Bilbao Basket, Mondragon Unibertsitatea and WATS, sign an agreement to promote professionalization and employability in sport
Bilbao Basket, Mondragon Unibertsitatea and WATS, sign an agreement to promote professionalization and employability in sport
Bilbao Basket, Mondragon Unibertsitatea and WATS, sign an agreement to promote professionalization and employability in sport
Bilbao Basket, through its Foundation, the Business Faculty of Mondragon Unibertsi-tatea and WATS, a reference organization in professional sports training and prevention of violence in sport, have signed an agreement to promote training, professionalization and employability in sport through two university programs: Master in Innovation and Sports Business Management and Postgraduate in Sports Innovation.
The signing of the agreement took place at the Bilbao Arena, with the participation of Isabel Iturbe, President of Bilbao Basket, Aitor Lizartza, Academic Coordinator at Mondragon Unibertsitatea and MTA - Mondragon Team Academy, and Antonio Pipaón, co-founder of WATS.
This initiative, developed by three parties, is based on the need to increase training in the sports field through both university programs in which experts from the club will participate in different subjects such as business management, marketing and communicationstrategies or the internationalization model. In addition, this agreement includes a scholarship program aimed at the club's sportsmen and sportswomen as well as the people who carry out their professional activity in the club, as well as an internship program aimed at the participants of both programs.
This collaboration is a first starting point to be able to continue working on three sides in the promotion of the values of sport, the deepening in the professionalization and training of the sports sector, the awareness against sports violence and the development of future joint actions in the business, university and sports fields.
Pioneering university sports training in the Basque Country
The Postgraduate in Sports Innovation is aimed at professionals between 27 and 50 years of age who are looking to innovate in their companies located in the sports sector or who are willing to undertake and develop their own sports business project. Through training and support, this program ensures that these professionals are able to progress in this sector. A total of 35 people have participated in two editions of the program and the fourth edition will start next September. www.wats.team/wats-expert-online/
On the other hand, the Master in Innovation and Sports Business Management is aimed at young people between 22 and 27 years old, passionate about sports and recent graduates, who would like to train to work in the sports sector and form their own sports business project in a practical way. The first edition of the program is currently being developed and the registration process for the second and third editions in June and October, respectively, is already open. www.wats.team/wats-master/