Summary

The ISports project main objective is to develop a holistic approach for the protection of young athletes from any form of sexual harassment, empowering sport professionals, young athletes and sport clubs towards sexual harassment detection, prevention and combat, thus directly addressing the Call topic “Combat violence and tackle racism, discrimination and intolerance in sport”.ISports will:• Design a tailored training programme & delivery through a Massive Open Online Course for young adult athletes and sport professionals on tackling sexual harassment in sports.• Provide sport professionals and athletes with the necessary skills and capabilities to prevent and manage sexual harassment cases in the sport environment. • Provide parents with the necessary knowledge and tools to manage sexual harassment cases, in which their children might be involved.• Establish and-pilot test the ISports mechanism with the participation of 120 users, using scenarios on how to manage, prevent, combat & reporting sexual harassment cases in sport.• Train 500 learners (sport professionals, athletes, parents) though the online MOOC on how to prevent, manage & combat sexual harassment in sport.• Train 175 learners (sport club managers, coaches, sport professionals and athletes) through the training seminars• Reach 100 policy makers through the policy briefs and recommendations and contribute to sport-specific policymaking through the development of policy recommendations on the prevention, detection and combat of sexual harassment incidents in sports• Reach 700 stakeholders through the multiplier events• Reach more than 10.000 sport professionals and young athletes, represented by the project participants, through dissemination actions• Transform the sport club environment into an inclusive, tolerant and safe community.• Raise awareness of all target groups and the general public through multiplier events.