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IIISSS
ASAG
TERRITORIA
LOCAL PILOT AREAS
SCIENCE BASED PROGRAMS
PRIVATE PUBLIC METHODOLOGIES
OUTCOME EVALUATION TOOLS
POLICY COHERENCE
SPECIALIZED COMPETENCIES

MISSION, METHODOLOGY, SECTOR

WITHIN A FRAMEWORK OF CONTINUOUS INTERACTION WITH THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM AND WITH OTHER PRIMARY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT THE KNOWLEDGE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ADOPTED CONVENTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS, AND OTHER RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL TOOLS, THE MISSION OF SPORT4IMPACT FORUM IS TO CONTRIBUTE TO BUILD STRONGER COMMUNITIES THROUGH A STRATEGIC UTILIZATION OF SPORT AT LOCAL LEVEL IN VIEW OF ACHIEVING THE UNITED NATIONS SDGS

To pursue this aim Sport4Impact Forum cooperates with local actors in order to scale-up existing intervention programs and co-design/launch new ones.

Sport4Impact Forum is based upon at least the following "pillars":

  • It aims at promoting a virtuous circle of exchanges between the research/academic community and policy decision makers (at both international and national domestic level) with the scope of having more "science-based policies";
  • It promotes the use of sport as a strategic tool for Social Change to contribute to the achievement of the 16 UN SDGs, this through the 17th Goal (Multistakeholder approach/PPPs). Some specific focuses such as social inclusion, sport integrity, skills, local development, innovation have been developed and other ones may be included;
  • Possibly its most distinctive element is the strong goal of designing and launching "Local Pilot Areas" (at least one territory for each UN Member State indicatively) to test/implement at ground level the international/national Conventions, Resolutions, Laws, Guide Lines, Plans, Charters, Points of Consensus, Toolkits, Handbooks on sport policies through a well balanced combination of "Bottom Up" and "Top Down" approaches. This includes the use of Indicators for measuring their advancements: on this regard it is referred primarily to the documents elaborated by Commonwealth within Action II of UNESCO KAP.
  • It is "intervention programs oriented" with the goal of promoting in local territories "coherent preliminary practices" ready to be "scaled up" through local/national/ international funding: hence the Forum is mainly a "Community of Practitioners" dialoguing with academic experts, public bodies, sport bodies, private sector, funding entities. Eight EC (European Commission) co-funded international programmes since 2013 are a qualifying track-record of conducted and ongoing activities co-designed and executed by founders ASAG, IIISSS and Territoria.

On this background Sport4Impact Forum promotes the adoption and use of a simplified methodology derived from the main international guidelines, articulated in six components symbolized by the logo of the forum, the drawing of the six athletes at starting blocks aiming at a common goal:

  • LOCAL PILOT AREAS
  • SCIENCE BASED PROGRAMS
  • PRIVATE PUBLIC METHODOLOGIES
  • OUTCOME EVALUATION TOOLS
  • POLICY COHERENCE
  • SPECIALIZED COMPETENCIES

SECTOR ON INTERVENTIONS

 

Through its founders and promoters asag, iiisss and territoria sport4impact forum has matured a qualified trackrecord in the field of sport as a vehicle for social intervention programs.

 

Projects Trackrecord and Background.

ASAG:

IIISSS/Territoria:

Main initiatives, projects and programs designed and conducted by promoters:

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

SPORT4IMPACT PROMOTES AND ORGANIZES ONE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE INDICATIVELY EVERY TWO YEARS

PROMOTERS, PARTNERS, COOPERATIONS

THE FOUNDERS ARE:

  • IIISSS: www.iiisss.it
  • ITALIAN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE STUDY SPORT SOCIETY
  • ASAG: asag.unicatt.it
  • HIGH SCHOOL ON PSYCHOLOGY AGOSTINO GEMELLI - SACRED HEART CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
  • TERRITORIA POLICY & RESEARCH: www.territoria.com
  • CENTRE FOR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH PRIVATE PUBLIC METHODOLOGIES

The First International Conference has taken place with the official support of UNESCO and the patronage of the Italian Government Office for Sport and the Municipality of Milan.
The patronages for the Second and Third International Conferences are currently being defined.

I-STAR Institute for Sport and Technology University of Trento supports the Conference:

Sport4Impact Forum interacts and cooperates with the United Nations system in order to promote the knowledge and implementation of its Conventions and Resolutions, and more specifically with:

Sport4Impact operates in strict coordination with sport bodies, in particular with:

In Italy Sport4Impact cooperates with:

Sport4Impact is currently in the process of assessing possible formal cooperations with:

Through IIISSS Sport4Impact cooperates with:

Sport4Impact operates to promote and maximize synergies among all actors involved in activities aimed at social change through sport by facilitating contacts, informations, know-how so that each organization may better pursue its own scopes within a framework of policy coherence and specific roles related to specialized know-how.
In this context informal and formal cooperation agreements are welcomed.

GOVERNANCE

THE GOVERNANCE OF THE FORUM IS MANAGED BY ITS FOUNDERS AND ITS INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS WITH THE ASSISTANCE AND ADVISORING OF A STEERING COMMITTEE AND TECHNICAL COMMITTEES

Steering Committee:
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Technical Committees:
Currently under definition

LINKS AND NEWS

FOR THE MAIN INTERNATIONAL CALENDAR ON MEETINGS AND INITIATIVES RELATED TO SPORT AND SOCIAL CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY, PLEASE REFER TO: WWW.SPORTANDDEV.ORG

An organic calendar service is currently being designed in coordination with UNOG www.unog.ch and other international organizations and actors.

For the following topics it’s suggested to refer to:

Sport, Technology, Innovation:

Sport integrity:

Athletes Representation:

Other links are currently under assessment and elaboration.

News from the Sport4Impact Forum:
To be released.

PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS

Program

Projects

Local Pilot Area

ISSUE COMMUNITIES

Under constructions

REGISTRATION AND RESERVED AREA

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HAVING ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONS AROUND THE FORUM, IN VIEW OF ASSESSING THE POSSIBLE MODALITIES FOR COOPERATION AND IN ORDER TO RECEIVE MORE DETAILED DOCUMENTATION AROUND THE APPLIED METHODOLOGIES, PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL TO: INFO@SPORT4IMPACT.NET

Access to Reserved Area of Sport4Impact Community:

  • link

CONTACTS

FOR INFORMATIONS: INFO@SPORT4IMPACT.NET

Steering Committee:
steeringcommittee@sport4impact.net

Communication: www.res-public.associates

Institutional Relations, Media Relations and Project Fund Raising:
Rossella Pera rossella.pera@res-public
Via Prina 2, 20154 Milano (IT)