activity in sport, and to provide quality training to improve leadership in sport. The programme sought to meet one of the main objectives of Erasmus+ Sport: ‘to promote and improve good governance in sport’ using actions that are supported by the EC as detailed within the Erasmus + Programme Guide. Complementarily, the main objectives were:

> To increase knowledge and awareness of sport and active recreation provision in each partner country.

> To strengthen the cooperation between partner organisations in sport and active recreation.

> To improve the sharing of good practice in the governance of university sport and active recreation, influencing how the objectives for university sport are set and achieved to optimise and monitor performance.