Youth Inclusion Through Sport

Youth Inclusion Through Sport develops, tests and disseminates a European methodology of youth work through inclusive sport for young people with disabilities. Coordinated by the municipality of Vila do Conde, the partnership runs a participatory diagnosis in Portugal and Ukraine, trains youth and sport practitioners, implements pilots in both countries and delivers an open digital toolkit that municipalities and organisations across Europe can adopt.

Ongoing Cooperation partnership DOT Projects is a partner

Objectives

Develop, test and disseminate a European methodology of youth work through inclusive sport for young people with disabilities.

Strengthen equal participation, confidence, autonomy and life skills.

Scale the implementation in Ukraine and deliver a digital toolkit that municipalities and organisations can adopt.

What we do

Participatory diagnosis and baseline in Portugal and Ukraine.

Design and validation of the methodology with scientific leadership, with indicators and practical tools.

Training of youth and sport practitioners in a learning activity in Vila do Conde.

Pilots in Portugal and at scale in Ukraine.

Digital hub and open toolkit, online dissemination webinars and a final multiplier event in Portugal.

Expected results

Validated methodology of youth work through inclusive sport, with indicators and practical tools.

Comparable evidence from pilots in Portugal and Ukraine.

Open digital toolkit with guides, templates, checklists and micro-learning content.

Trained practitioners acting as multipliers and recommendations for adoption by municipalities and organisations.

The role of DOT Projects

DOT Projects leads the communication, digital hub and toolkit work package: the communication plan and visual identity, the structure of the digital hub and toolkit, the dissemination webinars and the final exploitation and sustainability package that explains how other territories can adopt, maintain and replicate the methodology. Across the other work packages it makes the technical outputs clear, usable and transferable.

1 October 2026

DOT Projects joins YITS: inclusive sport as a route to participation for young people with disabilities

DOT Projects is a partner in Youth Inclusion Through Sport (YITS), a two-year Erasmus+ partnership coordinated by the municipality of Vila do Conde. DOT will lead communication, the digital hub and the open toolkit.