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Wheelchair Basketball Players as Future Basketball Managers
Project Reference:
101184980 – ERASMUS-SPORT-2024-SCP
The «Wheelchair Basketball Players as Future Basketball Managers» (WBBM) project is a 24-month initiative under the Erasmus+ Sport program. Its primary goal is to empower wheelchair basketball players by equipping them with the necessary skills, knowledge and opportunities to transition into successful careers as basketball managers. The project promotes inclusivity, diversity, and equal opportunities within the basketball community, focusing on the untapped potential of wheelchair athletes.
Summary
The project aims to create new professional pathways for athletes with disabilities by equipping them with essential managerial, organisational, and communication skills.
Through international cooperation, specialised training activities, and innovative educational materials, WBBM supports players in transitioning from on-court participation to positions such as team managers, coordinators, and leaders in inclusive basketball environments.
The project brings together partners from across Europe to promote accessibility, build capacity within sport organisations, and strengthen the role of wheelchair basketball players as active contributors to the development of the sport.
Project Deliverables
Guidebook Creation
Develop a guidebook to help basketball federations and sports institutions identify, select, and motivate wheelchair basketball players for training and long-term careers as professional basketball managers and officials;
Dual Career Program
Create an innovative dual career program tailored for wheelchair basketball players. The program will be developed, tested, and implemented in collaboration with key partners across 6 countries, selecting 20 athletes for participation;
Awareness & Promotion
Raise awareness of the «WBBM» program by engaging sports organizations, athlete associations, and the broader community. The program will be promoted through multiplier events in each partner country.
Through these specific objective the project will
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- Increase representation of wheelchair athletes in basketball management;
- Enhance diversity and inclusivity in sports organizations;
- Create sustainable framework for dual careers in sport and management.
Champions Factory
Ireland
Cyprus Basketball Federation
Cyprus
https://www.cbf.basketball/
CBCPD Levski
Bulgaria
https://www.levskiwheelchair.com/
Hellenic Basketball Federation
Greece
Spanish Basketball Federation
Spain
Romanian Basketball Federation
Romania
https://www.frbaschet.ro/
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Partners:
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
