2018 ANNUAL REPORT “A Child Has the Right to Recreational Pastimes, to Play and to Engage in Cultural and Artistic Activities”
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2018 ANNUAL REPORT “ A child has the right to recreational pastimes, to play and to engage in cultural and artistic activities” Article 31 of the Inernational Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNICEF, 1989) “ Sports programs promote social integration and foster tolerance, and so contribute to reducing tensions and generating dialogue” Report on sport for development and peace (UN, 2003) “ Physical education, physical activity and sport can play an important role in the realization of objectives for development, peace and recovery after a conflict or disaster” Article 11 of the International Charter of Physical Education, Physical Activity and Sport (UNESCO, 1978) 2 · PLAY International PLAY International · 3 A FEW WORDS FROM THE COACH PLAY INTERNATIONAL WORKING TOGETHER FOR SOCIAL IMPACT ........................................................................................... 08 MAP AND KEY FIGURES ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2018 ................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 BUDGET .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 PARTNERS ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 15 SOCIAL INNOVATION IS A COLLECTIVE SPORT PLAYLAB ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 18 INCUBATOR FOR SPORT & REFUGEES ..................................................................................................................... 20 PERSPECTIVES .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 24 ENDORSEMENT ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 SOCIAL IMPACT ON THE GROUND Following the creation of several hundred NGOs over the It is, therefore, urgent to reassess the way sport can last twenty or so years, the Sport and Development sector contribute to social impact and, especially, how it can take BURUNDI ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 30 has experienced dynamic growth and structuring. PLAY part in the achievement of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda FRANCE .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 38 International, a pioneer in this field that has since been joined for Sustainable Development Goals. SUMMARY by a growing number of organisations, demonstrates We, however, want to go further. Just as we did with KOSOVO .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 46 on a daily basis that sports and games provide tangible Playdagogy, we want to invest more in the “Research-Action” and effective responses to social, health and even of social impact sports. We want to develop approaches that COLLECTIVE MOBILISATION educational challenges. are more systematic, collective and transversal between the different stakeholders, work in a co-creative spirit and finally VERTIGO RACE AT TOUR FIRST ...................................................................................................................................................... 56 Nevertheless, the potential social impact of sport still assess our practices more robustly. remains largely untapped and only too often boils down SPORTS DAY FESTIVAL ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 58 to the question of access to a sports activity, as if that A more emphatic collective ambition adopted by all (public PLAY INTERNATIONAL GALA .................................................................................................................................................................. 60 were to suffice. Yet it could be the answer for ever authorities, NGOs, companies) is the only way to accelerate more complex problems. Our experience confirms the broad dissemination of innovative methods and solutions THE ATHLETES’ NGO ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 62 the idea that sport is only a means to an end, not an that are pertinent to today’s major humanitarian, educative, end in itself, and as such the intention behind its use social and health challenges. is more important than the activity itself. Arnaud Mourot, Chairman of PLAY International 4 · PLAY International PLAY International · 5 Launch of projects in Afghanistan and Bolivia. Launch of Orange laces campaign. Pilot project in France. Launch of projects Organisation of the first Launch of the Olympic Values Partnership with World projects in Sri Lanka Exploratory mission Launch of Solidarity Clubs in Togo. Creation of Playground. Launch of the project with Paris 2024. Athletics Championship and India in Burundi projects in Palestine campaign the Vertigo race Sport4All project in Kosovo Opening of Playlab 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 1999 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 Creation of Launch of Launch of Launch of Launch of Launch of the Playdagogy Launch of projects Launch of the Active Launch of Sport Sans Frontières projets in Senegal projects in Kosovo projects in Burundi projects in Haïti programme in France in the United Kingdom. School project in France. Refugees in Europe 1st PLAY International gala Sport Sans Frontières Launch of AMEP project Incubator project became PLAY International in Burundi PLAY International is a pioneering NGO working in the field of development and education through sport. It was founded in 1999 with the core belief that sport is a source of solutions to meet our social challenges. 6 · PLAY International PLAY International · 7 WORKING TOGETHER FOR SOCIAL IMPACT Through sport, PLAY International fosters collective solutions to promote the education, inclusion and wellbeing of all. Its action on the ground strengthens its deep conviction that sport is both a right and a means to resolve issues faced by our societies. Since its official creation on 23 October 1999, PLAY International has implemented humanitarian and educational projects in over 20 countries for over 850,000 beneficiaries. 8 · PLAY International PLAY International · 9 80,073 CHILD SCOTLAND BENEFICIARIES BELGIUM GERMANY REPUBLIC CZECH AUSTRIA FRANCE SERBIA KOSOVO MACEDONIA MAP AND SPAIN ITALY BULGARIA KEY FIGURES GREECE FOR 2018 MISSIONS SHORT-TERM ACTIONS INCUBATOR FOR SPORT & REFUGEES HAITI SENEGAL EUROPEAN ERASMUS PROJECT PERSPECTIVES FOR 2019 LIBERIA DRC BURUNDI BURUNDI KOSOVO FRANCE FRANCE - MAYOTTE 16,050 17,038 46,985 child beneficiaries child beneficiaries child beneficiaries 217 127 663 coaches trained coaches trained coaches trained 10 · PLAY International PLAY International · 11 HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2018 2019 World Cup legacy year for the young volunteers involved in the project was the Playlab’s incubator for sport and refugees medallist in judo, to promote sport as an educational tool 9 host cities, France summer camp that enabled 49 of them to meet, exchange Paris, France in Kosovo. Institutional representatives saw a practical and work on subjects such as fighting against discrimination. demonstration of Playdagogy in which over 140 children from Prior to welcoming the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, PLAY They were also able to learn new skills for sporting activities. The first support week for the sport and refugee incubator 3 different towns took part. International, in coordination with the FIFA Local Organising at INSEP and Playlab was the first stage in the process of Committee (LOC 2019), embarked on training group leaders Access to and continuation of schooling for supporting 7 European project developers. Co-financed by the “More than an Athlete” with Lebron James and sports instructors in the 9 host cities. In 2018, 4 training Burundi