TRAINING SESSION ON ALTERNATIVE FUNDING FOR THE SPORTS SECTOR- Sport and Technology

Submitted by Alberto Bichi on 22 February 2017

On October 11, Sports & Technology organized a session on international sports innovation projects and the acquisition of the necessary funding. This meeting was intended for everyone willing to develop (inter)national innovation projects in the sport sector with funding from various public sources: the European Union, national and regional authorities. Around 50 people were present at this session, coming from the Netherlands and Belgium. Specially for this, Jordi Escribà of the Barcelona consultancy office B.Link was invited. He gave the audience an overview of the European strategy for the sport from the EU Work Plan for Sport 20142020 and presented the ecosystem of the sport in Brussels, such as networks, platforms and working groups. He also gave an overview of the European funding possibilities for the sport. To this end, the special review guide “Guide on EU funding for Sports Industry 2014-2020”, written within the framework of the EU4SportsClusters Alliance, is already available. In addition to Mr. Escribà, Twan Bierens, co-owner of the consultancy bureau W&B Consultants was present. He gave participants an insight into national and regional funding sources, both public and more private resources.

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