Sofia hosted the first Regional Training seminar, from January 16th to 18th 2019, bringing together the national coordinators of the data collection campaign and policy makers from Albania, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Lithuania, Montenegro and Serbia.
The seminar aimed at providing knowledge and skills on gender equality in sport, gender mainstreaming and on developing evidence-based policies and strategies.
The last day was entirely dedicated to the data collection process, to provide national coordinators with practical information on how to launch and follow the data collection campaign.
Collecting data on gender equality in sport on leadership, coaching, participation, media / communication and gender-based violence, so that progress can be monitored, allowing for comparisons between countries and between sports, and to help design evidence-based policies