Sports Union of Slovenia (SUS)

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Sports Union of Slovenia (SUS) as the largest national sports for all organization connects different sports organizations, associations, clubs and individuals working in the field of sports recreations and sport for all in Slovenia. It unites over 170 organisations and has over 60.000 members scattered all over Slovenia. Their common goal is to promote healthy lifestyle and active use of leisure time.

The vision of the Sports Union Slovenia is to be the leading sports organization in the field of sports recreation and sport for all in Slovenia, which will seek to approximate recreational sports and physical activity to every individual. The Sports Union of Slovenia aims to encourage participation in physical activity, and contributes to the development of physical literacy and sport for all sector on the national level.  

The mission of SUS is to unite and to support sports clubs that act in the field of sports recreation and sport for all, to encourage their advanced professional training, to strive for the progress of professional work and to introduce innovative methodologies.

Until 2018 SUS has been accredited by the Ministry of Education in Slovenia to deliver certified (and compulsory) non-formal training programmes in their fields of expertise. SUS offers additional education opportunities and trainings by organizing various seminars, conferences, forums and congresses on topics in the field of sport for all and healthy lifestyle.

SUS is also striving for Slovenia, as a country, to become a major supporter of this field and make some legislation changes, which would facilitate the work of sport clubs and SUS itself.

SUS belongs to the network of EFCS (European Federation for Company Sport), TAFISA (The Association For International Sport for All), ISCA (International Sport and Culture Association), EOSE Observatory, FARE (Football Against Racism Europe), ICSSPE (International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education) and HEPA Europe.

Regular activities of SUS:

  • education and additional training and improvement of professional and organisational staff so that the programme offered and publishing for this purpose is constantly enriched;
  • organisation of national and international sports meetings, seminars, conferences, congresses and other forms of dealing with professional topics in the field of sport and recreation and physical education;
  • management and coordination of various international and national programmes and initiatives in sport for all;
  • linking of sports clubs that deal with sport and recreation, physical education and other forms of sport;
  • cooperation with other sports organisations and stakeholders, cross-sector cooperation with interested partners on national and international level,
  • promotion of spatial planning and building of sports facilities and sports equipment of appropriate capacity and according to the most recent standards.

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Contact: MR PATRIK PEROSA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
patrik.perosa@sportna-unija.si , +386/31665390

Experience in international projects and cooperation on the European level:

  • SUS has been the National coordinator for NowWeMOVE since 2012
  • EuroVolNet: A network for developing voluntary competence in sport organisations
  • Good Governance in Grassroots Sport
  • Active Workplace – Healthy LifeStyle
  • Active School Communities
  • European Fitness Day
  • Move Transfer,
  • Physical Literacy,
  • School To Move-Its Cool To Move,
  • European Fitness Badge,
  • Defining skills and competences for sport to act as a tool for development of people and society in Europe (CHANGE),
  • Move Transfer II,
  • Physical Literacy For Life,
  • Villages on the Move Go – VOMGO,
  • Social Inclusion Methodology in Critical Areas via Sport,
  • European Fitness Monitoring System,
  • Active Ageing Festival,
  • Physical activity-related injuries prevention in adolescents, *Exercise for diabetes: beneficial effect of new educational and physical activity programs – BE-NEW,
  • European School Sport Day
  • European Mile,
  • EU-China Mobilities: Grassroots Sport in Schools, Clubs and Outdoors, 
  • Europe in Action,
  • International and European Sport Organisations Activate Citizens (INTERACT),
  • Generations Uniting through Sport (GUS),
  • IceHearts Europe
  • Run for diversity (R4D)
  • Playful Ageing
  • STAY! Decreasing teenage dropout in sport
  • Developing the Capacity of sports organisations to safeguard the Rights of Children in Sport
  • Knowledge and Experience sharing and Capacity building (KESCAB) Online Hub
  • Moving For Health            
  • Active Ageing for Falls Prevention
  • Company Sports Events
  • Promotion of physical activity for cancer patients (PACAP)
  • Reshaping Engagement, Advocacy, and Capacity building for Youth in Sport for All (REACH)
  • Real European Sport Model (RealSportModel)
  • Inclusion, Disability and Equality for Accessible Leisure: Sport4All (IDEAL Sport4All)
  • Combating discrimination in grassroots sport organisations (ChangeMakers)
  • Intelligent Digital Services for Supporting the European Fitness Monitoring System (I4EUFITMOS)