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Over 700 international delegates including coaches, coach developers, researchers, sport scientists, technical directors and sport administrators came together from 27th November to 3rd December in Singapore at the Marina Bay Sands Conference Centre for the 14th ICCE Global Coach Conference. CoachSG have demonstrated themselves as a world class centre for coaching and leadership development. They have facilitated a great opportunity for the global coaching community to join and share their...

The Hellenic Federation of Sports Coaches and Trainers in collaboration with ICCE - Sport Coaching Europe is holding an information meeting to all those who are interested in GETTING TO KNOW MORE about the possibility of a Sports Coaches' Association in Malta. Submit your information here if you want to join this meeting in the near future.

The Forum of ICCE's partner organisation European Network of Sport Education (ENSE) is currently taking place in Rome, Italy, on the 21st and 22nd of September 2023 under the theme Sport Education for Sustainable Development: The Euro-Med Perspective. ICCE Sport Coaching Europe (SCE) is represented by SCE Advisory Board member Dr Renzo Kerr-Cumbo and ICCE secretary general Dr Ladislav Petrovic. Renzo and Ladislav co-presented on CoachEd6 - Coach Education as European Network while...

ICCE were formally invited to attend the official opening ceremony of the inaugural European Para Championships, on Monday August 7 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Board Member Jan Minkhorst of NOC*NSF attended on behalf of the ICCE. More information can be found here.

The 16th ENSE Forum will take place in Rome, Italy, on the 21st and 22nd of September 2023 under the theme Sport Education for Sustainable Development: The Euro-Med Perspective. It is now possible to register for the 2 days event and submit abstracts! This year, the Forum will be held under the theme “Sport Education for Sustainable Development: The Euro-Med Perspective” and be hosted by the University of Rome Foro Italico. The Forum will offer a space of reflection and discussion on the...

On May 25th 2023 PAISAC (“Programme d’appui International au sport africain et des caraïbes” / International Support Program for African and Caribbean Sport) celebrated its 20th anniversary in Montreal.  The core program features online training and a four-week residential program in Montreal including courses, mentoring and job experience.  386 coaches from 49 countries have been trained through PAISAC over 20 years. Present at the celebration were Pierre Amboise Preira, founder of...

On 25th April 2023 the ICCE took part in the SKILLS4COACH partner meeting held in Los Alcázares, Cartagena (Spain). The project is led by the FURIM Institutt (Norway) and partners include UCAM (Spain), UNEFS (Romania), the Sport Institute (Poland) and ICCE. SKILLS4COACH aims to support the strengthening of sports coaches’ skills and profiles to increase their employability by developing innovative training materials and creating a coaching network. Specifically, this meeting led to advances in...

10¼ Congresso Treinadores L’ngua Portuguesa em Viana do Castelo, Portugal, dia 3 Junho, 2023. (Foto: Pedro Fiuza) In 2023, ICCE member Coaching Portugal celebrated the 10th Portugal Coaching Congress with a special edition with the motto “Recognition of the Coach Profession” privileging themes that are transversal to all sports and the Coaching profession! In partnership with Viana do Castelo, European City of Sports 2023, Coaching Portugal organized the Congress in Centro Cultural de Viana do...

ALCOBENDAS (Spain) Mini Basketball not only promotes basketball principles of team effort, sacrifice, work, joy, and camaraderie that will help lifelong fans, but also encourages a healthier lifestyle and the Basketball For Good movement values linked to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. The FIBA European Mini Basketball  Convention 2023, hosted by the Spanish Basketball Federation within their museum in Alcobendas has been a huge success. In its  8th edition, 38 participants...

A Memorandum of Cooperation between the National Platform for Sports Integrity (E.P.ATHL.A) and the Hellenic Federation of Sports Coaches and Trainers (POPA) was signed this week, regarding the manipulation of sports matches. Giorgos Mavrotas (General Secretary of Sports and President of the E.P.ATHL.A) and Thanasis Villiotis (President of POPA) signed the agreement. Referring to the signing of the cooperation memorandum, Mr. Mavrotas emphasized: "The role of coaches is pivotal in tackling...