SPIN Youth: Call for Recruitment of a European Evaluator

The fairplay initiative at VIDC is looking for an external evaluator for the European Commission funded Erasmus+ sport project “Empower Diverse Youth – Buil up Youth Participation and inclusion in Sport Organisations” (SPIN Youth).

Deadline for applications: 5 January 2024

Despite the positive effects of sport on everyone, certain groups in sport are underrepresented. The SPIN Youth project aims to increase the participation of young people with diverse backgrounds (such as migrants, refugees, ethnic minorities) in sport, both active and in non-playing positions, and contributes to the creation of inclusive, discrimination-free sport environments which pro-actively welcome diversity and equality.

The achievement of this overall objective of the “SPIN Youth” project shall be evaluated. The project runs from 1 January 2024 through 30 June 2026 (30 months). More general information about the project can be found here.

The appointment of an international evaluator is an integral part of the project’s activities, the terms of reference are based on the guidelines laid out by the European Commission.

SPIN Youth is implemented by Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation (VIDC, Austria, lead agency).
Partners in the project are:

• Unione Italiana Sport Per tutti (UISP, Italy)
• Liikkukaa – Sport for All (Finland)
• Football Association of Ireland (FAI, Ireland)
• Camino (Germany)
• Igrajmo Zajedno Inicijativa (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• Huis voor Beweging (The Netherlands)
• Sindicato dos Jogadores Professionais de Futebol (SJPF, Portugal)

Honorarium (contract work, including taxes): 8.000 Euros.

The honorarium includes individual travel and subsistence costs to attend at least 2 partner meetings or events for monitoring in loco (Kick-off Vienna, February 2024; European Youth Training Academy, Rome, September 2024; Networking Conference Lisbon, 2^nd quarter 2026). If necessary, additional travel and subsistence costs may be covered by VIDC, if so, they will be reimbursed based on real costs.

Application procedure

Your application for this contract should include:

• Two pages outlining the concept for the evaluation, how you intend to carry out the evaluation (evaluation proposal)
• A Curriculum Vitae

Please click here for the full Terms of Reference.

Please send your application via e-mail by 5 January 2024 to:

Stefan Belabed
VIDC/fairplay Initiative
Moellwaldplatz 5/9
A-1040 Vienna
belabed [AT] vidc [DOT] org
www.sportinclusion.net

Applicants shall be informed about the decision no later than 15 January 2024.