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The Cyprus Football Association (CFA) will coordinate a mobility coaching exchange programme that will see the involvement of two UEFA National Associations (Malta and Latvia) as project partners and of UEFA itself as project supporter. The aim of the action is to develop a new coaching methodology and to carry out a learning mobility exchange for coaches and technical directors in order to contribute to the efforts of sport organisations to promote education in and through sport. Exchanging knowledge, ideas and good practices will be beneficial for the participants involved in the mobility exchange and for sport in general - thanks to the dissemination phase that will be directed especially to grassroots clubs. The coaches will acquire new skills, improve their networking abilities and exchange knowledge with colleagues coming from different countries and with a diverse set of backgrounds. Selected coaches will participate in 3 mobility exchanges in three different countries and will have the opportunity to acquire new skills through learning methodology exchange. They will spend a period abroad with the local participants, coaches and mentors alike and will be exploring new avenues of how coaching is taught in the rest of the countries involved in this exchange project. A final conference will be held in Brussels to disseminate project results also at the institutional level. Additionally, as one of the outcomes of the exchange a network of elite coaches will be created. The objective is to transmit the values related to coaching education also at the grassroots level and to strengthen the role of coaches in society.Therefore and in conclusion the project has two main objectives: 1. improving the skills of professional coaches through the mobility exchange programme 2. create a network of coaches that will promote the acquired skills at the grassroots level in order to involve more people in football and sport in general.