During the project implementation period, the project team organized several transnational meetings (TMs), both face-to-face and virtual. The dates of face-to-face TMs and hosting universities were mainly held according to the project application form. However, virtual meetings were organized taking into consideration the various conditions, such as participants’ working hours, course days, public holidays in each country, and so on. As a result, nine face-to-face TMs were held in the project countries, from January 2018 to June 2022. However, the participants from all partner universities did not join in some face-to-face meetings, as these meetings were held to conduct interviews with sports board members in the relevant countries. In these cases, people from the coordinating institutions and people representing the country in which the interviews and video recordings were carried out participated in order to maintain homogeneity in obtaining the results. Additionally, the 8th TM was conducted virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but had face-to-face continuation for meetings related to interviews once the pandemic allowed it. More information about the face-to-face meetings is presented below.
TM1. (Kick‐off Transnational Meeting): The partner who organized the TM was the University of Zaragoza in Teruel (Spain). It was from January 15 to 19, 2018. Participants were: the project coordinator and two participants of this institution; the partner representative of the University of Minho in Portugal; the partner representative of Sakarya University in Turkey; the partner representative of the University of Teramo in Italy; and the partner representative of the University of Leicester in the UK.
TM2. (Second Transnational Meeting): The host institution was the University of Teramo in Teramo (Italy). It was organized from July 10 to 13, 2018. Participants were: the project coordinator of the University of Zaragoza in Spain; the partner representative of the University of Minho in Portugal; the partner representative of Sakarya University in Turkey; the partner representative of the University of Teramo in Italy; and the partner representative of the University of Leicester in the UK.
TM3. (Third Transnational Meeting): The host institution was the University of Leicester (UK). It was held from January 22 to 25, 2019. Participants were: the project coordinator of the University of Zaragoza in Spain; the partner representative of the University of Minho in Portugal; the partner representative of Sakarya University in Turkey; the partner representative of the University of Teramo in Italy; and the partner representative of the University of Leicester in the UK.
TM4. (Fourth Transnational Meeting): The host institution was the University of Minho. It was held from July 9 to 12, 2019, in Braga (Portugal). Participants were: the project coordinator of the University of Zaragoza in Spain; the partner representative of the University of Minho in Portugal; the partner representative of Sakarya University in Turkey; the partner representative of the University of Teramo in Italy; and the partner representative of the University of Leicester in the UK.
TM5. (Fifth Transnational Meeting): The host institution was the University of Minho to conduct the interviews in Portuguese. It was held from July 15 to 19, 2019. Participants were the project coordinator and a participant of the project of the University of Zaragoza in Spain; and the partner representative of the University of Minho in Portugal.
TM6. (Sixth Transnational Meeting): The host institution was the University of Teramo. It was held from January 30 to February 7, 2020, to conduct the interviews in Italy. Participants were the project coordinator and a participant of the project of the University of Zaragoza in Spain; and the partner representative of the University of Teramo in Italy. The continuation of the Sixth TMto record interviewswas from March 17 to 18, 2022, in Italy. Participants were the project coordinator, the University of Zaragoza in Spain, and the partner representative of Teramo University in Italy.
TM7. (Seventh Transnational Meeting): The host institution was Sakarya University in Turkey. It was held from March 2 to 10, 2020, to conduct the interviews. Participants were the project coordinator of the University of Zaragoza in Spain, and the partner representative of Sakarya University in Turkey. The continuation of the Seventh TM was from August 9 to 16, 2021, to conduct the interviews in Turkey.
TM8 (Eighth Transnational Meeting): These were virtual TMs held from March 26 to April 9, 2020. The first meeting was scheduled at the University of Leicester (the UK), but this face-to-face meeting was replaced by five virtual meetings on Skype due to the pandemic. Participants: 4 countries of the project: University of Minho (Portugal), Sakarya University (Turkey), University of Teramo (Portugal) and University of Zaragoza (Spain). The Eighth TM of the project had two parts. While the first part was a meeting with the above-mentioned institutions, the second part was a meeting between the University of Leicester and the University of Zaragoza to plan and carry out the interviews in the UK. The dates of the online transnational meetings were: March 26 to April 9, 2020 (26 March: 16:04-19:30; 31 March 17:15-19:30; 1 April 11:05-13:30; 2 April 15:02-19:00; 9 April 16:02-19:00). For the second part, the host university was the University of Leicester. It was held from April 11 to 13, 2022, to conduct the interviews in the UK. Participants were the project coordinator (the University of Zaragoza in Spain), the partner representative of the University of Leicester and a researcher from this University. They continued on May 10, 11, 19 and 20, and June 20-22, and the participants were the coordinator and the researcher from the University of Leicester.
TM 9 (Ninth Transnational Meeting): The host institution was the University of Zaragoza in Teruel (Spain). It was held from May 24 to 26, 2022. Participants were: the project coordinator from the University of Zaragoza in Spain; the partner representative of the University of Minho in Portugal; the partner representative of Sakarya University in Turkey; the partner representative of the University of Teramo in Italy; the partner representative of the University of Leicester and an additional participant from this University.