Cycling fans will see an unusual presence in the Official Village of the Tour de France 2009: a stand promoting “Peace and Sport, L’Organisation pour la Paix par le Sport”, an organisation based in the Principality of Monaco, under the High Patronage of His Serene Highness Prince Albert II.

A neutral and apolitical international initiative, Peace and Sport uses sport as a tool to foster education, dialogue, stability and reconciliation of divided communities throughout the world. It intervenes in areas suffering from extreme poverty, lack of social cohesion, or in the aftermath of armed conflict.

With the support of the Principality of Monaco, where this year the Tour de France starts from for the first time in its history, Peace and Sport will have a stand in the Official Village to raise awareness and inform potential partners about its action.

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Peace and Sport and the International Committee for the Mediterranean Games get together to promote inter-cultural dialogue in the Mediterranean Basin

Pescara, 16 June 2009 - On 26 June, when the 3,300 athletes representing their countries parade at the Opening Ceremony of the XVI Mediterranean Games, they will launch a passionate appeal for peace and dialogue throughout the world.

To strengthen this message, the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (ICMG) is working in association with “Peace and Sport, L’Organisation pour la Paix par le Sport” for the first time. The aim of this new partnership is to remind people that, above and beyond sporting competition, the 2009 Games in Pescara will be a symbol of what sport can do to strengthen the dialogue between nations and build foundations for sustainable peace.

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Proceeds to go to education fund to support families of the victims of Lahore terror attack and Peace and Sport community projects across the Asian subcontinent

Cricket stakeholders will be encouraged to support the cause

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced that the ICC World Twenty20 2009 warm-up encounter between India and Pakistan at The Oval on 3 June had been designated as a ‘Catch the Spirit’ match.

Funds raised through a variety of means during the game will go to support the families of the victims of the attack on the Sri Lanka team and match officials in Lahore in March, as well as Peace and Sport* projects across the Asian subcontinent.

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Monaco, 21 May 2009 – The starting line of the 67th Monaco Grand Prix is displaying unusual colours for the first time this year: they are the colours of “Peace and Sport, L’Organisation pour la Paix par le Sport", an international initiative that promotes sport as an instrument of peace and social stability throughout the world.

Based in the Principality of Monaco under the High Patronage of HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, Peace and Sport strives to unite divided communities by bringing together stakeholders involved in peace and in sport.

The organization intervenes in areas suffering the consequences of post-conflict, extreme poverty or lack of social cohesion.

For the past few days, Monegasque residents, thousands of tourists and fans of motor sport have seen Peace and Sport’s banner displayed on Boulevard Albert I, which in a few days’ time will witness the most powerful cars on the planet rev up to start 78 circuits round the Principality’s legendary hairpin bends and tight turns.

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Monaco, 28 April 2009 – Following Rafael Nadal’s fifth consecutive victory at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Tournament, whilst in Monaco, the ATP’s no. 1 seed expressed his wholehearted support for the International Initiative Peace and Sport based in the Principality.

Peace and Sport promotes the practice of sport as an instrument for peace and social stability throughout the world, intervening in areas of post conflict, extreme poverty or lacking social cohesion, working to bring divided communities together and to unite all actors for peace and for sport.

The organization notably uses tennis, especially a form of tennis called ‘petit tennis’ as an instrument for education and social integration of children in the most disadvantaged parts of Israel-Palestine.

New format, new speakers, new venue: there’s a change of look for the third edition of the Peace and Sport International Forum which will take place in Monaco
from 25-27 November 2009

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Operational Capacities Strengthened for Peace and Sport

Denver, Colorado, 26 March 2009 – From Sportaccord 2009, the international organisation Peace and Sport announces the signature of Global Agreements with five major International sports Federations (IF) to implement joint development programmes for education through sport all over the world :
- The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). The first joint programmes called "Ping Pong Paz" (Peace through Ping Pong) are planned in Colombia, with the non-governmental organisation “Colombianitos”, the Colombian Table Tennis Association, and the table tennis manufacturer Butterfly. Future projects in East Timor and a project in Palm Island, Australia through the Cathy Freeman Foundation are currently being discussed.
- The World Chess Federation (FIDE) will encourage peace-promotion events and provide equipment and training for the Youth Centres Peace and Sport supports.
- The International University Sports Federation (FISU) will support Peace and Sport in its awareness raising campaigns among students, who are the decision-makers of tomorrow.
- The International Military Sports Council (CISM) will develop joint peace-building operations for demobilised child soldiers in the Great Lakes Region in Africa.
- The International Rugby Board (IRB) has joined forces with Peace and Sport to deliver peace-building education programmes through Rugby in several countries.

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