Digital Tools for Grassroots Sports Development – Training Course in Hungary

A powerful week of digital learning and innovation in grassroots sport.

From 10–16 November 2025, BAIS – Budapest Association for International Sports – hosted an international training course in Hungary under the Erasmus+ accredited mobility project 2025-1-HU01-KA151-YOU-000300670, co-funded by the European Union.

We welcomed 25 youth workers from Hungary, Croatia, Spain, Türkiye, and Bulgaria to explore how digitalisation can strengthen community sport, inclusion, and youth engagement.

About the Training

The training focused on how digital tools can support grassroots sport organisations in their daily work, especially in:

• team and project management

• communication and PR

• digital inclusion

• data collection and monitoring

• youth engagement through technology

  
  

Participants worked hands-on with a wide range of tools and platforms: Asana, Trello, Clockify, Otter, Google Translate, Google Sheets, Gemini, ChatGPT, Canva, Prezi, Instagram, TikTok, and basic AI-supported coaching and planning tools.

The programme combined non-formal education, guest sessions, teamwork, individual reflection, and daily practice.

Practical Outputs from Participants

By the end of the course, participants created and presented:

• their own session plans

• digitalisation programmes for grassroots sport

• thematic presentations on:

  • inclusion in sport through digital tools

  • practical AI toolkits for youth workers and coaches

  • EU AI regulations and their relevance to youth work and sport

  
  

These outputs strengthened digital competences and created practical solutions that organisations can adopt immediately.

Impact

The training supported stronger digital capacity across the five participating countries and helped youth workers exchange ideas, tools, and methods that connect sport, technology, and inclusion.

It also opened opportunities for new cooperation and more digitally enabled community sport initiatives across Europe.

Acknowledgment

This activity is co-funded by the European Union through the Erasmus+ Programme under project number 2025-1-HU01-KA151-YOU-000300670.

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