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BSDA HELD EVENTS UNDER THE SONKEI PROJECT
30.09.2022
In the period September 26–30, 2022, Bulgarian sports development association held events for adolescents in Sofia under the SONKEI project, through which the activities and results of the project were tested and promoted. During the events, practices and methods to deal with racism and violence in sports and various methodologies and practical educational tools for children and young people were tested to raise awareness about violence in sports and promote European and universal human values such as respect, courage, mutual aid, empathy, gender equality and inclusion as a tool to prevent violence and intolerance in sport at national and regional levels. The project aims to change people's mindset and initiate social change to ensure a safer living environment.
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 project “SONKEI” is co-funded by the Erasmus + program of the European Union.
• 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 project “SONKEI” is co-funded by the Erasmus + program of the European Union.
