MULTIPLIER SPORT EVENT

Sport!OP! project partners will organize and lead local discussions held within the the local Sport!OP! group meetings framework. Here, an action plan will be elaborated in each context and consolidated in a ‘Strategic Action Plan’. The action plan will detail the type of actions and actors/stakeholders, as well as the resources required to sustain a local community-based resilience strategy using sports as a vehicle for social inclusion of the most vulnerable and at risk children and adolescents.

During this diagnosis phase, Sport!OP! partners will attempt to engage key local stakeholders to participate in knowledge exchange, sharing and transfer. Ultimately this will lead to the development of a local strategy to promote youth resilience through sport in deprived areas.

At least 3 meetings are expected to take place in each city/country through ‘Multiplier Sport Events’. These events, held within the project framework, are key to the setup of the local key stakeholder’s networks.

PILOT PROGRAMME

After the Sport!OP! methodology has been designed and the instructors have received training,  the pilot will be launched and tested during several months in six different locations (Granollers, Grigny, Ieper, Lund, Zagreb and Sarajevo). Participating organisations will organize pilot actions to work with key target groups (the most vulnerable children and adolescents).

The pilot tests begin with the early identification and selection of children and adolescents to be involved in the pilot actions (based on a transparent, non-discriminative process which places particular emphasis on the participation of girls). Sport organizations will collect children’s data on a case-by-case basis, and prepare a database. Specific sporting activities will be implemented in each area based on the designed Sport!OP! methodology. In certain cases, families and related adults will be invited to the sport sessions.