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Full title: STEPSStart: 10.01.2018Finish: 30.09.2019Programme: Erasmus+Sub-Programme: KA2 Given the upward trend in dropout rates the last couple years, STEPS project team steps up and takes initiative. The third transnational meeting of the project took place in Vicenza, Italy where partners met to evaluate their up-to-now progress and set milestones until the next project meeting. Primarily, the […]

Greece, being one of the very first destinations to enter Europe, ranks amongst the top-hosting countries within EU. More specifically, during the past four years it is estimated that more than 70.000 refugees and asylum seekers have reached the Aegean islands, amongst them more than 20.000 children. The European Institute for Local Development (EILD) joined

Just because you had success in one area of life, that doesn’t mean you’ll be successful in other areas. Going from athlete to entrepreneur is a route that many athletes want to take going into life after sports. They’re eager to hang the jersey up and put the suit on even though they might not know the

With regards to the first bit of the joint study visit in Sofia and Athens, the partners were introduced to the entrepreneurial context of Bulgaria. In the first session of the visit, the representatives of each country were informed about the existing legislation with regards to the requirements for a start-up visa and the politics

Sport has significant economic impact through, for example, innovative sports products, events and facilities. The government promotes innovation and sports research with a view to helping elite athletes get better results and promoting participation in sports. But supporting the sports sector also has economic and public health benefits.  Sport and the Dutch economy Every year,

2018-1-IT02-KA204-048143 The Cultural Crossroads Erasmus+ project focuses on preventing and combating xenophobia and anti-migrant hatred, through activities creating better understanding between communities, including interreligious and intercultural activities, and focusing on: i) capacity building of educators and professionals and ii) building in-community coalitions. Amongst its main objectives are the increase of the involvement and training of professionals (educators and

Big data has uprooted longstanding practices in industries ranging from retail to banking, so it’s not surprising that it’s affected sports too. Here are three ways that it has made a major impact on the industry. Improving recruitment decisions about college athletes People who play sports in college have opportunities to get some of their

Innovative technologies have changed the way we experience sports. In this article, we illustrate how innovative technologies in sports have positively affected athletes in terms of performance and safety while also making sports more fair. All actors involved in the sports environment benefit differently from the adoption of new technologies. On the one hand, highly

Despite that no European country was found amongst the top-ten refugee-hosting countries on a global scale, according to the UN Refugee Agency ‘An estimated 362,000 refugees and migrants risked their lives crossing the Mediterranean Sea in 2016, with 181,400 people arriving in Italy and 173,450 in Greece. In the first half of 2017, over 105,000

Παρά το γεγονός πως καμία ευρωπαϊκή χώρα δεν βρέθηκε μεταξύ των δέκα πρώτων χωρών που φιλοξενούν πρόσφυγες σε παγκόσμια κλίμακα, σύμφωνα με την Υπηρεσία Προσφύγων των Ηνωμένων Εθνών «Εκτιμάται ότι 362.000 πρόσφυγες και μετανάστες κινδύνευαν τη ζωή τους διασχίζοντας τη Μεσόγειο Θάλασσα το 2016 με 181.400 άτομα να φτάνουν στην Ιταλία και 173.450 στην Ελλάδα. Το