The delegation of the Center for the Education of Coaches FSCG, which consisted of the director Dr. Niko Raičković, secretary and senior educator Boris Ljutica and associate in education and national coordinator for women's football Jadranka Pavićević, was in Brussels from November 6 to 8 for an education and training seminar coach educator organized by the European Football Association (UEFA).
In addition to the host country and ours, delegations from Italy, the Republic of Ireland, Wales, Bulgaria, Albania, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Hungary, North Macedonia, Norway, and Portugal participated in the specialist seminar of educators called "Women's Football Competence Framework". , Sweden and Slovenia.
At the seminar, topics from the point of view of coach educators were elaborated on the importance and implementation of the UEFA competence framework for women's football, which was accepted in the UEFA Coaching Convention.
Each of the 15 participating countries presented a plan and program on the importance and role of coach educators through the prism of education with an emphasis on the current situation in women's football.
An important topic about new experiences and trends in European women's football was presented by UEFA experts and UEFA JIRA PANEL members Chris van der Hagen from Belgium and Sonja Kenzler, UEFA expert for women's football.
The professional network of educators with an emphasis on women's football was presented by the delegations of Belgium, Sweden, Wales and Norway through their work model and work experience, while in the part of practical work on the field, the women's football academy from Louvain, Belgium was presented with the WU15 selection.
Academy Program Leader Joe Van Grudenbeek presented the function, mission and goals of the academy.
On the third day of the seminar, UEFA Fitness experts Helena Andersen and Naomi Datson discussed the important topics of fitness implementation in women's football within the framework of Fitness UEFA B and Fitness UEFA A licenses.
The prestigious seminar was conceived as an interaction and exchange of experiences between trainer educators of 15 European countries, theoretical and practical tasks, as well as a large number of workshops concerning the education of trainer educators, where our delegation made a significant contribution in the form of discussions and presentations.
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