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21 countries are involved in the “All In Plus” joint project: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Iceland, Israel, Kosovo*, Lithuania, Malta, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine.

In 2019, 18 European countries took part in a broad data collection campaign on the involvement of women and men in the field of sport, to monitor the progress on gender equality, identify persisting challenges and make comparisons between countries and between sports: Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Israel, Lithuania, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia and Spain.

Monitoring will take place using the following indicators:

1.    Leadership
2.    Coaching and officiating
3.    Participation (from grassroots to elite sport)
4.    Gender-based violence
5.    Communication/media
6.    Policies and programmes addressing gender equality

A network of national focal co-ordinators for data collection composed of one representative per country involved was set up between March 2023 to March 2024.

* All references to Kosovo, whether the territory, institutions or population, in this text shall be understood in full compliance with United Nation's Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.

In each country, the ministry or the government department responsible for sport, the national Olympic and Paralympic committee, and the Olympic / Paralympic sports federations have been involved in this process.

A network of national co-ordinators composed of one representative per country was set up in this regard.