Projects

Project Leader: CSIT and ICSBF
Target Groups: young sports women, senior women, transgender community/LGBTQ+

The aim is to develop and pilot a model of an intergenerational and inclusive European not-for-profit sport event (Catch’n Serve Ball) that expands grassroots sport participation across Europe by centering women’s leadership and fostering intergenerational engagement among children, families, adults and seniors as key processes to advance social inclusion, gender equality — including the needs of female and LGBTIQ+ athletes — healthy active lifestyles, and community cohesion.

Duration: January 2026 - December 2027
Program: MAternity on the bench: proMoting equAlity for women in sports

Duration: January 2026 - December 2027
Program: WomEn LEADership in sport: promoting the capacity of sport clubs to increase the female participation as leaders

Five female coaches will be trained as multipliers in Austria. Training and final tournament to be held in Austria in 2027.

Since 2025, the Catch'n Serve Ball Office has been in charge of the concept and organisation, and Austrian coaches are continuously involved.

Duration: June 2024 - May 2025
Program: Mobility of Sport Staff

The EU Mamanet 2023 project is a commendable initiative aimed at empowering women and promoting gender equality in sports. It successfully engages women interested in joining the Mamanet movement at the ongoing European Mamanet Festival 2023, a non-profit EU-wide sports event held in Cervia, Italy, from the 5th to the 10th of September 2023.

The Mamanet movement introduces an innovative model to reshape the status of women in sports by involving more women in grassroots sports activities. The EU Mamanet project effectively expands and embraces this movement in countries where it already exists, while also establishing it in countries where it is still emerging.