Sport Women Leaders
About Sport Women Leaders – SWoL
Sport Women Leaders – SWoL was a European project focused on promoting equal access for women to leadership positions in sport organisations and encouraging shared governance in the sport movement. The project responded to the persistent underrepresentation of women in decision-making roles by supporting sport clubs and associations in adopting more inclusive, equal and sustainable governance practices.
Coordinated by the Comité Départemental Olympique et Sportif du Nord from France, the project brought together partners from Italy, Portugal and North Macedonia to develop practical tools that supported the feminisation of sport governance and management. Through the sharing of good practices, the creation of a guide, specifications, a charter and a dedicated label for committed clubs, SWoL aimed to make gender equality efforts more visible, inspire other organisations and contribute to long-term change in European sport structures.
Main Objectives
- Promoted equal access for women to leadership positions in sport organisations;
- Encouraged shared and inclusive governance in sport associations;
- Created a label for clubs committed to gender equality in governance and management;
- Developed a charter of commitment to support sustainable gender equality practices;
- Shared good practices and innovative actions between partner countries;
- Created practical resources, including a guide, specifications and digital tools;
- Supported and monitored test clubs in each partner country before the labelling process.
Funding programme: Erasmus + Sport – Small Scale PartnershipReference: 2021-SSCP-101050025
Period: 01/2022 to 12/2023
Partners:
Coordinator – Comite Departemental Olympique et Sportif du Nord – France
Partner – Assist-Associazione Nationale Atlete – Italy
Partner – Makedonski Olimpiski Komitet Skopje – North Macedonia
Partner – Sport Evolution Alliance – Portugal
Total Budget of the Project: 60.000,00 €
Total Budget of SEA: 14.040,00 €