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SPIN Youth Action Research Well under Way

Mar 13, 2025 | News, Projects

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...

A problem without a cause – New paper on the framing of causes & solutions in sport for development interventions

Feb 18, 2025 | News

New paper co-authored by fellow SPIN member investigates agenda framing in the field of Sport for Development Louis Moustakas, Professor for Sports Management and Sports Sociology at the University of Applied Sciences Kufstein (Austria) recently co-authored a paper...

Report: SPIN Networking Webinar – Social Inclusion of Refugees through Sport, 3.2.25

Feb 6, 2025 | News

A successsful premiere As the first of its kind, the SPIN Networking Webinar on 3 February 2025 brought together the Sport Inclusion Network community and further stakeholders in the field. Participation ranged from stakeholders from Kenya to Finland and from...

SPIN Networking Webinar – Social Inclusion of Refugees through Sport, 3.2.25

Jan 21, 2025 | News

An online event organised and hosted by the Sport inclusion Network (SPIN). Background In 2015, Europe witnessed one of the biggest movements of Refugees, the so called “refugee crisis”. What is the situation now, ten years after the arrival of refugees from conflict...

Project launch: Inclusive sport for young Sahrawi refugees

Nov 21, 2024 | News, Projects

(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...

SPIN welcomes 4 new members!

Oct 30, 2024 | News, Projects

4 new members have joined SPIN At its most recent meeting, the SPIN Board has approved the admission of the following organizations to the Sport Inclusion Network: United Youth Initiative (Finland) Kayole Starlets FC (Kenya) ASD Trekkify (Italy) Clube Desportivo Xico...