During the Europe Triathlon Presidents' Conference held today in Prague, the Project Eu Tri Week conceived by FITRI, winner of the European Commission’s Erasmus+ Sport call, has started with a contribution of 450,000 euros of European funds for the development of a capillary growth activity, international dissemination and collaboration aimed at young people aged 14 to 16 and youth technicians.

The plan proposed by FITRI - the first European sports federation to have won this type of call - in collaboration with 9 other European partner federations (Spain, France, Germany, Poland, Romania, Croatia, Malta, Portugal, Serbia) in addition to Europe Triathlon, will start today, February 18, 2024, and will develop for 18 months.


The project, which aims to raise awareness of the role of sport in promoting social inclusion and equal opportunities and greater participation in sport by young Europeans, provides a training course for technicians, a European Open Day at the same time with 102 participating clubs with an involvement of over 4000 young people, social sharing seminars to develop the Guidelines for an increasingly inclusive sport, a Triathlon Camp in Rome for 40 athletes (20 members + 20 non-members from the Open Day) and a European Triathlon competition organized on the occasion of the World Triathlon Cup in Rome 2024.

After winning the European Commission’s Erasmus+ Sport call, the EuTriWeek project officially started: a plan devised by the Italian Triathlon Federation to promote greater participation in sport by young Europeans.

Fitri was the first European sports federation to have won this type of tender that provides for a contribution of 450,000 euros for the development of a capillary activity of growth, international dissemination and collaboration aimed at athletes from 14 to 16 years and youth technicians.

After the launch last Monday, May 13, today will be held the second lessons of the training course dedicated to the coaches- four appointments of two hours each (next will be on 20 and 29 May from 18.30 to 20.30) - which will address, in addition to technical issues, aspects of development, communication, inclusion of young people in sport. Great importance will be given to the importance of the role of the coach in the growth phase of the boys.

Among the speakers of the online training Maria Francesca Piacentini, Alberto Casadei (who will hold the appointment today, from 18.30 to 20.30), Luca Bianchini and Francesca Vitali.

In this phase more than one hundred coaches of the European project partners' clubs will be involved: Spain, France, Germany, Poland, Romania, Croatia, Malta, Portugal, and Serbia.

Other key steps of the EuTriWeek project will be the European Open Day (expected at the same time over one hundred participating clubs and 4,000 young people), social sharing seminars to develop the Guidelines for an increasingly inclusive sport, a Triathlon Camp in Rome for 40 athletes (20 members + 20 non-members from the Open Day) and a Triathlon race at European level organized on the occasion of the World Triathlon Cup in Rome 2024.