ASPIRE - Activity, Sport and Play for the Inclusion of Refugees in Europe

Specific action dedicated to newly-arrived migrants

PROJECT OWNER

Name of the project owner: ENGSO – The European Sport NGO

Status of the project owner:  International NGO

Area of work of the project owner: Sport / Youth / Social inclusion / Health / Gender equality / Volunteering / Good governance / Advocacy
Website of ENGSO

PROJECT

Austria

Belgium

Bulgaria

Finland

France

Germany

  Greece

Serbia

Spain

Sweden

Geographic scope of project: International

Project objective: Educate and transmit values through sport / Develop intercultural relations and/or intercultural competency / Offer suitable participation opportunities for refugees in and through sport, physical activity and play

Types of sport or physical activity carried out: Not specified

Partnership / supports: Grants (ERASMUS+) / Other partner (International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE), European Observatoire of Sport and Employment (EOSE), Caritas Academy – Caritas Styria (Austria), Minor-Ndako (Belgium), Hellenic Republic, Ministry of Culture and Sport (Greece), Sports Flanders Agency of Belgium, Council of Europe (CoE), Bulgarian Union for Physical Culture and Sport (BUPCS), Catalan Union of Sports Federations (UFEC, Spain), Finnish Sport Olympic Committee (FOC), German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), Olympic Committee of Serbia (NOC of Serbia), Swedish Sports Confederation (RF), Supporting body: European Lotteries)

Project duration: 2,5 years (start: 1.1.2017 / end: 30.6.2019)

Project status: Underway

Supervising staff: Professionals

Summary of the project: Professionals In the light of the well-known migrant and refugee crisis, in the course of which more than a million migrants and refugees crossed into Europe only in 2015, ASPIRE could serve as a pioneer in long-term perspective, offering a solution for inclusion during and after the settlement of refugees, when it comes to facilitate the access of refugees to social services.
ASPIRE has the main aim to offer suitable participation opportunities for refugees in and through sport, physical activity and play. This aim can be best achieved by the development and implementation of a training module that is based on underpinning evidence and enhances the skills and competences of facilitators in sport organisations how to adapt existing coaching activities to the specific context of refugees and migrants. The training module promotes the psychosocial support of refugees and intercultural dialogue between refugees and host communities. It also compiles innovative cross-sectorial approaches for sports organisations to make sport more accessible.
The implementation occurs through the organisation of training sessions for national or regional sport umbrella organisations in 9 European countries with a wide geographical coverage. The project also provides guidance how to organise training sessions. Continuous awareness-raising and dissemination activities are integral part of the project, for which project partners’ networks are used to create a strong link with the grassroots level.  
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TARGET GROUP

Country of origin: Not specified - Target groups: facilitators, sport sector, decision makers, wider public 

Type of migration: Refugee

Target beneficiary: Families / Children / Teenager-Young people

Target age group: