Succeeding in sport entails a great number of challenges, among which is to combine a sporting career with education and prepare for the job market. Professional athletes spend many hours training extensively and consume the greatest part of their life in their sporting career, often making big sacrifices at a very young age.

Progress DC focuses on professional athletes and works on 3 different levels. On the level of the sport organisation (or sport association), that through the project will will acquire a qualified career adviser (the DC Career Adviser). On the level of professional athletes, that will receive training (in a flexible form) on missing transversal skills for employment (including digital skills), as well as career advising and the possibility of job testing. On the level of all stakeholders and policy makers, through building awareness on the importance of dual careers for athletes.

The project works towards the inclusion of athletes in employment (and thus in society) after their career as athletes is completed (therefore inclusion in the field of Sports). Additionally, it works towards the development of the digital skills of both the people in the sports organisations that will become DC Advisers, as well as the athletes, since all training and mentoring sessions are conducted through the use of digital classrooms (and of course athletes will also receive training on digital skills). The project promotes education in sport, as it takes into consideration the skills developed through sports as well as the missing skills for employment, while it develops those missing skills and it encourages and supports athletes' dual careers. Additionally, the project promotes the quality of coaching and other advisory services provided by the staff of sports organisations through the development of a new qualification and the training and assessment of the above-mentioned staff, so they become certified (with ISO17024 certification) as DC Advisers. Therefore, the project does not only works at the level of the athlete, but also at the level of the career adviser, that is a person in a key position in the organisation that will support the athletes to develop a dual career.