YouSport - Round Table on Sustainability and Social sport

We are looking for 25 experienced practitioners and experts to join a European Round Table linked to the Milano–Cortina 2026 Olympic Education Programme (Gen26).

Profile participants we are looking for:
• Experts in social sport with a focus on community development or sustainability (social and environmental)
Practitioners in sport grassroots organisations;
• Practitioners using sport for education and inclusion with young people (age 15-30)
• People ready to share and explain practice, methods, challenges and ideas with others
• People able to contribute insights for a strategic paper
• Strong motivation to network and exchange with peers across Europe
 

What you will do

• Join a 2-day Round Table in Milan (2–4 Feb) with experts from multiple countries 

• Explore sustainability, social impact, legacy, learning through Non Formal Education and community change using sport as a tool
• Share your own methods and examples
• Network with youth work, sport and community stakeholders

Get in touch with projects developed in the frame of Fondazione Milano Cortina
• Take part in a wider Conference on 5 February to showcase ideas and network with other stakeholders 

Requirements
• Available in Milan 2–5 February 2026 (2nd arrival and departure on 5th after lunch)
• Willing to bring and explain examples or stories from your work
• Open to co-creation and reflection
• Comfortable discussing impact, sustainability and legacy in English

Why join?
• Connect youth work, social sport and sustainability
• Be part of a unique Olympic-linked learning process
• Strengthen your organisation’s visibility
• Exploring the opportunities in Erasmus + for sport sector
• Join a growing European network focused on long-term community impact and grassroots sport

If this matches your profile, we’d love to hear from you

Italian National Agency will organise the accommodation and covers the costs for accommodation and food.

Erasmus+ Youth Programme countries

English

This project is financed by the participating National Agencies (NAs) of the Erasmus+ Youth in Action Programme. The participation fee varies from country to country. Please contact your National Agency to learn more about the participation fee for participants from your country.

Please contact your NA or SALTO in order to know whether they would support your travel costs. If yes, after being selected, get in touch with your NA or SALTO again to learn more about the overall procedure to arrange the booking of your travel tickets and the reimbursement of your travel expenses.