The start of the project is 1-1-2011 and will be completed by 30-6-2012.

The concept is to organize 6 workshops of +/- 2 days with the participating members. These workshops will be held in different countries. The organizing country highlights the problems and the actions that have been taken to support board members of sports clubs in their management and administrative tasks in their country/district. These good practices serve as an example and inspiration for other countries. Discussion sections will foster new ideas and initiatives to support board members of sports clubs.

The start-up phase consists of the acquisition of essential information from each partner organization on the sports policy and the state of affairs of management support for sports clubs. This information will be gathered through questionnaires and online interviews. This information will be shared by the participating partners at the kick-off of the project during the first workshop organized by the leading partner. The objective of the first workshop is to obtain insights into the situation in other European countries concerning management support of volunteers. Good practices will be shared during the first workshop in order to encourage new initiatives and actions in the partner organization countries. In addition, the typology questionnaire will be presented to the partner organizations that will have the opportunity to implement the questionnaire in their own country sports policy. During the four following workshops, specific topics in the field of legal, fiscal, administrative and funding related aspect will be highlighted. The detailed programs of the several workshops will be discussed with the partner organizations with the focus on high demanded European topics.The final phase will consist of a final conference during which the results and conclusions of the project will be discussed. In addition, further cooperation possibilities will be talked over in order to make the program sustainable and to achieve a sustainable partnership in Europe such as the implementation of a European centralized organization platform that deals with management support of European sports clubs. Communication of the project will be maintained through the project website and press releases. A final report including recommendations and guidelines on board member volunteering will be the result of the cooperation with the different partners.