Bulgarian Sports Development Association was founded in 2010 and is a nonprofit public benefit organization devoted to the development of Bulgarian sport and improving sporting culture in Bulgaria!
Main priorities of BSDA:
| * Reviving sport culture; | * Volunteering in sport; |
| * Education through and in sport; | * Good governance in sport; |
| * Integration through sport; | * Skills of the future and entrepreneurship. |
As sport is about ambition, emotion and inspiration initiated by the people for the people, the sector should be based on the personal convictions of decision-makers for integrity, dedication and fairness as well as on the principles of “fair play”, team-work, discipline, equal start and non-discrimination. We believe that sport should be part of a modern life of children and young people and should transmit in them all those values and support their use in all aspects of life. Sport is also be a excellent way to prevent many of the problems experienced by young people such as social exclusion, violence, crime and addictions. BSDA team is motivated, creative and full of innovative spirit that works for development of Bulgarian sport and enhance the sport culture in Bulgaria with a desire and motivation. BSDA membership is voluntary and the association involve both physical and legal persons who are willing to help sport development with time, ideas, effort or financial support. We also organize different events in the areas of: entrepreneurship, citizenship and active society. The team of the organization consists of professionals from different fields as: sport experts, media specialists, tourism and hospitality, education, marketing and others.
The main objectives of AETOI Thessalonikis (AETOI) is supporting people with disabilities. Our organization works directly with about 70 children and adults with disabilities, together for the common goal of social participation and inclusion. There are 8 people working in our organisation and those are 3 physical trainers, 1 psychologist, 1 social worker, 2 teachers and 1 secretary. Besides the managing board, several people are offering their voluntary work. Our goal for our staff is to learn further informal and non-formal educational techniques and to improve their techniques for promoting volunteering and supporting social inclusion. Therefore, our activities are divided on three sectors:
1. Sports: AETOI is operating 3 teams in athletics, 2 teams in basketball, 1 team in swimming, and 1 team in table tennis. Annually, all teams participate in the national championships. AETOI is one of the two not public authorities in Greece that have the accreditation by the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports to develop and implement “Sports for all” programs. In 2017 and 2018, AETOI was the club with the most athletes in the national championships among about 80 athletic clubs for disabled. In addition, as part of our dissemination strategy, our club annually organizes basketball tournament for schools from special education.
2. Educational programs: AETOI participates and develops occasionally educational programs for people with disabilities as a part of their overall education. Moreover, the staff, the board, and the athletes participate in European programs such as Erasmus+.
3. Training programs: AETOI organizes/participates in seminars and conferences for professionals connected to sports disability and disability in general. In addition, we accept and guide/mentoring students from universities that are willing to have an internship/practice in our structures.
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