To respond to the education and training challenges of the sector and ensure that the sector delivers its potential, EOSE has developed a co-ordinated response entitled the Lifelong Learning Strategy for the Sport and Active Leisure sector (LLL Sport Strategy).

 

The LLL Sport Strategy has been mainly produced in order to:

• Understand and anticipate realities, changes and future skills needs of the labour market

• Organise the sector in support of the European policies and strategic initiatives (e.g. the European Qualification Framework (EQF))

• Promote a transparent and flexible education and training system with clear learning and career pathways

• Engage main stakeholders from the sector

• Facilitate the link between the worlds of education and employment

• Match education and training to the needs of the labour market

• Equip the workforce with the right skills and competences through fit for purpose qualifications and courses

• Facilitate the economic growth and social impact of the sector

• Improve the recognition of competences and qualifications

• Support mobility, transparency and mutual trust of qualifications

 

The LLL Sport Strategy has been designed to be flexible so that it can be used by a wide range of stakeholders and to achieve a variety of education or employment objectives in the sector. The strategy offers a common and consistent approach but its implementation will be different depending on the national systems and the roles and needs of the stakeholders in each country.

 

It is important to note that the 7 steps model, outlined in the LLL Sport Strategy, can be applied to the Sport and Active Leisure sector as a whole, to a sub-sector such as fitness or the outdoors, or to an individual sport such as Golf or Basketball etc.

Also, the work can be carried out at the regional, national, European or International level. By providing a common and consistent methodology, work conducted on a national or sub-sector basis can easily be compared across nations and sectors.