Tag: sport development
International Platform on Sport & Development e-Newsletter / Issue No. 88, May 2013
Dear Readers,
Welcome to Issue 88 of the sportanddev e-Newsletter!
"The challenges of fundraising a sport and development project into reality open a series of articles exploring project financing. A coach shares his experience of overcoming another common obstacle in S&D projects - communication - and I outline the benefits of incorporating more physical activity into our working lives to reduce...
ISCA Newsletter 120, April 2013
The April Newsletter from ISCA, International Sport and Culture Association, features the following articles:
Good Governance in Grassroots Sport: Guidelines
Interview with Siu Yin Cheung
Review of the World Social Forum 2013 in Tunisia
ISCA Street Sport Network launch
Turnfest, International German Gymnastic Festival
ACTIVE Age - 2013 DTB Preparatory Action in Sport Project
Esbjerg hosts the DGI Landsstævne 2013
European Commission confirms that European Regional Development...
Journal of Sport for Development Volume 1, Issue 1
New journal, online and open access!
Richards J, et al.
Advancing the evidence base of Sport for Development: a new open-access, peer-reviewed journal.
Burnett C.
GIZ/YDF and youth as drivers of Sport for Development in the African context.
Hancock M, Lyras A, Ha JP.
Sport for Development programmes for girls and women: A global assessment.
Schulenkorf N.
Sport for Development events and social capital building: a critical...
International Platform on Sport & Development e-Newsletter / Issue No. 87, April 2013
Dear Readers,
Welcome to Issue 87 of the sportanddev e-Newsletter!
"If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change." As we celebrate World Health Day 2013, these inspirational words from Mahatma Gandhi are an important reminder of individual change affecting wider social change. High blood pressure is this year's theme, a major global health issue causing over 9...
International Platform on Sport & Development e-Newsletter / Issue No. 86
Dear Readers,
Welcome to Issue 86 of the sportanddev e-Newsletter!
Concerned with quality coaching standards, the East Africa Community Coach Education System (EACCES) is now launching a regional initiative, making sure that standards are defined, coaches benefit from increased support and communities thrive because of better project delivery. Focusing first on the organisations participating in the East Africa Cup and closely...
ISCA Newsletter 119, March 2013
The March Newsletter from ISCA, International Sport and Culture Association, features the following articles:
ACTIVE NETWORK PROJECT TAKES SHAPE AND GAINS MOMENTUM
VOLUNTEERS ARE OUR MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE IN SPORT
ISCA’S SASKA BENEDICIC TOMAT AND TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL GERMANY'S SYLVIA SCHENK: CONFIRMED SPEAKERS FOR EU SEMINAR ON SPORTS GOVERNANCE
New ISCA faces
"INSPIRING THE WORLD TO AN ACTIVE LIFESTYLE!"
GIVE THE CHILDREN THEIR FIVE YEARS BACK!
EUROPEAN HEALTHY...
International Platform on Sport & Development e-Newsletter / Issue No. 85
Dear Readers,
Welcome to Issue 85 of the sportanddev e-Newsletter!
Following International Women's Day, this edition focuses on the role sport can play in enabling equal opportunities and promoting gender issues. Addressing these issues demands "a deep cultural shift in which past stereotypes and prejudices must be broken down," according to Steffi Biester, Director of KICKFAIR. Taking a critical look at...
ISCA Newsletter 118, February 2013
The February Newsletter from ISCA, International Sport and Culture Association, features the following articles:
ISCA secures funding for Young Leaders to develop European Sport Project Management skills
Good Governance wings are spreading
First EU Level Thematic Conference of the European Year of Citizens 2013
Ireland to host EU Sports Conference
ISCA PUSHING PROJECT BOUNDARIES EU SUPPORTED
ISCA Badminton Tournament for All hosted by DGI Badminton
The...
4th Commonwealth Sports Development Conference: Sport and Empowering the Youth of the Commonwealth
Monday 12 & Tuesday 13 August 2013,
The Mitchell Library, Glasgow, Scotland
Introduction
One of the world’s longest running conferences on international sports development returns to Glasgow and the Mitchell Library on Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 August. The 4th Commonwealth Sports Development Conference programme puts Youth centre stage and will focus on the development of a Youth Sport Charter.
Who should attend?
This is...
Issue 84 of the sportanddev e-Newsletter!
Dear Readers,
Welcome to Issue 84 of the sportanddev e-Newsletter!
"It's difficult for them to get together," said Football Coach Malefane Nkoko, referring to the infrastructural challenges facing football players in South Africa. Getting together through sport is at the heart of S&D initiatives aimed at peace-building, and yet this simple idea is confronted with numerous physical and social barriers. We bring...