📅 Implementation:Mar 2025 – Mar 2026 (12 months)
💶 Total Budget: €249,391.80 | ERDF Contribution: €199,513.44
🤝 Partners:2 sports clubs
🎯 Type: People-to-People Project ISO6.3

Summary

Grassroots brings together FORTUNA Arad Sports Association (Romania) and the Sports Club of Algyő (Hungary) to develop youth football as a tool for personal growth, inclusion, and cross-border cooperation.

The project focuses on creating a Joint Strategy and Methodology for grassroots football, tailored for clubs and schools in both countries. It strengthens local capacity for sports education, promotes healthy lifestyles, and uses football to build mutual trust and community spirit.

Through infrastructure investments, joint training sessions, school tournaments, and youth camps, the project gives children and young people from both sides of the border a chance to learn, play, and grow together. It also supports teachers and trainers in using sport as a tool for inclusion and personal development.

By combining sports, education, and cooperation, Grassroots encourages unity through shared goals and fair play.

Project Aim

To promote grassroots football development and personal growth through sport in the Arad–Csongrád-Csanád region, by creating a joint training methodology and improving the capacity of partner organisations to deliver inclusive, high-quality sports education.

Objectives

✅ Develop a joint grassroots football strategy and methodology
✅ Promote inclusion and youth development through sport
✅ Strengthen cooperation between football clubs, schools, and trainers
✅ Build trust and friendships across borders
✅ Improve access to quality sports facilities and equipment

Key Activities & Results

🔹 Infrastructure investment – FORTUNA Arad builds an outdoor grassroots sports facility with free public access and essential amenities, and buys sports equipment, GPS trackers, and management software.
🔹 Modern training tools – The Sports Club of Algyő purchases sports equipment, imaging devices, and a minibus to support youth participation in tournaments and training.
🔹 Capacity-building workshops – Three joint workshops in Arad and Algyő gather 30+ participants to develop the Joint Strategy and Methodology.
🔹 Youth engagement – Demo activities in 20 schools, school tournaments, and training camps involve hundreds of pupils, teachers, and players, promoting teamwork and healthy competition.
🔹 Grassroots Football Clubs Fair – A one-day event in Arad connects 10 football clubs and 200 young players, showcasing local talent and promoting cooperation.
🔹 Communication and outreach – Press conferences, promotional materials, and project websites reach 2,000+ people, spreading the message of unity through sport.
🔹 Final conference – Partners share the project’s results, new facility, and methodology, encouraging continued cooperation in youth sports.

Grassroots use football to build bridges across borders, teaching young people teamwork, discipline, and respect. By developing a shared vision for community sports, the project inspires a generation to grow stronger, on the field and in life.

For more details, consult the project fact sheet: EN

Partnership

Lead Partner: FORTUNA Arad Sports Association (RO)
Project Partner: The Sports Club of Algyő (HU)

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