“Athletes to Business” welcomes you on its internet portal.
Here, you will find information on dual career in the EU.
You can also get active and help us in our discussions on how a better framework for dual career for athletes can be provided by filling in the questionnaire. The questionnaire is targeted to people being engaged in one of the four project target groups athletes, sport organisations, businesses or education institutions.
The questionnaire of A2B can be directly accessed by pointing your browser to http://www.athletestobusiness.eu/questionnaire/english/
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On 12 and 13 July, the A2B project team has gathered in Vienna to identify dual career practices in Austria and Eastern countries and to hold its second workshop on the topic of businesses.
Next to the A2B partner organisations, Olympic athletes, participants from companies and the IOC enriched the seminar by their expert knowledge.
While past study visits found that dual career practices are …

On 9 and 10 June, 2010, a group of the A2B project team has visited Finland, a very active nation and good practice example in the establishment and application of dual career structures. Organized by the A2B partner, the Finnish Olympic Committee, the two-day seminar took place at Mäkelänrinne Swimming Centre and the Sports Museum of Finland in Helsinki.
The study visit was enriched by Hannu Takkula, Finnish Member of the European Parliament, who contributed with a speech on dual career from a European perspective. It further involved presentations by athletes, …

The first A2B Workshop on ”Athletes and Career Programmes” has taken place on 6 May, 2010 at the premises of INSEP in Paris.
Central to the workshop was the question: What can be done for athletes to create and enabling environment for dual career?
For this purpose, a varied group of experts such as athletes, members of the European Commission or the International Olympic Committee enriched the A2B project work. Speeches on existing studies and good practices in this field further increased awareness. In interactive discussions, the …