🎉 Kick-off Meeting: Fencing Without Barriers 🗡️
On January 13, 2026, our international partners met online via Microsoft Teams to officially launch the Fencing Without Barriers project!
Participating Organizations:
🇬🇷 University of the Peloponnese (UoP)
🇫🇷 Escrime Pays de Lunel
🇳🇴 Drammen Fekteklubb
🇵🇱 Stowarzyszenie Szermierka Wolomin
🇬🇷 EULink
During this exciting first meeting, we:
✅ Introduced the project’s objectives and expected impact
✅ Reviewed the project structure, methodology, and key milestones
✅ Defined roles, responsibilities, and governance procedures
✅ Planned the development of our inclusive training program for parafencing
✅ Assigned module leaders and set deadlines for the first training modules
Our project aims to promote inclusive fencing for people with physical and visual disabilities, and train the trainer on theoretical knowledge, coaching techniques, adaptive strategies to make fencing accessible for everyone.
A huge thanks to all partners for their collaboration. We’re looking forward to creating something truly transformative in the world of fencing!
Next meeting: February 3, 2026 to track progress on training modules and moving forward together.
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