Multiculturalism and fight against discrimination

Inter-culturality and cooperation

The European Action Plan against Racism 2020-2025 calls for a greater intersectional perspective in the work of fighting racism and creating solidarity networks for social inclusion. Following these principles, the Uisp Policies for Interculturality and Cooperation seek to stimulate projects aimed at combating racism and promoting policies for the inclusion of migrants/refugees/asylum seekers through sport, contributing to the creation of an open and constructive dialogue. In short, the goal is to affirm the social value of sport, focusing on its ability to build relationships and inclusion and to promote the culture of hospitality and international cooperation.

The phenomenon of migration was born together with the birth of the human being, who by nature is nomadic and moves in search of the best life situations. To understand it, it must take into account people with their personal history and their even difficult choices. In our country, situations of economic inequality and racism persist. Sport certainly cannot solve the problems arising from emergency policies that do not help inclusion, but it can help shine a light on the phenomena of discrimination that occur within our society by understanding what happens in the world of sport. For this reason, in 2020 Uisp signed a memorandum of understanding with UNAR (National Anti-Discrimination Office) and Lunaria for the creation of the Observatory against discrimination in sport, currently unique in all of Europe.

Like the work carried out in Italy and Europe, Uisp is committed to supporting and participating in some international cooperation projects aimed at improving living conditions in countries that suffer from serious hardship. It does so in collaboration with Italian NGOs that are part of AOI (Association of Italian NGOs).