FUNDSPORT - Master in European Funds Management for Sport Organisations (for more inclusive, digital and sustainable sport organisations)

The Master in European Funds Management for Sport Organisations (FUNDSPORT) is an innovative educational initiative aimed at equipping future leaders in sports organizations with the expertise to navigate and manage European funds and financial mechanisms that support the sports sector. The project is developed through a strategic alliance between 4 higher education institutions: National University of Physical Education and Sports Bucharest (UNEFS, Romania) as a leader and mono-beneficiary of the grant and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH, Greece), National Sports Academy of Sofia (NSA, Bulgaria), State University of Physics and Sports Education in Moldova (USM, Moldavia), as associated partners. The FUNDSPORT objectives are: to design and implement a fully integrated curriculum, to establish a joint degree policy, to design and launch a Joint Promotion and Awareness-Raising Strategy, focusing on attracting students from at least 4 different countries and to form partnerships with at least 5 sports organizations in each of the participating countries through collaboration with national sports ministries, federations, and public institutions, to provide students with practical learning opportunities, internships, and project-based activities in European funds management for sports organizations. By the end of the 15 months FUNDSPORT project team will deliver: a joint integrated curriculum, a joint student admission requirements, a joint programme and integrated training activities, a plan for common services offered to students, a Joint administrative and financial management strategy, a joint degree policy, a Joint promotion and awareness-raising strategy and an online platform. The FUNDSPORT project will be a good start for a cross-border cooperation among Programme countries and Partner countries, that will all work together to make the domain of Management of European Funds in Sport more accessible, known and appreciated by young students worldwide.