European Practices for Social Integration Through Sport

European Practices for Social Integration through Sport Published by the European Forum for Urban Security (Efus), this publication is the result of the “European Prize for Social Integration through Sport - SPORT+” project which was carried out in 2015 and 2016. It was prepared by Carla Napolano, the Programme Manager, under the direction of Elizabeth Johnston, Executive Director, with the contribution of project partners. The use and reproduction for non-commercial purposes are royalty free as long as the source is specified.

Editing: Nathalie Bourgeois Translation: Nathalie Bourgeois and Nathalie Elson Revision: Emilie Voight Layout: Pollen Studio

Printing: Cloître Imprimeurs, Saint-Thonan (France) ISBN: 2-913181-49-X European Legal deposit: January 2017 Practices European Forum for Urban Security 10, rue des Montiboeufs 75020 Paris - France Tel.: + 33 (0)1 40 64 49 00 [email protected] - www.efus.eu for Social @efusnews Integration through Sport Support from the European Commission for the production of this publication does not constitute endorsement of its content, which only reflects the views of its authors. The European Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

The presentations of each project were drafted from information provided by their representatives. Any statements or opinions contained herein do not necessarily reflect the point of view of Efus or any of its members.

Photo credits: Couv. Bart Homburg - vvg koeln, p.12-13 Real Madrid, p. 14-15 Mondiali Antirazzisti Press Office / Antonio Marcello, p. 16-17 iStockphoto/ jacoblund - iStockphoto/ vgajic, p.18-19 Marco Mastroianni, p.20-21 Real Madrid, p. 22-25 PLAY International - Ville de Roubaix, p. 26-27 Mark Henderson - Ken Mc Cue, p. 28-29 iStockphoto/Dangubic - iStockphoto/ gpointstudio, p.30-31 Rushcliffe Borough Council and Nottingham Rugby Club, p. 32-33 iStockphoto/FatCamera, p.34-35 vvg koeln, p. 36-37 iStockphoto/FatCamera - iStockphoto/Kalulu, p. 38-39 BAGázs FC, p. 40-41 City Pirates VZW, p. 42-43 APCAS, p. 44-45 Clube de Escalada de Braga, p. 46-47 HC Feijenoord, p. 48-49 iStockphoto/m-gucci, p. 50-51 Icehearts, p. 52-53 iStockphoto/ Bigandt_Photography - iStockphoto/janews, p. 54-55 Freedom Skaters, p. 56-57 Jeremy Burlen/Asptt Stade Bordelais, p. 58-59 Bart Homburg, p. 60-61 iStockphoto/jacoblund, p. 62-63 RollerFootball, p. 64-65 Carla Lima/O Notícias da Trofa, p. 66-67 iStockphoto/nenadpitarevic - iStockphoto/jacoblund, p. 68-69 Fan Coaching, p. 70-71 Erik Hart, p. 72-73 Fotogruppo 60 BFI di Reggio Emilia, p.76 RollerFootball - vvg koeln. European Practices for Social Integration through Sport Acknowledgements

The SPORT+ project was successfully carried out thanks to the commitment of representatives from the five partners: the non-profit organisation Fan Coaching- Eurofan (Belgium), the University of Zaragoza (Spain), the Italian Forum for Urban Security (FISU), the Knowledge Centre for Sport Netherlands (Kenniscentrum Sport) and the Higher Institute of Police Sciences and Homeland Security in Portugal (Instituto Superior de Ciências Policiais e Segurança Interna).

We also thank the municipalities of Saint-Denis, Lomme, Béthoncourt (France), Bologna (Italy), Turku (Finland) and Cologne (Germany), their elected representatives and their staff for hosting the Prize ceremony and local events and for sharing their experiences and knowledge. We also thank the members of the supporting committee for their contribution and support, especially Marco De Marchi, sponsor of this first edition. In addition to the European Commission and its financial support, without which our project and this publication would not have been possible, we would like to thank all those who welcomed us during the Prize ceremony and local events as well as the cities, organisations and associations that submitted applications for the Prize.

Project partners Salomon Aktan (Fan Coaching-Eurofan, Belgium), Marco Fernando Gimeno (University of Zaragoza, Spain), Gian Guido Nobili (Italian Forum for Urban Security), Anita Vlasveld, Dorien Dijk (Kenniscentrum Sport, Netherlands), Sergio Ricardo Felgueiras, Maria Isaura Silva Teixeira Marques de Almeida (Instituto Superior de Ciências Policiais e Segurança Interna, Portugal).

Table of contents

p.06/ Foreword p.07•11/ Introduction Practices p.12•21/ “Prevention and fight against racism” Category p.22•31/ “Promotion of gender equality” Category p.32•47/ “Integration of marginalised populations” Category p.48•59/ “Integration of populations at risk” Category p.60•73/ “Education for active citizenship or fair play” Category p.74•75/ Organiser and jury Foreword

For the past 30 years, the European Forum for Urban Security has been promoting a vision of security founded upon the triptych of prevention, sanction and social cohesion. As such, Efus works alongside the 250 European local and regional authorities that have joined its network, providing technical and political support. In their Aubervilliers and Saint-Denis Manifesto (2012), Efus members established that “social prevention policies were particularly effective in the fight against violence and criminality” and that prevention, as opposed to sanction, “is less expensive not only from an economic but also from a social point of view”. Among the measures aimed at strengthening social 06 cohesion, sport seems a particularly effective method. It is used to promote team spirit, equal opportunities and civic values such as tolerance and respect for others, regardless of their social and/ or cultural origin. Many cities and regions in Europe support sports programmes, especially for the younger generations, with the objective of strengthening social ties. To provide greater visibility for these practices and to inspire others, we launched the “European Prize for Social Integration through Sport” in 2015. This initiative has allowed the collection of almost 200 practices from 18 different countries, reflecting the dynamism and local mobilisation in this area. This publication presents a selection of practices considered particularly interesting by the jury of the “European Prize for Social Integration through Sport” because of their positive impact, their innovation and because they reach particularly vulnerable citizens. The practices presented here reflect the broad range of different experiences of social integration through sport that can be found in Europe. Efus therefore intends to renew this initiative and organise a second edition of the European Prize for Social Integration through Sport in 2017.

Elizabeth Johnston Executive Director INTRODUCTION

of gender equality, integration of margi- The project nalised populations, integration of popu- This publication is the result of work car- lations at risk and finally, education for ried out in 2015 and 2016 as part of the active citizenship or fair play. European project “European Prize for So- cial Integration through Sport - SPORT+”. At the time of the call for applications, This project was co-funded by the European eligibility and selection criteria were Commission and involved the collaboration communicated and made clear by the jury. of the European Forum for Urban Security Any local authority, association, NGO or (Efus), the non-profit organisation Fan private organisation working with local au- Coaching-Eurofan (Belgium), the University thorities belonging to one of the 28 Member of Zaragoza (Spain), the Italian Forum for States of the European Union was eligible. Urban Security (FISU), the Knowledge Centre Governments and all projects already funded for Sport Netherlands (Kenniscentrum Sport) by the European Commission were invited to and the Higher Institute of Police Sciences share their practices but were prohibited and Homeland Security in Portugal (Institu- from applying for the Prize. The jury took to Superior de Ciencias Policiais e Segu- the view that it was inappropriate to provi- 07 ranca Interna, Portugal). de financial support to national organisations or to projects funded by the European Commission. The objective of the SPORT+ project was to identify sport-based prevention practices which contribute to community building and The selection of practices was carried out the dissemination of messages of respect, in two steps. First, the jury completed an citizenship, the fight against discrimina- overall assessment of the projects they had tion and racism and the prevention of all received. Their impact and their consisten- forms of violence. cy with the category to which they applied were considered. Projects that moved beyond The work was organised around the following this first step were then assessed on a dee- activities: definition of the Prize; call per level according to eight criteria such for practices; selection criteria for the as replicability, sustainability, cost/be- practices; jury meetings; Prize ceremony at nefit ratio and partnership and innovation. the same time as the Euro 2016 European The five winners and practices that were football cup; organisation of five “Local selected were invited to attend the Euro- Sport Days”; production of videos presen- pean Prize for Social Integration through ting the five winning practices and, fi- Sport prize ceremony during the “Euro 2016 nally, the dissemination, more specifically debates” organised by the Agency for Educa- through this publication, of the best se- tion through Sport (Agence pour l’Education lected practices. par le Sport - APELS) and the municipality A jury including members of Efus and project of Saint-Denis (France). partners, with the support of a steering committee, worked on the definition of the call for applications and the selection of As one of the objectives of the Prize was these practices. to support the promotion and replicability of good practices in other contexts, the

winners were required to use the funding The Prize was split into five distinct cate- they received to strengthen their practices gories in order to highlight the angle of by organising a promotional event named the action and the groups targeted by the prac- “Local Sport Day”. This is how the cities tices, but also to promote a certain number of Turku in Finland, Lomme and Bethoncourt of values and principles shared by members in France, Bologna in Italy and Cologne in of Efus and project partners. The following Germany were able to organise Local Sport categories were therefore chosen: preven- Days to present their winning practices to tion and fight against racism, promotion the public and their local partners. prevented by ensuring that the largest num- Category ber of people have the option of taking part Prevention and fight in a regular sporting activity in a healthy against racism and ethical environment. It is essential to promote and communicate The objective of the “Prevention and fight on sporting activities that reward virtuous against racism” category was to encourage behaviours such as tolerance and the fight the collection of local initiatives imple- against discrimination. It is also important mented by independent sports organisations. to support actions favouring non-stigmati- The aim of these practices is the promotion sing attitudes and punishing those which of tolerance and the prevention of all forms are discriminatory or racist. This can be of discrimination which, directly or indi- done through fun sporting activities. 08 rectly, imply a distinction, an exclusion, a restriction or a preference based on gender, colour, descent, national or ethnic Finally, for these actions to be effective, origin or individual or collective reli- a clear communication plan should be adop- gious beliefs and practices. ted in collaboration with local and national media that have the ability to effectively communicate information and positive Very few experiences were received for this cultural messages, via the people involved category, despite its particular relevance as well as through organisations and insti- in today’s Europe. It should indeed be noted tutions. that, in Europe, certain sports such as football are still often used as a pretext for intolerant and violent demonstrations which are xenophobic or racist in nature. Category A number of key elements can be drawn from Promotion of gender the collected prevention projects in this category. In the near future, it would be equality useful to invest in these key points, primarily on education. Intolerance generally Given the well-known benefits of sport on stems from ignorance and misunderstanding. people’s health, physical/mental develop- Sport, however, is particularly suited to ment and social and life skills, it seems teaching tolerance on playing fields and in obvious that both men and women (of all sports clubs in addition to what is taught ages) should have equal access to such ac- at school. tivities. Top female athletes have indeed gained a lot of ground in the past two de- cades or so. Several of them are (almost) as Another interesting aspect of this topic is admired and celebrated as their male coun- awareness-raising activity. Any opportunity terparts. Women are also now taking part to convey messages about tolerance and figh- in disciplines previously considered as ting against discrimination should be used strongholds of masculinity such as foot- during sporting events by making the most of media coverage and the widespread availabi- ball and rugby. Nevertheless, these success lity of various sporting activities. stories, however brilliant and increasingly frequent, must not disguise persistant inequalities. There are still many sporting It is also important to encourage increased instances where girls are not considered participation in sporting activities. As equal to boys, and sometimes even barred such, discriminatory behaviours may also be from taking part. The March 2014 Special Eurobarometer 412 We would like to emphasise the need to break on sport and physical activity (European the glass ceiling in sport: more women are Commission1) highlights these inequalities needed in executive positions at all le- in all aspects of sport, from the reduced vels, from sports clubs to international number of women in sport governing bodies governing bodies. Indeed, experience on the to the lower pay of female coaches and the ground shows that when women lead sport or- smaller number of European women who prac- ganisations, they are more able to create tise sport compared to men. The study does an environment where girls and women feel not even mention the lesser press coverage safe, thus encouraging more of them to prac- given to female sporting events or the com- tise a sport or join a club. Furthermore, ments made by the press when reporting on such women can become role models. female athletes (e.g. the controversy during the Summer 2016 Rio Olympics, when some female champions received more coverage on Category 09 their looks and private lives than on their performances). This is one of the reasons Integration of marginalised why gender equality in sport is a priority topic for the European Commission's Erasmus+ populations sport programme. It is also the reason why this topic was chosen as a category for The increasingly frequent marginalisation of the European Prize for Social Integration groups in our society is a growing concern through Sport. for social exclusion in European countries. For the past twenty years now, the Euro- pean Union has formally adopted the use of It is interesting to note that we received sport as a social inclusion policy for the far fewer projects in this category than in integration of these groups. In 1998, the others. Why this difference? Multiple hy- report “Evolution and Perspectives of Com- potheses are possible. Is it because most munity Action in Sport”2 identified five of the projects submitted are from Western specific functions that should be stren- European countries, where girls have rela- gthened by European policies: educational, tively good access to sport? Or is it that public health, cultural, recreational and policy-makers and local professionals are social. For the social element, the report not aware of the disadvantaged position of highlighted the fact that sport was a fan- girls and women in sport and do not pay at- tastic tool for promoting a more inclusive tention to it? In any case, this difference society and for fighting against intole- in numbers is significant. rance, racism and violence as well as alco- hol or drug abuse. Sport can also contribute The majority of projects received in this to the integration of a population excluded category focus on increasing the participa- from the labour market. tion of women in sport, including empower- ment, social inclusion, emancipation, and For these reasons, actions for protecting the fight against gender-based violence. and strengthening the social function of The aim of three separate projects was to sport and allowing access to sporting ac- train local sports professionals in the gen- tivities to everyone, especially the most der aspects of sport and in how to organise deprived groups, have an important strate- sport activities and games in a gender-sen- gic value. sitive way to foster equality.

1 . ec.europa.eu/health/nutrition_physical_activity/ 2 . eurored-deporte.net/gestor/documentos/doc_evol_fr.pdf docs/ebs_412_en.pdf The aim of each of the projects received from a few. More precisely, the projects in this different European countries in the “Inte- category that were submitted for the Prize gration of marginalised populations” catego- targeted the following groups: children at ry is to use sport and physical activity as risk, children with various types of di- an educational practice suited to the social sabilities (such as learning disabilities, needs and experiences of marginalised popu- social skills and concentration issues), lations. The idea is to expand and improve children and youths from deprived back- the social policy of each Member State as grounds and underprivileged neighbourhoods, well as the social policy of the European vulnerable young people, teenage offenders, Union that we are trying to develop. homeless children and young people, young refugees, migrants, people with physical disabilities and chronic health disorders, It is important to point out and recognise people with mental health issues, adults that exclusion and marginalisation are 10 from deprived backgrounds, the incarcerated structural and that taking part in a spor- population and NEETs (neither in Education, ting activity may not be in itself a solution Employment or Training). for preventing these situations. Candidate projects that use sport with marginalised groups (drug addicts, the incarcerated po- It is interesting to note that a good number pulation, ethnic groups, etc.) are not a of these projects focused on children and miracle solution to fight against exclusion youths. This suggests that the educational or to reduce crime or drug abuse. However, and inclusive benefits of sport are widely they can be effective tools if included in recognised and used to help children and a political impetus to implement integrated young people in need. But it is important programs over time. to stress that these qualities also apply to adults, as shown in some of the practices included in this publication. In particular, Category some practices have demonstrated that sport can create a bridge between different so- Integration cial groups and foster mutual comprehension of populations at risk and dialogue, including with, and among, people considered “at risk”.

In the “Integration of populations at risk” category, there were 45 applications from The diverse educational practices in sport across Europe. The sample we received is can be a very good and efficient way of very encouraging: overall, the submitted promoting values of solidarity, diversity, projects were efficient, well targeted, inclusiveness and cultural awareness. The creative and innovative. Ranging from ac- sport chosen is not as important as the tions towards pre-school children to school- purpose of the practice itself. Indeed, the children, young adults, adults and seniors, projects we received included a wide range they included almost the entire population of disciplines: boccia, boxing, capoeira, from the age of 4 to 65. dancing, football, handball, mountainee- ring, skatting, and street football. Based on the applications we received, it seems that Europe has a significant number The objectives of the projects submitted in of sporting projects promoting the inclusion this category can be classified as follows: of those at risk, from vulnerable children development of social and personal skills, to refugees, unemployed people, young offen- prevention of social exclusion, physical ders, the disabled, and seniors, to name but and psychological well-being, academic success, increased self-esteem, intercultural Sport is a space for exchange and a means learning and access to cultural and recrea- of defending or restoring the concepts of tional activities. As for the environments respect, fair play and civility. As de- in which these projects are carried out, monstrated by projects submitted in this they are also varied, including schools, category, sport can reinforce concepts of leisure centres, health care and social citizenship and solidarity, teach young service institutions and private residences people the principles of healthy competi- with familial participation. tion, convey values of respect, tolerance and pushing one’s limits, contribute to

strengthening social cohesion and promote Category cultural diversity and gender equality. We have welcomed the wealth of creative Education for active practices presented in this category. At 11 citizenship or fair play a time when racism and intolerance seem widespread throughout Europe, it is reas- suring that, on the ground, in cities and We wanted to encourage active citizenship neighbourhoods, the concepts of citizenship and fair play through sport as it seemed and fair play are still very much alive, appropriate to promote sport’s inherent va- as shown by their promotion in numerous lues such as pushing one’s limits and res- sport-focused projects. pecting others.

In our societies, competitiveness has become so prominent that it overshadows essential sporting values. This ultra-competitive and individualistic mindset is now instilled from an early age in young athletes in the making. Competitiveness is commendable, but only if it includes the notion of fair play. When sport becomes purely individualistic and only personal performance are valued and recognised, sport loses its true nature.

What do fair play and citizenship mean? In the SPORT+ project, the definition of fair play or sportsmanship is understood as an honest conduct centred on the game. This includes concepts such as respect (for the opponent, the rules, the referee decisions, the public and the spirit of the game), honesty, tolerance, self-control, dignity in both defeat and victory but also respect for one’s own body. Citizenship is understood as taking part in public life through school, family, voluntary organisations and spaces for dialogue and reflection, while respec- ting one another’s freedom, regardless of origin, gender and culture.

CATEGORY Prevention and fight against racism Winning Practice

Mondiali Antirazzisti 14

Organisation Background Unione Italiana Sport Multiculturalism has become an increasingly common and Per Tutti (Italian Sports for All Association, UISP) accepted concept in most European countries. However, social exclusion has not disappeared and every day, inci- Calendar dents of discrimination and hostility occur across Europe. Annual: five days, every Football and sport mirror our society and remain permeated summer, since 1997 with these attitudes. In some European countries, there are still institutional and cultural barriers preventing Target Group marginalised and minority groups, such as homosexual and The event is open to transgender individuals, refugees, asylum seekers, and participants of all ages and the disabled, from accessing sports. from minority groups of all

types.

Further Information Objectives mondialiantirazzisti.org The Mondiali Antirazzisti (in English, the antiracist world cup) aims to demonstrate how sport can and should be used to promote social cohesion and eliminate discri- Learn more about Mondiali minatory attitudes, constituting a safe space where human Antirazzisti: video at and civil rights for all are championed. The objectives bit.ly/epsis of the event are to bring together groups of people from different cultures/backgrounds, build networks and relationships between local authorities, sport and youth organisations across Europe, raise awareness about discrimination in sport, and contribute to creating a tolerant, inclusive and welcoming culture in Europe.

Strategy and Activities The event is unique in that it is like a festival: participants live together for five days and have numerous occasions to meet and discuss. "A large campaign led the Results national football institutions The Mondiali Antirazzisti now gathers 8,000 to change their rules European participants each year, represen- concerning foreigners." ting over 70 nationalities/communities, and has become one of the most important anti-racism events in Europe. It has ins- The sports programme includes several tour- pired more than 100 other anti-racism tour- naments: football (184 teams), basketball naments over the past 20 years, and generated (30 teams), volleyball (34 teams), rugby a wide network of people, associations and and touch rugby (10 teams), as well as tra- local authorities both in Italy and across ditional games and lacrosse, tchoukball, Europe. European Union institutions have gymnastic yoga, and dance workshops. shown their interest and support: the event was cited as an example of a good prac- 15 The cultural programme includes evening tice in the European Network Against Ra- concerts, photo exhibits, the exhibition cism’s (ENAR) 2009 Shadow Report on Racism of self-produced materials presented by the in Europe and by the European Union’s Direc- teams/groups to show their yearly activi- torate General for Education and Culture/ ties against racism, debates, the presenta- Sport Unit. tion of books and movies, an interactive web radio, a daily camp for kids with activities In addition to its core anti-racism mes- inspired by multiculturalism, and creative sage, the event has also recently included a workshops. message of tolerance towards refugees. Ten ‘refugee teams’ have been funded by Mondia- The communications and PR strategies are li Antirazzisti participants, and a large important aspects of the project and are key campaign led the national football insti- in disseminating the message of tolerance tutions to change their rules concerning and anti-racism. The website (available in foreigners. Italian, English and German), newsletter, Facebook and Twitter pages reach thousands of people globally and the event receives significant press coverage.

Partners A number of associations and institutions are partners of the Mondiali Antirazzisti: Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE); La Città degli Alberi (hosts the event); Emilia Romagna Region (financial contribution); Municipality of Castelfranco Emilia (spon- sorship); Foundation Matteo Bagnaresi; HERA (enterprise in charge of waste management for the region); YAP and YouNet (associations that work with young volunteers); the Italian Association of Footballers (AIC), the National Office Against Racial Discri- mination (UNAR); the CGIL trade union; the Conad group of supermarkets and the brand All Promotion. MOK Programme Cultural Competence Training for Coaches 16

Organisation Background 09 Helsinki Human Rights The purpose of the 09 Helsinki Human Rights foundation is foundation (09 HHR), Finland to promote human rights, justice, and equality in social Calendar and health services, physical education, sport, and art. Since 2013 One of its activities is to develop new models and colla- borative networks to eliminate the obstacles that child- Target GroupS ren and young people from immigrant backgrounds face in The primary target groups their everyday lives. In 2015, Finland (5.5 million inha- are sports coaches, after- bitants) received 32,476 asylum applications and granted school programme instructors, residency to 1,878 people1.This was the largest influx of and other sports leaders migrants in the country’s modern history. from sports clubs throughout

Finland who deal with culturally heterogeneous groups. However, the training Objectives can be adapted to all kinds of The purpose of the training programme in cultural compe- professionals in contact with multicultural groups, such as tence for physical education coaches/ instructors (MOK ac- youth workers or teachers. cording to the Finnish acronym) is to help sports coaches better understand their own biases, prejudices, and back- Further Information grounds, as well as those of migrant children, in order to 09hhr.fi/mok contribute more effectively to children’s integration in 09hhr.fi the Finnish society. Communication is a two-way street, therefore one of 09 HHR’s main goals is to both help sports coaches construct their own messages and interpret the participants’ messages correctly, in order to avoid conflict.

1 • Source : Finnish Immigration Service: www.migri.fi/about_us/statistics/statistics_on_asylum_and_refugees "Helping sports coaches Strategy and Activities better understand their own biases, prejudices, and The training course is structured around backgrounds, as well as those five themes, which are addressed sequential- ly. Each theme is covered in class through of migrant children" theoretical knowledge and exchange. Before starting on the next theme, trainees have a period of 7 to 14 days during which they can apply what they have learned in their work Partners environment. The partners of this programme are the Hel- The five areas covered in the course are: sinki & Tampere YMCA, the Swedish NGO for 1) The influence of culture: participants young people Fryshuset, the Metropolia Uni- reflect on their own cultural back- versity of Applied Sciences, and the Dia- grounds. conia University of Applied Sciences, both 2) Cross cultural interaction skills: un- in Helsinki. derstanding other cultures' verbal and The project is funded by Finland's Slot Ma- 17 nonverbal repertoires. chines Association (RAY according to the 3) Multicultural group dynamics: the role Finnish acronym). of the coach/leader in group dynamics and how to show young people how to act in a group regardless of their cultural Results background and language issues. MOK uses the Intercultural Development In- 4) From ‘otherness’ to ‘us-ness’: the jour- ventory (IDI), developed by Dr Milton Ben- ney from stereotypes to communality and nett, considered to be one of the best team, i.e. ‘our team’, ‘our group’. cultural competence-measuring tools in the 5) Everyday racism: examining different world. Based on a questionnaire, it is used forms of racism and, when applicable, at the beginning and the end of each course experiences or racist abuse lived by to measure the progress made by partici- participants. pants. As of September 2016, 98% of those who had taken both assessments showed a very good development in terms of getting more tools to deal with people from a different culture or background. The foundation also carried out a survey in 2015 among coaches and children, by means of a questionnaire and face-to-face inter- views. The majority of coaches said the training had had a positive effect on their understanding of multicultural issues and on their club as a whole. Ninety-four children were also interviewed about their feeling of security at their club, and about bullying, racism and their perceptions of their coach. Results showed that the majority clearly understood that racist behaviour is strictly forbidden in the clubs, and considered multiculturalism to be the norm. Liberi Nantes

Organisation Background Association Liberi Nantes, Italy is one of the European countries that receives the Rome, Italy 1 greatest number of refugees fleeing war and deprivation . Calendar Once they arrive in Rome, refugees face a lengthy wait Since 2007 while their cases are being processed and most stay in refugee camps, some of which have up to 300 residents. Target Group The administrative processing of cases can last a year The project is targeted at or more. During this period, refugees cannot work but are refugees and asylum seekers only permitted to attend Italian language classes or to in Rome. A great number of take part in cultural activities. This situation can have them arrive in Italy by boat, a deep impact on the psychological well-being of these men landing first on the island of and women, while driving some to the underground economy. Lampedusa before heading north to Rome.

Further Information Objectives liberinantes.org/new/en/ The primary objective is to give migrants access to sport in order to help these men and women avoid falling prey to depression, isolation, and marginalisation. Through sport, refugees can keep active, rebuild their self- esteem, and establish relations with Italian citizens. Furthermore, one of the goals is also to create opportunities for refugees to work in the field of sport, for example in the maintenance and management of facilities, or as coaches or referees. Beyond that, the project seeks to build a model of social inclusion through sport based on a partnership involving associations, local authorities, and private companies.

1 • Numbers vary according to sources. According to the UNHCR, Italy received 103,540 refugees between January and August 2016, and this only through the Mediterranean route (not counting arrivals by land). See http://data.unhcr.org/mediterranean/regional.php Results "Through sport, refugees Since its creation, Liberi Nantes has received more than 2,800 refugees from 30 can keep active, rebuild their camps. The football activity has seen some self-esteem, and establish 200 players of 27 nationalities represent relations with Italian the team. Liberi Nantes FC has won three Coppa Disciplina (Discipline Cups), the c it iz e n s." latest in 2016, as well as the Mondiali Antirazzisti Cup for best project in sport inclusion, in 2009. Hiking, an activity Strategy and Activities started in 2011, saw 50 day trips organised around Rome, each with about 25 partici- Liberi Nantes offers four types of acti- pants. With regard to the Italian language vities: a football team entirely composed and culture school, started in 2012, about of refugees, which plays in Italy's third 400 hours of class have been imparted. Each division; monthly hiking trips in the class gathers about 20 people. 19 countryside around Rome; classes of Ita- The number of volunteers keeps growing, with lian language and contemporary culture (un- some 40 volunteers at present. Furthermore, derstanding the common rules and behaviour the club has contributed to raising aware- of Italian society); and a physical space ness on the plight of refugees and the need where people can gather. to fight racism, notably through social me- The headquarters, "house", and football dia campaigns. pitch of the association are situated in Liberi Nantes has received prizes from the the sport infrastructure calle XXV Aprile, Rome City Council and the Council of Eu- in the working-class neighbourhood of Pie- rope. It has also been recognised as one tralata. On these same premises, the asso- of Italy's 12 best practices of integration ciation also offers a toy library for child- through sport by the Italian Olympic Com- ren and a multilingual library with books mittee and the Ministry of Welfare. on sport and multiculturalism. It has been upgrading these facilities for some years now, entirely through voluntary work.

Partners Liberi Nantes is the first sport association in Italy that has been recognised by the United Nations High Commissioner for Re- fugees (UNHCR). The other partners are: the Lazio Region, the municipality of Rome, the Rome District IV Town Council, the Italian Council for Refugees (CIR), Centro Astalli (a Jesuit organisation for refugees), the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI), the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), the Italian Union for Sports for All (UISP), the European football federation UEFA, the AS Roma football club, the association for refugees Comitato 3 Ottobre, the NEAR network, the Migrant schools network, and the association Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE). The Real Madrid's Socio-Sporting 20 Schools

Organisation Background Real Madrid Foundation (Real As one of Europe's most successful and legendary sports Madrid football club), Spain clubs, the Real Madrid has a huge following in its hometown Calendar of Madrid, in particular among youngsters and children who The socio-sporting school of see its players as role models. Through its Foundation, it the Real Madrid Foundation develops 419 social programmes all over the world, inclu- in Leganés, opened for the ding 160 projects and socio-sporting schools throughout 2009/10 season. Spain, with the aim of integrating children and teaching them values such as fairness, respect, motivation, the Target Groups importance of a healthy lifestyle and team spirit. The socio-sporting schools (escuelas sociodeportivas) of Leganés (pop. 186,000) is a working-class multicultural the Real Madrid Foundation neighbourhood of Madrid that has been hard hit by the eco- are primarily for children nomic crisis of the past eight years. Indeed, according to from deprived backgrounds or the Comisiones Obreras trade union (the largest in Spain), of gypsy or migrant origin 30% of minors in Leganés are now considered to be living (mainly from Latin America, “in poverty1” and 19.37% of the population is “in risk of Africa, and Eastern Europe), poverty2”. aged 6 to 17 years. However, one of the core principles of the programme is to avoid ghettoization and, as such, Objectives the schools are open to all. The objectives of the Real Madrid Foundation’s socio-spor- Further Information ting schools are to use football and basketball to in- realmadrid.com/sobre-el-real- tegrate children at risk of exclusion and to teach them madrid/fundacion positive values such as team spirit, respect, teamwork, and tolerance for other cultures.

1 • cadenaser.com/emisora/2016/05/27/ser_madrid_sur/1464350109_553551.html 2 • leganesactivo.com/2016/06/01/mas-de-5-000-hogares-de-leganes- sufren-niveles-de-pobreza-extrema/ Results Since 2010, the Leganés socio-sporting school has annually received 90 children in football and 40 in basketball. In total, some 700 children have enrolled since the school was open, half of whom were/ are at risk of exclusion. Each season, 68 sport training sessions are held, as well as "Teaching children positive training in general subjects such as using values such as team spirit, the Internet, first aid, and behaving res- ponsibly when throwing out plastic or other 21 respect, teamwork, and rubbish. tolerance for other cultures." The children have had the opportunity to meet some of the Real Madrid players, to play in the club’s ‘Sports City’, to attend official matches at the club’s Santia- Strategy and Activities go Bernabeu stadium, and to take the ‘Ber- The socio-sporting schools are open from Oc- nabeu tour’. Each participating family also tober to June and offer children two 90-mi- received the Real Madrid’s guidebook The nute sessions a week, either in football or Match Begins at Home. in basketball. Sessions are based on the Real Madrid Foundation's own educational method, which combines sport and education in positive sports values. Trainers are professionals who have been recruited at the central level by the Real Madrid Foundation and are themselves coached by the national technical manager, who visits each project in Spain twice a month. Each season concludes with a “social tournament” in which all of the children play the same number of minutes, regardless of their individual performance over the year.

Partners The Real Madrid Foundation has local partners in each municipality in which it runs a socio-sporting school. In Leganés, the partners are the City Council, the Obra Social La Caixa (social welfare branch of the savings bank La Caixa), and the commercial mall Parquesur (managed by Unibail and Rodanco).

Category Promotion of gender equality Winning Practice

Playdagogy ‘girls and boys’ 24

Organisation Background PLAY International (formerly According to the Gender Inequality in the European Union Sport Without Borders) barometer, published in 2012, inequalities between men CalendAR and women are considered a ‘significant’ problem by at The ‘girls and boys’ equality least 52% of the population. These inequalities start at project started in January a very young age: indeed, childhood is a period in which 2014 and is ongoing. The clichés about boys’ and girls’ roles and behaviours can be ‘Playdagogy’ method was unconsciously absorbed, whether at home, in school, or on launched in 2012. the street. Messages such as ‘girls are bad at sport’ or ‘girls like dolls, boys like games’ permeate our society, Target GroupS propagated in part by the media, and constitute prejudi- Practitioners (teachers, sport cial lenses through which we view ourselves and our peers. coaches, extra-curricular activity leaders) and primary school children (6-11 years old). Objectives

Further Information The objective of this project is to fight against stereo- playdagogy.org types and gender discrimination by using sport to educate children about gender equality. Through the use of the innovative Playdagogy educational method, educators (physical education teachers, sport coaches, sport educators, Learn more about Playdagogy: video at bit.ly/epsis etc.) can use sport to raise children’s awareness of gender stereotypes and to dispel prejudice. This incites boys to behave differently towards girls, and girls to improve their self-esteem, to better express themselves, and to achieve more. Strategy and activities The project is to train educators on the Playdagogy educational method. The ‘girls and boys’ Playdagogy kit was conceived by PLAY International and a gender expert from the French Mental Health League (Ligue française de santé mentale), together with several teachers and an educational coun- sellor. The method was tested in several Partners primary schools in the Île de France region. 25 Playdagogy sessions on the ‘girls and boys’ The project is supported by the French Mi- theme were also included in the ‘social in- nistries of Youth and Sports and of Educa- clusion’ and ‘rugby’ kits. tion, as well as by private sponsors such A Playdagogy session lasts 45 minutes and is the Niarchos Foundation. PLAY International divided in three phases: also has partnership agreements with a number of municipalities, clubs, and other 1) a physical activity (sport or game); organisations. 2) an introduction to the theme: specific terms and symbols are included in the game played in the first phase; Results 3) a debate with the children on the topic and the activity. Between 2014 and the end of September 2016, By ‘living’ the game in a ‘real’ situation a total of 420 Playdagogy kits were produced and taking part in the debate, children are on the three themes. Over 1,300 people re- led to question their behaviour and to adopt gistered on the online platform used to ac- new values and reference points. cess the educational material, and some 350 educators were trained. To date, more than The project is currently being implemented 9,000 children have taken part in Playdago- in the following French regions: Île de gy sessions. France, Hauts-de-France, Auvergne-Rhô- ne-Alpes, and Mayotte. A survey was conducted in 2015 among practitioners in the town of Roubaix, in the Hauts-de-France Region, to measure whether they had achieved their objectives in the fight against gender discrimination. Ni- "The children's social awareness nety-three percent said that boys are more and skills have improved tolerant towards girls once they have par- thanks to the kit, notably ticipated in the Playdagogy programme. This positive feedback has been confirmed by the regarding gender equality and external evaluation of the ‘social inclu- com plem entarity, equal rights, sion’ kit: ‘The children's social awareness and rejecting situations of and skills have improved thanks to the kit, notably regarding gender equality and com- gender discrimination." plementarity, equal rights, and rejecting situations of gender discrimination.’ Hijabs and Hat Tricks Academy 26

Organisation Background Sport Against Racism Ireland Living in a predominantly Roman Catholic state, young (SARI), Republic of Ireland Muslim women can encounter difficulties integrating into CalendAR society, both socially and culturally. On the one hand, Since 2014 they can be subjected to verbal and physical Islamophobic and racist attacks, and on the other hand they sometimes Target Group struggle with prejudice against gender equality in their The project is targeted at own community. Arising out of research it carried out in young Muslim women aged 15 to 2011, the social enterprise Sport Against Racism Ireland 20. Indirectly, the project (SARI) established the ‛Hijabs and Hat Tricks’ programme also targets their families in response to their survey of 400 girls of the Muslim and society at large. faith who indicated that football was their number one sport of choice. Once the international football federa- Further Information tion FIFA lifted the ban on head-coverings in March 2014, sari.ie SARI kicked off the programme. diversecitygirls.wordpress.com

SARIMuslimSoccerteam Objectives The objective of the ‛Hijabs and Hat Tricks’ programme is to provide access to football, primarily to young Muslim women but also to all marginalised women living in the Re- public of Ireland. The project uses sport as a medium for social inclusion and cultural integration while fighting all forms of discrimination. It is designed to develop young women’s confidence, self-esteem, and resilience, through physical activity combined with a bespoke education programme. The goal is that these individuals will feel capable of engaging with mainstream sports clubs and in doing so, better integrate Irish society. "Developing young women’s confidence, self-esteem, and resilience, through physical Strategy and Activities activity combined with a Based in Dublin, the Hijabs and Hat Tricks bespoke education programme" Academy offers training sessions in football as well as classes and workshops on themes such as human rights, physical literacy, social enterprise, employability, Partners nutrition, health and safety, democracy and peace studies. The Academy is also a social The project has 14 formal and informal club through which members can take part in partners. The formal partners include the events such as bowling sessions or cultural Gaelic Athletic Association and the NGOs visits, as well as engage in inter-faith Football Against Racism Europe and Commu- dialogue. The young women have created their nity Games Ireland. Informal partners in- 27 own all-female football team, named Diverse clude several sports and civil society as- City FC, which is open to girls and women sociations and institutions, notably the of all faiths, as well as atheists. Diverse British think tank Institute for Strategic City made its debut at the Fair Play Tour- Dialogue (specialised in extremism) and the nament held by SARI and the United Nations Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) on for Dialogue Between Cultures. The mento- the 2014 World Refugee Day. SARI now plans ring and training workshops are delivered to develop the academy to reach more young pro-bono by the Institute for Strategic Muslim girls and to offer other sports (hoc- Dialogue (youthCAN), Radio Telefis Eireann key, cricket, martial arts, fencing, and (Ireland's national public broadcaster) and table tennis). Facebook.

Results The initial goal of having 35 active players has been surpassed and the projected support base of 350 has been nearly doubled. Seven of the players who have graduated from the programme are now playing for their college and mainstream clubs, with five graduating as football coaches. The project won a major award from the international organisation Beyond Sport in 2015. Initially, there was reluctance from the parents (mostly fathers) and the girls themselves were shy, but now a very strong movement of young women has emerged, which is backed by the full support of mothers. The Diverse City team has been very successful off the pitch, too: its captain, Fadhila Hajji, won the ‘Young Person of the Year’ award for Sport in Ireland in 2015. Lady Fit

Organisation Background Ladyfit, Utrecht, Netherlands Kanaleneiland is a neighbourhood situated in the sou-

thwest of the city of Utrecht where approximately 76% of CalendAR the population (some 15,000 inhabitants) is of immigrant Since 2005 background. In particular, there is a large Moroccan com- Target Groups munity. As a sport club and gymnasium According to Jamila Achahchah, a local woman who founded for women, Ladyfit caters Ladyfit in 2005, women and girls from the neighbourhood to women and girls living rarely practise any kind of physical activity. She created in the neighbourhood of Ladyfit to offer them the opportunity to do so in a wo- Kanaleneiland, in Utrecht. men-only environment in which they would feel safe. Further information ladyfit.nl Objectives Ladyfit's primary objective is to give access to sport to women and girls from Kanaleneiland in a safe, women-only environment. The secondary objective is to encourage mothers to promote their children's, and girls’ in particular, active participation in society. Ladyfit promotes dialogue among women living in Kanaleneiland on issues beyond family life, such as identity and religion.

Strategy and activities Started as an informal, women-only fitness club, Ladyfit now has some 800 customers and opened in 2014 as a multifunctional gym. Aside from sport, it also organises social and educational activities for women and children. Results "In 2015, Ladyfit was involved Created in 2005, Ladyfit now has 800 members in welcoming refugees to and has opened a multifunctional sport fa- cility in the neighbourhood of Kanalenei- Utrecht by inviting a group land. It offers sport and social activi- of them to a meal and offering ties to women and children and has become a free sport activities." centre where women can gather and discuss issues ranging from family life to the role of women in society. Recently, Ladyfit was chosen as partner for a project aimed at promoting healthy lifestyle among families of Kanaleneiland: a Ladyfit offers fitness, aerobics, and Zumba. number of Ladyfit members will be ambas- Classes are given by a team of 22 profes- sadors of this programme. sional trainers who have volunteered their time. The club also organises football ses- Beyond sport, Ladyfit has become a voice for 29 sions. Beyond sport, the club organises so- women in the neighbourhood, and a key local cial events, for example the Healthy Happy actor. Hour focused on dieting and healthy food, and debates around issues including paren- ting, education, identity, and religion. It also runs a Lady Business Club, which offers training to women who want to start their own businesses. Ladyfit set up a training programme for children aged 2 to 7 called ‘Tigers on pres- cription’ focused on health, self-confidence, and resilience. In 2015, Ladyfit was involved in welcoming refugees to Utrecht by inviting a group of them to a meal and offering free sport activities.

Partners The partners of Ladyfit are the City Council of Utrecht, the Knowledge Centre for Sport Netherlands (KCSport), the association of sports clubs of Utrecht (VSU), the NutsOhra foundation, several schools, the Mulier Institute, and private companies. The Positive Power of Sport 30

Organisation Background Rushcliffe Borough Council, Situated near Nottingham, in England, the Rushcliffe Bo- Nottingham, United Kingdom rough Council has done extensive work over the past ten Calendar years to tackle abuse against women, such as direct sup- The project ran between port services to victims, training and awareness for agen- September 2014 and April 2015 cies and community initiatives, awareness work in primary and was prolonged for the and secondary schools, and theatre events. 2015-2016 season. In recognition of this work, the Rushcliffe Borough Coun-

cil was awarded the White Ribbon Accreditation in 2013. Target Group White Ribbon is a worldwide campaign in which men pledge This project was primarily targeted at men to encourage to never commit, condone, or ignore abuse against women. them to speak out against Building on its existing partnerships with local sports abuse to women, but it was clubs, the Borough Council developed a project in which also aimed at their families the Nottingham Rugby Club (NRC) would partner with White and children, as well as the Ribbon for the September 2014-April 2015 season. public at large.

Further Information Objectives rushcliffe.gov.uk/ domesticviolence/ The primary objective of this action was to encourage men whiteribboncampaign to pledge to assist the White Ribbon aims of never com- nottinghamrugby.co.uk/ mitting, condoning, or remaining silent about men’s abuse community towards women. Beyond that, the objectives were to encou- whiteribboncampaign.co.uk rage the community to value everyone regardless of gender, to build participation and enjoyment of sport by families, and to show that everybody can play a part in creating a strong and fair society. 31

Strategy and Activities Partners Rugby is seen as a quintessentially male/ Run by the Rushcliffe Borough Council, the macho sport, and having the Nottingham Rug- project’s partners included the White Rib- by Club (NRC) supporting the White Ribbon bon UK charity, the Nottingham Rugby Club, campaign, notably by carrying its logo on the neighbouring Gedling Borough Council, the players' shirts, sent a particularly and the Family Care charity. strong message. A number of activities were carried out: • At each home match, the programme in- Results cluded a one page editorial dedicated to It was the first time a professional rugby the campaign, with men advocating the end club committed time and resources to sup- of violence against women. port White Ribbon, and it has contributed to th • On White Ribbon Day (25 November), 12 other professional national rugby clubs players, the club mascot, and staff from picking up the White Ribbon message. The Rushcliffe spent an afternoon engaging project has also had positive results in- with the public in the borough's main ternally: in the current context of sharp shopping area. financial constraints for local authorities • Players and coaches participated in a pro- in the UK, it has demonstrated the value of gramme run by Family Care, which works building a strong, local and multi-sectoral with boys having experienced abuse and partnership to carry projects forward. having lacked a positive, male role model. • Free match tickets were given to young people and parents touched by domestic "Encouraging the community to abuse. value everyone regardless of • A charity match was dedicated to the campaign and side events were organised for g e n d e r." families, in particular children, who have been victims of abuse. Throughout the year, the Rushcliffe Borough Council publicised the project on social media.

Category Integration of marginalised populationS Winning Practice

Come- TOgether-Cup 34

Organisation Background Association Come-Together-Cup, Many people who practice or want to practice a sport Cologne, Germany still face socio-cultural barriers and prejudice because Calendar of their sexual orientation, gender, faith, skin colour, The tournament was first nationality, illnesses/disabilities and/or social status. organised in 1994 and has been As many other European cities, Cologne is affected by such held every year since. prejudice. On the other hand, as the most popular sport in Germany, football can contribute to undoing stereotypes Target Groups and promoting dialogue among people who rarely meet, let People from all kinds of alone talk. minority groups and those who wish to play an active role in society. Objectives Further Information The objectives of the promoters of the Come-Together-Cup come-together-cup.de are to reduce prejudice and stereotypes through direct exchange among diverse groups of population, to raise awareness about the various forms of group-related discrimi- Learn more about the nation, and to campaign in the media. The long-term goal Come-Together-Cup: is to create in Cologne a climate in which intolerance in video at bit.ly/epsis sport has no place.

Strategy and Activities The Come-Together-Cup (CTC) is a charity amateur football tournament held every year on the green in front of the RheinEnergie stadium, one of the largest in Germany and home to the FC Cologne. The one-day event involves 60 football teams with some 1,200 players and attracts 25,000 visitors. Apart from the competition itself, the event includes music, a beer garden, a VIP game, a moment in honour of the volunteers, and a closing ‘Sunset party’. Results Over the years, the CTC has become the most visited amateur football competition in Eu- rope. Its message of tolerance towards the LGBT community and other minorities, which was quite groundbreaking when the project started in 1994, has almost become mainstream, and the municipality of Cologne now prides itself for being particularly LG- BT-friendly. Indeed, a number of municipal services have their own CTC team, such as the job centre, the police and the fire "Over the years, the CTC brigade. has become the most visited According to the German Football Federa- amateur football competition tion, incidents and group-related hostility i n E u r o p e .” during football league games in Cologne decrease year after year, a result that the federation attributes in part to the Co- me-Together-Cup. The tournament has also resulted in direct relationships between 35 As the CTC is a charity, the profits go some of the participating teams, who meet to two non-profit associations: Aidshilfe for friendly matches throughout the year. Cologne (for people affected by HIV) and Jugendzentrum Anyway (which gathers homo- In the last few years, the CTC has broade- sexual, lesbian and transsexual people). ned its reach to include refugees, both as players and visitors. Refugee teams say Some 40 volunteers are involved in the event that they are not afraid anymore of playing planning throughout the year, and a total in public in front of local officials or of 250 volunteers are mobilised on the day. police. Also, the Federal Association for An important aspect is communications and Migration and Refugees, an official organi- PR, since the event is also designed to sation, has its own team in the competition. raise awareness about sexual and other minorities. The CTC is very active on social media with about 8,000 direct followers or readers on Facebook and Youtube and some 60,000 when taking into account the shared posts from the partner sponsors. The CTC is largely covered by the LGBT media, as well as by local media, notably Radio Cologne which broadcasts live the group draw.

Partners The Come-Together-Cup association is supported by the Cologne transport authorities, the municipal refuse collection service, the 1. FC Köln football team (also known as FC Cologne), the city council of Cologne, the associations Aidshilfe Cologne and Jugendzentrum Anyway, and Radio Köln as well as a number of magazines, newspapers and other companies. Sponsors and donors do not exert any influence on the structure and content of the tournament. Signed partnership contracts exist for legal reasons between the sponsors and the CTC. All Inclusive Sport 36

Organisation Background Association DarVoce, Reggio In general, young disabled people who want to practise Emilia, Italy sport do so in special structures, separately from other Calendar youngsters. This approach, however, does not take into The project began in June 2014 account the need for these youngsters to enrich this phy- for a first 18-month phase sical experience by engaging with non-disabled people, (through 31 December 2015). and the need for society to include them without discri- The second phase started mination. The core idea of the project is to allow these in September 2016 and will individuals to practise sport in mainstream clubs. continue until December 2017. The project was borne out of an experiment conducted in Target groups 2012 in Reggio Emilia, the objective of which was to pro- Disabled children and mote the inclusion of disabled people in the community by teenagers from the region of training volunteers to organise and host inclusive events. Reggio Emilia (Italy) and the towns of Sant’Ilario d’Enza, and Castelnovo ne’ Monti. Objectives Further information The main objectives were to give NGO personnel and vo- darvoce.org/allinclusive lunteers the skills and tools to encourage the practice of sport for all, to increase the region’s offers of sport for disabled people within mainstream clubs, and to raise awareness among institutions, decision-makers (politi- cians, educators, sports people), and the general public on the inclusion of disabled people. "Allowing young disabled people to practise sport in m a i n s t r e a m c l u b s." 37

Strategy and activities Partners The project was implemented in five stages: The official partners are the family as- 1) A questionnaire on the elements that sociations Fa.Ce (families of people suf- favour the inclusion of young disabled fering from brain injury), Valore Aggiunto people in sport clubs was sent to some (families of disabled people), and GIS - Pa- 150 local sport clubs. rents for Social Inclusion. The partnership was extended during the project and now in- 2) Youngsters aged 10 to 16 with physical or cludes several sport associations, the Re- cognitive disabilities joined sport as- ggio Emilia Paralympic Committee, and the sociations (basketball, skating, tennis, department of Child Neuro-Psychiatry ASL of football, and judo), where they were as- Reggio Emilia. sisted by dedicated helpers. 3) The managers of seven participating sport associations attended four days of trai- Results ning. 4) Public events were organised (‘Games wi- Quantitatively, based on the number of thout Barriers’, the ‘We are all works of partners involved, the project’s objectives art’ cultural evening, and a conference have been reached: seven sport associations during Disability Week which presented carried out inclusion experiments, seven the results of the survey). clubs took part in the training, six muni- 5) Offer of activities to develop motor cipalities supported the project, and seven skills amongst pre-school children (3-6 youngsters and their families took part in years), open also to disabled children the action. Additionally, some 250 people in two nursery schools. took part in the promotional events. Qua- litatively, the project promoted the vision All of these activities were carried out of a ‘different normality’ and the recogni- with the support of the participating muni- tion of people in situations of disability cipalities. as full members of society. The BAGázs football club 38 for Roma people

Organisation Background The non-profit association Throughout Hungary as elsewhere in Europe, Roma people are BAGázs football club, Bag, Hungary faced with intolerance, segregation, and racism, a situation that has terrible consequences for children. Unem- CalendAR ployment, crime, and addictions are rife in the 400-strong The project started in settlement of Bag, a village situated near the capital. November 2012 with an initial A few years ago, motivated in part by the fact that the duration of five years, but village club did not accept Roma in their team, two young organisers hope to continue it Roma residents had the idea of creating a football club beyond this period. for their people. Thus the BAGázs FC was founded.

Target Group The project is aimed at the residents of the Roma Objectives settlement of Bag, a village The objectives of the BAGázs football club are to provide situated some 40km from stability and a healthy environment to young Roma in Bag, Budapest. to set an example for other youths to follow, to build a Further Information cohesive team that sticks together and cooperates beyond bagazs.org/en/projektjeink/ the football field, to see young Roma perform better at gyerek-projektek/bagazs-fc/ school and in life, to teach young local Roma how to be youtube.com/ self-reliant, to train a new generation that will be able watch?v=MWC84Hbr80g to manage the club and launch other activities, and last legyunkegybagazs but not least, to establish bridges with the non-Roma community in Bag and bring both groups of residents closer by dispelling prejudice and stigma. Strategy and Activities The core of the project is the football club, which accepts players of different ages and of both genders: under 16, under 14 (a boys' "The project has improved and a girls' team), and under nine. The club provides weekly trainings, organises relations between both training camps, cups, friendly matches, and communities in the village." all kinds of team-building activities such as trips to Budapest. An important aspect of the activity is that the club is also 39 in contact with the players' families. The club also acts to build relations with the Partners village's primary football club and the rest The Norwegian Civil Fund, the local football of the population. The trainings are run by club – it provided its old and disused trai- Roma youngsters who act as mentors to new ning pitch, which the association cleaned members, as well as by volunteers who are and upgraded –, the local high school, and a trained by the association. Budapest football club for homeless people (for friendly matches).

Results The project has had positive results for the young Roma involved and has improved relations between both communities in the village. The youngsters create strong relationships inside and outside the club, and it has been observed that they seldom use drugs or commit other offences, and are more persistent and attentive at school. Being part of the club gives them an identity: they are known in their community and the younger ones want to imitate them. More than a team, the BAGázs FC has become a family. Furthermore, seven players from BAGázs FC now play for the ‘mainstream’ village football club, which would have previously been unimaginable before because of strong prejudice on both sides. The City Pirates of Antwerp 40

Organisation Background City Pirates of Antwerp (CPA), Belgium's second-largest city and one of Europe's bu- Belgium siest ports, Antwerp (pop. 500,000) also stands out for CalendAR its multiculturalism: some 170 nationalities are repre- Since 2011 sented amongst its population. There are no youth football club in the city, which particularly affects children Target Group and youngsters from deprived neighbourhoods. These groups The main targets of the City have very few opportunities for any extracurricular acti- Pirates youth programme are vities and hours after school are often spent hanging out youngsters from deprived areas in the streets. of Antwerp. The City Pirates are a well-established football club. Further Information Created in 1921 and based in Merksem, they regularly play citypirates.be in national divisions.

Objectives The objective is to use football as a tool to support and educate youngsters from difficult backgrounds, in close cooperation with local schools and families. The long-term goal is to build social cohesion and empower community members in Antwerp's most socially-challenged neighbourhoods.

Strategy and Activities The City Pirates work in close cooperation with the City Council, local schools, neighbourhood associations and families to offer youngsters (boys and girls) the opportunity to play football. Together with school teachers and families, the club monitors participants’ performances at school, as well as their general behaviour. Results More than 1,000 children take part each year in the City Pirates’ programme, with about 10% receiving tutoring before their football training. Parents say they are "It is a place where everyone satisfied with the programme and most are is welcome, where youths committed to the project. According to an independent study carried out by the Uni- can develop socially, and versity of Leuven in 2015-2016, ‘City Pi- where social inequalities are rates is much more than a football club. The o v e r c o m e ." strength of the project is that it manages to reach a diverse group of people and bring them together in a football club where so- 41 Apart from trainings, the programme provi- lidarity and community are stimulated. It des tuition sessions during which children is a place where everyone is welcome, where do their homework at the club before playing youths can develop socially, and where so- football. It also organises educational cial inequalities are overcome.’ However, workshops for children on a large range of researchers note that players, parents and activities including hip hop music, dance, trainers are regularly confronted with ra- and computer literacy, and Dutch language cism when in contact with other football classes for parents. The involvement of pa- clubs, and that. ‘finding a way to deal with rents is key: indeed, the managerial board this and discuss it with players and parents of the club's youth programme is almost en- is a learning process.’ tirely composed of parents, including many whose children have by now left the club.

Partners The partners of this programme are the Antwerp City Council, local schools, youth centres, local associations, the local police, and private sponsors (International Food Services, Cronos, Heavy, and Modero). Desporto com Sentido 42

Organisation Background Cerebral Palsy Association of In Portugal, most of the associations that work with di- Almada Seixal (Associação de Paralisia Cerebral de Almada sabled people have limited resources and knowledge of the Seixal, APCAS), Portugal activities that they can promote in order to keep func- tioning and growing. As a consequence, people with disabi- Calendar lities do not benefit from as many inclusive practices as 1 November 2014 – 31 March they could and they are generally isolated from the rest 2016 (calendar for the of the population. production of the handbooks and other material, prior to dissemination). Objectives

Target Groups The initiative consists in disseminating knowledge and The project targets people useful practices about sport for disabled people among with disabilities who do not sport and education professionals in order to increase have access to sport, as the offer for this group of population. A second objec- well as sport educators and coaches. tive is to raise awareness among the general public about the benefits of sport for disabled people and the need to Further Information better include them. paralisiacerebral.pt Apcas Strategy and Activities The association has developed a model for the inclusion of disabled people in sport to be disseminated in schools, first in the region of Seixal and afterwards in the whole country. To this end, it has produced a series of 21 handbooks that include general information about adapted sports and practical information about the types of sport that can be offered, the material needed, and the pedagogy to use. Each guidebook comes with a DVD that includes videos on the main concepts and techniques. The handbooks "Raising awareness among the general public about the benefits of sport for disabled 43 people and the need to better i n c l u d e t h e m ." Results and DVDs, an e-learning platform, and an The project has attained and even surpassed exchange forum are available on a digital all its goals. It has produced a set of platform. Furthermore, the association has 21 handbooks (one on the general theme of designed a training programme for education adapted sports and the others on specific and sport professionals wishing to develop disciplines) and their accompanying DVDs. their skills in the area of adapted sports. An instruction centre for trainers was set In December 2015, the association held a up and has held (as of September 2016) 17 national meeting on participating in sport courses for 329 trainees (teachers, sports with cerebral palsy, during which partici- technicians, students, and other stakehol- pants discussed aspects such as competi- ders). The project also organised 29 awar- tion, therapy, recreation, and the social eness-raising sessions on several adapted dimension of adapted sport and exchanged sports in 22 schools, reaching more than experiences and good practices. 3,200 students, over 330 teachers and technicians, and some 230 volunteers and family members. Partners The General Directorate of Education, the Seixal Town Council, and the Faculty of Hu- man Kinetics of the University of Lisbon (Faculdade de Motricidade Humana). Informal partners include local councils, schools, sports clubs and federations. The project is co-financed by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation as part of the Active Citizenship Programme – EEA Grants. The National Institute for Rehabilitation (Instituto Nacional para a Reabilitação) has financed the development of the Todos em Jogo (Let’s All Play) e-learning platform. Escalada adaptada 44

Organisation Background Clube de Escalada de Braga The project is inspired by the Brazilian athlete Raphael (Mountain Climbing Club of Braga), Portugal Nishimura, who was runner-up in the world paraclimbing competition. Suffering from muscular dystonia, Nishimura Calendar founded the Paraclimbing Brazil Project in 2011 to promote Since 2014 climbing among disabled people as a means to foster their inclusion in society. His achievements inspired Portu- Target Group guese climber Filipe Costa, who decided to do the same in Mentally disabled people, his hometown of Braga. amputees, and blind people in Braga (Portugal). Objectives Further Information Clube Escalada Braga The objective of the project is to offer paraclimbing to people with disabilities as part of the activities of the Clube de Escalada (Climbing Club) of Braga. The purpose is to promote the social inclusion of disabled people and to improve the mental and physical well-being of disabled athletes.

Strategy and Activities Volunteers at the club organise weekly paraclimbing activities for mentally disabled people, amputees, and blind people. The club also organises a yearly paraclimbing competition, with two events held so far, in July 2015 and July 2016. It publicises its activities through its Facebook page and media coverage (with a special emphasis on the yearly championship). 45

Partners The partners are the City Council of Bra- ga, the University of Minho, and the Aca- demia Synergia. The club also works with NGOs for mentally disabled people (Coope- rative for the Education and Rehabilitation of Citizens with Incapacities / Cooperativa de Educação e Reabilitação de Cidadãos com Incapacidades-CERCI, Portuguese Association of Fellows and Friends of Citizens with Men- Results tal Deficiencies / Associação Portuguesa de Pais e Amigos do Cidadão Deficiente Men- A majority of participants say that practi- tal-APPACDM), blind people (Association of sing the sport has improved their self-es- Blind and Partially Sighted People of Por- teem and made them physically stronger. The tugal / Associação dos Cegos e Amblíopes club has noted that most of those partici- de Portugal, ACAPO), and amputees (National pants who were overweight have lost weight. Association of Amputees / Associação Nacio- The benefits go beyond sport, as partici- nal de Amputados-ANAMP), as well as with the pants practise together with abled people local community. and can participate in social groups and activities they would not have access to outside the club. The project has also had an impact among the “The project has also had an volunteers and the community at large, as it impact among the volunteers breaks barriers between disabled and abled and the community at large, people. Following a campaign supported by the Clube de Escalada, the municipality of as it breaks barriers between Braga has recently decided to open an Adap- disabled and abled people.” ted Sport Centre. Everybody can play hockey! 46

Organisation Background Feijenoord Hockey Club, The population of the neighbourhood of Feijenoord in Rot- Rotterdam, Netherlands terdam-South is overwhelmingly low-income (80% of the Calendar 72,000 inhabitants). It is also predominantly young, and The Feijenoord Hockey Club there are many families with children. These children started its activities in grow up in an environment that, according to the project 2010, the programme is promoters, does not encourage them to take an active part ongoing. in society.

Target Groups Children and youths from Objectives socially disadvantaged families from the district of The objectives of the Feijenoord Hockey Club are to create Feijenoord, in Rotterdam. bonds among the children and youngsters of the neighbourhood through the practice of field hockey, and to pro- Further information mote the social inclusion of children from disadvantaged hcfeijenoord.nl backgrounds.

Strategy and Activities The founding principle of the club is to offer field hockey to all children in the neighbourhood of Feijenoord, whatever their background, and to use sport as a means to empower them and to educate them in civic values. Although the club has had a court and a clubhouse in Feijenoord since 2014, it organises training sessions in public parks, four local schools, and at the Cruyff and the Krajicek courts. The purpose of this style of orga- Results Since the creation of the Feijenoord Field Hockey Club, 400 children from a variety of backgrounds have become members and played hockey. Four particularly talented children have gone on to join top clubs in Rot- terdam. Young players have not only learned the rules of the game, but also values including self-respect, positive behaviour and fair play. “The club organises regular In 2014, the club was able to acquire a social activities for players pitch and to build a clubhouse, which is 47 and their families in order like a second home for many children. Since then, it has become a community-based, mul- to encourage bonding among ti-sport centre where players and members participants.” of the local community can gather.

nisation is to enable more children to take part, as the sessions take place near where they live. In addition, the club organises regular social activities for players and their families in order to encourage bonding among participants, notably an annual dinner. Fur- thermore, volunteers, trainers, and families regularly meet to discuss the club's strategy and activities. Organisers say that this is particularly important, as many parents come from immigrant backgrounds and are not familiar with the Dutch sport culture. The club employs a specialist in sport pedagogy who advises on how to use sport situations to educate children, in particular on themes such as fair play, respect of other players, team spirit, and perseverance.

Partners The partners of the Feijenoord Hockey Club are the municipality of Rotterdam, the association Rotterdam Sportsupport, the Royal Dutch Hockey Association, the Richard Kra- jicek foundation, and private sponsors.

CATEGORY Integration of populations at risk Winning Practice

Icehearts

Organisation Background Icehearts of Finland Children at risk are those who face multiple challenges,

typically including mental health problems, poverty, and Calendar lack of social skills. Many live in single-parent fami- Icehearts was established in 1996. Each programme has a lies and some are from immigrant background. They often duration of 12 years. lack access to the resources and activities available to children from higher-income and/or more stable family si- Target Group tuations, such as organised leisure activities. Those who Children at risk between the are in need of various social support services usually ages of 6 and 18. also struggle with their school performance. It has been proven that early intervention and the provision of long- Further Information term help is the most efficient and effective method to icehearts.fi prevent the future social exclusion of children at risk.

Learn more about Icehearts: Objectives video at bit.ly/epsis The main objectives of the actions led during the programme are to: • Prevent social exclusion, promote social skills, and create a stable and safe environment for children by ensuring the presence of a trustworthy adult - an Ice- hearts coach - throughout all the transitional stages of childhood and adolescence. • Use sport as a tool to bring children together and enable a long-lasting, personal relationship between the team members and the Icehearts coach. • Provide the children with a healthy, supportive adult role-model, who does not abandon the child when problems occur. • Prevent obesity and improve the physical and psychological health of participants. • Ensure that the children grow up to become healthy, socially capable adults who spread well-being around them and can benefit from the same opportunities as “The programme has a positive their peers. effect on school dropouts and child custody losses.” Strategy and Activities Over a period of 12 years, the programme supports children in three distinct stages. Partners Each intervention period is designed according to the age of the child and their indi- The families taking part in Icehearts ac- vidual needs. The programme is implemented tions; the Finnish Slot Machine Associa- in close cooperation with the school, the tion; several officials from the municipa- relevant municipal departments, and the lo- lities of Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Lahti, cal network. Turku, Tampere, Oulu, Seinäjoki, Pori and 51 In the first stage, a core team of about Riihimäki; several non-profit foundations 6-10 children under 7 is selected. The Ice- such as the Swedish Cultural Foundation in hearts coach spends time with them and in- Finland (Svenska Kulturfonden); elementary troduces them to sport and social skills schools; social services; psychiatric pro- such as managing anger, expressing feelings fessionals and institutions; sport teams in a constructive way, learning to apolo- and private companies, to name a few. gise, and resolving conflicts. In the second stage (for children aged 7-12), more members are added to team (about Results 20-25) and the Icehearts coach continues The programme has a positive effect on daily after-school activities and gradually school dropouts and child custody losses. chooses to focus on one sport. It provides support to families in diffi- In the third stage (children over 12), ac- cult situations. By creating and managing tions are concentrated less on school and multi-professional networks, it contributes more on sports, training and competitions. to creating an atmosphere of trust and po- sitivity in schools and other environments. New Icehearts teams are regularly being launched in new cities and municipalities. Between 2012 and 2015, Icehearts grew by 87% in terms of finance, the number of employees rose by 203% and that of operating teams by 133%. Icehearts of Finland have established a re- putation as a trustworthy, cost-effective third sector party in the Finnish child welfare institutions and services. Liga Escolhas OF Portugal 52

Organisation Background The Escolhas League (Liga The Escolhas League football tournament is part of the go- Escolhas or the Choices League in English) is run in the vernmental Escolhas Programme, initiated in 2001 with the regions of Lisbon, Porto, aim of fostering the social inclusion of youngsters from Guarda, and Setúbal, by the vulnerable backgrounds and strengthening social cohesion. national Escolhas social This wide-ranging programme sponsors hundreds of initia- programme. tives throughout Portugal.

Calendar Since 2011 Objectives

Target Group The objective of the Escolhas League is to use foot- Children aged 10 to 14 from ball as a means to promote a healthy lifestyle, academic deprived environments in the success, and entrepreneurship and community involvement regions of Lisbon, Porto, and among youngsters. Setúbal.

Further Information programaescolhas.pt Strategy and Activities The core principle of this yearly football 7-a-side tournament is that points are calculated not only on the pitch, but also in relation to the players’ academic results and their involvement in the community. The League functions like a football league, with points being accumulated by the various teams over the course of a school year (nine months, from October to early July). At the beginning of each season, and following an appli- cation process, the teams are formed. They must include at least 12 players, at least two of whom must be girls. Families are encouraged to take an active part in their local project. Each club also needs to set up their own team of volunteers, notably coaches and referees. participating youths. For example, a survey conducted at the end of the 2015 season revealed that 80% of participants improved their academic performance, and that their academic results increased on average by 30%. Concerning the ‘involvement in the community’ aspect of the programme, results are also outstanding. On average, the teams complete a majority of the challenges they are given. The rate was 61% for the 2013/14 season and 74% for the 2015 season. Furthermore, the overall satisfaction rate “Points are calculated not was 5.2 on a scale of 7 for the second sea- only on the pitch, but also son, and 5.6 for the third season. Indeed, in relation to the players’ an interesting aspect of this scheme is that participating youngsters are encouraged to academic results and their assess the programme, in particular the ac- involvement in the community.” tivities they perform as part of the “invol- 53 vement in the community” challenge. In qualitative terms, the programme has fos- tered better and closer cooperation among local organisers, which in turn resulted in In the final stage of the competition, a stronger, wider partnership and the crea- the eight best teams vie for the title of tion of the national Sporting Foundation as champion, and the final match is hosted by well as the launch of a magazine. The ini- the Sporting Clube de Portugal, one of the tiative has received a lot of press coverage country's leading professional clubs. and Portugal's football star Cristiano Ro- naldo promoted it on social networks. The project is now well established and Partners growing, with new clubs underway in Porto and Guarda. The Escolhas League is part of the Escolhas Programme ‘Espaço Jovem da Quinta do Lavra- do E5G’, promoted by the following partners: the Foundation Aragão Pinto for Social So- lidarity, Ensinus (a private company specialised in education), the Sporting Foun- dation and Sporting Clube de Portugal, the Commission for the Protection of Children and Youths-Lisbon, the social housing company Gebalis (Lisbon), the municipality of Lisbon, and the theatre company Levantado a Dois.

Results Between 2011 and 2015, some 50 projects were conducted through the Escolhas League programme, involving more than 1,000 children. Even though results vary slightly from one year to the next, they consistently show an improvement of the academic results of Freedom skaters

Organisation Background Association Freedom Skaters, With Germany having received more than 360,000 Syrian Karlsruhe, Germany refugees at the end of 2015, Karlsruhe, like many other Calendar German cities, is dealing with thousands of refugees from Since August 2015 Syria and other war-torn areas. Most of them live in camps on the outskirts of the city, where they receive food and Target Group medicine but little else. Refugees live in isolation, a Children and youngsters situation that is particularly damaging for children. from three refugee camps in Karlsruhe. Children attending Freedom Skaters' activities Objectives are mostly Syrian, but there are also Iraqi, Afghans, and The objective of Freedom Skaters, founded by young ci- Albanians. tizens of Karlsruhe, is to use sport as a means to help refugee children integrate into German society. Run enti- Further Information rely by volunteers, it also brings German citizens closer freedomskaters.org to the refugees, establishing bridges between the two Freeskarlsruhe groups.

Strategy and Activities The Freedom Skaters work with children aged 4-16 years old who live in three refugee camps of the city. Several times a week, they offer activities such as skating, climbing, taking the children to playgrounds, drawing (legal) graffiti, and building longboards. They also organise skate-related events, such as the Longboard Open. Results Beyond the benefits for the children themselves – about 40 participants each week – the action has had a positive effect on “Through skating, children can life in the camp. When it started in one of feel carefree and simply have the camps, there was no structure there: people were on their own all day and child- fun, something they may have ren could not leave the camp without their parents. Now, another association, European seldom experienced in their 55 lif e .” Homecare, runs a kindergarten in one of the camps. The Freedom Skaters organise classes of German language and run a twice-weekly “tea room” where people can meet and chat.

Through skating, children can feel carefree and simply have fun, something they may have seldom experienced in their life. The association also hopes that the experience will help them gain self-confidence and see that they have a future. The association is in contact with local refugee organisations and other NGOs to find ways to develop their action, in particular towards deprived resident children (i.e. not refugees). Another aspect of the association's activities concerns communication with the public. The Facebook page and the association's website give regular updates on their activities. They also produce flyers to in- form refugees and the wider public about the events they organise.

Partners The roller skate association Rollbrett, the association Tischlein Dek Dich, which provides free school meals, and the clothing and accessories retailer Unikat. PREPAS SPORTS

Organisation Background Stade bordelais-Asptt In the Aquitaine region, youth unemployment (age 15 to 24) (Association sportive des Postes et des Télégraphes), is 25%. The Local Missions, job centres for young people, Bordeaux, France are in contact with some 60,000 people each year. Nonethe- less, a minority of youngsters remains untouched: those Calendar who have not been identified through the existing schemes The project began on 1 January or whose cases are too complex to be solved through those 2015 and will be carried out schemes. Sport can be used as an efficient tool to re-so- over a period of three years. cialise these very vulnerable youths who are at risk of social and professional exclusion. Target groups Young offenders aged 16 to 22 who encounter difficulty integrating Objectives society and finding a job. Most participants come from The objective of the project is to enable youths who deprived neighbourhoods of are at risk of being marginalised to acquire social and Bordeaux that have been placed professional skills they can use to create a place for under special support measures themselves in society. Thanks to the partnership between as per the French politique the Stade bordelais and the Juvenile Protection Service de la ville (literally, (Protection judiciaire de la Jeunesse), a personalised policy for cities1).All these pathway is designed for each youth by professionals spe- youngsters are NEET (neither employed nor in training) when cialised in teenage problems and social integration. they join the programme.

Further information stade-bordelais-asptt.com/ 1 • The politique de la ville is a national policy whereby the State le-club/prepas-sports implements social and economic measures in urban neighbourhood that are significantly less advantaged than other urban territories. “Six months after completion of the programme, 77% of them had a job or were in training.”

Strategy and activities Results The Prépas Sport integration scheme offers In 2014, 30 youngsters enrolled in the sche- an individual re-integration path. Through me, as opposed to the 24 originally planned. physical and sport activities and indivi- Seven received access to general training, dual support, youngsters can acquire skills three found jobs, nine started temping, and that are certified by a diploma and which 15 were supported by the Local Mission on can help them find a job or access training. their path towards integration. 57 The programme combines collective or indi- In 2015, 28 youngsters enrolled. Six months vidual sports (such as futsal, rugby, bas- after completion of the programme, 77% of ketball, climbing, boxing, muay thai, and them had a job or were in training. archery) with teachings on social skills Furthermore, almost all of the partici- such as complying with rules, leading a pants obtained a diploma or a training cer- healthy lifestyle, and showing team spirit tificate (first aid, educator certificate, perseverance. road safety, driving licence for industrial vehicles, computer and Internet literacy). Partners The main sport partners are the Union Bor- deaux Bègles (rugby) and Bordeaux's Sailing Centre (Centre de Voile). The financial partners are: the Regional Directorate for Enterprises, Competition, Consumers, Work and Employment (Direction régionale des entreprises, de la concur- rence, de la consommation, du travail et de l'emploi, DIRECCTE) through the European Social Fund (IEJ), the Inter-Ministerial Fund for Crime Prevention (Fonds intermi- nistériel de prévention de la délinquance) through the regional Prefecture, the Mi- nistry of Justice, the Regional Council (Conseil régional) of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, the Gironde department, the regional Di- rection of Youth, Sports and Social Cohe- sion (direction régionale de la Jeunesse, des Sports et de la Cohésion sociale), the Metropolis of Bordeaux (Métropole de Bor- deaux), and the Bordeaux City Council. Trainers power

Organisation Background The Trainers Power project One of the emerging social problems in the Netherlands is is led by the amateur football club V.V. De Meern that of the NEETs, youngsters who are neither being edu- from Utrecht (Netherlands), cated, working or undergoing training, and who have drop- in collaboration with the ped out of society or are at risk of doing so. The city Utrecht University of Applied of Utrecht has long had local policies to foster social Sciences. inclusion.

The Trainers Power project trains vulnerable youngsters CalendAR to become football trainers, enabling them to be included Since 2014 in society and to have a positive influence on younger Target Group generations. The project targets vulnerable youngsters from Utrecht, aged between 16 and 27, who Objectives experience problems at home (divorce, violence, neglect, The objective of the Trainers Power programme is to em- abuse) and/or who are caught power vulnerable youngsters by teaching them to become between two cultures, lack football trainers for young players, by means of a talent social skills, have financial development scheme. It seeks to enhance their self-es- difficulties, do not perform teem, instil them with a sense of responsibility and, ul- well at school, cannot obtain timately, to encourage them to better integrate society. an internship or a job, or are roaming the streets.

Further information Strategy and Activities vvdemeern.nl The youngsters are deployed as trainers for the young amateur players of the V.V. De Meern club, which has about 2,000 members. They are closely supervised by students in social work and pedagogy from the Utrecht University of Applied Sciences. The football club provides the sports training itself, while the Utrecht University students teach essential life skills. 59

Partners Run by the V.V. De Meern football club's Betrokken committee (betrokken means ‘involved’), in charge of the club's outreach activities, the programme is based on a partnership with the Utrecht University of Applied Sciences and financed by the Oranje Fonds (the largest social welfare fund of the Netherlands) and the municipality of "Some have returned to Utrecht. school or obtained jobs or internships." Results Twenty youngsters have completed the training since the start of the project and according to their feedback, some have experienced significant personal growth. Some have returned to school or obtained jobs or internships. The project has also been positive for the club, which has been able to enrol more children now that it has enough training staff and volunteers such as a “culture coach” for refugees and an educational consultant. Nonetheless, the recruitment of participants has proved challenging, notably because some of the third sector organisations that can refer youngsters are facing uncertainties due to the shift of social welfare from national to local authorities.

Category Education for active citizenship or fair play Winning Practice

RollerFootBall

Organisation Background French RollerFootBall The definition of RollerFootBall is,“The respect and ci- Association (Association française de RollerFootBall, tizenship game”. This non-violent and non-competitive AFRFB). sport was designed as a response to the need for educating young people about citizenship, fair play, and democracy, Calendar as MEP Viviane Reding (formerly European Commissioner) Since 2004 remarked when she launched the European Year of Education through Sport, in 2004. Target group The project is aimed at boys and girls who struggle in Objectives school and/or come from a deprived background. The objective of the RollerFootBall promoters is to encourage the use of this sport at school or in the commu- Further information nity, in order to teach young people that the values of rollerfootball.over-blog.com respect and equality concern them and can even be fun to flickr.com/photos/projet_ practice. The objectives of this educational game are to rollerfootball restore respect in sport and to change attitudes so that sport's competitive and sometimes violent aspects are not perceived as attractive. In addition, this activity pro- Learn more about vides young people with a space for sharing in which they RollerFootBall: video are not judged. at bit.ly/epsis Strategy and activities This ball game is played on roller skates. It can be prac- ticed at or out of school by both boys and girls. A number of rules ensure there is no violence: it is forbidden to push, tackle, or insult anybody. The vocabulary is purpo- sely different from that of football: there are encoun- ters instead of matches, tops instead of yellow cards, an external reference person instead of a referee, a team Results RollerFootBall has been played since 2005 "Teaching young people that at the secondary school of Bonneuil-sur- the values of respect and Marne, in the Adapted General and Profes- sional Education section (section d'ensei- equality concern them and can gnement général et professionnel adapté, even be fun to practice." SEGPA), as part of the ‘Educational Success Plan’. It is also played as an extracurricular activity in the Franche-Comté region, in partnership with the Gendarmerie's Juve- mediator (who wears a distinctive hat) ins- nile Crime Prevention Brigade (Brigade de tead of a captain, and shootrollers instead prévention de la délinquance juvénile), as of penalties. Before each ‘encounter’, the well as in community centres, and also in a players read out loud a ‘Pledge of Good school on the outskirts of Besançon. 63 Behaviour’, which states the importance of Since 2004, some 260 schoolchildren have playing together and with fair play. played RollerFootBall at school, and some The game is played by two teams of five 430 as an extracurricular activity. As pro- players each. They move on roller skates ved over the years, this sport enhances the and wear helmets, knee protectors and glo- children's self-esteem, particularly that ves. The ball is of a material such that it of female participants. Furthermore, child- doesn't hurt when it hits a player, even ren promptly adopt its values of non-vio- at great speed. The teams are composed of lence and inclusion. For example, self-re- girls and boys of different ages, heights, fereeing is always a success because it and skills. The final score is calculated empowers children: they quickly understand not only according to the number of goals that their behaviour and sense of fair play but also the behaviour of players, who get are taken into account in the final score, bonuses for fair play. on par with the number of goals scored.

Partners The project does not currently have any financial partners. It is fully financed by its promoter. In 2009, the AFRFB received a grant from the National Agency for Social Cohesion and Equal Opportunities (Agence na- tionale pour la cohésion sociale et l’égalité des chances, Acsé) through the ‘Educational Success Plan’ (Plan de Réussite éducative, PRE) of the town of Bonneuil-sur Marne, and a grant from the French Senate, as well as a contribution from the insurance company GMF, in 2014. The project has also received support from a number of institutions, political leaders, former elite sportsmen, and sports organisation managers. Cross stars

Organisation Background Portuguese Red Cross, Since 2002, Trofa has faced an increase in the number of delegation of Trofa (district of Porto), in partnership with recipients of the Social Integration Income (Rendimento the local kickboxing school Social de Inserção, RSI), as well as in the number of LifeCombat. reported cases of domestic violence and of children under the tutelage of the Commission for the Protection of Calendar Children and Young People (Comissão de Protecção de Crian- Since 2013 ças e Jovens, CPCJ). According to unofficial data of the local Red Cross, about 30% of Trofa's minors live in an Target Group environment of poverty, alcoholism, and domestic abuse, Children and youngsters aged and do not attend school regularly. 6-18 years from the town of

Trofa (a municipality of 39,000 situated north of Porto) who come from deprived Objectives backgrounds, suffer from The objectives of this scheme are to prevent school truan- parental neglect, or are prone to school truancy and cy and substance abuse among children and youths from substance abuse. deprived backgrounds in Trofa, with the goal of promoting their social integration. Two key aspects of the programme Further Information are that it encourages team spirit and mutual help among cross-stars.webnode.pt youngsters and that it involves families and the commu- livros-cvptrofa.webnode.pt nity. trofa.cruzvermelha.pt Cruzvermelhatrofa Strategy and Activities The strategy is to use sport to provide children and youngsters with a healthy leisure activity through which they can strengthen their self-esteem, health, team spirit, and life and social skills. The youths are referred to the local Red Cross by the municipality of Trofa. A partnership has been established with a local sports school specialised in kickboxing, LifeCom- bat, which also provides self-defence and aero kick classes. After undergoing a me- dical examination by the Red Cross, children are offered free kickboxing classes and psychological support. “Strengthening self esteem, health, team spirit, and Partners social skills.” The official partners of the scheme are the Trofa City Council, the Commission for the Protection of Children and Young People at 65 Risk, the Social Security, the Parents' As- Results sociation, and the local kickboxing school The number of participants is steadily LifeCombat. The project also has a number growing. From 22 the first year, it rose to of informal partners, including the Portu- 25 in 2014 and 30 in 2015. guese Association of Parents and Friends of Mentally Deficient Citizens (Associação On a qualitative level, a survey was conduc- Portuguesa de Pais e Amigos do Cidadão De- ted among participants by means of a ques- ficiente Mental, APPACDM), the Business As- tionnaire they were asked to complete. The sociation Baixo Ave (Associação Empresarial overwhelming majority indicated they “feel Baixo Ave, AEBA), the Trofa Health Center, more courage and joy”, “discovered a new the parish councils, and local gym clubs. talent", “respect myself and others”, “do not give up on a task until finished”, and “feel I have friends who support me”. A number of participants also said they have “found a new family to resort to in case of problem”. In general, the project has enabled children to forge relationships with other youngsters and with the adult teachers, who some say are “like parents”. Education to citizenship 66 through sport

Organisation Background Association Esprit Savoir Located in the northeast of Paris, the Danube-Solidarité Sport Équité (E.S.S.E) (in English, spirit, knowledge, neighbourhood is largely made up of social estates (84% sport, and fairness), Paris, of all housing) and the local population is particular- France ly vulnerable. Forty percent of families are single-parent households. Furthermore, the local population is the CalendAR youngest of all the urban neighbourhoods under special Since 1995 social and economic measures as per the politique de la ville1, with 45% of the population under the age of 30. Target Group Almost half of these youngsters (49%) finish school wit- Young residents of the ‘Danube-Solidarité’ hout a diploma. As for the adult population, 22% are unem- neighbourhood in Paris. ployed, which is twice the national average. Currently, some 450 youngsters In this particularly challenging environment, a good num- aged 8 to 25 are involved. ber of local youngsters hang out in the streets.

Further information ESSEPARIS19 Objectives Set up in 1995 by six young local residents, the project ‘Education to citizenship through sport’ seeks to use sport to gather youngsters in a clubhouse, the Découverte sport centre, where they can practise sport and social activities.

1 • The politique de la ville is a national policy on cities, which includes social and economic measures to support a number of urban neighbourhoods throughout France that are socially and economically disadvantaged compared to the national average. "Educators and other volunteer educators were all initially accompanied by the association when they themselves were young."

The objectives are to: • initiate young local residents to sport; • foster exchange and cooperation through collective sports; • share and encourage good practices; • reduce the number of youths spending idle time in the streets; • develop critical thinking in young people; 67 • encourage youths to take part in society.

Strategy and activities Four types of activities are carried out: every day, youngsters can go to the Décou- verte sport centre to practise a number of sports with educators. They also have the opportunity to interact with other youngsters. In addition, the centre organises social activities and gatherings, and offers counselling and training programmes. Results Some youngsters are accompanied by educators throughout the year, and if need be, The primary result has been that fewer referred to relevant partner organisations youngsters are hanging out in the neighbou- or institutions. rhood’s streets, and some now have jobs as The project is co-managed with the youngs- educators. A number of others are now vo- ters, and over time some of them become lunteers for the association. tutors/educators. The seven full-time edu- The Découverte sport centre has become quite cators and other volunteer educators were well-known in the neighbourhood, and people all initially accompanied by the associa- from other areas of Paris now use it as tion when they themselves were young. well. Furthermore, some well-known actors, singers and sports personalities have visited it from time to time, which boosts the Partners youngsters' self-esteem and contributes to the diversification of the neighbourhood's The partners are the Youth and Sports Di- social composition. rectorate (Direction de la Jeunesse et des Sports) of the municipality of Paris, which finances 100% of the project, and the district council of the 19th arrondissement of Paris. Fan Coaching

Organisation Background Non-profit association Fan The project started as a response to the violent behaviour Coaching-Eurofan, Liege, Belgium of some of the First Division Liege Standard football club’s supporters during matches. Created at the Univer- CalendAR sity of Liege in 1990, the non-profit association (as- The project was initiated in sociation à but non lucratif-asbl) Fan Coaching-Eurofan 1990 and has been operating accompanies supporters before, during and after matches continuously since 1995. to ensure that events are peaceful. It is grounded in a partnership between the municipality of Liege, the Stan- Target groups dard football club and the University of Liege, with the The project is primarily support of the King Baudouin Foundation. targeted at violent supporters (hooligans) and Ultras from The idea of accompanying supporters in order to prevent Liege. It is also intended for trouble at matches came about in various European coun- fan associations and clubs, in tries more than twenty years ago, with initiatives such particular children and youths as Foot in the Community in the United Kingdom, Aficiones from the neighbourhood of the Unidas in Spain, and Fairfans in Denmark. Liege Standard football club.

Further information Objectives fancoachingliege.blogspot.co.uk The project's objective is to reduce violence in football by closely and proactively accompanying fans. The project also seeks to foster the social inclusion of marginalised supporters.

Strategy and activities Fan Coaching is a service of the municipality of Liege, and is part of a prevention plan financed by the Belgian Ministry of the Interior. "The atmosphere at the Standard's stadium is now 69 peaceful and supporters feel secure" Partners

The Fan Coaching association's main mission The asbl Fan Coaching was created through is to develop social and cultural projects a partnership between the municipality of aimed at preventing problems at football Liege, the University of Liege, and the matches, in and out of stadiums, thanks to Standard football club, with the support a team of social workers. of the King Baudouin Foundation. The Lie- ge police force is an operational partner. Fan Coaching targets all supporters and anybody touched by a social issue linked to sport. The association is in permanent Results contact with Liege's security stakeholders, including police. Several evaluative surveys have been conduc- The association carries out various activi- ted since the start of the project. Ove- ties: social support to supporters in need rall, they confirm empirical observations: (job and housing searches, fight against the atmosphere at the Standard's stadium is drug addiction, legal aid...), mediation in now peaceful and supporters feel secure, case of incidents during a match, informa- as they themselves often point out at sup- tion for supporters regarding security (in- porter club meetings. The local press has ternal rules at the stadium, Football Law) also stressed the positive impact of Fan through the Information Point and the Guide Coaching. du supporter handbook, promotion of fair The Liege Fan Coaching intervenes in nume- play in sport through campaigns in amateur rous European countries to share its exper- football clubs, and the fight against ra- tise, and also leads Eurofan, an interna- cism and discrimination in football through tional network for the study and prevention awareness-raising campaigns. Lastly, the of violence in sport. The work carried out association organises social and cultural by Eurofan has notably informed the Council activities for and with supporters (confe- of Europe's recommendations on the preven- rences, shows…). tive management of large sports events. Coolness Training 70

Organisation Background The ‘coolness training’ is The 2006/7 football season in Hamburg was marred by nume- delivered by the non-profit association Zweikampfverhalten rous incidents. In the youth league, there were a total e.v., Hamburg, Germany of 519 suspensions and games were stopped 19 times. The association Zweikampfverhalten was founded the following Calendar year, with the aim of training youngsters in “coolness”, The association was founded in in the sense of learning to keep one’s head cool and to 2008 and a first pilot project react positively to conflict and crisis. started that same year. The coolness training has been ongoing since 2008. ObjectiVES

Target GroupS The purpose of this training is to enable youngsters to This programme is targeted at properly deal with conflict situations and unconscious children, youths, and young aggressive attitude by teaching them social and practical adults from troubled families skills that they can use in their daily life, at school or difficult backgrounds, and when practicing sport. The broader objective is to who display unfair or disrespectful behaviour in facilitate integration and prevent violence. team sports and in their daily life (at school, at home, in their neighbourhood). Strategy and Activities

Further Information The Coolness Training in Team Sports is based on so- www.zweikampfverhalten.de cial-cognitive learning theory (Albert Bandura, 1979) and www.youtube.com/user/ anger management and coolness training (Dr Michael Heile- zweikampfverhalten mann and Gabriele Fischwasser-von Proeck, 1984). Courses Zweikampfverhalten last between three and six months. They include social and educational instruction and sport activities. The main themes are respect, fairness, tolerance, and constructive conflict resolution. Students practice fair play and team spirit in sport and in their everyday life. Apart from tutors, volunteers and sports professionals also take part in the programme. Furthermore, the educational team also meets with parents and other attachment figures. now better able to manage conflicts in a constructive manner. In the long term, the association Zweikam- “The number of expulsions and pfverhalten aims to bring about a domino stopped games has noticeably effect in society, with participants trans- mitting what they have learned to their own decreased in Hamburg.” social spheres. Zweikampfverhalten received a Wirkt-Siegel 71 award for their effectiveness, following a study of 104 charitable sports organisations Partners by the non-profit analysis and consulting company PHINEO. Only 21 other charities The association’s official partners (finan- have received this award. cial and other) are: e.g. achtung! GmbH, Bos- ton GmbH, and the foundations Hoth Stiftung, Kids & Friends Stiftung, and ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius. The association cooperates with several national league football teams and various sports associations, as well as a number of civil society non-profit organisations and private partners.

Results Since 2008, 555 youngsters have taken part in the programme, of which 466 (84%) have ‘graduated’ successfully. Among these gra- duates, there were 376 boys (81%) and 90 girls (19%), and 356 (76%) came from an immigrant background (statistics as of July 2016). According to the football association Fuß- ball-Verband, the number of expulsions and stopped games has noticeably decreased in Hamburg. Teachers and coaches from co-operating schools and associations confirm that unfair behaviour, exclusion, and violence decrease when children and youths attend coolness training. Participating youths also act as mediators on the playground or sports field. Furthermore, teachers and trainers who take part in the advanced trainings are The 2015 Tricolour 72 International Sports Games

Organisation Background The Tricolour Games are The Games were conceived in 1997 as a celebration of the organised by the province and municipality of Reggio Emilia, bicentenary of the Italian flag (called in Italy il Tri- Italy, in cooperation with colore, the Tricolour), which was first officially used the Italian National Olympic in Reggio Emilia (then in the Cisalpine Republic) in 1797. Committee (INOC), the Reggio Inspired by the Olympic values, the project was originally Emilia Chamber of Commerce and designed to promote active citizenship and intercultural the Reggio Emilia branches exchange. Today, Reggio Emilia (pop. 170,000) is a multi- of several national sport cultural city with inhabitants of 123 nationalities. It is associations. also the Italian city with the most sport facilities per CalendAR inhabitant. For the 2015 Games, the organisers decided to The Games were first held in strongly link the event to the themes of social inclusion, 1997 and there have been five multiculturalism, and local culture. Hence, they chose to events so far, the most recent move them from the original venues outside of the city to one in 2015. dozens of locations inside Reggio Emilia and throughout the province. Target Group The Games are reserved for young amateur athletes aged Objectives 11-19 from all over the world, but particularly from cities The project aims to promote sport and physical activity as that are twinned with Reggio a means to foster not only health and well-being but also Emilia. The audiences targeted social inclusion and the respect for different cultures. are young people from Reggio Another important objective is to promote volunteering, Emilia, but also the general public. particularly among youths.

Further Information giochideltricolore.it Giochitricolore Strategy and Activities The Tricolour Games are an international youth amateur sports event in the same vein as the Olympics (albeit on a much smaller scale). During one week, the 2015 Games fea- “Some 3,000 young athletes tured 33 sports as well as paralympic competitions. The event was held in the city of from 14 countries competed in Reggio Emilia and throughout the eponymous some 400 sports events at the province, in a total of 50 venues. 2015 Tricolour Games” Apart from championing cultural diversity, friendship, and social inclusion, the organisers also want to use the Games to promote local culture. To this end, a food festival was held in Reggio Emilia during the week of the event to showcase local produce and Partners gastronomy. Thirty provincial sport federations (mana- Furthermore, local and regional authorities gement of 50 sport facilities), the depart- 73 took advantage of the event to organise ment of Youth of the municipality of Reggio three conferences on the theme of social Emilia, the Foundation for Sport, and 21 inclusion that gathered professionals, aca- private sponsors. demics, decision-makers, and citizens. In 2015, eighty chefs and local producers The Games are based on a wide partnership took part in the street food festival with involving a number of departments within the help of several associations: Chef to the City Council and the Province, as well Chef, the Italian Sommelier Association, as numerous civil society organisations and APT servizi srl, Street Food Valley and the local migrant community. Confesercenti. Three musical associations also took part, as well as local resident associations.

Results Some 3,000 young athletes from 14 countries competed in some 400 sports events at the 2015 Tricolour Games, and about 80 volunteers from 30 amateur sports clubs took part. The attendance over the week reached 10,000, including 6,000 for the opening and closing ceremonies. The street food event drew some 30,000 visitors over five days. The three conferences on the topics of social inclusion, the importance of health, and equal opportunities for all gathered a total of some 700 people. The event also raised the profile of the city of Reggio Emilia we, thus enhancing the feeling of belonging among the population, notably because it received significant press coverage. Organiser and jury

Founded in 1987 under the auspices of Founded in 1542, the University of Za- the Council of Europe, the European Fo- ragoza is the only public university rum for Urban Security (Efus) is the in the autonomous community of Aragon. only European network of local and re- Throughout its history, the University gional authorities dedicated to urban of Zaragoza has been considered a centre security. Founded by mayors, it now in- of excellence for both teaching and re- cludes almost 250 regions and cities from 16 countries. Efus' objectives are search, where lecturers and renowned as follows: scientists, including a Nobel Prize lau- • Promote a balanced vision of urban reat, teach. Today, the university has security, combining prevention, sanc- almost 35,000 students in its 22 depart- tions and social cohesion, ments. These include over 1,800 interna- • Support local and regional authorities in tional students from more than 75 diffe- the conception, implementation and eva- rent countries and dozens of professors luation of their local security policies, and researchers all contributing to its • Help obtain recognition for the role international character. of local elected officials in the de- www.unizar.es velopment and implementation of national and European policies. Efus provides support and inspiration for locally elected officials and their The Higher Institute of Police Sciences teams who are convinced of the neces- and Homeland Security (ISCPSI) is the sity of working together, transcending only Portuguese public institution of political differences for the benefit higher education for the police sciences of long-term security. In accordance and homeland security, in accordance with the principle of “cities helping with the Bologna Declaration. The objec- cities”, Efus fosters the exchange of tive of the Institute is to lead scien- experience and practices between its tific research and studies on security, members. generally in partnership with other po- With a network of experts from universi- lice institutions and universities. In- ties, institutions and NGOs, Efus works ternationally, the Institute is a member on all topics related to urban security of the European Union Agency for Law and crime prevention. Enforcement Training (CEPOL) and the As- Its expertise and influence are reco- sociation of European Police Colleges gnised both at the European and inter- (AEPC). Furthermore, it develops coo- national levels. Efus also holds a par- peration with the police and academic ticipatory status with the Council of Europe and a consultative status with organisations in Portuguese-speaking the European Commission and the United countries as well as with other European Nations (UN). countries. www.efus.eu www.iscpsi.pt The Fan Coaching Association was created The aim of the Knowledge Centre for in 1990 in partnership with the city Sport Netherlands (Kenniscentrum Sport) of Liege, the Standard football club is to increase the positive impact of and the University of Liege, with the sport through better use of knowledge support of the King Baudouin Foundation and a better understanding of physical and the Department of Prevention from activity. The Kenniscentrum Sport works the Belgian Home Office. It carries out with sport and health professionals, scientific research on sport-related trade unions, employers' organisations violence, more specifically in football, and businesses. as well as on-the-ground prevention ac- The Kenniscentrum Sport is a member of tions with a team of professionals spe- international networks such as TAFISA cialised in social work and education. and HEPA and takes part in European coo- Since 2003, the organisation has extended peration projects. to the international level by creating www.kenniscentrumsport.nl the ASBL Fan Coaching-Eurofan which aims to promote the transnational exchange of information and best practices and also to develop cultural and social projects. fancoachingliege.blogspot.fr

The Italian Forum for Urban Security (FISU) is an association created in 1996, in the footsteps of the European Forum for Urban Security. By bringing together more than 40 cities, provinces and regions of Italy, its aim is to promote urban security policies. The Italian Forum recognises the central function of cities and mayors in the development of integrated security policies and, since it was founded, has been working to build an urban security vision shared by cities, provinces and regions. The FISU also collaborates with the National Association of Cities and the Conference of Presidents of Regions and Autonomous Provinces to promote national urban security legislation, integrated security policies and local police training. www.fisu.it www.efus.eu