With the project, we exchanged mutual knowledge, experiences, practices, work methods and approaches of coaches, sports professional staff, volunteers and assistants who carry out adapted training in both countries. In this way, we ensured the professional development of the staff of both societies, which had a positive effect on the development of skills, knowledge and competences also among teachers, sports teachers, special ed. teachers, occupational therapists and other professionals in the field of work for persons with special needs. Both assosiations closely cooperate with schools, and this way teachers from schools also took part in the mobility. In addition to the fact that the project was primarily aimed at participants in professional staff exchanges, we also wanted the project to bring effects to trainees - children, adolescents and adults with severe intellectual disabilities, autism and associated disorders, in whom we gained concrete insight into their movement abilities, as we carried out measurements and thus indirectly and directly influenced the aforementioned project participants. We are convinced that their greater involvement would significantly contribute to the improvement of their quality of life.
With the project, both partners wanted to strengthen adapted sports programs for participants - children, adolescents and adults with severe intellectual disabilities, autism and combined disorders. The fact is that such programs open the door to society, to greater inclusion, to the possibility of spending quality active free time, socializing, and developing their self-worth. Both partners know from experience that these individuals are faced not only with their own physical limitations, but also with many socially determined ones and as a result are often deprived of many activities that are available to the majority population and are consequently pushed to the margins of society. Like every human being, they also have the right to socialize, to sports, to quality education, to developing their own potential, etc. We also registered the project due to the desire to share experiences, practices, methods and knowledge between the two associations, and at the same time to upgrade the existing activities with a manual that is helpful to all those who come across or will encounter people with special needs in sports. The long-term goal and effort of both partners is the inclusion of people with special needs in regular clubs.