Introducing ENOSS

In the EU, the number of athletes in need of dual career support services adds up to more than 120.000 in every Olympic cycle. Within competitive systems, secondary athlete education models play a crucial role in the development of athletic talent. For this reason, TWIN together with Schul- und Leistungssportzentrum Berlin, Berlin Senate Department for Education, Youth and Families, and Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community introduces a new exchange platform called ENOSS.

The quality of secondary athlete education models and their associated talent development programmes, in cooperation with policy makers and sport bodies, is of vital importance for the sustainable pathways of aspiring athletes, in amateur as well as in professional sports. In 25 out of the 28 EU member states, such models at secondary level offering specific dual career support to talented athletes can be found.

This means that this type of institutes represent one main common ground of dual career delivery in the European Union. a specific communication platform for these institutes on international level did not exist. This is where the ENOSS Conference comes into play.

1st ENOSS Conference in Berlin

From 7-8 November 2019, the 1^st ENOSS Conference was held in Berlin, Germany. Like-minded professionals in education and sport from 16 European countries followed the invitation of the ENOSS consortium to network and exchange best practice. Day 1 was dedicated to “The Healthy Sport School”. Acknowledged experts (such as Markus Flemming, Andreas Hülsen or Laurent Carnol) shared insights into their routine with talented athletes, spanning the topics of sport psychology, dual career and nutrition.

Day 2, conducted in the spectacular location of the Olympic Stadium of Berlin, pursued the mission to further ENOSS. In his opening keynote, TWIN Founder & CEO Wolfgang Stockinger emphasized the necessity of strategic European cooperation considering the more and more international talent environments. In the belief of the ENOSS consortium, systematizing the connections and learning arenas between secondary athlete education models will substantially contribute to improve service quality within these specific institutions, facilitate the mobility of both talented athletes and practitioners, and inspire the development of trans-national projects.

Find more information on the ENOSS website.