What is SHARE 2.0?
The purpose of SHARE 2.0 is to organise and strengthen cooperation and knowledge exchange on important topics such as access to EU funding, health, innovation, and sustainability.
SHARE 2.0 is based on 4 communities of practice aiming to
- enhance stakeholders’ capacity to identify and use EU funding to promote sport and physical activity
- promote and replicate promising practices in health, innovation, and green sport to learn from experiences
- respond and adapt to potentially emerging needs
Communities of practice are a proven method. They allow all participants to take up an active role. They are a participatory system using members' pro-activeness to provide highly meaningful content.
Who can take part
Over 450 members have already joined the initiative.
This includes
- national, regional and local administrations
- grassroots sports organisations
- federations
- policy experts
- practitioners interested in developing sport at local, regional, national, or European level
among others.
All members who join SHARE 2.0 also join the 4 communities of practice. This approach is based on feedback from members. The goal is to maximise knowledge exchange.
Community of practice on EU funding
This community brings continuity with the SHARE initiative (2018-23), with a primary focus on EU funds. It provides members with workshops and networking opportunities allowing them to learn about EU funding options for sport. These options have been analysed to a very limited extent so far.
The following capacity building activities have been organised
- Funding for sustainable sport infrastructure
- How can sport projects benefit from the LIFE Programme
- Funding for SMEs – on 24 June 2025
All recordings are available for the members of SHARE 2.0 initiative in the Teams Group.
Community of practice on health
This community is the successor to the HealthyLifestyle4All initiative.
The goal is to share promising practices developed through the HealthyLifestyle4All project and other Erasmus+ projects. The aim is to identify trends and ideally expand projects.
This community is open to
- all HealthyLifestyle4All pledge holders
- Erasmus+ beneficiaries
- practitioners linking sport and health
The following capacity building activities have been organised
- Promoting mental well-being in and through sport
- The role of urban and city planning in promoting health and physical activity
- Sport in education – on 26 May 2025
All recordings are available for the members of SHARE 2.0 initiative in the Teams Group.
Community of practice on innovation
This community is expected to continue the work started at the Sport and Innovation Summit.
The goal is to
- support the discussion about the challenges linked to innovation in the field of sport in the EU
- facilitate the circulation of innovative ideas to generate a spill-over effect
This community is open to all innovators in the field of sport who would like to connect to other innovators and help frame the priorities for the future.
The following capacity building activities have been organised
- Innovative digital and collaborative solutions to engage young people in grassroots sports
- How sport sector innovations can drive social change
- Self-organised sport in public spaces – on 5 June 2025
All recordings are available for the members of SHARE 2.0 initiative in the Teams Group.
Community of practice on green and sustainable sport
This community is the follow-up to the Green Sport Expert Group, which drafted a report with recommendations on “Sport’s contribution to the European Green Deal”.
Putting these recommendations into practice requires capacity-building measures and technical guidance. A community of practice is an ideal setting to support this process.
This community is open to
- all former members of the Green Sport Expert Group
- those who are interested in playing an active role in making sport more sustainable
The following capacity building activities have been organised
- How to deliver sustainable sport events
All recordings are available for the members of SHARE 2.0 initiative in the Teams Group.
SHARE 2.0 Conference
The annual SHARE 2.0 Conference will take place on 11 September 2025.