Fav Kitapcik ENG.indd 1 16.11.2016 20:04 About the Project Project Activities Common Stands European Universiade 2016 (12-15 July 2016, Zagreb / ) Fans supporting different teams came together, common stands were created and they Fans from and other 4 project partner countries came together in Zagred for 2016 “Fans Against Violence” project applied by Turkish Basketball Federation in 2014 tender call Survey Activities (May 2015 – January 2016) watched the game together. They gave the message that different fans could come European Universiade Along with team works and activities, fans visited DrazenPetroviç period under Erasmus+Sport program was chosen as the only project that deemed worth As the result of academic survey conducted under the project current status of fan together in common stands. museum and sports arena. supporting financially in Turkey violence in 5 countries has been revealed and offers for solutions have been made. It is by the European Commission. the most comprehensive fan survey in Turkish Basketball history. This fan research has “Fans Against Violence” TV Program International Fan Platform (27-30 October 2016, Sofia / ) “Fans Against Violence” project is been created by bringing together results of a fan survey made to nearly 3000 people Under this project, official TV program of the project was broadcasted in Sportstv, a Nearly 50 fans from 5 project a European Union project aims to in 5 countries, detailed interviews made with various stakeholders of basketball such as national channel in Turkey, under the title “Fans Against Violence” once in every two partner countries met at Sofia unite different fan groups under coaches, players, trainers, referees and search conference. weeks. All stages of the project were shared 1 year, various stakeholders of basketball, for International Fan Platform. basketball and to increase the particularly fans, were invited as guests to the program and general status of basketball In this platform, which was understanding, tolerance and Focus Group Meetings with Fans & Creative Campaign Development (December was evaluated. attended by the Chairman of communication among them. 2015 -February 2016) Bulgarian Basketball Federation Main purpose of the project is to Fan groups came together during the activities performed with fans and they discussed Study Visit in (5-8 February 2016, Madrid / Spain) GeorgiGlouchkov, problems in unite different fan groups under on concepts such as communication and tolerance, sports culture, basketball culture, Fan leaders from 5 project participant counties and what basketball and thereby reduce fan being a fan, partisanship. Then, fans developed creative campaigns against violence partner countries came could be done for those problems violence in basketball by increasing the understanding and empathy among them. which they would implement in stands. These campaigns developed were applied in together in Madrid and were discussed and topics Partner countries under the project have arranged various activities such as studies for stands by fans of different clubs. made a study visit to Spain, discussed in national fan platforms understanding fan violence, fan trends, creating common stands, organizing friendship a basketball country that were evaluated in international tournaments, international fan movements and creating fan platforms. 3x3 Basketball Fan Tournament (2 April 2016) witnessed adverse event level. Fans also visited the sports Fans supporting different teams came together at minimum level despite museum at Vasil Levski Stadium Particulars of the Project by wearing jerseys of their teams and created of fierce competition. Fan and watched the basketball game Applied Institution and Program: European Commission, Erasmus + Sport a team together. Winners of the tournament in group of 50 people made between RilskiSportist – Levski. Period: 24 Months (01.01.2015 – 31.12.2016) which different colours came together in the same negotiations on how fan Coordinator: Turkish Basketball Federation team represented their countries and teams in 3x3 events were prevented in Final Conference (21-24 November 2016, / Turkey) Partners: Bulgarian, Croatian, Spanish, Lithuanian Basketball Federations International Fan Tournament organized in . basketball in Spain, what Final Conference, which was the international activity of the project and hosted by kinds of responsibilities were the Turkish Basketball Federation, the project coordinator, was attended by project Project Highlights Fan Platforms undertaken by fans, during the trip that lasted 4 days. Participant fans also got the employees, fans, press and various participants from project partner countries. Project • The project aimed to unite fans under basketball in order to decrease the violence in Fan platforms aiming to bring all active actors of basketball (athletes, trainers, referee, opportunity to watch Real Madrid- Estudienates derby game in Madrid. targets, activities and outputs were shared with the participants of the Final Conference stands by increasing empathy, understanding and dialogue between them. club professionals, security forces, private securities, press, academicians, arena and the project was introduced. The project was also introduced to leading press, • Fans were put at the heart of the project and 2 year project was carried out in together directors) and fan representatives together and to create a dialogue between them were International Fan Friendship Tournament (30 April - 3 May 2016, Kaunas / Lithuania) executives and other stakeholders in Europe with “Fans Against Violence” stands installed with fan leaders. organized. Basketball and partisanship were assessed on the basis of the determined Fans making an achievement in National 3x3 Fan Friendship Tournaments organized in during Eurobasket 2017 Draw. • About 30 clubs and fan groups including Real Madrid, Fenerbahçe, Lukoil Academic agenda. It is ensured that fans could communicate with other stakeholders in an official 5 project partner countries, took part in the International Fan Tournament organized in Sofia, Cibona Zagreb from 5 countries provided official support to the project. Fans platform. Kaunas, Lithuania. In this tournament where every team was composed of fans wearing implemented campaigns that they developed against violence at stands. jerseys of different clubs, national unification of fans had gained an international • “Common stands” where fans came together and watched the game, were created dimension. under the project.

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