PRIME aims to develop, trial and implement a coaching framework for coaches of the martial arts working with people with disabilities. Using a collaborative partnership to increase confidence, physical competence and physical activity levels among persons with disabilities in Europe by increasing the quality of coach education and accreditation in the martial arts. Partners: ICSSPE […]
The UNESCO Chair was involved in the development of the BeInclusive Toolkit that was then published for the European Week of Sport in 2016. The #BeInclusive toolkit aims to support para-sport and disability-sport organisations to connect with the European Week of Sport, in order to inspire everyone to be more physically active in Europe. #BeInclusive […]
Plan2Inclusivize is a program that believes in the power of sport as a medium to bring positive change. Through a partnership between Plan International and the UNESCO Chair in Inclusive Physical Education, Sport, Recreation and Fitness an active and participatory approach has been developed to promote social inclusion of children with disabilities through inclusive sports […]
The project Education through Sport (hereinafter: ETS) for Democracy and Social Change is led by the organization Hope for Children Hungary in partnership with different organizations from 9 other EU member states already involved in grassroots sports and non-formal education. The approach is based on the EU White Paper on Sport as it condemns the […]
The seminar “Sport Unified: how sport is a tool for inclusion of diversity” took place from the 15th – 20th of September 2016 in Sassari, Italy. Through this seminar ENGSO youth created a platform where young people from all backgrounds and with different abilities came together and engaged in finding practical solutions, exchanged ideas and […]
The UNESCO Chair recognises that physical education, physical activity and sport have the potential to facilitate inclusion intersectionally across marginalised groups as these activities have the potential to trigger social change by breaking down barriers and stigma, increasing life chances, encouraging intercultural dialogue and understanding and supporting the empowerment of people with disabilities in a […]
In June 2016, the UNESCO Chair’s first scoping visit to Uganda took place. With our partner, International Needs UK, projects of International Needs Uganda in the Buikwe district were visited with the aim to explore possibilities of using inclusive sport and play in the communities. A survey was conducted among teachers of three schools and […]
On the 21st of November 2016 ESSA, the European Sector Skills Alliance for Sport and Physical Activity, was officially launched in Rio Maior in Portugal. The project aims to serve not only EOSE members and partners, but the entire sports sector across Eruope by carrying out the first ever EU wide Employment and Skills Map […]
Win a Tablet PC or Mystery Prize The UNESCO Chair IT Tralee are holding a mixed-media competition ‘U Move’ in order to gain the opinions of youth on their experience in: Sport, PE, Physical Activity Answer the following questions as part of your entry: What is your experience of sport/PE/physical activity? You can tell us […]
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