Become an Outsport Coach and get ready to join our e-learning community!
Gain essential skills to foster LGBTQIA+ inclusive communities through sport and prevent any form of discrimination. You will implement the Outsport method and use pedagogical tools within the “Education Through Sport” (ETS) framework. “Outsport Coach – Building LGBTQIA+ Inclusion Through Sport” is part of the Erasmus+ project MESIS.
Building on the success of the Outsport project, endorsed by the EU Commission and the World Health Organisation, this e-learning course is inspired by the Council of Europe’s Compass Manual and aims to develop key competences in non-formal Human Rights Education.
This course is ideal for Coaches, Physical Education (PE) teachers, Childhood and Youth Educators, Youth Workers, Team Building and Diversity Consultants. It supports everyone committed to improving group dynamics.
The Outsport Coach focuses on fostering safer spaces, tackling SOGIESC discrimination, and driving sustainable social change in and through sport.
Finally, get ready to connect with your colleagues in our e-learning community on Telegram. Share your experiences and find updates and training opportunities!
Learning objectives:
- Becoming aware of what discrimination is, how it works and how to tackle it.
- Empowering learners to confidently address SOGIESC based discrimination.
- Mastering the Outsport Competence Framework based on the core values of Dignity, Equal Opportunities, Diversity and Community Building.
- Understanding how to create more inclusive sporting environments, learning communities and team-working spaces.
- Building confidence and ability to propose a set of exercises for the final target groups – whether youth, students, athletes or work teams.
Editors: Rosario Coco, László Földi, Andrea Giuliano
General Supervision: Gergana Cholakova, Michele Mommi, Robin Zlatarov
Contributors: Aldo Dadone, Rene Koradin, Rita Nunes, Angelica Saenz, Daniel Simões
Web Design: Daniele Sorrentino
Graphics: Edoardo Peltrini
Photographers: Sara Palermo (MESIS event in Rome), Tina Éowyn Šmid (MESIS event in Ljubljana), Filipa Riberio (MESIS event in Lisbon)
Names are listed in alphabetical order by surname
This publication is an outcome of the Erasmus+ project MESIS – Missing Pieces for Educators and Local Stakeholders Addressing Inclusive Sport, coordinated by Associazione Italiana Cultura Sport – Italian Association For Culture And Sport – AiCS (Italy), in partnership with European Gay And Lesbian Sport Federation – EGLSF, Resursen Tsentsar Bilitis – Bilitis Resource Center Foundation – BILITIS (Bulgaria), Športno Društvo – Out In Slovenija – OIS (Slovenia), Ginásio Clube Português – Clube Portuguese Gym – GCP (Portugal).
Project Management: Rosario Coco, Andrea Giuliano
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