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Abstract: The objective of this project is to promote women’s active participation in handball management roles, which will not only open up career paths for the individuals that are involved, but also significantly increase the quality of sports governance in general which would benefit all the stakeholders from both genders and all age groups. In a sense this project aims to initiate a virtuous cycle wherein a number of female handball managers will be trained through internationally accepted best practices, and their post-project involvement in handball will help to significantly increase the quality of governance in handball, which will in turn help to attract even more women to get actively involved in sports. The project will be undertaken under the coordination of the Turkish Handball Federation, as a partnership between Turkish and Slovene institutions. The project aims to train 15 women from different parts of Turkey as handball managers with skills in strategic management; handball economics, marketing and sponsorships; handball governance at national and international levels; media relations and social media; interpersonal communication; prevention of illegal activities and violence; gender equality; child protection; sustainability in handball; self confidence; first aid and basic health related issues. Eventual inclusion of the participants in the system as skilled managers will help to improve the entire handball realm, hence “better sports for everyone”. The project will include a scientific fact-finding conference, digitally held training modules, in-person workshops, internships, and a hands-on practice session where the participants will assume the responsibility of organizing a high level match. The long term effect of this project will materialize through the roles the participants will assume after the completion project. In this sense, possible career paths in handball will be actively encouraged and incentivized by sports authorities.