The scheme is co-funded by the European Union’s (EU) Erasmus+ programme and aims to promote and implement sustainable strategies within each of the organisations, with a focus on collaboration to share ideas.

The HOC has joined the project as a mentee organisation, alongside the Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee and the Czech Olympic Committee, which is also a coordinator for ASAP.

Mentee NOCs are to create and implement sustainability strategies.

The HOC has already been working with an external group over its sustainability strategy during the last 18 months, and plans to release a firmer programme later in the year.

Earlier in the week, the HOC revealed that the "Budapest 2032 Committee," which sought to bring the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games to the Hungarian capital before they were awarded to Brisbane, had been renamed as the "Budapest Olympic Games Commission."

This body will seek to discuss the potential of hosting the Games in 2036 or beyond with the IOC.

The German Olympic Sports Confederation, National Olympic Committee and Sport Confederation of Denmark and Finnish Olympic Committee are mentors within ASAP, who aim to improve their strategies by learning from each other and project partners and provide support to the mentees.

Included in the project are training for sustainability managers and a number of meetings both virtually and in person.

The three-year project is supported by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and is due to run until December 2022.