The headquarters of the Portuguese Field Hockey Federation in the city of Porto hosted on the last 28th March the Kick-Off of the Erasmus+ Sport Project “PERSOL”. The official name of the project is “building psychological resilience of athletes through personal development tools” and the specific objectives of the project are: Building capacities of organizations

The final working meeting of the Erasmus+ project ‘Re-imagining the playing field – a project for gender equality in sport’, also known as GESP, took place on Saturday 22 March in Skopje, North Macedonia. Some of the outputs of the GESP project have been a ‘podcast’, a ‘guide’ and a ‘toolkit’. The ‘guide’ and ‘toolkit’

The ADCS Carvalhais, based in the Municipality of Mirandela, in the North of Portugal hosted on the last 15th March 2025 the Kick-Off Meeting of the “Mazapié” Erasmus+ Sport Project. “Mazapié” is a new game that want to tackle the rising of physical inactivity and pollution resulting from plastics use, and promote gender equality. It’s

Palermo in Italy hosted on the last 26th and 27th February 2025 the Kick-Off Meeting of the project “SISTERS”. The “SISTERS” project aims to promote inclusion in sports, thanks to an intersectional approach, SISTERS will look at the interplay between different identity attributes including sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics, national origin,

Barcelona hosted, on the 19th and 20th February 2025, a productive meeting to discuss key elements of the training module for the “Basketball For Kids” project.  The agenda focused on selecting and organizing thematic segments, determining session formats, shaping the content of supporting materials, and enhancing the document design. To keep the momentum going, the

The KA182 project called “Bridges of Knowledge: Enhancing Sports Capacities in Less Developed EU Regions through Portuguese Insights” was applied on the Erasmus+ National Agency in Slovenia by the Športna Zveza Murska Sobota and provided the possibility to the sport staff from the region of Murska Sobota to visit several sport organisations in the North

The No1Behind project, co-funded by Erasmus+ Program of the European Commission, had its official Kick-Off off in Lisbon on the 8th of February 2025. The project aims to increase the participation of children and young people with disabilities in sport by promoting an active and ecological lifestyle for active citizenship, strengthening integrity and values in

‘MENTORS’ is the latest international project of which AF Bragança is a part. Led by CUS Palermo in Italy, the 30-month cooperation project aims to extend the role of referees into the field of children’s sports education. The opening meeting took place on 6th and 7th February in the Italian city of Palermo. Modelling new

The aim of the Erasmus+ “Street Football” Erasmus+ Sport Project is to help promote the health of children and young people through sport and nutrition. The project’s opening kick-off meeting took place on the 6th of February at the Bragança FA headquarters in Portugal. The project’s mission is to help educate children and young people

The MONSTER project aims to involve European citizens in order to give voice to their proposals related to the promotion and the putting into practice of sustainable behaviors in Sport. The MONSTER project wants to raise awareness of sustainability through sport by using major events (such as sporting competitions) to reach a wide audience and

On the 22nd and 27th January, the ISCAP in Porto and the Professional Foootball Players Union (Sindicato dos Jogadores) in the city of Odivelas in Portugal, each one of these organizations held a face-to-face workshop session on the importance of personal skills in today’s job market and how to work on them through sport. These

Between the 16th  and 19th  of January the city of Sigulda, in Latvia, hosted the 3rd Meeting of the Erasmus+ Sport Project “DAYS”, Portugal was represented at the meeting by ADCS Carvalhais the full partner organisation of this amazing projet. During the meeting, we discussed the progress of the project plan in relation to the

Last 16th December 2024, the European Commission and the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) organized the Erasmus+ Sport Info Day 2025. The event addressed sport policy and offered advice, tips and tricks on how to prepare and submit proposals, and information on the financial aspects of funding. It was also a good opportunity

The opening of the Erasmus+ project ‘Flying Forward’ took place last Wednesday, 11th December, in Oslo, Norway. The project addresses the use of drones in various sectors of football, from training to events management and even motorising the quality of the pitches. The specific objectives of the Flying Forward project are: – Support the development

‘WIF – Women In Futsal’ is the name of the international project that includes Bragança FA (Portugal), Navarra FA (Spain) and ASD Crazy For Football (Italy). The opening meeting took place last Friday, 6th December, at the headquarters of Bragança FA in Portugal. The ‘Women In Futsal’ project aims to encourage the participation of women

On the 3rd of  December, the Bragança FA headquarters hosted the opening meeting of the Erasmus+ project ‘DAFNE’, a European project in which the Bragança Football Association is the consortium coordinator for the first time. The name of the project is ‘data analysis and dual careers: new paths for football players’ and it has chosen

Last week the North of Portugal hosted a Erasmus+ Mobility for Sport Staff. This time the Portugal Sports Hub platform organized several visits for a group of coaches and sport managers from Slovenia. This KA182 project called “Bridges of Knowledge: Enhancing Sports Capacities in Less Developed EU Regions through Portuguese Insights” was applied on the

Last 25th and 26th of November, the beautiful city of Madrid in Spain hosted the final meeting and final conference of the European Project “EU Join Us”. On the first day of work the project partners from Spain, Portugal, Italy and Turkey meet to define the last task on the project that has as main

Our national partner the Associação Desportiva Cultural e Social de Carvalhais (ADCS Carvalhais) from Portugal, together with its international partners from Serbia, Spain and Turkey implements a small-scale partnership project “Basket for kids – 3×3 basketball against sedentarism” in order to promote physical activities, specifically 3×3 basketball among children and young people. Project objectives: To

The Faculty of Education of the University of Zaragoza in Spain, hosted on the last 17th and 18th of October the 3rd Meeting of the Sport4E Erasmus+ Sport Project. Sport4E Project addresses the objective of promoting education and skills development in and through sport by implementing activities specifically focused on the creation of useful, attractive,

Last week the Erasmus+ Sport project “Grassroots CSR” had its final project meeting in the city of Maribor in Slovenia. The “Grassroots football clubs and corporate social responsibility” project aim was to promote Social Responsibility in Grassroots Football (CSR), but also to encourage the exchange of experiences and co-operation between four regional football associations/federations. One

On the last 29th September the ADCS Carvalhais organized a Multiplier Event related with the “SIGWAY – Sport in Greenways” Erasmus+ Sport Project. This event had two parts, one related with the presentation of the project itself, the results and the activities developed in the last 30 months and a second part where the 50

For the second year in row the ADCS Carvalhais in Portugal organized a local event at the Mirandela public schools related with the European Week of Sport. The event was part of the Erasmus+ sport project “Explore The Talent Act With Play” (ETAP) and had 47 participants. This is an Erasmus+ project in which ADCS

The SIGWAY project partners met in Aarschot in Belgium for the final Transnational Project Meeting hosted by European Greenways Association. The second day of work was dedicated to the SIGWAY International Conference. An interactive round table has been organized to showcase project results and good practices from very experienced stakeholders. We also had the opportunity

Portugal Sports Hub was represented in the 2024 SHARE 2.0 Annual Conference, held on 11 September at the Albert Borschette Centre in Brussels. The conference, organized by the European Commission and ICF consultancy, brought together key stakeholders to discuss health, innovation, and sustainability in the context of sport and physical activity. The event opened with

The Portugal Sports Hub, as a platform that supports several Portuguese sport organisations on the topic of EU Funding opportunities, Project Development and Implementation, would like to congratulate all the organisations on our network on the results of the 2024 Erasmus+ Sport Call. The majority of our organisations are currently involved in approved projects on

After Belgrade, Serbia, it was time for Oviedo in Spain, to host a meeting of the Erasmus+ project “GESP” (Re-imagining the playing field – a gender equality in sport project).   The meeting was attended by four representatives of AF Bragança: António Ramos (President of the Board), Carlos Alendouro (Vice-President), Paulo Jorge Araújo (International Project

On the 15th June 1987 Erasmus program was created….but this year we celebrate also 10 years of the Erasmus+ Sport program. Since 2014, Erasmus+ Sport has been promoting sport and physical activities by supporting grassroot sport organisations across Europe. As sport is an essential part of European identity, the EU offers a wide range of

The ADCS Carvalhais, in Portugal, organized two Focus Groups of the project Sports in Greenways (SIGWAY) on the last 14 and 15 May 2024. These focus groups had a total of 11 participants representing 6 organisations from the North of Portugal: Tua Regional Park Association, Junta de Freguesia de Carvalhais, Development Association for the Terra

Between the 10th and 20th March, the beautiful city of Antalya, in Turkey, received a group of dancers from the Dancing Your Sport project (DAYS) partner countries to shoot a videoclip. In representation of ADCS Carvalhais from Portugal have been in Antalya the young hip-hop dancers Joana & Bruna Costa. This videoclip it’s the final

The last meeting of the “Empowered Champions” (EMChamp) project was hosted by Fudbalski Klub Bregalnica 2008 from North Macedonia. The meeting happened from the 29th to 31st May in Stip and Skopje, where the EMChamp project partners had the opportunity to visit the stadium of the FC Bregalnica, the North Macedonian Football Federation, the local

Did you know that a Bragança Football Association Referee was in the Portuguese Cup Final? Ana Rita Linhares, a female football referee from the Bragança FA, was present at the final of the Women’s Portuguese Cup, held on Sunday at the National Stadium in Jamor, between SL Benfica and Rancing Power. The young referee was

The 1st Porto Football Association Congress – Physical Activity and Well-being of the Population – Initiatives and Partnerships took place on Saturday 18th May in the “Sala D’ouro” of the Multiusos Pavillion in Gondomar. The initiative was attended by several partners from the Porto Football Association and was an opportunity to reflect on the practice

The fourth meeting of the “Empowered Champions” (EMChamp) project was hosted by Bragança Football Association from 18th to the 21st April. The city of Bragança, in Portugal, welcomed the project partners: FC Red Star Belgrade form Serbia, the World Minifootball Federation from Czechia, the Fudbalski Klub Bregalnica 2008 from North Macedonia and the Serik Genclik

The Sport4E project met for the third transnational project meeting, which took place on the 11th and 12th of April in Budapest, Hungary. During the meeting, the consortium systematised the work done so far. The training content for the e-Learning platform was finalised and work began on preparing the Methodological Guide for Career Development, psychometric tests, workshops,

Recently a group of young people form the ADCS Carvalhais (Portugal) participated in a moblitity in North Macedonia related with the KA2 Erasmus+ Project “Healthy Eating, Active Living”. This was the 4th and last mobility of participanticipants on this project, the young participants on the project had the opportunity to visit: Spain, Portugal Turkey and

The Portuguese Field Hockey Federation hosted on the 8th and 9th April 2024 the 3rd meeting of the EU Join US Erasmus+ Sport Project. The meeting was in the city of Porto in Portugal and besides of the meeting work and discussion on the project implementation, the partners from Spain, Turkey, Italy and Portugal had

The ADCS Carvalhais organized recently two events related with the implementation of pilot activities in Portugal. The events happen on the Carvalhais Greenway located in the village of Carvalhais and had a total of 33 participants. The first event was hosted on Sunday, 7th April and had a participation of a group of seniors form

Between the 10th and 20th March the beautiful city of Antalya, in Turkey, received a group of dancers from the Dancing Your Sport project (DAYS) partner countries to shoot a videoclip. In representation of ADCS Carvalhais from Portugal have been in Antalya the young hip-hop dancers Joana & Bruna Costa. The videoclip was filmed in

On the last 13th and 14th March the Porto Football Association (Associação de Futebol do Porto) hosted in their headquarters in the city of Porto, in Portugal, the 3rd meeting of the Erasmus+ Sport project “Grassroots CSR”. The meeting was a moment to define the next steps on the project but also an opportunity for

The Bragança Polytechnic University it’s the most recent organization to join the Portugal Sports Hub. The Higher Education Institution from the North of Portugal, also known as “IPB”, signed a collaboration protocol last January with the SME that manages the Portugal Sports Hub platform. Both entities recognize their interest in promoting synergies and establishing collaborations

It’s always amazing travel to Brussels for the Sport Info Day, not only because we can learn about the European Union sport policy, get advice and tips on preparing and submitting proposals, as well get information on the financial aspects of the Erasmus+ Sport Call. For Portugal Sports Hub this event it’s also a moment

Portugal Sports Hub will be present in Brussels in the next 30th January at the Sport Info Day 2024. The European Commission and the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) will organise the Erasmus+ Sport Info Day on 30th January  to inform potential applicants about the political context, future programme and funding opportunities in

The ADCS Carvalhais organized on the last 21st December 2023, a local dissemination activity with the Bragança Basketball Association Under-16 Girls Team. This activity was part of the dissemination actions of the Erasmus+ Sport Project “Empowered Female Coaches of Basketball” (EFCoB) and the main goal was to give an overview of project to this Under-16

On the last 11th and 12th December 2023, the beautiful city of Antalya in south Turkey hosted the Kick-Off Meeting of the Erasmus+ Sport Project “DAYS”. The main goal the “DAYS” project is to promote sports and physical activity through dancing and encourage the participation in sports, reduce dropout from sport and physical activity through

The Bragança Football Association was represented in Belgrade, Serbia, on the 9th of December 2023 in the opening of a new Erasmus+ Sport Project. This was the first physical meeting of the project team and was the Kick-Off of the project “Re-imagining the playing field – a gender equality in sport project” (GESP). The “Re-imagining

The city of Nis in Serbia hosted the Final Conference of the Erasmus+ Sport Project “Empowered Female Coaches of Basketball” (EFCoB). This conference was organized by the local partner KOM018 and had the participation of project partners from Spain, Italy, Poland and Portugal. In representation of Portugal was the ADCS Carvalhais, this local sport association

The second working meeting of the European project “Grassroots football clubs and corporate social responsibility” took place in Pamplona – Navarra, in northern Spain. The aim of the project is not only to promote Social Responsibility in grassroots football (CSR), but also to encourage the exchange of experiences and co-operation between four regional football associations/federations. 

Portugal men’s National Team won 10 in 10 Euro 2024 qualifying matches, the team celebrate this historic achievement at the José Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon last 19th November 2023 after a 2-0 home win over Iceland, with Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes and Sporting Braga’s Ricardo Horta scoring the goals. We had the opportunity to be

The third meeting of the Erasmus plus Sport project “Empowered Champions” (EMChamp) was hosted by our partner the Serik Genclik Egitim Kultur Cevre ve Spor from Antalya in Turkey. In this meeting we had the opportunity to visit the Gloria Sports Arena, the Serik Belediyespor Kulübü and participate in a training on the topic of

Last 13th and 14th November the University of Craiova in Romania host the 2nd meeting of the project “Explore Talent Act With Play” (ETAP). In this second meeting the project partners had the opportunity to show the activities developed to implement the project at local level. The ADCS Carvalhais it’s the partner responsible to implement

From 6 to 10 November 2023 the ADCS Carvalhais in Mirandela (Portugal) host a group of 18 students and teachers from Turkey, North Macedonia and Spain in a mobility that was part of the Erasmus+ KA2 Project “Healthy Eating, Active Living”. The program for these 5 days of mobility was very interesting and gave the

The Bragança Football Association became recently one of the first Portuguese Sport Organisations to host an Erasmus+ Sport Mobility for Sport Staff (KA182) that had bring Football Coaches from Slovenia to the North of Portugal. The Football Coaches from Slovenia will be in the North Region of Portugal between the 23rd and 28th October and

On the last 12 and 13 of October the wonderful city of Palermo in Italy hosted the second transnational project meeting of the Erasmus+ Sport Project “Empowering athletes through Employability and Entrepreneurship” (Sport4E). The primary objectives of the project are to upskill young athletes with entrepreneurial skills, promote education in and through sport, and transfer

Last 11th October we have been present in the 21st edition of the European Week of Regions and Cities in Brussels. Our presence in this huge cohesion policy event, in representation of ADCS Carvalhais, was related with our intervention as speakers in the workshop session “Equal Play: breaking the basketball glass ceiling”. In our intervention

The amazing city of Barcelona in Catalonia/Spain host from 3 to 6 October the international training of the Erasmus+ Sport Project “Empowered Female Coaches of Basketball”. Project “Empowered Female Coaches of Basketball” is implemented by Barcel’hona Sports Events from Spain in partnership with Club for Youth Empowerment 018 (KOM 018) from Serbia, Associacãoo Desportiva Cultural

On the last 2nd and 3rd of October, the Portuguese Hockey Federation (FPH) was represented  in the 2nd project meeting of the project “EU Join Us”. This 2nd meeting was hosted in Rome by the Associazione Italiana Persone Down, the meeting started with the presentation of all partners on current situation of inclusive sport activities

During the European Week of Sport 2023, the ADCS Carvalhais in Portugal organized several local Discovery EU workshops at the Mirandela primary public schools. Discovery EU is a small-scale partnership in the field of Sport, that aims at increasing the feeling of belonging to the EU among young people through sport, including vulnerable groups, enhancing

During the European Week of Sport 2023, the ADCS Carvalhais in Portugal organized a local event at the Mirandela group of public schools. The event was part of the Erasmus+ sport project “Explore The Talent Act With Play” (ETAP) and had more than 30 participants. This is an Erasmus+ project in which ADCS Carvalhais is

The EPA Carvalhais vocational school in the municipality of Mirandela in Portugal hosted in the last 29th September the Final Conference of the Erasmus+ Sport project: “Discovery Europe Thought Sport and Games” (Discovery EU). Discovery EU is a small-scale partnership in the ­field of Sport, that aims at increasing the feeling of belonging to the

The second international KIGO meeting was hosted by the “Associação Desportiva Cultural e Social de Carvalhais” on their official headquarters based in the village of Carvalhais in the Municipality of Mirandela in Portugal at 15:00 on the 25th September 2023.   The meeting consisted in 4 main activities: Welcome by the board of ADCS Carvalhais

From 18 to 22 September a group of students from Portugal represented the Associação Desportiva Cultural e Social de Carvalhais in a mobility that is part of the Erasmus+ KA2 Project “Healthy Eating, Active Living. This mobility was hosted by our partners of the Centro Ave Maria Varadero in Motril, Andalucia in Spain. The program

What is the European Week of Regions and Cities? The European Week of Regions and Cities is an annual four-day event during which cities and regions showcase their capacity to create growth and jobs, implement European Union cohesion policy, and prove the importance of the local and regional level for good European governance. This year

The Bragança Football Association will be the host of an Erasmus+ Sport Mobility for Sport Staff (KA182) that will bring Football Coaches from Slovenia to the North of Portugal. The Football Coaches from Slovenia will be in the North Region of Portugal in the season 2023-2024 and will visit, not only the member clubs of

Last week the city of Ružomberok in Slovakia hosted a 3-day training for the sports coaches that will implement SIGWAY project activities at local level. These sport activities will take place locally between September 2023 and April 2024 in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Slovakia, Belgium, Austria and Greece. The second transnational project meeting (TPM), happen simultaneously

The second meeting of the Erasmus plus Sport project “Empowered Champions” (EMChamp) was hosted by the World MiniFootball Federation in Prague on the last 9th June 2023. In this second meeting was a very important moment to define each partner tasks and contribution to the two outputs of the “EMChamp” project. The partners of this

Last Monday 5th June the city of Amsterdam in Netherlands hosted the meeting between the partners of the Green Bike Erasmus+ Sport Project. One of the main activities of the project in this meeting was a visit to the city of Amsterdam cycling infrastructure and the opportunity of using the bicycle in a city that

The wonderful village of Carvalhais in the Municipality of Mirandela in the north of Portugal, hosted during almost a full week the second meeting of the Erasmus+ Sport Project “Sport For Life”. The goal of this meeting was not only to plan the next steps of the project but also to show the implementation at

The city of Balikesir in Turkey hosted the Kick-Off Meeting of the “Explore The Talent Act With Play” (ETAP). This is an Erasmus Plus Sport Project where ADCS Carvalhais it’s one of the three partners, the others are the University of Craiova from Romania and the Balıkesir Region Directory of Youth and Sports from Turkey

In the second week of May the city of Zaragoza in Spain hosted the second meeting of the “Kids On the Go” Erasmus+ Sport Project (KIGO). KIGO focuses on the importance of guiding kids towards healthy lifestyles, for the benefit of health, through the constant practice of basic sports. In this meeting ADCS Carvalhais from

On May 12, 2023, in the House of Europe in Sofia, an International Conference Sport and Non-formal Education was held, which aimed to present interesting international and national practices, as well as to give pedagogical experts the opportunity to discuss with their colleagues the challenges and opportunities that the non-formal education faces. The conference, organized

The Professional Football Players Union (Sindicato dos Jogadores Profissionais de Futebol) has been represented in the first meeting of the Sport4E project consortium – Skills through sport for employability and employment, funded by the Erasmus+ programme, which was held at the Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto (ISCAP) in Portugal on the 27th

The city of Nis in Serbia hosted the second meeting of the Erasmus+ Sport Project “Discover Europe through Sports & Games” (Discovery EU). The Discovery EU is a small-scale partnership in the field of Sport, that aims at increasing the feeling of belonging to the EU among young people through sport, including vulnerable groups, enhancing

The wonderful city of Opole in Poland host in the kick-off meeting of the project Grassroots Football Clubs and Corporate Social Responsibility (Grassroots CSR). The partnership it’s coordinated by the Opole Regional FA and has as full partners three other Regional Football Associations from Navarra in Spain, Porto in Portugal and Maribor in Slovenia. The

The wonderful and historical city of Gdansk in Poland hosted on the last 6th and 7th April 2023 the second meeting of the Erasmus+ Sport Project “Empowered Female Coaches of Basketball” (EFCoB). The project aims to empower more girls and women around Europe to coach basketball. In this meeting we had the honour to have

Last Tuesday, 14th March 2023 the Rajko Mitić Stadium in Belgrade host the Kick of Meeting of the Erasmus+ Sport Project “Empowered Champions”. The project wants to support for youth with fewer opportunities in football, aims to provide participating organizations and other stakeholders with an understanding of the attributes and perspectives of socially responsible and

Portugal Sports Hub has been recently in Istanbul in Turkey for a two days’ work meeting representing the Portuguese Hockey Federation in the Project “EU JOIN US”. This was the first physical meeting between the partner organisations that are part of the consortium of this project, the organisations are from Spain, Italy, Turkey and Portugal

  The opening meeting of the sport project “Empowered Female Coaches of Basketball” took place on February 21st at the headquarters of the Associação Desportiva Social e Cultural de Carvalhais in the municipality of Mirandela in Portugal. This sport project it’s part of the Erasmus+ program and aims to promote transnational cooperation in amateur basketball,

The Portugal Sports Hub was present in the Sport Info Day in Brussels in Belgium, last 30 January 2023. The event was a great opportunity to establish contacts for future projects for the 10 sport organizations that we currently represent and that have interest in participating in the Erasmus+ program as partners and as coordinators.

Portugal Sports Hub will be present in Brussels in the next 30th January at the Sport Info Day. The European Commission and the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) organise the Erasmus+ Sport Info Day on 30 January  to inform potential applicants about the political context, future programme and funding opportunities in 2023. Speakers

Maybe you don’t remember his name, but he is probably the kindest man alive. Braima Dabó finish recently his master’s degree in management at the Bragança Polythecnic Institute, start a family and created a Foundation in his home country in his name. This organisation it’s  called “Baima Dabó Foundation” (Fundação Braima Dabó in Portuguese). The

ADCS Carvalhais had organized a local event in Portugal related with the dissemination of the project “Sports, Health and Fun for School Children” (SUN). The main speaker of this event was Professor Jorge Bento former Director of the Oporto University Faculty of Sport (FADE-UP). The Sport Association based on the municipality of Mirandela (Carvalhais) also

As part of the activities of the “Doping Roadblock Game in Sport” (DORGIS) project, two presentation sessions of the “Augmented Reality” APP for smart phones and tablets developed by the project took place on December 29 in Macedo de Cavaleiros and Mirandela in Portugal. This project aims to educate about the nature and risks posed

ADCS Carvalhais organized a Multiplier Event on the EsACT-IPB one of the five higher education schools of the Bragança Polytechnic Institute (IPB). This event was hosted by EsACT-IPB on the last 13th December 2022 and had as speakers the ADCS Carvalhais Mr. Pedro Correia (President) and Mr. Paulo Jorge Araújo (Project Manager). The participants on