The Project: “Development and Sport”
Photo: Bread for the World
In the year of the Football World Cup in Germany, everyone is talking about sport. Hardly a day goes by without photos, reports and events covering the World Cup. On the occasion of this major event, the Association of German Development Non-Governmental Organisations (VENRO) is taking a look at sport from an unusual angle.
“Development and Sport” brings the development dimension of sport to the fore: What is the role of sport in development co-operation? What potential does it bear as a means and mediator? These questions will be addressed by the VENRO Project at a Symposium and a European Summer School. The events take up the results of the UN International Year of Sport and Physical Education 2005 and will give new impulses to the linking up of sport and development for justice and peace.
In addition, “Development and Sport” promotes networking and exchange among representatives coming from the fields of development co-operation and sport. Alongside the events, an online data bank with successful campaigns and projects supports this goal.
Invoke Project DatabaseSymposium
Symposium:
“Sports Develops”
Date: May 4, 2006
Venue: Gremiensaal der Deutschen Welle, Bonn
Target group: Interested people from the are as of sports and development co-operation as well as science, politics, industry and commerce.
Summer School
The European Summer School:
“A Global Game: The Role of Sport in Development Education”
Date: 11 -18 June 2006
Location: DGB-Youth Education Centre, Hattingen
Target group: People who are involved in development education activities in Europe.
The “Development and Sport” project is financed by the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development.