CC4C Project
CC4C: Creating Champions for Change
Creating Champions for Change (CC4C)
Project duration: 24 months (December 01, 2025 – November 30, 2027)
Project Coordinator: Football Club Red Star, Belgrade, Serbia
Programme: Erasmus+ (Capacity Building in Sport)
Role of Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University: Project Partner
CC4C is an international Erasmus+ (Capacity Building in Sport) project aimed at creating a safe, inclusive, and non-discriminatory football environment for young male and female athletes.
The long-term impact of the project is to promote broader cultural changes in sports communities: overcoming harmful attitudes, norms, and behaviors that support violence and discrimination, as well as promoting the values of respect, equality, solidarity, and responsibility.
The expected outcome of CC4C implementation is the development of an inclusive and respectful sports environment where young athletes feel safe, receive support, and have the opportunity to freely develop in football without the threat of gender-based violence or discrimination.
Link to the project card: https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/projects/search/details/101244026
Project Consortium
Project Coordinator:
- Football Club Red Star (Serbia)
Project Partners:
- A.E.K. Erasitechnikos Politistikos kai Athlitikos Syllogos Omadikon kai Atomikon Athlimaton (Greece)
- Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University (Ukraine)
- “Girls of Armenia Leadership Sports” Educational Foundation (Armenia)
Goals and Objectives of the Project
The main goal of the project is to reduce the prevalence of gender-based violence, both online and offline, in the context of football, as well as to create tools, educational materials, and a supportive environment that will help young athletes, coaches, and sports organizations recognize, prevent, and respond appropriately to manifestations of violence and discrimination.
The project foresees:
- researching the knowledge, experience, and attitudes of young athletes towards the problem of gender-based violence in football, particularly in online and offline environments;
- preparing a research report and recommendations on identifying, preventing, and countering violence and discrimination in the football environment;
- developing educational materials for coaches and professionals working with young athletes;
- training coaches and youth leaders using the Training of Trainers model;
- conducting peer-to-peer training among young athletes;
- organizing knowledge-sharing events, disseminating best practices, and enhancing the capacity of football clubs as safe sports spaces;
- implementing an information and awareness campaign to promote the values of respect, equality, and zero tolerance for violence.
Project Team from Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University
Vasyl Mazin, Head of the Department of Physical Culture and Sports Management
Nataliia Chukhlantseva, Associate Professor at the Department of Physical Culture and Sports Management
Borys Kokarev, Associate Professor at the Department of Physical Culture, Olympic and Non-Olympic Sports
Inna Cherednychenko, Associate Professor at the Department of Physical Culture and Sports Management Akhmed Alibekov, PhD Student at the Department of Psychology
Mariia Pavlenko, Head of the Project Activity Department
Olha Sylenko, Associate Professor at the Department of Accounting and Finance, Chief Accountant of NU "Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic"
*Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
