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The International Federation Forum 2022 organised by SportAccord brings together Olympic and International Sports Federations to explore key issues and proposed future solutions.  This year's event focused around two key areas, Safe Sport and Sustainability. ICCE Vice-President Professor Sergio Lara-Bercial represented coaches in a Safe Sport panel led by IOC Senior Manager for the Safe Sport Unit Gloria Viseras.  The panel also included Julie Gabriel (President, International...

After a 2-year hiatus due to the COVID pandemic, the ICK International returned to its original face-to-face format at the headquarters of German Youth Sport (Deutsche Sportjugend) in Frankfurt on 18th and 19th November. The conference also served as the closing event of Erasmus+ project ICOACHKIDS+ 13-18, a 3-year initiative focused on developing resources to minimise youth sport dropout and improve the quality of talent development environments across Europe and beyond. Highlights...

On the 6th of October 2022, Coaching Portugal celebrated their 25th Anniversary with a Golf Clinic, developed by the Portuguese Golf Association, followed by a Gala dinner at Belas Clube de Campo. Pedro Sequeira (President of Coaching Portugal and ICCE Board Member), John Bales (ICCE President) and Vítor Pataco (President of the Portuguese Sport and Youth Institute) addressed participants from many organisations with a small speech.  Pedro Sequeira paid tribute to the Portuguese Coaching...

ENGSO, The European Sports NGO hosted its annual European Sport Platform at the Netherlands Olympic Training Centre in Papendal in conjunction with NOC*NSF on the 14th and 15th of October 2022. The event brought together ENGSO members, sport organisations and professionals with a mission to strengthen the grassroots sport movement in Europe.  The main theme for this year's event was The Inclusion Paradox.  The three-day event raised the question “Where does...

The ICOACHGIRLS partner meeting took place on the 6th and 7th September 2022 in Dublin Ireland, with representatives from all partner organisations (Sport Coaching Europe, Leeds Beckett University, Sport Ireland, Hungarian Coaching Association, Lithuanian Sports University, FIBA, NOC*NSF, and Special Olympics). The overall aim of the project is to increase female participation in youth sport through two objectives: Increasing physical activity and sport participation amongst primary...

The CoachEd6 multiplier event was hosted by the International Council for Coaching Excellence on 14th July 2022 in Leeds and was hailed a great success, bringing together an audience which discussed international cooperation in Higher Education. CoachEd6 is an Erasmus+ funded project, which will end in November 2022, and which is aimed at developing four sports coaching units at degree level, and then piloting them with a number of learners in each participating country.  The project is...

After a 2-year hiatus due to the COVID pandemic, the ICK International is back in its original face-to-face format. Now in its 6th edition, expert coaches and academics from all over the world will descend upon the headquarters of German Youth Sport (Deutsche Sportjugend) in Frankfurt for 2 days of keynotes, practical demonstration, workshops and discussions on all things youth sport. The conference will also serve as the closing event of Erasmus+ project ICOACHKIDS+ 13-18, a 3-year initiative...

Delegates from Europe and further beyond attended the Move the Mind event in Birmingham on August 2nd 2022 as part of ICCE Global Coaches House during the Commonwealth Games 2022. The theme for the event (and Move the Mind project) was Empowerment for Wellbeing through Sport. Move the Mind is an Erasmus+ funded project with partners from The International Council for Coaching Excellence based in the United Kingdom, the Hungarian University of Physical Education, the Tarab Institute...

There are millions of coaches around the world, most of them working on a voluntary basis, and all of them having a big impact on our lives and societies. As part of European Week of Sport 2022, there will be a day celebrating Sport Coaches on 25th September and once again, we are tasking people with thanking their coach.  This is the fourth event of its kind and it is going from strength to strength each year! When have you thanked your coach?  What makes...

On 21 June 2022, the International Council for Coaching Excellence signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST) to host the office of Sport Coaching Europe, the European continental office of the ICCE. The MoU was signed by ICCE General Secretary Ladislav Petrovic and MCAST Principal Professor James Calleja.  This important agreement will support the services of each organisation and sport coaching communities both locally, in...