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 29 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 Dance Your Sport project (DAYS) partner countries to shoot a video clip. In representation of ADCS Carvalhais from Portugal have been in Antalya the young hip-hop dancers Joana & Bruna Costa. The video clip was

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