Referee for Life

Every sport discipline or competition cannot take place without a referee. The need to ensure fair play and respect of the law of the game is crucial in order to make a sport activity attractive and inclusive. Referees and competition judges are expected to have a set of key competences in order to performe their role. Not only physical preparation, but also mental and emotional intelligence.
The goal of the project is to bring together 6 groups of young people from European countries and share 6 days of workshops and sports activities. The exchange will focus on the world of refereeing in the various sports disciplines represented by the partners and will include sporting events, games, guided tours, debates, seminars, recreational activities, etc ... Each group will be responsible for presenting an activity and sharing it with others. The exchange will end with a final event open to the public. The themes of the exchange will be in particular: promotion of healthy lifestyles, concentration in sports practice; physical and mental preparation. The project aims to promote the practice of refereeing as a different way of experiencing sport. Refereeing will be understood and analysed as a method for acquiring transversal skills that can be spent in personal and professional life.

Participants: 5 youngsters 18-25 y.o. + 1 leader over 18 each country

We are looking for partners with the following requirements that will be verified throught application form and interview:
- you are an NGO active in the sport field or you are a federation, a sport school, a sport club/team, an informal sport group of any discipline;
- the participants will be part of your organization and you will not fish participants in the web or social media;
- you can provide proper pre-departure training for your participants;
- you have the capacity to provide contribution to the timetable of activities. Your group will be responsible to facilitate an activity;
- participants are required to be fluent in English;
- you can react to our emails and other types of communication in real time;
- your group is committed to fully participate for the whole duration of the project;
- you are aware that youth exchange is not a holiday but a learning experience;
- you will be fully involved in the dissemination process in your country.
The participation is free of charge. There will be a selection process (application form and interview).

The project is only for EU countries.
If you are interested please contact us at molfetta@incoweb.org