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45 775 EUR – this is the amount of the grant obtained by the Polish Yachting Association from the Erasmus+ Sport program. The results of the competition were announced by the European Commission, and the project, which has gained recognition and has won a grant, concerns the development of volunteering at the international level.
“VolunSailing: supporting the mobility of volunteers in sailing organizations” is the name of the project submitted by the Polish Yachting Association. It is a response to one of the main goals of the European Commission, which is to support the mobility of volunteers, trainers, managers and employees of non-profit sports organizations. The project, led by PYA, will be implemented in cooperation with the Hungarian Sailing Federation and the Romanian sports club “Wind Hunters”.
Thanks to the grant, a universal textbook will be created. This manual will contain a specific instruction for organizing and implementing volunteering in any sailing organization. The manual will be available free of charge to sailing organizations wishing to implement volunteering in a systemic way in their structures It will also include a set of ready-to-use documents. The basis will be the Volunteering System developed and implemented this year by the Polish Yachting Association, compliant with global standards and appreciated by volunteers working at sailing events in Poland. Volunteering is carried out in three areas of the Association’s work: office, events and events, and training and sports. Volunteering in each of these areas is divided into three levels: introductory, advanced and leadership.
The Volunteering System developed and implemented by the Polish Yachting Association also aims to create a base of volunteers, standardize organizational processes and support projects implemented or co-implemented by PYA. It is also a tool for comprehensive volunteering management, which is an effective element of the CSR (corporate social responsibility) strategy.
The model of work within the Erasmus+ project includes work meetings in each of the partner countries, which will allow to observe and analyze how the volunteering systems are implemented in these countries. The progress of works will be published on this website, which is available in English, Polish, Romanian and Hungarian. The collected conclusions and experiences will be subjected to detailed analyzes. Based on these analyzes a universal manual will be developed, which will contain a set of ready-to-use rules describing implementing volunteering in any sailing organization.
– In the Polish Yachting Association, we attach great importance to volunteering. Volunteers are respected and cared for, they also have great opportunities for personal growth and gaining experience. We want to share our knowledge and experience and pass our best practices in the field of volunteering to our international partners. This is not only in the interest of PYA, but in the best interest of the whole sailing community. Obtaining this grant is the result of efficient, international cooperation between PYA, the Hungarian Sailing Federation and the Romanian Wind Hunters club; with the support of EUROSAF. I congratulate the employees of the PYA’s Training and Development Department, Anna Kuder, Weronika Dyjas and Maciej Szafran, who prepared the application very thoroughly and thank all the partners with whom we are pleased to cooperate on this project – says Tomasz Chamera, the president of PYA.
On behalf of the Polish Yachting Association, we would like to thank Mr. Tadeusz Wojciechowski from the Foundation for the Development of the Education System, the Institute of Sport, the Academy of Sport Management, the Ministry of Sport and international partners – András Holczhauser and Reka Fluck from the Hungarian Sailing Association and Alexandru Micu from “Wind Hunters” for the fruitful cooperation on this project.
The Polish Yachting Association is one of the first Polish sports associations that will not only carry out a project under the Erasmus+ Sport program, but also act as its leader. We also congratulate other Polish sport organizations, which have also won Erazmus+ grants as part of large international cooperation: the Polish Athletics Association, the HORN Kraków Sailing Club and the Insitute for Sport Governance Foundation.
Projects and grants awarded in the Erasmus+ Sport program as part of large international cooperation: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/sites/eacea-site/files/web_publication_of_results_-_sport_scp.pdf
Projects and grants awarded in the Erasmus+ Sport program as part of small international cooperation (PYA’s grant number 133) https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/sites/eacea-site/files/web_publication_of_results_-_sport_sscp.pdf