Description of pledge activities

Bulgarian Sports Development Association (BSDA) strongly believes that sport is about ambition, emotion and inspiration initiated by the people for the people.

The sport sector should be based on the personal convictions of decision-makers for integrity, dedication and fairness as well as on the principles of “fair play”, team-work, discipline, equal start and non-discrimination. Sport should be part of a modern life of children and young people and should transmit in them all those values and support their use in all aspects of life.

With the present pledge, BSDA aims at empowerment and capacity building of sport entities in the European Union as natural suppliers of quality sport activities for each society group in our environment.

Through focused actions, all sport stakeholders should aim at

• Awareness raising about the importance of sport and physical activity. The pledge intends to provide concrete instruments for growth and headway in the field of grassroots sport and #HealthyLifestyle4All through constant campaigns and promotional activities, focussed on the overall population with aim of increasing physical activity levels. Ensuring access both to information, as well as to sport experts/organizations is one of the important aspects to be considered through various approaches to be reached all society groups
• Strengthening the capacity of sport organizations at each level presented in the European model of sport through constant investments in their development and sustainability
• Empowerment, education and opportunities for exchange of good practices for individuals, involved in sport entities (both employees and volunteers) through mobility initiatives, provided to the sport experts at all levels

True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body and we need strong sport suppliers to overcome the inactivity pandemic we are living in the last decades.

Expected measurable outcome

• Outreach of awareness raising campaigns and promotional activities about the importance of sport and physical activity
• Empowered sport entities and human capacity in sport