The general aim of the ‘Be a Winner In Sport and Employment before and after athletic Retirement’ (B-WISER) project is to provide EU Member States with empirical data, conceptualisations, tools and evidence-based practices relevant to, and enabling them to create the optimal environment to enhance (former) elite athletes’ employability and employment. The partnership will bring together 13 partners with expertise in research on dual careers and with expertise in establishing/providing dual career pathways to (former) elite athletes, together with 14 experts from the domain of sport, career support provision, employment and project management. More specifically, the B-WISER project will identify, use methods to develop, and formulate recommendations and best practices on i) the perceptions, roles, contributions, and interactions of five stakeholders; ii) the competences required and developed by elite and former elite athletes; and iii) the added-value for the world of sport, employers and governmental agencies and policy-makers with regard to (former) elite athletes’ employability and employment during three consecutive career stages (i.e. the dual career ‘elite sport and employment’ pathway, the transition after athletic retirement into the post-athletic career, and a new vocational career after retiring from elite sport). Taking into account the general and specific aims of the project, and the fact that all participating EU Member States are represented by a centre of research excellence, a centre of elite sport, and a career support provider, the B-WISER project will contribute directly to the promotion and support of good governance in enhancing the employability and employment of elite and former elite athletes in three policy domains (i.e., sport, employment, education and training) and during three specific career stages at the level of the European Union, in each of the participating EU Member States.