The I Run Clean project team held its 13^th video conference meeting. The topics covered included:

• Ambassador preparation process plan
• Progress on the ambassador recruitment process
• Preparations for the online ambassador kick-off meetings
• Completion of coaches e-learning module script

The I Run Clean project team held its 11^th video conference meeting. The topics covered included:

• Dissemination and communications strategy
• Progress on the coaches e-learning module
• Progress on the ambassador recruitment process
• Q1 e-learning platform user statistics
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The I Run Clean project team held its eight video conference meeting. The topics covered included:

• Analysis of 2020 e-learning platform statistics
• Progress on the coaches e-learning module
• Ambassador recruitment concept

Students from the University of Paris, La Sorbonne Nouvelle’s Masters in International Project Management programme presented the I Run Clean project team with findings and recommendations from a two-month project to develop communications strategies for each of the project partners.

The European Athletics I Run Clean Task Force’s regular quarterly meeting included discussion of plans to make completion of the I Run Clean e-learning course being developed in the project mandatory for all individuals requesting accreditation to future European Athletics championships events.

At its regular quarterly meeting, European Athletics I Run Clean Task Force received a detailed progress report and plans for the future from the project management team.

The I Run Clean project team held its ninth videoconference meeting. The topics covered included:

• Progress on the Ambassador recruitment work in the six partner countries
• Promotional activities in Germany and at the 2021 Balkan U20 Indoor Championships

The I Run Clean project was featured on the French network LCI’s broadcast Vis Leur Vies (Live Their Lives).

The I Run Clean project team held its seventh videoconference meeting. The topics covered included:

• Technical and content possibilities for the new platform that will host the I Run Clean e-learning programme from June 2021.
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The I Run Clean project team held its 12^th video conference meeting. The topics covered included:

• Ambassador preparation process and training camp concepts
• Communication campaign recommendations from the La Sorbonne Nouvelle student working groups
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The I Run Clean project team held its tenth videoconference meeting. The topics covered included:

• A new IT platform to host the I Run Clean e-learning programme
• Planning for research on the athletic federation – national anti-doping agency relationships in the six partner countries
• Alternative plans for staging the Ambassador training camp because of COVID-19 disruptions

The EU Education, Audiovisual and Cultural Executive Agency (EACEA) officially approved the addition of La Sorbonne Nouvelle as the 11^th partner on the I Run Clean project. The new partner will provide advice and practical assistance for the project’s communications.

End of the year figures for the I Run Clean e-learning programme showed a 22% increase in the number of users to 17,595 over the previous 12 months.

This growth was despite the cancellation of all 2020’s European Athletics Championship events, where athletes are required to obtain I Run Clean certification in order to compete.

The I Run Clean project team held its sixth videoconference meeting. The topics covered included:

• Progress on the Ambassador guidelines and handbook
• Progress on the coaches e-learning module

Two online I Run Clean dissemination and promotion workshops were delivered in the framework of the European Athletics e-Convention. A total of 67 individuals representing 33 Member Federations took part.

The I Run Clean project team held its fifth videoconference meeting. The topics covered included:

• The ambassador recruitment and training process
• The 2020  communications planning project by students from La Sorbonne Nouvelle

Project Leader Jean Gracia presented the I Run Clean project to European Athletics Young Leaders e-Forum organised by European Athletics and the organising committee of the 2020 European Athletics Championships, Paris Athlé 2020.

The I Run Clean project team held its fourth videoconference meeting. The topics covered included:

• Overview of all I Run Clean-related work, including the existing e-learning programme, the Erasmus+ project and development of the data management system
• Preparation for ambassador recruitment

The I Run Clean Project website iruncleanproject.eu was launched.

The EU Education, Audiovisual and Cultural Executive Agency (EACEA) officially extended the I Run Clean project from 30 to 36 months.

The I Run Clean project team held its third videoconference meeting. The topics covered included:

• Results of the coaches focus group meeting
• Development of the coaches e-learning module
• Development of the coaches workshop plan

The I Run Clean project team held its second videoconference meeting.Topics covered included:

•  Design process for the Coaches e-learning modul
• Project communications

Reacting to travel restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic, the I Run Clean project team held a video conference meeting. The topics covered included:

• Decision that instead of the originally planned in-person transnational meetings, the project work would be conducted through videoconferences until further notice
• Delay of the Ambassador training programme from summer 2020 to summer 2021
• Methodology for developing the e-learning modules

The Agence pour le Développement de l'Athlétisme en Europe (ADAE) launched its website euroathledev.eu which included a main section focused on the I Run Clean project.

The I Run Clean project Kick-Off Meeting was hosted by the Fédération Française d’Athlétisme (FFA) in Paris, France. The topics covered included:

• The general plan for the project
• Project management and administration
• A general discussion on values-based anti-doping education
• A presentation on communicating I Run Clean by students of the University of Paris, La Sorbonne Nouvelle’s Masters in International Project Management programme

The European Commission’s Education, Audiovisual and Cultural Executive Agency (EACEA) notified the Agence pour le Développement de l'Athlétisme en Europe (ADAE) that its I Run Clean project proposal, submitted on behalf of nine partners, was selected for funding under the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme’s 2019 Call for Proposals.

The EACEA gave the proposal an assessment score of 92/100, well above the funding threshold of 79/100, and awarded a maximum grant of € 324,276 for the 30 month project.