VNR accessible here : https://tinyurl.com/yc4pk7u9 Pictures of the Friendship Games : https://flic.kr/s/aHsmqivjCy Press release, Monday 20th of August Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) basketball athletes played in the same team…
Press release, Thursday 16th of August Peace and Sport is finalizing the preparation for the 9th Friendship Games edition, which will take place in Bujumbura, Burundi and Uvira, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)…
As part of Peace and Sport’s ongoing efforts to use sport as a tool for dialogue around the world, the organization will hold the 2018 Friendship Games in Bujumbura, Burundi from 17 to 19 August in…
One year after launching the « Live Together » program, Peace and Sport announced the Peace Building activities focused on the promotion of peace values and gender equity through sport in…
The Peace and Sport Regional Forum entitled “Societies in Motion: Rising up through Sport”, co-organized by Peace and Sport and the Region of South Aegean, will take place on the historic…
Peace and Sport spread awareness on the power of sport for peace at the Tour de France, Saturday 7th of July in Noirmoutier, France. For this occasion, H.S.H., Patron of…
Peace and Sport is delighted to present its April6 fifth edition report dedicated to the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace On 23 August 2013 the UN General…
Peace and Sport and the International Academy of Martial Arts of Monaco renew their partnership for peace-through-sport activities, on the occasion of the Monte Carlo Fighting Trophy to be held…
In the framework of the D-Day Landing commemorations, Peace and Sport spoke about the role of sport in peacebuilding at the 1st World Forum Normandy for Peace taking place in…
Peace and Sport is very grateful to Maha Aziz family and friends for their contribution to the “Live Together” program in Za’atari refugee camp, Jordan. Thanks to their support through…
As part of Peace and Sport’s ongoing efforts to use sport as a tool for positive social change in West Africa, the international organization delivered a one-day lecture on “Peace…
During the seventh edition of the Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year Award 2018 themed “Women and Sport”, Yelena Isinbaeva, double Olympic gold medalist and three-time World pole vault champion, received…
During the 27th UNFP awards ceremony, Peace and Sport and the UNFP announced the renewal of their collaboration to use football in favor of international solidarity, dialogue and bringing communities…
Peace and Sport, the politically neutral organisation, dedicated to promoting sport as a tool for peace, and the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) united the joint North-South Korea women’s table…
This week Peace and Sport participated in SportAccord Convention 2018 and the Alliance of Independent recognized Members of Sport (AIMS) Sport Festival: United Through Sports 2018 Bangkok Festival. Over the…
The 2018 online #WhiteCard campaign reached new heights on the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, April6, with more than 90 million people reached on social media*…
Peace and Sport – the politically-neutral organization which promotes sport as a tool for peace – was at Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan to celebrate “APRIL6”, the International Day of…
To celebrate the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP), Peace and Sport, partner to Hurricane Group, will share its message of peace-through-sport, on April 6 during the…
After having received the Peace and Sport Award for the best April6 initiative of the year in 2017, Play 4 Peace again marked the International Day of Sport for Development…
Last weekend Peace and Sport launched the digital #WhiteCard campaign for 2018. This international initiative invites the entire world to show support for the peace-through-sport movement using the ‘white card…
Peace and Sport will implement the official agreement signed this weekend by the Principality of Monaco and the Republic of Colombia. In presence of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of…
To mark International Women’s Day, Champion for Peace Jean-François Tordo supported by Peace and Sport is organizing an international rugby tournament on 17 March , giving young Malagasy people the…
WHAT IS CELEBRATED ON APRIL 6TH ? April6 was declared the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP) by the United Nations General Assembly in 2013 with the…
Peace and Sport, the politically-neutral organization dedicated to promoting sport as a tool for peace, and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) this weekend united the joint North-South Korea women‘s hockey team for a…
PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games will celebrate peace. The opening ceremony will see the North and South Korean athletes parade together behind the flag of unified Korea. In this perspective,…
Adrien Mare, rally driver and Champion for Peace, finished his first-ever Dakar rally this Saturday wearing Peace and Sport’s colours In September 2017 Adrien became a Champion for Peace, joining…
Monaco, Sunday 14th January 2018. The curtain fell on the 9th Monaco Optimist Team Race organised by the Yacht Club de Monaco with support from FxPro, Eventica, Fon and clothing…
Monaco – 8th December 2017 The 2017 Peace and Sport International Forum closed today with a landmark meeting of global sports ministers, after three days of insight, knowledge sharing and…
Monaco – 7th December 2017 Former Afghanistan national women’s team captain, Khalida Popal, has been named the Champion of the Year at the 2017 Peace and Sport Awards, following…
Organisation also joins with Jordanian National Olympic Committee New Champion for Peace Didier Drogba welcomes delegates as peace-through-sport gathering begins Monaco – 6th December 2017 Peace and Sport has today…
More than 40 Champions for Peace representing 23 countries and 20 different sports joined together with Joël Bouzou, President and Founder of Peace and Sport, to review the numerous actions…
Led by Taekwondo Olympic Champion and Champion for Peace, Marlene Harnois, the Caravan for Peace traveled across Senegal to meet children, families and associations to promote the values of solidarity…
Spanish football star Juan Mata is among the high-profile nominees for the 2017 Peace and Sport Awards, after voting closed on the Champion of the Year category. Mata, a UEFA…
Join us for a morning jogging on the seashore Friday, December 8th at 9:00am in front of the Monte-Carlo Bay with our Champions for Peace, Habiba Ghribi, Olympic Champion in 3000 Steeplechase and Tegla…
FIFA World Cup winning footballer and social activist Lilian Thuram has been announced as the latest speaker for the 2017 Peace and Sport International Forum, as excitement builds ahead of…
Created in 2008, the annual Peace and Sport Awards reward organizations and individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to peace, dialogue and social stability in the world through sport….
On the occasion of the Global Social Business Summit held in Paris, France, from the 4th to the 9th of November, Peace and Sport showcased its “Sport Simple Solutions”. Presenting next…
The 1st Caravan for Peace will take to the road in Senegal from 16 – 19 November 2017. At the wheel, Marlène Harnois, Peace and Sport Champion for Peace and…
Peace and Sport, the politically-neutral organisation dedicated to promoting sport as a tool for peace, today delivered a presentation to the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) General Assembly in Prague, Czech…
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and social business pioneer Professor Muhammad Yunus, together with UEFA Champions League winner, four-time Premier League Champion and Champion for Peace Didier Drogba, have today been…
For the third consecutive year, the winner of Peace and Sport Documentary Prize was announced at the Sportel Awards, on Tuesday 24 October 2017, in Monaco. The jury, made up…
Khalida Popal, the inspirational former captain of the Afghanistan national women’s football team, has today been announced as the first headline speaker at the 2017 Peace and Sport International Forum,…
Peace and Sport is organizing a new round of their Sport Workshops in partnership with the French Judicial Youth Protection Service (PJJ) in Montauban, to help young people with no…
Monaco – 20 September 2017 Peace and Sport, the politically-neutral organisation dedicated to the peace-through-sport movement, has today unveiled a host of new Champions for Peace who will help to spread the…
Peace and Sport, the politically-neutral organization aimed at promoting sport as a tool for peace, launches a new “I Move For Peace” campaign with Jérôme Roux, amateur sportsman, for the benefit…
Peace and Sport, the politically-neutral organization aimed at promoting sport as a tool for peace, will hold the 10th edition of its International Forum between 6-8 December, with this year’s…
Peace and Sport couldn’t let its 10-Year Anniversary pass by without celebrating with a new commemorative logo. The new icon marks the decade by inserting a large number 10 with…
Peace and Sport, the politically-neutral organisation aimed at promoting sport as a tool for peace, is seeking volunteers for the 10th Peace and Sport International Forum. Are you passionate about the sport…
The 8th edition of the Friendship Games, organised by Peace and Sport in partnership with the National Olympic Committee of Burundi, concluded after a weekend full of sport, learning and intercultural dialogue in Bujumbura, Burundi last week….
Peace and Sport, the politically-neutral organisation dedicated to the development of peace through sport, is finalising preparation for the 2017 Friendship Games which begins in Bujumbura, Burundi tomorrow, August 11…
On the occasion of the Social Business Day held on 28 and 29 July in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Peace and Sport highlighted the role of sport for social cohesion and for…
Peace and Sport, the politically-neutral organization aimed at promoting sport as a tool for peace was in Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan to launch the “Live Together” program in partnership with…
As part of Peace and Sport’s ongoing efforts to use sport as a tool for peace around the world, the organisation will this year hold the 2017 Friendship Games in…
The Herculis Meeting held on 21 July in Monaco invites Peace and Sport to meet athletes to tell them about the importance of sport as a tool for peace. In…
Peace and Sport, the politically-neutral organization aimed at promoting sport as a tool for peace, called for large mobilization to develop peace through sport policies during the Sixth International Conference…
Sport can make a powerful contribution to tourism, and sport tourism is a good opportunity to promote peace. For this reason, Peace and Sport, the politically-neutral organisation aimed at promoting…
Yesterday was the opening of “Athletes”, an exhibition of street artist C215 in Paris under the high patronage of Mrs Laura Flessel, French Minister of Sports and Peace and Sport…
Peace and Sport is delighted to present its April6 fourth edition report dedicated to the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace. Since 2013 when the United Nations declared…
©Veloimages / BORA-hansgrohe Just before the start of the Tour de France in Düsseldorf, a tribute was paid to Helmut Kohl for his historic handshake with François Mitterrand and for…
For the third year Peace and Sport, the politically-neutral organisation aimed at promoting sport as a tool for peace, is partnering with the Fédération Monégasque de Kickboxing for the Monte-Carlo…
St. Lawrence High School (SLHS), Kolkata, India, in association with their alumni St. Lawrence Old Boys’ Association (SLOBA) are organising an international drawing and painting competition ‘Expression 2017’ on Olympic…
As part of Peace and Sport’s ongoing efforts to use sport to promote peace around the world, the 8th edition of the Friendship Games in the Great Lakes region of Africa…
Jean-Baptiste Alaize is a Paralympic athlete and Champion for Peace since 2016 for his great involvement promoting the values of sport as a tool for peace. His inspiring life experience…
Peace and Sport, the politically-neutral organisation aimed at promoting sport as a tool for peace, has joined forces with the Fédération Monégasque de Volleyball and the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB),…
Peace And Sport is overjoyed to announce the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding with two ‘Act for what Matters’ 2016 project-winners: Sacred Sports Foundation Inc.(SSF), located in Saint Lucia,…
Following their intensive preparation for the ArMen Race and the related awareness-raising campaign, it was with great pleasure that the ‘Kind-hearted Sailors’ team made up of Laurent Dupont, Charles-Antoine Grizon,…
Peace and Sport is delighted to announce that the Peace and Sport Awards 2017 are now open for entries. Created in 2008, the annual Peace and Sport Awards reward the…
Peace and Sport travelled to Morocco to visit the Mobadara Association, which was 1 of the 8 winners from the 2016 Act for What Matters call for projects. Mobadara Association…
The third UNFP – Peace and Sport Trophy was presented last night at the 26th UNFP (French National Union of Professional Soccer) awards ceremony, which took place at the FC…
Laura Flessel, Peace and Sport Champion and Fencing Olympic Champion, has been appointed by the French Government as the Minister of Sports. As a member of the Champion for Peace club since 2009,…
Sport can play a particularly important and healing role for refugees, helping to address health as well as social and developmental needs. For this reason and with the ambition to…
Peace and Sport was in Cyprus this week to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS) which gathers 38 State Members. Since 2007, the EPAS aims…
Monaco – 09 May 2017 Peace and Sport, the politically-neutral organisation aimed at promoting sport as a tool for peace, has released a commemorative postage stamp on the occasion of…
Monaco – 5 May 2017 Peace and Sport, the politically-neutral organisation aimed at promoting sport as a tool for peace, has joined forces with the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) and…
From 5-6 May, Joël Bouzou, President and Founder of Peace and Sport, participate in the 4th World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue (WFID) in Baku, Azerbaijan. This 4th WFID is organized…
Peace and Sport is glad to announce its recent partnership with two ‘Act for what Matters’ 2016 project-winners. The Soy Migrante organization, located in Mexico, and Ping Sans Frontières in…
Monaco – 18 April 2017 Peace and Sport, the politically-neutral organisation dedicated to promoting the peace through sport movement, has hailed the success of its annual #WhiteCard campaign, which this…
The day after the attack against the bus carrying Borussia Dortmund football players, expressions of solidarity have been pouring in. Peace and Sport and AS Monaco have in turn sent…
Monaco/Mies, Switzerland. The International Basketball Foundation (IBF) and Peace and Sport – L’Organisation pour la Paix par le Sport- share a common desire to promote Basketball as a tool for…
Peace and Sport, the politically neutral organisation, dedicated to promoting sport as a tool for peace, in cooperation with the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) have this week brought together…
Athletes and International Federations are today (April 6) mobilizing behind Peace and Sport’s #WhiteCard campaign as they celebrate the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP), the UN-recognised…
A “Peace and Sport Trophy” was organized this Thursday during the Pitch&Putt World Strokeplay Championship 2017 taking place in Busto Arsizio, Italy, from 30th March to 2nd April 2017. This…
New York, USA – 29 March 2017 Peace and Sport, the politically neutral, international organisation founded in 2007, today outlined its ongoing campaign for the development of peace through sport…
Peace and Sport, the politically neutral organisation dedicated to promoting sport as a tool for peace, has launched its 2017 #WhiteCard campaign, inviting the world to show its commitment to…
As part of the Act For What Matters 2016 call for projects, Peace and Sport signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the NGO Promo Jeune Basket, located in Goma, east…
More than 4,000 athletes committed to social change gathered from 2-5 March in Dublin for the 2017 Irish Open International, an event organized by the World Association of Kickboxing Organizations…
This week the 17th edition of the Laureus World Sport Awards, an annual event that rewards the best athletes of the past year, took place in Monaco. In attendance of…
8 NGOs from all corners of the world have been selected to become partners with Peace and Sport! All of the selected organizations focus their work and efforts in the…
Peace And Sport shows its support for the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) taking place in Erzurum (Turkey) from 11 to 18 February 2017. This event represents the equivalent of…
With the 4th edition of International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, Peace and Sport is urging all stakeholders and supporters of the peace through sport movement to mobilize their…
From 2-4 February, Joël Bouzou, President and Founder of Peace and Sport, participated in the XVI World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Bogotá. After welcoming three of the four…
A renowned actor in the world of sport, Peace and Sport is intensifying its presence in the world of peace during the XVI World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates which for the first time…
Mr Joel Bouzou, President and Founder of Peace and Sport signs a Memorandum of Understanding with Jef Tordo, “Champion For Peace” who is the founder of the NGO “PACHAMAMA” located…
The President of IPPA Mr. Carlo Farioli stated: “It is our honor to become partners with Peace and Sport and sign today the MOU which officially establishes our cooperation on…
Following the signage of the MOU between the World Taekwondo Federation and Peace and Sport during the 9th Peace and Sport International Forum last November, the cooperation between the two…
“The terrible terrorist attacks which have again struck Turkey are a symbol of the feeling of unease that is currently gripping our societies. We at Peace and Sport will not…
It is with deep sadness that Peace and Sport learned of the death of one of our Champions for Peace, Mohamed Dridi. “The far-reaching Peace and Sport family has been…
Experience the three days started with a symbolic Peace Walk led by HSH Prince Albert accompanied by three Nobel Peace Prize-winners from Tunisia: Abdessatar Ben Moussa, Mohammed Fadhel Mahfoudh and…
Launched in 2009, our Champions for Peace club provides athletes with a structure for action and coordinated expression, so that the impact of their commitment to peace through sports projects…
“It was with great sadness that I learned about the tragic plane crash in Colombia that killed 71 people. Among victims there were 48 members of the Brazilian Chapecoense Real football team and…
The 9th Peace and Sport Forum in Monaco ended on Friday. There’s no doubt that it will be indelibly etched in the history of the movement that began a decade…
As a side event to one of the plenary sessions in the Peace and Sport Forum which ends this Friday in Monaco, called ‘Breaking down barriers through sports diplomacy’ a…
32 Champions for Peace representing 17 different sports from 20 countries over 4 continents are attending the 9th Peace and Sport Forum in Monaco, which began on Wednesday. Following the…
The Peace and Sport Forum kicked off on Wednesday 23 November in Monaco with the Peace Walk, a highly symbolic initiative. After tracing the word ‘Peace’ with an olive branch…
9th Peace and Sport International Forum 23 – 25 November 2016 The 2016 Peace and Sport Forum will be held in Monaco from 23-25 November. As in 2015, the first…
For the second consecutive year, Peace and Sport sponsored the Prix du Documentaire (Documentary Prize) at the SPORTEL Awards evening, held in Monaco on Tuesday, 25 October. The jury, made…
Champion of the Year rewards an international athlete who has led a significant sport initiative towards peaceful change. The 2016 Champion of the Year will be revealed during the Peace…
Join us for a morning jogging on the seashore Thursday, November 24th at 7:00am with our Champions for Peace, Elana Meyer, Olympic medallist and Tegla Loroupe, winner of New York…
Wednesday, 26 October This morning they were 15 waiting to climb into the minibus, refreshed and eager to take part in the sports day. Three weeks earlier, there were 17…
Six months ago, the 25th UNFP (French National Union of Professional Football) Awards Ceremony presented the Peace and Sport Trophy to US Pont-Sainte-Maxence football club in the presence of Laura…
Champion for Peace Guo Chuan has sadly been lost at sea during his attempt to beat the world record for a one-man crossing of the Pacific. The Chinese sailor left…
The 7th edition of the Friendship Games in the Great Lakes region of Africa took place from 14 – 16 October 2016, for the second time in Bugarama, Rwanda. These…
For the second consecutive year, Peace and Sport sponsored the Prix du Documentaire (Documentary Prize) at the SPORTEL Awards evening, held in Monaco on Tuesday, 25 October. The jury, made…
A diplomatic event of international stature, the Opening Ceremony of the 9th Peace and Sport International Forum will take place on Wednesday 23 November at 6pm in the presence of…
Wednesday, 19 October 2016 At 9am, we find our two groups rested and refreshed. The girls leave to go climbing in the Fontainebleau Forest and we follow the boys to…
Wednesday, 12 October 2016 Today it’s all action! Our 17 participants have been divided in 2 workshops: the boys are going to taste the joys of climbing while the girls…
Tuesday, 11 October 2016. A preparatory session for a Sports Workshop took place at the premises of Mission Emploi-Insertion in Melun Val de Seine, an organization for vocational careers training….
Just 43 days before the start of the Peace and Sport International Forum, The European Azerbaijan Society (TEAS), a pan-European organisation dedicated to raising awareness of Azerbaijan on a pan-European…
The 7th edition of the Great Lakes Friendship Games has started today in Bugarama. Program of this first day: installation of the sports fields, arrival of the delegations from Burundi and…
The 7th edition of the Friendship Games of the African Great Lakes region has started today in Bugarama. Finalizing the sports field, welcoming the delegations from Burundi and the Democratic…
On Tuesday 11 October, Peace and Sport France launched the ‘Sport Workshops’ concept in Melun, Seine-et-Marne (77). This pilot program will initially be implemented as part of the French government’s Jobs Guarantee…
On Monday 3 October, the first ‘I Move for Peace Run’ took place, led by the event’s figurehead – world marathon record-holder Paula Radcliffe. Close to fifty people turned out…
Joël Bouzou, President and Founder of Peace and Sport, and H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, Patron of the organization, are currently participating in the first ever global conference on…
The 7th edition of the Friendship Games in the Great Lakes region of Africa will take place on 14, 15, and 16 October 2016 in Bugarama, Rwanda. These three days…
Peace and Sport and SPORTEL have renewed their partnership for the second year running. The Peace and Sport – SPORTEL Documentary Prize, which rewards a filmmaker who, through a video clip or…
Welcome to the 9th Edition of the Peace and Sport International Forum! This year over 500 leading figures from the worlds of sport, politics, academia, the private sector and civil…
Join us for a collective jogging on the seashore Monday, October 3rd at 6:15pm with Paula Radcliffe, Champion for Peace and Marathon’s world record holder! PAULA RADCLIFFE MARATHON’S WORLD RECORD…
Involved in their own field program with the Serge Betsen Academy in Cameroon and Pachamama in Madagascar, the Champions for Peace Serge Betsen and Jeff Tordo went to Rio to…
Champion for Peace Tegla Loroupe participated in her fourth Olympics, this time not as a marathoner but as a peace ambassador bringing attention to the global refugee crisis. As “Chef…
Discover a new way to support Peace and Sport without changing your everyday habits! Peace and Sport has joined forces with Lilo, the search engine that finances social projects, to…
The FIVB officially launched two development training centers in Rio as part of its commitment to leaving a sustainable legacy in the city and to highlight volleyball’s appeal as a…
Sanlam Cape Town Marathon Launched in 2007, the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon has quickly become one of the biggest marathons of Africa. Supported by Elena Meyer, Champion for Peace and…
The Champion for Peace sailor heads to Rio for the Olympic Truce to promote peace through sport. Guo Chuan, the Chinese sailor and Champion for Peace, left La Trinité…
‘Peace and Sport, L’Organisation pour la Paix par le Sport’ launched the Champions for Peace club in 2009 in order to offer athletes a shared structure for action and expression…
Highly acclaimed as an excellent training course in the field of peace through sport, the Masters’ degree in Sustainable Peace through Sport is open for inscriptions for year 2016/2017. Created…
Peace and Sport is launching Act for What Matters, a call to collect new or existing peace through sport projects via the organization’s website: www.peace-sport.org. Peace and Sport aims to…
The Sean Edwards Foundation and Peace and Sport worked together for the first time at the Formula One Grand Prix in Monaco with the Sean Edwards Foundation Memorial Bike Ride….
