SIC!

Sport, Integration, Cohesion

Duration:  18 months – 24^st June 2024 – 23^rd December 2025

Location:  The project is nationwide and takes place in 17 Italian cities

Applicant/Coordinator: UISP APS

Partners: National Anti-Racial Discrimination Office (UNAR), Football Major League  (Lega Calcio Serie A)

Funding body: Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Department of Sport – Sports Promotion Bodies - Year 2024

SUMMARY:

The project SIC! Sport, Integration, Cohesion aims to enhance the social role of sport as a tool for inclusion and social cohesion, supporting the creation of networks and promoting the development of good practices in order to foster the cohesion of local communities by providing for this purpose the establishment of 17 territorial garrisons aimed at promoting the practice of sports and physical activity, activities to raise awareness and disseminate the culture and values of sport.

To achieve these objectives, the project intends to:

• Carry out a communication/awareness-raising campaign aimed at citizens, families, youth and the sports world (sports clubs, managers, coaches, sports judges) to raise awareness and inform on the issue of discrimination in the world of sports;
• Offer tools accessible to all (web page) to recognize the phenomenon (as a victim or witness) and orient on possible paths to denounce and/or receive support;
• Establish 17 territorial presidium aimed at promoting inclusive and integrated sports and physical practice and at the same time represent reference points for victims and witnesses of discrimination and provide information on protection tools;
• Train managers, coaches and sports judges of UISP and affiliated sports clubs on the phenomenon of discrimination in the world of sports and the tools to protect and safeguard victims.

OBJECTIVES:

• Enhance the social role of sport as a tool for inclusion and social cohesion, supporting the creation of networks and promoting the development of good practices in order to foster the cohesion of local communities by providing for this purpose the establishment of 17 territorial garrisons aimed at promoting the practice of sports and physical activity, activities to raise awareness and disseminate the culture and values of sport;
• Promote and disseminate accessible and inclusive sports through the active participation of people with disabilities, particularly young people, and their families in specific activities that promote aggregation and participation in integrated sports activities

PROJECT ACTIONS:

NATIONAL AND LOCAL NETWORK

• Establishment of a Working Group formed by national contact persons and communication contact persons from UISP, UNAR, and Lega Calcio Serie A;
• Establishment of the local network through the activation of 17 Territorial Presidiums (UISP Territorial Committees) in cities where Serie A soccer teams are present and the link between the national and local levels;
• Development of the local network

TRAINING

• Organization of open seminars (online) addressed to Managers, Technicians and Sports Judges of UISP and affiliated sports clubs from the cities involved, on the discrimination issue and the information and orientation tools that the project offers to users;
• Inclusion of training content on the phenomenon of discrimination in the world of sports among the training modules of the UISP Basic Teaching Units.

COMMUNICATION AND SENSITIZATION CAMPAIGN

• Realization of an awareness-raising Spot on the discrimination issues;
• Activation of an orientation and information web page for victims and witnesses of discriminatory acts, containing information on the phenomenon and references to existing protection tools;
• Production of Information Posters and Flyers containing a QR code linking to the orientation and information page;
• Organization of local sports events with an inclusive character in the 17 presidium cities in conjunction with the UNAR Week of Action Against Racism (March 15-21);
• Promotion of the information and awareness campaign through:
  • Social channels;
  • Dissemination of the Spot on social channels, and projection of the same at local sports events and in stadiums during the week of action against racism;
  • Distribution of flyers and posters containing the QR code linking to the orientation and information page.

CAPITALIZATION

• Realization of a sociological analysis of the phenomenon
• Realization of a final round table discussion to present the project results and initiate a dialogue among the actors involved on the experience implemented

For more information: progettazione@uisp.it