PARTNERS

The project is coordinated by AiCS and involves 15 participating organisations from 14 Countries (14 Eu Countries and a Partner Country – Israel). All participating organisations are selected, from the CSIT network. The project activities and staff will be supervised and mentored by experts of 1 Associatedd partner from Israel (Mamanet League affiliated to Hapoel) and supported by 2 other Associatedd partners (Austrian Mamanet Federation; Italian Mamanet Federation). Communication and dissemination activities will be managed by AiCS as Applicant with the cooperation of CSIT.

Coordinator

Associated Partner

The Coordinator – AiCS (Associazione Italiana Cultura Sport) is a National Sport Provider recognized by the Governmental Institution on sport at grassroots level (Sport e Salute spa) and by the National Olympic Commitee (CONI). With a network of 14.000 sports clubs all over Italy, AiCS promotes projects at national level where sport is meant as a tool to promote social cohesion and health, with approx. 1 million of single members.

AICS is one of the biggest grassroots sport federations in Italy, AICS has a vast experience of project management not only for EU funded projects but also in organising grassroots sport events. Since AICS is managing several activities aimed at promoting Mamanet movement at national level and closely cooperating with CSIT to stage international championships, it will provide its expertise on the coordination of the project and the stage of the not for profit event. The Italian Mamanet federation is an AICS affiliated association and they work side by side on the organization of the event, sending to the event a team of AICS sports specialists and participants who will take part in the not for profit event.

 In 2015 AiCS was the Host of the V Edition of the CSIT World Sports Games in Italy (WSG), where Mamanet was included, for the first time, into the Program of the WSG as a Demonstrative Sport. And there all the potentials of the sports but, moreover, the Movement beyond the discipline itself, were revealed and clear to the Managers of AICS who decided to establish the Mamanet Movement in Italy.

In February 2016, a professional Mamanet team from Israel started up a training program for Mamanet in Italy. The training course consisted of 25 representatives from all over Italy (Bari, Roma, Firenze, Forlì) who came to learn all about Mamanet. Since that initial moment AICS establishes the Sector AICS Mamanet Italia. Mamanet is included into the sports disciplines of AICS at National level with the necessary identification code and the insurance coverage.

Since 2016 the AICS Mamanet Italia Sector experienced a constant grow of the Movement, all over Italy, composed of sportswomen, women as sports managers and their families, to the current number of 800 women over 30 years old or mums practicing Mamanet and participating at the Mamanet Movement (from the cities of Roma, Forlì, Firenze, Lecce, Foggia, Asti, Bologna, Brescia, Treviso, Padova, Verona).

The project proposal EuMamanet, therefore, becomes a huge opportunity for AICS to optimize the investment done since 2016 in trainings, organisation at local, regional and national level of championships, participation at international tournaments and delivery of official trainings for athletes, coaches, referees to use this asset also to contribute to the enlargement of the Movement at Eu level.

The Associate partner – CSIT (International Workers and Amateurs Sports Confederation)

CSIT is an international Multi-Sports Organisation, the main activities that are organised are the major and small sports events, more precisely Sport for All. Sports events considered as festivals of friendship, cultural exchanges, events promoting awareness on tolerance, respect, sustainability & fair play in a sports environment, addressed to unlimited size of participants. CSIT has grown rapidly up to a global organisation with 52 National Member sports organisations/ Unions from 35 countries, 3 continental member unions/ sports organisations (Pan-America, the Balkans, Africa) and approx. 230 million individual memberships today.

In 2015 CSIT welcomed Mamanet as a demonstrative sport discipline into the framework of the CSIT World Sports Games, held in Italy. During these games, the President of CSIT declared Mamanet to be an official branch of the international confederation and an official sport discipline into the CSIT championships.

An International seminar was held in Eilat in October 2015 and 6 representatives from different countries (Italy, Austria, Bulgaria, Belgium, France, and the USA) took part and learned about the Mamanet model. The seminar was extremely successful and caused great enthusiasm to build Mamanet leagues all around the world. Seminars abroad – In February 2016, a professional Mamanet team was sent to teach Mamanet in Italy. The conference consisted of 25 representatives from all over Italy who came to learn all about Mamanet. On May 17th through the 21st, an international tournament was held in Spain. The participants are teams from all over the world including all sectors, as well as teams from abroad. In September 2016, another Mamanet professional seminar was held in Austria. In October 2016 an International Mamanet Seminar was held in Eilat, Israel, including an International tournament. Participants from all around the world arrived to learn the Mamanet model and its unique methods. In the recent CSIT World Sport Games Editions in Riga 2017 and in Tortosa (Spain) in 2019, hundreds of Mamanet players represented the Countries where Mamanet in the meanwhile was established (Israel, Latvia, Italy, Mexico and Austria). As Mamanet has a versatile means of implementation, and therefore it can pool resources, create synergies, and build multi-stakeholder networks and partnerships by bringing together a wide variety of actors from different sectors.

CSIT would benefit of the carrying out of the project EuMamanet because it would represent the driver of a Movement at Eu Level that would join the Confederation that acts at international level.

The Associate partners – 14 national grassroots sports organisations from Eu Countries

The project aims can be achieved through close cooperation with key staff people of the national sports organisations (Eu Countries) which are CSIT member organisation with the scopes:

• to promote Mamanet as a key tool for promoting equal opportunities of women in the sport sector;
• to start up or enlarge the Mamanet Movement at national level
• to select teams to be sent to the not for profit event to be held in Italy
• to participate at the dissemination of the project results at Eu and international level.

Those national sports organisations are selected because they are member of the CSIT Confederation and because of the interest they show to the sport discipline and to the project proposal itself.

Among those national grassroots sports organisations there are:

• the ones which have already set up the Mamanet Movement and express the need to enlarge that because of the positive results obtained at national level insofar;
• those ones where the Mamanet Movement does not exist or is still not enough developed to stage tournaments or championships; here the project objectives and the approach enables to provide tools and knowledge to efficiently start up the process and to become a national provider of Mamanet.

The Associate partner – Mamanet Mothers Cachibol League – The Expertise provided by Supervision and mentoring

Supervision and Mentoring for Mamanet Model – Mamanet Mothers Cachibol League, affiliated of the national sports organisation, is a competitive sports framework for mothers of school-aged children and currently boasts around 16.000 participants across Israel from a range of diverse socio-demographic backgrounds. It is the largest social-sports organization in Israel targeting specifically mothers. It was established in 2005 and has since spread to thousands of players all across the country. The involvement of experts coming from the Associated partner as Partner Country is due to the unique expertise they can provide as supervisors and mentors of the project activities.

Mamanet Mothers Cachibol League’s experts will be part of the staff under the management of the Applicant, AICS. It not would be possible to develop and maintain such an international network, by pursuing the project objectives, trough activities carried out without the expertise on the Mamanet model provided by such experts. Moreover, the project proposal European Mamanet Festival 2023 has been designed together with the technical support of Mamanet Mothers Cachibol League. The task of the League, into the project, will be to provide the expertise of n. 3 Mamanet Experts (coordinated by the Founder of Mamanet, Ofra Abramovich) that would provide the needed expertise to the project development trough supervising and mentoring the Applicant and Associated partners during the project development. The experts will lead the draft of the sport programs and side-events modules of the not-for-profit sport event and will coordinate the stage of both programs ith the support of the Mamanet Team Trainers.

BARLETI University (UniBa), is a non-public institution of higher education, which exercises its activities in the Republic of Albania. The applied and entrepreneurial character of UniBa and its programs are oriented and based on the philosophy of preparing students for competitive labour market.

Since its establishment Barleti University has contributed in preparing qualified sport professionals and through different initiatives in raising the awareness of the general public on the importance of practising physical activity and sports.  Barleti’s professional sport teams in different disciplines have participated with success in various national and international championships.

MAMANET movement does not exist in Albania and UniBa is committed to contribute in building it from the scratch and promoting it as a key tool for encouraging gender equality in sport at national level. The first team of MAMANET Albania is already created and will be part of CSIT World Sport Games 2023.

Latvian Sport for All Association (LTSA) is a grassroots sport organization with more than 30 years of experience (founded in 1991). LTSA is state-recognized sports organization, that has right to lead and coordinate the work in grassroots sport in Latvia, and to represent the state in 6 international organisations.

LTSA has experience in organizing multi-sport events, championships (local and international), beach-volleyball events, health-enhancing, disease prevention and educational grassroots sports events, family sports festivals, Nordic walking mass events and Nordic walking championship, Latvian Health sport week (MOVE Week) with 40 000 – 70 000. LTSA also organizes seminars, congresses, conferences and general assemblies.

In 2016 Mamanet was introduced in Latvia by LTSA, Mamanet Championship and presentation of the Mamanet game took place in Riga during CSIT World Sports Games 2017. Trainings started to take place in several Latvian municipalities. Since 2021 Mamanet is developing rapidly in Latvia, Mamanet is played in more than 20 municipalities all around Latvia. Training, tournaments take place regularly, and once a year teams participate in LTSA Mamanet Championship.

The Associate partner – Mamanet Mothers

The Associate partners – Italian Mamanet Federation, Germany Mamanet Federation and Austrian Mamanet Federation

Italian Mamanet Federation was established in 2018 after the growing of Mamanet movement since 2015. The organisation is affiliated to AICS and provides services to organise and stage the Mamanet championships and tournament at national level. The Italian Mamanet Federation cooperates in the international network of Mamanet and provides Italian sportswomen and coaches and referees of Mamanet the opportunities to participate at international championships and tournaments, in close cooperation with the Mamanet League/Hapoel. An expert of the Italian Mamanet Federation has been appointed as Secretary of the CSIT technical Commission, supporting CSIT with the update of the Mamanet regulation and the organisation of the CSIT championships of Mamanet.

The Austrian Mamanet Federation was established in 2015 and it is fundedby the Austrian Ministry of sport. The organisation works in close cooperation with CSIT and provides services to enlarge the Mamanet movement in Austria, cooperating with ASKO, one of the largest national grassroots sport organisation and other grassroots- and sport organisations . The Austrian Mamanet Federation cooperates in the international network of Mamanet and provides Italian sportswomen and coaches and referees of Mamanet the opportunities to participate at international championships and tournaments, in cooperation with the Mamanet League/Hapoel.

The Finnish Workers’ Sport Federation focuses on promoting low-threshold recreational exercise for kids, youth and adults. We have more than 700 member clubs in which more than 80 sports are practiced. We offer information and training related to sports for our member clubs and advocate for the interests of our members. Our goal is to activate sports clubs to practice in fitness and recreational exercise training and events. We want to increase physical activity at both the individual and community levels.  
For kids and young people, we organize camps, events, education, and competitions. We also offer the chance to participate in international youth activities. We think that participating in sports should be easy, affordable, and available for everyone regardless of their age, gender, sexual orientation, wealth or ethnic background.

Health Life Academy Association is a Croatian NGO established in 2014 with the aim of promoting, developing and improving physical and mental health of children and youth. Basic goal of the HLA Association is general change of awareness for the importance of youth sports. By encouraging the most diverse sports and educational activities, the Association aims to be the center of unique projects that directly affect changes in the targeted and broadest community.

Health Life Academy Association with the persistent encouragement of mutual cooperation brings together top experts who are committed to the community sensitization for the importance of sport activities for the young population. Through organization of diverse sports activities followed by educational, scientific, cultural and entertainment content, HLA Association strives to provide young people personal development through sport and integration into the overall social life. By promoting the value of healthy living through sport and physical activity, the HLA Association systematically points to the importance of sustainability principles at all levels.

 Mission of Health Life Academy is to systematically develop positive values of healthy living and promote physical activity and its long-term positive effects for the youngest population.

Vision of Health Life Academy is to establish a new dimension of social responsibility through the development of sport equality for all children, including children with developmental difficulties.

“Pasaulio lietuviu biblioteka” is an organization dedicateci to uniting Lithuanians who are living in different corners of the world. We are uniteci by our common interests of reading books, attending theaters and concerts, and playing sports together. In the MamaNet project, we see a huge potential to further strengthen the band of compatriots, because it is a great opportunity to unite Lithuanians living in the country and in emigration during various MamaNet tournaments. In addition, we believe that far Lithuanian women living abroad, participating in this movement is a great opportunity to integrate into the local communities, get to know other cultures and, of course, take care of their physical health wherever they live.

The purpose of the Public Institute for Tourism, Culture, Sports and Youth of Metlika is to accelerate development and effectively manage activities in the areas for which it is responsible. The main goal of the institution's operation is to improve the quality of life of the local population of all age groups. With the development of activities, the local community gains new or improved opportunities for active and creative leisure time, for socializing and cultural engagement, and, last but not least, for the development, presentation and marketing of products and services. With the increase in the number of activities and the strengthened cultural, sports, artistic and youth activities of the place, the tourist potential and recognition of Metlika and its surroundings are also increasing.
The main direction of the institute is to strengthen the recognition of Metlika as a green, boutique tourist destination and to create content and events that bring Metlika and the region Bela krajina closer to visitors who are eager for stories and experiences. The remoteness of Bela krajina, which used to be as a negative feature, is actually an advantage in the era of tourism trends, which are increasingly leaning towards a break from technologically oversaturated everyday life and overpopulated cities. In order to preserve, fully develop and take advantage of the tourist advantages of Metlika and Bela Krajina, the operation of the institute follows the principles of sustainable development, which emphasizes both short- term and long-term responsibility towards the environment and society. The Institute's projects aim to protect the natural and cultural heritage, protect the environment, social development, reduce inequality, responsible economic development and increase general social well-being

Mamanet Bulgaria was established in 2018 and has international players which creates a diverse and united community within Mamanet values. We have a clear vision of national league with tournaments and competitions to represent Bulgaria worldwide. We strongly believe that every mother can and working determinedly to present Bulgarian women the possibility to integrate into the world of sports and combine career, motherhood and leisure. Mamanet Bulgaria counts 2 teams and proudly represented Bulgaria in WSG2023 in Italy