by Peace and Sport | Dec 4, 2015 | Watch
Looking back on the 8th edition of the Peace and Sport International Forum, I now understand why I was convinced that our gathering was the best possible response we could provide to recent attacks around the globe. Although, as with every year, our discussions and...
by Peace and Sport | Nov 20, 2015 | Watch
The world is changing fast, yet conscious of the cost of violence the trap is to invest more in warfare than in structured peace-building actions. Have we not learnt from a long history of human suffering? Where are the real investments, the commitments for change,...
by Peace and Sport | Nov 13, 2015 | Watch
Today kicks off the 6th edition of the Friendship Games, an annual sports, cultural and awareness-raising event aimed at promoting fraternity among youth from bordering countries of the Great Lakes Region of Africa. This year’s edition is being staged in Bugarama,...
by Peace and Sport | Nov 6, 2015 | Watch
If you were connected to social networks today, you couldn’t have missed the two vibrating topics #iLoveYOG and #youth4SDGs. With less than 100 days to go to the YOG the IOC has launched its Winter Youth Olympic Games social media campaign with the aim to engage young...
by Peace and Sport | Oct 30, 2015 | Watch
Only one month after 193 world leaders gathered in New York to commit to the SDG’s 17 Global Goals guiding the agenda of the United Nations for the next 15 years the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, adopted the “Building a peaceful and better world...
by Peace and Sport | Oct 16, 2015 | Watch
The term “Sports diplomacy”, describes the use of sport as a means to influence diplomatic, social, and political relations[1]. Sports in this context may transcend cultural differences and bring people together or at least it is a possibility the European Commission...