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FINAL MEETING UNDER THE SONKEI PROJECT WAS HELD IN TURKEY
03.12.2022
In the period 30.11.2022 – 03.12.2022, in Sakarya, Turkey the final international meeting under the SONKEI project was held, which was attended by 8 partner organizations form 8 European countries – Bulgaria, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Turkey and Croatia. The partners discussed the project activities so far, as well as the practical educational tool for children and youth to raise awareness about violence in sport.
The final conference of the project was held on December 2 at the Faculty of Sports at the University of Applied Sciences in Sakarya, involving around 100 children and young people from the local community, who participated in practical workshops that tested practices and methods against racism and violence in sport and different methodologies and practical educational tools to raise awareness about violence in sport and promote European and universal values such as respect, courage, mutual aid, empathy, gender equality and inclusion. Speakers at the conference were Bruno Avelar Rosa – expert in the field of sports policies, sports education and development and Magali Baton – French judo competitor.
Emilia Pergelova – European projects coordinator, Valentina Brankina and Stefan Pergelov – volunteers at BSDA, took part in the meeting on behalf of the Bulgarian sports development association.
SONKEI OBJECTIVES ARE:
• A survey of the existing policies and strategies to tackle violence and intolerance in sport in different countries in EU and abroad, adaptation of this policies and strategies to our environment and implementation into grassroots sport organizations in the countries of all partners;
• Development of educational programs for coaches, managers, volunteers and other sport professionals about the problem of violence and intolerance in sport and implementation of educational programs into grassroots sport organizations;
• Development of practical tools that we can use in sport to educate children and youth about how to resist bullying, violence, intolerance and discrimination and help them cope with the violence they encounter in everyday life;
• Breaking barriers and prejudices;
• Educate coaches about the procedures in case they recognize violence or if they are trusted by children, youth and adults about the violence they encounter;
• Promotion of the activities and the results of the project in the local environment of each partner and in as many EU territories as possible with the help of Ambassadors of Nonviolence. Ambassadors of Nonviolence will be famous athletes, well known in local communities.
THE EXPECTED RESULTS OF THE PROJECT ARE:
• More initiatives for prevention of violence and intolerance in sports at national and regional levels;
• More sports organizations to have policies and strategies for violence prevention;
• Coaches who have passed the educational program to have knowledge and a clear vision of what actions to take in case of violent behavior and intolerance;
• Coaches should have developed a training methodology that distinguishes the rigid training regime from violent behavior;
• The culture in sports clubs should be more tolerant and should not allow violent behavior and abuse.
The SONKEI project is co-funded by the Erasmus + programme of the European Union.
Emilia Pergelova – European projects coordinator, Valentina Brankina and Stefan Pergelov – volunteers at BSDA, took part in the meeting on behalf of the Bulgarian sports development association.
SONKEI OBJECTIVES ARE:
• A survey of the existing policies and strategies to tackle violence and intolerance in sport in different countries in EU and abroad, adaptation of this policies and strategies to our environment and implementation into grassroots sport organizations in the countries of all partners;
• Development of educational programs for coaches, managers, volunteers and other sport professionals about the problem of violence and intolerance in sport and implementation of educational programs into grassroots sport organizations;
• Development of practical tools that we can use in sport to educate children and youth about how to resist bullying, violence, intolerance and discrimination and help them cope with the violence they encounter in everyday life;
• Breaking barriers and prejudices;
• Educate coaches about the procedures in case they recognize violence or if they are trusted by children, youth and adults about the violence they encounter;
• Promotion of the activities and the results of the project in the local environment of each partner and in as many EU territories as possible with the help of Ambassadors of Nonviolence. Ambassadors of Nonviolence will be famous athletes, well known in local communities.
THE EXPECTED RESULTS OF THE PROJECT ARE:
• More initiatives for prevention of violence and intolerance in sports at national and regional levels;
• More sports organizations to have policies and strategies for violence prevention;
• Coaches who have passed the educational program to have knowledge and a clear vision of what actions to take in case of violent behavior and intolerance;
• Coaches should have developed a training methodology that distinguishes the rigid training regime from violent behavior;
• The culture in sports clubs should be more tolerant and should not allow violent behavior and abuse.
The SONKEI project is co-funded by the Erasmus + programme of the European Union.
