Who we are
Our premise and approach
We rely on a bottom-up approach to identify challenges, good practices and needs. We propose solutions adapted to the issues faced at the community level, while assessing the procedure’s reproducibility to make them duplicable for scale-up purposes.
We work closely with leading international organisations and are active members of working groups and advisory committees to ensure that sport is part of integrated, multi-sectoral approaches.
We call on international decision-makers to deploy the intentional use of sport as a tool for transmitting values for peace, relying on its universality, on its role models and on field actors trained with the day-to-day needs.
Our mission
Supporting the implementation of high-impact programmes that use sport to build peaceful, inclusive and equitable communities.
Our vision
A safer, more equitable and inclusive world through sport and its values.
Our values
Neutrality, Resilience, Inclusion, Independence, Equity, Dialogue
Our scope of action
Peace education
Transmitting knowledge and skills to promote a culture of peace
Promoting access to education and vocational training for disadvantaged communities
Living together
Capacity-building to ensure equal opportunities and social inclusion for all
Promoting gender equality through sport;
Bringing people together, fostering reconciliation and intercultural dialogue through sport
Coalitions
Encouraging the duplication of best practices and ensuring that civil society’s expertise is taken into account
Multi-stakeholder partnerships capitalising on each party’s expertise and resources
Our symbol
The #WhiteCard was created by Peace and Sport and is the symbol of peace through sport. It represents sport’s positive and constructive dimension.
Culture of peace
A set of values, attitudes, behaviors and lifestyles that inspire social interactions, avoid violence and prevent conflict, by putting the focus on dialogue and negotiation among individuals, groups and states.
(UN Resolution A/RES/52/13)
Sport for peace
The intentional use of sport to achieve specific objectives to build a culture of peace, through the transmission of values, attitudes and behaviors that inspire social interaction and sharing.
(SDP IWG Secretariat, 2008)