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From Policy to Practice: How BESST 2.0 is going to Digitalise Safeguarding in Sport

February 10, 2025 / BESST 2.0 Project, BESST Project, Research

The European Olympic Academies (EOA) recently launched BESST 2.0 – Building European Safe Sport Together, an ambitious Erasmus+ project co-funded by the European Union. This project builds on the extensive research and developed tools and frameworks of the predecessor project, BESST 1.0, and aims to enhance safeguarding measures in European sports, ensuring a safer and […]

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Invitation to join BESST Online Forum: Athletes’ Perspectives on Safe Sport – 10.12.2024

November 29, 2024 / BESST Project, EOA news

On behalf of the Building European Safe Sport Together (BESST) project partners, we are pleased to invite you to join the BESST Online Forum: Athletes’ Perspectives on Safe Sport. This forum aims to deepen the shared experiences from previous webinars by shifting the focus to athletes’ perspectives. Esteemed Olympians and sports professionals will share their insights and ideas

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Key Findings Reveal European Sports Organisations Are in Early Development Stage in Safeguarding Readiness

November 4, 2024 / BESST Project, EOA news, Research

Research conducted by the Building European Safe Sport Together (BESST) project indicates that the majority of European sports organisations are still in the infancy stage of safeguarding readiness. These findings highlight the essential need for prioritisation and resources to strengthen awareness and capacity for effective safeguarding measures and, most importantly, to drive a culture change

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BESST Project Showcased at Days of NOC Slovenia 2024

October 23, 2024 / BESST Project

Driving Safe Sport Forward Key findings from the Building European Safe Sport Together (BESST) project were showcased during the Olympic Committee of Slovenia (OKS) Days on October 15-16, 2024, in Portorož, Slovenia. Co-funded by the European Union, the BESST project focuses on fostering a sports environment in Europe that is free from misconduct and transgressive

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BESST engages with football-for-good experts in workshop during EURO 2024

July 11, 2024 / BESST Project

In July, the week before the final of the EURO 2024 Football Championship, Common Goal partnered with the UEFA Foundation for Children and hosted a Forum in Berlin, Germany. Around 100 participants from organisations from the football-for-good sector worldwide discussed current challenges and projects for social impact through sport and football in various formats. For

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BESST publishes conceptual framework of transgressive behaviour

February 15, 2024 / BESST Project

The BESST project team published a report as part of its task to develop a single definition of abuse and harassment and unifying speech and debate on the subject throughout Europe by considering current documents and academic literature on the topic. You can download the report below: Summary European citizens’ engagement in physical activities and

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BESST at the IGNITX Summit 2023 Safe Sport Session

December 8, 2023 / BESST Project

IGNITX, as partner in the Erasmus+ project BESST, currently hosts the IGNITX Summit, a multi-part online seminar sessions. The 2023 edition brings the theme “Charting the Course: Innovation and Adaptation in Sports Events”, which aims to provide a window to navigating the evolving landscape of the sports events industry. The BESST project will be featured

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Safe Sport Roundtable at EOA Congress Vilnius

December 5, 2023 / BESST Project, EOA Congress

On 10 November 2023, the Roundtable Debate “Building European Safe Sport Together” took place during the EOA Congress Vilnius 2023. Under the motto “The Olympic Movement in a Changing World” the Congress of the European Olympic Academies (EOA) addressed challenges that the organised sport and the Olympic Movement are currently facing, with the topic of

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Not-so-safe-sport: a problem of misused relationships of power?

October 13, 2023 / BESST Project

Frankfurt – At a meeting on 10-11 October 2023, the experts of the EU project BESST addressed the underlying mechanisms of abuse and harassment in sport, and ways in which sport organisations in Europe can take preventive action. BESST suggests that the root of harmful behaviour lies in the misuse of prevailing relationships of power.

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Hope and Healing at the Safe Sports International Global Sports Conference

September 28, 2023 / BESST Project

by Marleen Haandrikman Last week, IGNITX and the Windesheim University of Applied Science were present at the Safe Sports International Global Sports Conference in London, UK. This year’s theme contained ‘Hope and Healing: Supporting Athletes & Transforming Sports Cultures’. The main objective of the attendance was to collect the most updated information in the market

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