Project: Sport + Youth 4 Inclusion =ity (Equality)

Project Title

Sport + Youth 4 Inclusion =ity (Equality)

Project Type

Small collaborative partnership sport

Project Countries

North Macedonia, Italy, Croatia and Portugal

Aims and objectives

The aim of this project is to promote sport and sports activities among kids, encourage inclusion of children coming from different backgrounds, and encourage active and healthy lifestyle among children aged (13-17) no matter their abilities or background. With this project consortium would like to develop activities and techniques which will help workers that work with children to be more aware about the benefits of sport and active lifestyle and the importance of inclusion of all children in sport.

Specific objectives

  • Teaching children how be inclusive and introducing inclusivity through fun activities and video materials;
  • Teaching children core values thus contributing to the creation of firm social ties and relations;
  • Involving children coming from rural and less serviced areas due to the limited resources and opportunities they have.

Planned activities

  • Activities consist of visit to all the partner countries, intensive work on local level, workshops, educational and sporting activities for children.

PROJECT NEWS

Getting human rights in perfect sporting shape

From 22-26th of May 2019, the first the second of the project “Sport to promote change for LGBT” held in Shtip, North Macedonia, spurred the actions of project partners from Portugal, Italy, Croatia and North Macedonia to intensify their work on promotion of LGBT...

Logo for the project “Sport to promote change for LGBT”

We are proud to announce that the logo for the project “Sport to promote change for LGBT”, financed by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Commission, is finally done.The aim of the project is to build the capacity of organizations and individuals in order to...

Kick-off meeting in good spirit held

From 13-16th of May 2019, the first activity of the project “Sport to promote change for LGBT” was held in Skopje, North Macedonia. During the meeting, representatives of partner organizations from Portugal – AJP, Italy – GAYCS, Croatia – UGNG and North Macedonia –...

PROJECT BLOG

Wanna touch my Pipi?

Imagine you are sitting in the quayside in Split, Croatia sipping on a cool beverage. What will it be – a delicious cola, a delightful glass of chilled white wine, or perhaps a refreshing Pipi? Don't pretend you are not tempted. Hailing from Croatia's Dalmatia region,...

5 top athletes with autism

Children on the autism spectrum very often face with stereotypes and assumptions that try to place limits on the things they can do.And while some believe that because of the behavioral, cognitive and emotional differences that define autism it is not very...

Ivana Projkovska – the first Macedonian referee at the UEFA Women’s Under-19 Championship 2019

Ivana Projkovska made history by becoming the first Macedonian referee at the UEFA Women’s Under-19 Championship 2019. Being a woman makes this moment even more important for our country.UEFA mentioned that before Ivana there was only one Macedonian male...

India’s first out athlete

Dutee Chand’s reveal for the Indian newspaper The Sunday Express about her relationship with another woman made her India’s first publicly out athlete.The Indian sprinter came out after India’s Supreme Court overturned the colonial-era law which...

Different types of discrimination in sports and how to solve them

Gender discrimination in sportsEven though in 2015 the FIFA Women’s World Cup Final between the US and Japan was the most-watched soccer game in US history with over 25 million viewers, female athletes still face harassment and discrimination in...

Gender discrimination in sports

One of the biggest issues of gender discrimination in sports is the wage gap“One of the essential conditions for the effective exercise of human rights is that everyone should be free to develop and preserve his or her physical, intellectual, and moral...

The marginalization & exploitation of women in the sports media industry

Even though women have always played an important role in the world of sport, and some of the greatest athletes of all time have been women, in the sports media they are still represented as second tier in comparison to male athletes.Today the media have...

Famous athletes with disabilities

We often believe that people with disabilities can’t do any sport, but luckily today many have proved us wrong and there are athletes who have overcome their physical limitations and have become professionals in their sport. They have learnt to deal with...

10 most successful LGBTQ athletes of all time (Part Two)

Each of these athletes, apart from his/her immense success, has become a vocal advocate for the LGBTQ rights. They have all been through some harsh time when they came out, because at that time people weren’t really aware, nor accepting, of gay rights as...

10 most successful LGBTQ athletes of all time (Part one)

Each of these athletes, apart from his/her immense success, has become a vocal advocate for the LGBTQ rights. They have all been through some harsh time when they came out, because at that time people weren’t really aware, nor accepting, of gay rights as...

Project Partners

Association for progress, education and lobbying

GAYCS

ASSOCIACAO JUVENIL DE PENICHE

Zdruzenie Odbojkarski Klub JANTA VOLEJ Skopje

Udruga gluhih i nagluhih Nova Gradiska

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