Integration of Syrian migrants into Armenian society through Sports

Specific action dedicated to newly-arrived migrants

PROJECT OWNER

Name of the project owner: Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport
Status of the project owner: Governmental organisation
Area of work of the project owner: Sport / Youth / Intercultural exchange 

PROJECT

 Armenia
Geographic scope of project: National
Project objective: Develop competencIes for active citizenship / Promote social diversity / Develop language skills / Educate and transmit values through sport / Practice a physical activity for physical/mental health  / Develop intercultural relations and/or intercultural competency
Types of sport or physical activity carried out: Basketball, Football (Futsal)
Partnership / supports: none
Project duration: less than 1 year
Project status: Planned project
Supervising staff: text
Summary of the project: After the recent developments in the Middle East and in Syria in particular, thousands of migrants arrived in Armenia and settled in here. To further engage them in the Armenian society and to provide them with a platform to communicate with the local people, the ministry is willing to organize either a 3x3 basketball open tournament where at least one of the team members should be originally from Syria or a mini football (futsal) tournament with at least 3 team members being from Syria.

http://edu.am/index.php/en

TARGET GROUP

Country of origin: Syria
Type of migration: Refugees
Target beneficiary: Families
Target age group: 5-60