September 7th is the "World Fair Play Day", a sports initiative targeted to promote fair play and ethical values in sport. On this date every year, all sportspersons are invited to spotlight fair play-related initiatives, projects and achievements.
Rounding off seven years of nation-wide efforts deployed by Panathlon Wallonie-Bruxelles, the International Fair Play Committee (CIFP), the European Fair Play Movement (EFPM) and Panathlon International have teamed to celebrate fair play every year on the same date, i.e. 7 September.
UNESCO initiates the “Quality Physical Education” programme
UNESCO has released two new publications, i.e. the Quality Physical Education policy package and a toolkit targeted to inclusive physical education.
These publications aim to bolster governments in developing physical education policies to support children in acquiring key physical, social and emotional skills.
The need for inclusive development of Quality Physical Education policies
This document outlines the importance and potential benefits of quality physical education. Furthermore, it shows the positive outcomes which may prove useful to shore up the post-pandemic recovery efforts. It includes a set of practical recommendations for public and private players within the sport-education ecosystem and lists the resources available to implement such recommendations.
Download the paper (Making the case for inclusive quality physical education policy development: a policy brief - UNESCO Digital Library)
How to influence development of Quality Physical Education policy: a toolkit to support young people
This toolkit is aimed to help young people and youth organisations to assist in the development of policies targeted to quality physical education, providing general guidelines on how to design a support campaign.
For more information and additional resources, visit the project site Promoting Quality Physical Education Policy (unesco.org)
European Charter of Sport and Human Rights in Sport: resolutions adopted at the Conference of Ministers
Panathlon International participated in the 16th Conference of Ministers responsible for Sport of the Council of Europe, organized in different sessions by videoconference.
On 11 February 2021, two resolutions were adopted on:
1) A European approach to sports policies: the revision of the European Charter for Sport.
Ministers stressed that the revised text should facilitate access to sport at all social levels, allowing investment in infrastructure for the practice of physical activity at the grassroots level, both inside and outside of school environments. They also encouraged member States to develop national sport strategies, as well as to exchange best practices and experiences.
2) Human Rights in Sport
Considering the importance of a human rights-based approach in addressing issues related to the integrity of sport, such as safety during sporting events, combating doping, and manipulation of sporting competitions, Ministers encouraged Member States to further improve the protection and promotion of human rights in this field, as well as to promote sport and its many social and individual benefits to strengthen society's resilience to global crises.
The full documentation can be viewed at the following link
Institutional Meeting - International Board 19 February 2021
On 19 February 2021, a meeting of the International Board of PI will be held by videoconference.
Among the various topics on the agenda: Photo Contest - Statistics and views on FB and PI website - 6) Pan American Congress: Theme and Programme - FAIR PLAY Project - Disabled Project.
The IOC Executive Committee proposes the Olympic Agenda 2020+5 as a strategic roadmap until 2025.
The Olympic Agenda 2020+5 will be presented to the IOC members for discussion and adoption at the 137th session of the IOC in March this year.
It consists of 15 recommendations and will guide the work of the IOC and the Olympic Movement for the next five years until 2025.
Panathlon International New Office at the Maison du Sport International in Lausanne
The Panathlon International has a new office at the Maison du Sport International in Lausanne since the 1st September 2020. It is made available for about 4 to 5 hours per week.
This new office allows the Panathlon International to be in the heart of the world of international sport in Lausanne.
It can welcome 6 to 8 people. In case of more important meetings the PI can book one of the numerous meeting rooms which are available for the tenants at the MSI.
Maison du Sport International (MSI)
Contact representation Lausanne:
Melody Exhenry
Panathlon International
Maison du Sport International (MSI)
Av. de Rhodanie 54
CH- 1007 Lausanne
E-mail: representation.lausanne@panathlon.net
PI President's Committee
On February 11, 2021, a new meeting of the PI President's Committee will be held by videoconference.
Among the various topics on the agenda: new projects for clubs, guidelines for the establishment of clubs and for the granting of patronage, new contacts for the opening of Clubs in Italy and Africa.
Athletes' Voices - Putting Athletes' Voices at the Centre of Sport Safeguarding
Turning the safeguarding debate on its head, this conference will focus on athletes' needs, priorities and perspectives on safeguarding. Athletes will share their views. Each session will include two athletes interviewed (some with experience of violence in sport), who will provide reflections on the data presented.
The conference will open on Thursday 11 March with a keynote speaker and four speakers discussing human and children's rights, athlete defense, community and state defense. On Friday 12 March there will be six interdisciplinary sessions discussing a range of topics, including athlete-coach communication, the approaches to justice focused on the athlete and independent interventions.
To register for the conference follow this link
https://www.safesportinternational.com/ssi-2021-march-conference-programme/
The International Olympic Committee (IOC), The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee (Tokyo 2020) Today published the first playbook, a resource which outlines the personal responsibilities key stakeholders must take to play their role in ensuring safe and successful Olympic and Paralympic Games this Summer
Panathlon International chosen as partner in the EPOSM Erasmus+Project
"Evidence-based prevention of match-fixing in sport".
The EPOSM project ("Evidence-based Prevention of Sport-related Match-fixing") launched in 2020, will last two years (2020-2021) and is co-financed by the European Commission in the context of the Erasmus+ Collaborative Partnerships in Sport programme. During this project, eleven high-level European institutions will join forces to: raise awareness on the prevalence of sport-related (i.e. non-betting-related) match-fixing, stimulate moral judgement on sport-related match-fixing, and share and transfer this knowledge. These objectives will be pursued by disseminating and analysing questionnaires on match-fixing in seven European countries, developing country-specific action plans and organising workshops against match-fixing and disseminating these results to as many sports stakeholders as possible.
Panathlon International, through the Panathlon Representation in Brussels, in close contact with the Panathlon Cultural and Scientific Committee, was called upon to collaborate mainly because of its familiarity with the complex sports landscape, its extensive network and the sport-practice competence of its members. In the next issue of the magazine you will find the in-depth analysis.