MESIS: New pedagogical tools and e-learning resources for coaches and PE teachers are coming with the Outsport method
The Erasmus+ MESIS project aims to foster LGBTQIA+ inclusive communities through sport by developing specific pedagogical tools and competencies in the field of the “Education Through Sport” (ETS) methodology and SOGIESC discrimination (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Gender Expression and Sexual Characteristics).
Project staff members at the first MESIS meeting in Sofia, June 2023. Back row, from left: Daniel Simões, Rosario Coco, Aldo Dadone, Laszlo Földi, Angelica Saenz. Front row, from left: Andrea Giuliano, Rene Koradin, Michele Mommi, Gergana Cholakova
MESIS is a follow-up of the Outsport project (2017-2019) and it’s based on its pedagogical achievements collected in the Outsport Training Toolkit, which was the outcome of a mutual learning process based on the first European research on LGBTI people experience in sport.
The Outsport method is a training and coaching approach for youth and adults that uses sport as a learning tool to foster personal growth and social competencies in the field of diversity, inclusion, and community building.
The MESIS project, started at the beginning of 2023, addresses the need to strengthen what has been done and focus towards those who work in the field. In September 2023, the Outsport method was also recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The MESIS project focuses on the following challenges:
- to offer concrete tools for schools, sport associations and local communities in the original language;
- to address educators with new skills and competences in the field of LGBTI issues by offering replicable and transferible practices in the original language;
- to improve the accessibility of ETS practices and methodology by creating digital and e-learning tools.
Participants at the first Capacity Building Session in Rome, March 2023. Twenty coaches and PE teachers from various countries gathered to learn about the Outsport Method as part of the MESIS project
Join the Outsport learning Community on Telegram!
Starting from May 2024, the project will also launch the MESIS – Outsport Learning Community, a Telegram channel to share news, information, tools and opportunities.
We will develop the MESIS-Outsport MOOC in each project language issuing a final certificate. You will be able to attend anytime, for free and share your considerations with us.
Interested? Don’t forget to join our Outsport Learning Community to keep yourself updated about national stakeholders activities in the field of LGBTQIA+ inclusion and Education Through Sport, pilot events in your area and more.
Partners
– ASSOCIAZIONE ITALIANA CULTURA SPORT – ITALIAN ASSOCIATION FOR CULTURE AND SPORT – AICS (Italy) National Sport Organsation
– EUROPEAN GAY AND LESBIAN SPORT FEDERATION – EGSLF (The Netherlands) Umbrella Sport Organisation
– RESURSEN TSENTSAR BILITIS – BILITIS RESOURCE CENTER FOUNDATION – BILITIS (Bulgaria)
Foundation
– SPORTNO DRUSTVO – OUT IN SLOVENIJA – OIS (Slovenia)
LGBTI Sport Club
– GINASIO CLUBE PORTUGUES – CLUBE PORTUGUESE GYM – GCP (Portugal)
Sport Club
CONTACT US
info@outsport.eu
press@out-sport.eu
+39 06 4203941
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