The Bulgarian Sports Development Association-led #SafeSPORTevent project is an official partner of the International Forum for Sports Safety 2022 – the first global step for international sports safety cooperation, which was held on the 24^th of November, 2022. The event is organized by the Korea Sports Safety Foundation (KSSF), together with the Korea Sports and Olympic Committee (KSOC) and sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. The event was broadcasted live on YouTube and recordings are available at the website of the initiative: http://www.issforum.or.kr/

#SafeSPORTevent project comes in very challenging times for Europe and the world when safety and security are crucial and the sport sector is not an exception. #SafeSPORTevent is an Erasmus+ co-funded initiative that aims to protect athletes, officials and fans, participating in sport events, from health and safety hazards by improving training and competition conditions and especially during forcemajor security threads that need to be handled by specific security protocols.

In the period 15-18 November 2022 in Sofia, Bulgaria was held #SafeSPORTevent final meeting that gathered the partners from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey to evaluate the project progress and to plan together the future project actions. During the mobility, the consortium took part as well in International conference “Strategic rethinking: new NATO’s strategic concept and the EU’s strategic compass. Perspectives from the Central and Eastern European Member States”, organized by Sofia Security Forum, project partner. During the event, #SafeSPORTevent team had the opportunity to present project outputs, as well as ideas and good practices in the field of safety and security in sport and has been exchanged views on the potential development of the mutual cooperation on the topic in the future.  

On November 13, 2022, during the sports holiday “Choose your of sports”, held at the “Vasil Levski” National Sports Academy, Bulgarian sports development association held an event under the #SafeSPORTevent project. The security protocols created within the project, the potential risks and threats in the conduct of sporting events, as well as the necessary measures and protocols to optimize the security and safety of spectators, administrative staff, athletes and officials were presented and discussed.

On the 28th of September, 2022, at the Vasil Levski National Sports Academy, Sofia, Bulgarian sports development association held an event under the #SafeSPORTevent project, in which more than 40 sports experts, coaches and sports specialists took part.

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The local activity of the project within the scope of Erasmus on ‘Safety in Sports’, in which Kargenç Club from our city is a partner, was carried out.

Within the scope of Erasmus+ Sports supports, the local activity of the project named SafeSPORTevent on ‘Safety in Sports’, carried out under the coordination of Bulsport (BSDA) Association from Bulgaria and partnered by Kargenç Club from our city, was carried out on 16th of April 2022.

In the period 16-19 June 2022 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina was held #SafeSPORTevent meeting for exchange of good practices that gathered the partners from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey to finalize the project outputs. During the mobility, the consortium had as well fruitful meetings with local stakeholders from Bosnian Olympic Committee, SWORD security agency and a practical visit to European Wheelchair Basketball Championship. At the meetings has been tested the safety and security protocols and discussed ideas and good practices in the field of safety and security in sport and has been exchanged views on the potential development of the mutual cooperation on the topic in the future.  

On 3^rd of March 2022., the representatives of the BRAVO organization and the partners of the project #SafeSPORTEvent held a local training session at which they presented to the sports public a pilot project and a training model created by the project coordinator Bulgarian Sports Development Association – BSDA from Bulgaria.

#SafeSPORTevent project comes in very challenging times for Europe and the World when safety and security are crutual and the sport sector is not an exception. #SafeSPORTevent is an Erasmus+ co-funded initiative that aims to protect athletes, officials and fans, participating in sport events, from health and safety hazards by improving training and competition conditions and especially during forcemajor security threads that need to be handled by specific security protocols.

In the period 11-14 of November 2021 in Sakarya, Turkey was held #SafeSPORTevent midterm meeting that gathered the partners from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey to evaluate the project progress so far and to plan together the future project actions. During the mobility, the consortium had as well fruitful meetings with local stakeholders from Sport Department of Sakarya Metropolitan Municipality, Provincial Directorate of Youth and Sport and Sport Department of Sakarya Applied Sciences University. At the meetings has been discussed ideas and good practices in the field of safety and security in sport and has been exchanged views on the potential development of the mutual cooperation on the topic in the future.  

On 25th of October 2021 in Thessaloniki, Greece was held #SafeSPORTevent testing event that allowed the participants (sport managers, administrators and volunteers) to test the created in the project framework #SafeSPORTevent protocols.

In the period 21-24 of August 2021 in Sofia, Bulgaria was held #SafeSPORTevent International training Complex security environment that allowed the participants (sport managers, administrators and volunteers) to actively contribute to its personal and professional development educational activities and format for exchange of ideas and good practices in the field of safety and security in sport. The meeting ensured both acquirement of practical skills and knowledge of the involved sport managers, administrators and volunteers and a unique experience to cooperate on international level in order to solve common challenges in the field of safety and security during sport events.

#SafeSPORTevent project comes in very challenging times for Europe and the World when safety and security are crutual and the sport sector is not an exception. #SafeSPORTevent is an Erasmus+ co-funded initiative that aims to protect athletes, officials and fans, participating in sport events, from health and safety hazards by improving training and competition conditions and especially during forcemajor security threads that need to be handled by specific security protocols.

An online meeting of the #SafeSPORTevent project consortium was held on May 21, 2021, bringing together project partners from Bulgaria, Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Greece. During the meeting the partners discussed the dates for the international training course in Sofia and took the decision to implement it in the period 21.08.2021 – 24.08.2021.