Why WIN-WIN?
Athletes are one of the greatest parts of all society. They are driven. They are 100% focused on their goals. The skillsets and characteristics common among successful athletes can also be found among the best employees:
- athletes are tough, physically and mentally;
the best employees, like athletes, need to be able to operate at a high level, consistently and for long periods of time. Further, like successful athletes, successful employees need to be able to learn from their mistakes and move on;
- just as athletes in team sports need to be team players, the best employees in partnerships need to be able to work with their peers and lead teams effectively;
- for the best employees, having talent and skill is meaningless if one doesn’t have a strong work ethic to pull off those 60+ hour weeks. Similarly, the best athletes in the world aren’t the best because of their skill. A successful athlete can be a the best in their “second career” because they know that in order to be successful, they’re going to have to work for it every time;
- clear focus on the game, and nothing but the game, is critical to winning among athletes. Focus is necessary for success also for the best employees.
An athlete with a higher education is a valuable human resource and could achieve greater social and labor market success.
Winning in life, winning in sport (WIN-WIN)
The aim of the project is to create complete kit for dual career support for universities:
1. Research report on developed soft skills through sport, basic principles of healthy nutrition combined with sports and other tips for dual career.
2. Evaluation framework to determine skills gained through sports training and competitions.
3. An open online course “21st century skills gained through sports training and competitions with integrated basic principles of healthy nutrition combined with sports and other tips for dual career”, which can be used as part C course in Higher education institutions;
4. 6 video tutorials from students with practical tips on the most important know-who of sports dual career 5. Guidelines on how to implement this study course in the university;
6. Handbook on how university can use dual career as promotional tool to attract new students and promotional games.
7. Produced 1 policy recommendation on special pensions scheme for professional athletes
8. Organized 6 seminars with sports policy stakeholders on special pensions scheme;
9. Produced 1 open access scientific paper.
Project consortium consist from:
Project coordinator: Andara plus (Latvia)
Partners:
- Nicolaus Copernicus University (Poland)
- Margherita Sport e Vita Basket (Italy)
- University of Malta (Malta)
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece),
- NYSA Sweden (Sweden)
- Associated partner University of Latvia (Latvia)
Italian Basketball Federation (Italy) will support project for results dissemination and in the development of policy recommendations.
There are also dissemination activities for institutions outside the consortium (schools and universities). Activities carried out under the project also are correlated with the work of the EU Work Plan for Sport (2021-2024) "Promoting education in and through sport" specific priority "Encouraging dual career of athletes". Project will start at January of 2025 and will last 24 months.