About the project

The project Coubertin Academy - Social Inclusion through Sport Values is recalling that the European Union is a common space to build a prosperous and peaceful area of coexistence and respect for diversity based on the common values of the EU namely respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities recognised by Article 2 of the Treaty on the European Union.

There is worldwide concern about social inclusion through sport values. The EU is not immune to such concerns. The inclusion of divers partners with multicultural backgrounds in this project ensures that thinking outside the EU is brought to this innovation to better address this concern.

Consortium of the project is composed from five entities - Slovak Pierre de Coubertin Committee (Slovakia) as project coordinator and four partner organisations: Sport Club VEGA (Slovakia), FRM Foundation (Poland), Ülenurme Gymnasium (Estonia) and ŠK Mladosť (Slovakia).

The project stems from the coordinator project named "Coubertin Academy". It reflects the activities of all partner organisations: firstly international project "Olympism" of Sport Club VEGA, secondly original programme "Sport Tolerance Fair Play" from Poland, thirdly an Estonian project under the name "School Olympics" and fourthly nationwide project with multicultural aspects of ŠK Mladosť "School Pentathlon for Sport, Tolerance and Fair Play". Finally, the project was inspired also by worldwide Youth Forums of Pierre de Coubertin Schools that are organised biannually in different countries by the International Pierre de Coubertin Committee.

The core outcome is linked to an Interactive Communication Platform. It will serve to all the target groups defined within the project. An integral part of the Interactive Communication Platform will be Action Guidelines named "Coubertin Academy - Social Inclusion through Sport Values" as well as Database of participating entities. Action Guidelines will be aimed on schools and sport clubs as primary target group. They will provide complex information prepared by involved organisations how to assure social inclusions through sport values. Database of participating entities will allow sharing best practice. It will facilitate to find appropriate partners among schools and sport clubs for further cooperation on both national and international levels.