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On 7 June 2016, the SIGGS Project together with the Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee (BOIC/COIB) organised the national SIGGS Strategic Workshop in Belgium. The Workshop was attended by around 80 participants from the NOC, national and regional sport federations.

On 20 May 2016, the EOC EU Office organised a workshop on the SIGGS Project within the framework of the annual EOC Seminar for NOCs, which took place this year in Tarragona, Spain. The Seminar presented an excellent opportunity for the EOC EU Office to present the progress of the project and to engage with those NOCs that are not part of the original project consortium.

On 4 May 2016, the SIGGS Project organised the second SIGGS Strategic Workshop, in Lisbon, Portugal. The Workshop, which was hosted by the National Olympic Committee of Portugal (COP), was attended by more than 30 participants from 22 national federations, the Portuguese Olympic Academy and the National Olympic Committee.

On 13 April 2016, the SIGGS Project organised the first SIGGS Strategic Workshop, in Vilnius, Lithuania. The Workshop was attended by 20 participants from 7 national federations (including handball, rugby, shooting, rowing, volleyball, equestrian and hockey), the National Olympic Committee and the Lithuanian Union of Sport Federations.

On 2 and 3 February 2016, the SIGGS Project organised its Mid-term Conference. The Conference was hosted by the NOC of Portugal. Holding the Mid-term Conference exactly one year after the Kick-off meeting was an excellent opportunity for the Project Management to present the state of progress of the SIGGS project. The two day-meeting gathered representatives of all partners of the project as well as guests from European and International federations and EU institutions.

On 2 and 3 February 2016, representatives of the SIGGS Steering Committee (SteerCo) met with delegates from the NOC of Portugal and the NOC of Lithuania with the aim to prepare the organisation of the SIGGS National Strategic Workshops in these two countries.

Just one more week to the SIGGS Mid-term Conference. The Conference is hosted by the National Olympic Committee of Portugal in Lisbon on 3-4 February. Exactly one year after the Kick-off meeting, it is an excellent occasion to discuss what has been achieved and what can be developed in the final year of the project.

Last week, the third meeting of the SIGGS Steering Committee (SteerCo) took place in Brussels. This third meeting brought together all project partners in the EOC EU Office to discuss the progress of the self-evaluation tool and the further steps in the project. Several National Olympic Committees (NOCs) had also sent their national expert as a representative.

The SIGGS Project team is currently collecting good practice examples. These examples will be used to feed into the self-evaluation tool and to provide guidance to sport organisations later on. The examples can therefore serve as a source of inspiration for others.

In particular, we are looking for good practice examples for implementing the four key principles of the project:

The SIGGS Project Management is happy to announce that it has found an agreement with Symantra Consulting sprl for the development of the SIGGS Self-evaluation tool.

The offer provided by Symantra, a company based in Brussels with experience in consulting on Digital Strategy, Telecom and Public Policy, fits very well with the requirements and expectations of the project consortium. In concrete, Symantra will further develop and customise one of its existing software platforms called Novagov. This platform is designed to be a collaborative decision-making and voting e-platform.