Peace and Sport April 6 Report
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TH INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE 2019 Promo Jeune Basket, DRC Editorial by H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, Mr Joël Bouzou and Mr Didier Drogba April6: from its origins to a successful worldwide mobilization Peace and Sport Awards “April6 Initiative of the Year” Peace and Sport celebrations Our Champions for Peace get involved Symbolic national celebrations Sport Federations and Olympic Committees get mobilized Projects around the world Mini basketball Festival, Angola This year, the message of the 2nd Mini basketball Festival was " Be Smart and Stay at School" held in the framework of April6 #WhiteCard celebration. 100 children from 5 to 12 years old took part in a number of activities such as a wall painting and a tree- planting campaign. Additionally, the Angolan Women’s Basketball Team gave books and stationery for the kids. /03 TH INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE H.S.H. Joël Bouzou, Didier Drogba, Prince Albert II President and Founder Vice President of Monaco of Peace and Sport of Peace and Sport Since 2013 and with the support of the International Olympic This year, Peace and Sport celebrated the 6th International Day It was a great pleasure for me to officially launch the 2019 Committee, the United Nations declared April6 the International of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP) on April 6th with #WhiteCard campaign from the island of Cyprus in March. Since Day of Sport for Development and Peace. inspiring events all around the world. We initiated the mobilization 2014, this digital initiative created by Peace and Sport has been with the launch of the 2019 #WhiteCard digital campaign on the rooted in the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace and Sport has been an active leader of the global island of Cyprus. On this occasion, we sent a message with Didier Peace and it has generated global participation from a variety mobilization. This celebration is naturally anchored in the values Drogba, Peace and Sport Vice-President, to the international of stakeholders. promoted by the Principality and in its commitment to advocate community calling for a global and massive mobilization around the use of sport as a tool for sustainable peace. the symbol of the #WhiteCard. The record-breaking digital This year the #WhiteCard went more viral than ever. Following mobilization successfully ended in FISE Hiroshima reaching a Friendly Football Day that brought together players from Sport is a major driving force which acts to empower women, 98 million people worldwide on social media. the Greek Cypriot Nea Salamina Ammochostou FC and young people and communities as well as being a catalyst to Turkish Cypriot Magusa Türk Gücü FC and children from both achieve further objectives of health, education, dialogue and Thanks to the neutrality of Monaco, the universality of sport and communities to launch the campaign, a massive mobilisation social inclusion. Its contribution to construct a more peaceful the unfailing support of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, we have took place on social media. In an unprecedent way, national world has been officially recognized by the United Nations as part been able to mobilize Governments, Heads of State, International and international sports institutions and athletes used their of the 2030 Agenda. April6 has become a unique opportunity Organizations, International Federations, National Olympic influence to send a message of peace through the#WhiteCard. to join the peace-through sport movement and celebrate the Committees, Champions for Peace and Olympians worldwide. positive social impact of sport. This edition was marked by outstanding celebrations with a final The 2019 #WhiteCard was a wonderful tool to mobilize people countdown of 1 212 projects in 136 countries from 5 different and to spread a message of peace, of hope and of solidarity I would like to express my gratitude to aIl the organizations and continents registered on the www.april6.org platform. on social media and I hope that the values incarnated by the the individuals worldwide having endorsed the #WhiteCard, an campaign will grow bigger and anywhere in the world in the international symbol of peace on April6. I welcome their initiatives Finally, I would like to emphasise the importance of promoting the coming months. I invite all of you to look over this report to see and their enthusiastic commitment to use sport to build a more positive power of sport all year long and building long-standing for yourself the impact of the mobilization. equitable and peaceful world. synergies to maximize the reach of sport for positive change. Thanks to everyone for rallying together for April6 and for your contribution to expanding the sport-for development-and-peace movement. 04/ 6TH INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE /05 THE ORIGIN OF APRIL6 On 23 August 2013 the UN General Assembly with the support of the International Olympic Committee April6.org is an online platform created by Peace and Sport that encourages, promotes declared April 6th as the International and records symbolic worldwide events and sport-based initiatives carried out by a Peace and Sport, l’Organisation pour la Paix par Day of Sport for Development and variety of different stakeholders from all around the world to celebrate the International le Sport, is an international, neutral and independent organization Peace (IDSDP) at the United Nations Day of Sport for Development and Peace. based in Monaco which promotes peace using the power of sport. Headquarters in New York. This Founded in 2007 by Modern Pentathlon Olympic Medallist and World decision represented a historic step in Champion Joël Bouzou, Peace and Sport is under the High Patronage recognizing the transformative power of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco. of sport and its boundless potential to advance positive social change. The organization uses the structured practice of sport as a tool to build POWERED BY sustainable peace by educating young generations about positive values and promoting social transformation and dialogue among communities. As part of Peace and Sport’s commitment to maximize awareness about the potential of sport for positive social change, the organization The #WhiteCard is a worldwide digital campaign created by Peace and Sport that launched the #WhiteCard digital campaign and the www.april6.org promotes the positive and constructive values of sport. Every year the #WhiteCard platform in 2014. These initiatives aim at creating a global movement campaign reaches millions of people through social media. Holding up a #WhiteCard, for the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace and just like a referee, has been recognized as the symbol of the peace-through-sport highlight the positive power of sport. movement. In contrast to the red card, which signifies the most serious offense in sport, the #WhiteCard is a gesture of inclusion, equality and peace. The celebration of this symbolic day and the growth of the sport-for- development-and-peace movement legitimize and demonstrate that Symbolically, the #WhiteCard enables sport organizations, international institutions, sport is a cost-effective tool to create more peaceful, fair and equal governments, athletes and civil society to take action and promote themselves within societies. the sport-for-development-and-peace movement and identify themselves as being socially aware and committed. 06/ 6TH INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE 6TH INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE /07 1 150 PEOPLE REACHED projects registred in 2019 98 IN 2019 million APRIL6 2019, 136 259 MILLION PEOPLE countries 38 AN UNPRECEDENTED REACHED ON million WORLDWIDE SOCIAL MEDIA TOTAL MOBILIZATION 5 OVER THE LAST 6 YEAR 37 THE WWW.APRIL6.ORG PLATFORM EVOLUTION continents THE #WHITECARD EVOLUTION million 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 345 180 310 630 850 1 150 6 7 15 43 90 98 projects projects projects projects projects projects 3 465 million million million million million million 23 projects registered million in total over the last 6 years 08/ 6TH INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE 6TH INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE /09 PEACE AND SPORT AWARD “ INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR” NICOLAS PINTUS, FOUNDER RUN FOR AUTISM “We have organized the ‘Run for Autism’ Since 2016 Peace and Sport has presented the ‘April6 Initiative of the Year Award’ at the race to inform people about the disability, Peace and Sport Forum. This Award acknowledges the contributions of individuals and and prove that sport is a great tool for the organizations which promote April6 - the International Day of Sport for Development integration of people with disabilities. April6 and Peace - either by organizing an event to raise awareness about the power of sport TESTIMONIES has a huge meaning for us as we think that for peace or by participating in the #WhiteCard campaign. sport means peace and it can also be used to reduce discrimination.” ORI EISEN, FOUNDER - BALL TO ALL TEJ GURUNG, CHAIRMAN “The April 6th celebration is the pinnacle of EX-SPORTSMAN FORUM NEPAL showing how sport can bring us all together “The main objective of organizing this event and create an atmosphere of understanding for April6 is to make aware both political worldwide. ‘Ball to All’ prides itself in saying leaders as well as civic society about the that we can create world peace, one value of sports in the modern society.” PREVIOUS WINNERS OF THE AWARD soccer ball at a time.” CHRISTIAN NDOTAH, NOVA ALEXANDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER JISSPD 2018 SACRED SPORTS FOUNDATION INC “Sport is the best way to convey messages 2016 2017 Ministry “Being part of April6 gives us the opportunity of peace, tolerance, living together and International Brussels of Youth to promote sport as a tool for peace and reconciliation in a country that has seen Table Tennis Play 4 and Sports human development as young leaders are the worst atrocities.