The 7th World Conference of the International Working Group on Women and sport was a great opportunity to promote the ALL IN project, to network and to meet new potential partners. ALL IN was presented during:

 the Regional meeting “Europe”, facilitated by ENGSO, where details of the Council of Europe’s current and forthcoming initiatives within the area of gender equality were given;

 the side event titled « Gender equality and female empowerment in global sport policy », hosted by UNESCO, the Commonwealth Secretariat and Women Sport International (WSI), during which indicators on gender equality in sport and the possible establishment of a Global observatory for women in sport were discussed.

The kick-off meeting and first experts’ workshop of the ALL IN project took place on 31 May and 1 June at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.

Together with 30 experts and partners, the first steps towards the development of the project’s key activities and materials were made:

 data collection process

 awareness-raising materials

 toolkit on gender mainstreaming in sport

 online library of resources and practices on gender equality and gender mainstreaming in sport

The Second experts’ workshop took place in Zagreb on October 23-24, 2018. During the meeting, the participants discussed the final details of the data collection campaign, including the content of the questionnaires, the role of the partner countries and the preparation of the Regional seminars that will serve as training sessions prior to the launch of the campaign. In addition, discussions on the other outcomes of ALL IN were discussed, particularly on the capacity building materials and how to promote them and raise awareness about gender equality in sports.

On November 30th, 2018, the ALL IN training team met in Brussels to organise the three Regional training seminars in preparation to the launch of the data collection campaign.

They discussed and prepared the content and flow of each seminar, adapting it to the specific needs of each group of countries, which were identified during the Second experts’ workshop, held in October in Zagreb

The second Regional training seminar was held in Brussels from the 23rd to the 25th of January and involved the national coordinators and policy-makers in the field of sport from Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France and The Netherlands. The participants were involved in different practice-oriented sessions and activities, focusing on gaining competencies and knowledge on gender equality in sport, especially in the development of policies and gender equality plans. The national coordinators also took part in a session dedicated to the implementation of the data collection campaign, which has been launched at the beginning of March.

The third and last Regional training seminar took place in Vienna from the 28th to the 30th of January. The participants, coming from Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Israel, Portugal and Spain, had the opportunity to assist to presentations and engage in discussions on topics related to gender equality in sports, such as how to incorporate a gender mainstreaming perspective in public policies or how to make sport organisations more gender sensitive. On the last day, the national coordinators also participated in a session on how to implement and follow the data collection campaign in their respective countries, which provided them with practical information and guidelines on the process.