2024-07-11 10:44:49
The Bulgarian Olympic Committee and the Bulgarian Red Cross launched today the training of coaches under the “Sports Coach+” project. The initiative is implemented jointly by the Olympic Foundation for Refugees at the IOC and the Psychosocial Center of the International Federation of the Red Cross. At the event today at the Varna Free University ” Chernorizets Hrabar” was attended by the Secretary General of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee Belcho Goranov, Mrs. Milena Sirakova, Director of the Regional Council of the Bulgarian Red Cross – Varna and Assoc. Dr. Eleonora Tankova, Deputy Rector of Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar” .
More than 30 coaches from 11 sports from Varna and the region, who work with refugees and children and youth at risk, participated in today’s training. Before that, a photo exhibition “From Paris to Paris” was opened at the University, dedicated to the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in the French capital, which was presented for the first time on June 26 at the Vasil Levski National Sports Academy.
More about the project
At the invitation of the Olympic Foundation for Refugees (ORF), in December 2023 BOC joined the “SportCoach+” project, which will be implemented jointly by the Olympic Foundation for Refugees and the Psychosocial Center of the International Federation of the Red In addition to Bulgaria, the Bulgarian Olympic Committee and the Bulgarian Red Cross are partners in the project, Poland, Romania, the Czech Republic, Germany, Ukraine and Slovakia December 2023, IOC President Thomas Bach expressed his gratitude to the eight countries that support this important initiative for the committee, through which they join the Global Commitment to Sport for Inclusion and Protection, supported by many other countries and organizations.
