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Xico Andebol & Guimarães: A Portuguese Case of Sport and Social Inclusion
How Sport Can Support the Inclusion of Displaced People in Cities and Municipalities: The Xico Andebol and Guimarães Approach
SJPF President Joaquim Evangelista highlights the SPIN Youth project in his latest Newspaper Article
Empowering young people with diverse backgrounds in and through sport is a core objective of the SPIN Youth project. Evangelista explains why this is critical and how SJPF supports it.
SPIN Youth Action Research Well under Way
SPIN Youth Coordinators together with their Youth Panel members have started their action research towards more inclusion of youth with diverse backgrounds in and through sport.
A problem without a cause – New paper on the framing of causes & solutions in sport for development interventions
A new paper for the International Review for the Sociology of Sport, co-authored by fellow SPIN member Louis Moustakas @FH Kufstein, investigates agenda framing in the field of Sport for Development
Project launch: Inclusive sport for young Sahrawi refugees
In cooperation with UNHCR and the Sahrawi Ministry of Youth and Sport, SPIN launches its first project on the African continent.
SPIN welcomes 4 new members!
The SPIN Board admitted 4 new experienced members in the field of sport and inclusion, from Finland to Italy, Portugal and Kenya.
All roads lead to Rome!
The European Youth Training Academy was a first milestone in our EU-project SPIN Youth - and a successful one, too!
11th Integration festival “From Kabul to Vienna”
For the eleventh time, SPIN member Sport and Cultureal Association Neuer Start organized their annual festival to promote social inclusion through sport and cultural exchange.
ONGOING PROJECTS
Xico Andebol & Guimarães: A Portuguese Case of Sport and Social Inclusion
The question of how to include displaced people in cities and municipalities has become increasingly urgent, especially with the growing number of refugees and migrants arriving in Europe. Based on the experience of Clube Desportivo Xico Andebol and the Municipality...
SJPF President Joaquim Evangelista highlights the SPIN Youth project in his latest Newspaper Article
In a recent article published in the Portuguese newspaper "Record", the president of the country's football players' union Sindicato dos Jogadores Profissionais de Futebol and longtime SPIN partner, Joaquim Evangelista, speaks about the objective and relevance of the...
SPIN Youth Action Research Well under Way
Following the European Youth Training Academy in Rome in October 2024, the 16 SPIN Youth Coordinators have returned to their respective countries and established Youth Panels with young participants (age 15-27) of diverse backgrounds to explore ways to make sport more...
Project launch: Inclusive sport for young Sahrawi refugees
(c) Jorge Alvara Manzano (Photo cropped)©2018 European Union (photographer: Louiza Ammi; photo cropped)(c) EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid (Photo cropped)Following the seizing of the territory of Western Sahara by Morocco in the 1970s, many Sahrawis were...
