Vålerenga and Stabæk – Speakers at the 18th EFDN Conference
Espen Lindmark and Svein Helge Liknes are speaking on behalf of Stabæk and Vålerenga during a breakout session at the 18th EFDN #morethanfootball conference in Budapest from the 14th-16th of November.
Svein has over 10 years of working experience in the sport- and football industry. He worked with CSR-programs in Vålerenga Fotball since 2014. He had a one year leave from Vålerenga Fotball in 2017 to work for The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports with sports and developent through sports in Malawi. Svein is ducated in sports development and sports management.
Espen sent 20 years in different finance and marketing companies. From 1976 to 2010, he was a football coach on different levels in both women and men’s football. He worked over 10 years in Stabæk Football, before full time employee, – two years in the board. Established the street team in Stabæk 2013, still manager for the activity. One of the iniators establishing the foundation called Fotballstiftelsen in 2015.
Their breakout session is titled: Recovery on the Pitch – The Norwegian Street Football Program. They will present a program using football as a tool to include people facing drug challenges. The talk will provide insight into experiences and knowledge gained over 10 years of practice. The Streetfootball program is a social innovation in the Norwegian society with positive inpact on the player’s empowerment and recovery process. The program has through the last 10 years developed to be the lagerst and most sucessfull CSR-program in Norwegain sports industry. During the presentation we will also showcase how the program is runned by Vålerenga Fotball, one of 28 different top league clubs in Norway that runs the program.
