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One chapter closing, another opening

In many cultures, we learn that “every end is a new beginning”; a positive approach to life supported by a “beginner’s mind”, which is curious and open to life-long learning and incremental…

ASAP project and its results centre stage

While November is a month when natural light becomes scarce in our part of the world and nature prepares for winter, quite the opposite was true for the ASAP project. Indeed, the light was shining…

Hungarian Olympic Committee makes important strides in the area of sustainability

While the ASAP project partners were finalising the last project outputs and getting ready for the ASAP Forum, the Hungarian Olympic Committee’s (HU NOC) sustainability team landed an impressive…

ASAP Forum: Inspiring Sustainability in Sport

And it’s a wrap! Or almost. <br> <br> The ASAP Forum - ASAP’s flagship event – has concluded the main part of the project by providing a platform to National Olympic Committees (NOCs), national…

ASAP Cheat Sheet: a guide to sustainability communications in the sport sector

Why is communication important for any sustainability programme or strategy? Simply put, it will make or break any sustainability programme. Well-designed and executed communications will help any…

ASAP Case Studies: experience-based recommendations for the sustainability strategy creation process

As the ASAP project approaches its finish line, it is a good time to look back at the strategy creation process and share with the sport movement the key take always and learnings from the respective…

ASAP project approaching the finish line

With six months left on the project calendar, the ASAP Team is shifting gears before the finish line. Indeed, the tropical temperatures that welcomed the Team in Bratislava, where its members met for…

Czech NOC gets the “sustainability ball” rolling with its new Sustainability Strategy

Another major milestone in the area of sustainability in sport, this time for the Czech Olympic Committee, was the approval, by its Executive Committee of the Implementation Plan putting in practice…

Resting on their laurels? Not a question for the ASAP Team

With most of the project outputs published and eight month remaining until the end of the project, one could think that the ASAP Team would take a breather to contemplate about the job well done. Yet…

ASAP Roadmap to help sport organisations on their journey towards sustainability

“We need to act (boldly), innovate (broadly), and implement (equitably). It’s going to take all of us. All in. Businesses, governments, and citizens — everyone accounted for, and everyone accountable…

Slovak NOC's Sustainability Strategy Adopted

December 2021 marks the end of the second year of the ASAP project. And what a year it was! Despite the global pandemics-related restrictions and challenges that the sport sector had to face this…

The value of communications and innovation highlighted at the 5th ASAP team meeting

Arriving to the Danish House of Sport in Copenhagen felt like a little celebration. On 11-13 October, the ASAP team was to re-unite face-to-face after 19 long months. Even though the ASAP team…