Baseline Study “Participation & Exclusion of Displaced Youth with Disabilities in European Sport” Output number O.1.1 Document’s title Baseline Study “Participation & Exclusion of Displaced Youth with Disabilities in European Sport” Nature1 R Dissemination Level 2 PU Author (email) Alice Bruni, - [email protected] Institution Camilla Baldini, Leading partner AttivaMente Participating partners ALL 1 R=Document, report; DEM=Demonstrator, pilot, prototype; DEC=website, patent fillings, videos, etc.; OTHER=other 2 PU=Public, CO=Confidential, only for members of the consortium (including the EACEA Services, if asked), CI=Classified, as referred to in Commission Decision 2001/844/EC Sports as a Tool for Empowerment of (Dis)Abled & Displaced Youth Modifications Index Date Version 27/01/2020 1st Draft 05/02/2020 Revision and additions by HPC 27/02/2020 2nd Draft 26/03/2020 Final Revision and additions by HPC 1 | P a g e STEADY Project 603399-EPP-1-2018-1-EL-SPO-SCP This work is a part of the STEADY project. STEADY has received funding from the European Union’s Erasmus+ Sport programme under grant agreement no 2018-3286/001-001. Content reflects only the authors’ view and European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains. 2 | P a g e Sports as a Tool for Empowerment of (Dis)Abled & Displaced Youth Partners 3 | P a g e STEADY Project 603399-EPP-1-2018-1-EL-SPO-SCP ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ACRONYM EXPLANATION AT Austria BG Bulgaria DYD Displaced Youth with Disabilities EACEA Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency EL Greece ES Spain GA Grant Agreement HPC Hellenic Paralympic Committee IT Italy NGO Non-Governmental Organisation PP Project Partners PT Portugal RS Serbia STEADY Sports as a Tool for Empowerment of (Dis)Abled & Displaced Youth UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees WHO World Health Organization WP Work Package 4 | P a g e Sports as a Tool for Empowerment of (Dis)Abled & Displaced Youth Table of Contents 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................... 9 1.1 Purpose of this Document.......................................................................................................................... 9 1.1.1 Intended Readership ................................................................................................................................ 10 1.2 STEADY context ........................................................................................................................................ 11 1.3 General Context ....................................................................................................................................... 13 2 Ethics Related to Baseline Study ................................................................................................................... 15 2.1 Principles of our baseline study ............................................................................................................... 15 2.2 Ethical principles underpinned the implementation of the research process ......................................... 16 2.3 Summary .................................................................................................................................................. 17 3 Methodology of Baseline Study .................................................................................................................... 18 4 Research Findings .......................................................................................................................................... 20 Topic 1 A: Number of Displaced Youth with Disabilities detected in Partner Countries .................................... 20 Topic 1 B: average time spent by Displaced Youth with Disabilities in Partner Countries .................................. 23 Topic 2: Main Agencies involved in the support of Displaced Youth with Disabilities in Partner Countries ....... 28 Topic 3: The situation of "Sport for All" in partner countries: inclusive organizations, laws, policies, practices and opportunities for target migrants ....................................................................................................................... 33 Topic 4: Main barriers for the target migrant in accessing sports activities in partner countries ...................... 40 Topic 5: How many targets migrants’ access / participate in sports activities in Partner Countries .................. 42 Topic 6: How many sports facilities can be accessible "for All" in partner countries ......................................... 44 Topic 7: Main problems for integration of displaced youth with disabilities in partner countries ..................... 48 Topic 8: Main problems for access in sports of displaced youth with disabilities in Partner Countries ............. 50 Topic 9: Most common type of disability, among displaced youth in partner countries.................................... 52 Topic 10: Context data about the sports offer in partner countries for people with disabilities in general....... 53 Topic 11: Characteristics of displaced youth with disabilities in partner countries ............................................ 55 5 Focus Groups ................................................................................................................................................. 58 5.1 Focus Group Austria ..................................................................................................................................... 59 5.2 Focus Group Bulgaria .................................................................................................................................... 62 5.3 Focus Group Greece ..................................................................................................................................... 63 5.4 Focus Group Germany .................................................................................................................................. 66 5.5 Focus Group Italy .......................................................................................................................................... 68 5.6 Focus Group Portugal ................................................................................................................................... 71 5.7 Focus Group Serbia ....................................................................................................................................... 74 5.8 Focus Group Spain ........................................................................................................................................ 76 6 Case Studies .................................................................................................................................................. 77 6.1 Case studies Austria ...................................................................................................................................... 79 6.1.1 Case study 1 ............................................................................................................................................... 79 6.1.2 Case study 2 ............................................................................................................................................... 83 6.2 Case studies Bulgaria .................................................................................................................................... 85 5 | P a g e STEADY Project 603399-EPP-1-2018-1-EL-SPO-SCP 6.2.1 Case study 1 FC Concordia Sofia ................................................................................................................ 85 6.2.2 Case study 2 Team of Hope Sofia............................................................................................................... 86 6.2.3 Case study 3 Inter Campus Bulgaria........................................................................................................... 89 6.2.4 Case study 4 International MATCH initiative ............................................................................................. 90 6.3 Case studies Greece ...................................................................................................................................... 93 6.3.1 Case study 1: Planning Together ................................................................................................................ 93 6.3.2 Case study 2: #SameField .......................................................................................................................... 95 6.3.3 Case study 3: UEFA Foundation 4 Children ................................................................................................ 97 6.3.4 Case study 4: Paralympic Education & Development for Refugees and Asylum seekers with Disabilities 99 6.3.5 Case study 5: Hope Refugee United ........................................................................................................ 102 6.4 Case studies International .......................................................................................................................... 104 6.4.1 Case study 1: Rio Paralympic Games ....................................................................................................... 104 6.4.2 Case study 2: Paralympic Development and Education for Refugees with Disabilities in Cyprus ............ 106 6.5 Case studies