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Empowering young Europeans
in sport for a culture of respect and
integrity — against sexualised
violence and gender harassment
Empowering young Europeans in sport for a culture of respect and integrity - against sexualised violence and gender harassment
european meetings

  21.–22. 5. 2013    Kick-Off Partners Meeting | Vienna, Austria              sport
                                                                              uN ioN
27. 9.–1. 10. 2013   1st European Training | Stockerau, Austria
  8.–12. 11. 2013    2nd European Training | Stockerau, Austria
  12.–13. 9. 2014    Best Practice Meeting | Cologne, Germany

                     final conference

  26.–27. 2. 2015    Vienna | Haus der EU
        		           Wipplingerstraße 35, 1010 Vienna, Austria

                                                                              Empowering young Europeans
                                                                              in sport for a culture of respect and
                                                                              integrity — against sexualised
                                                                              violence and gender harassment

                     Available data suggest that about one in five children
                     in Europe are victims of some form of sexual violence.

                     www.coe.int/1in5                                         www.sport-respects-your-rights.eu
Empowering young Europeans in sport for a culture of respect and integrity - against sexualised violence and gender harassment
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                                                                                          Austrian Federal Ministry
      introduction                                                                        of Families and Youth
  3   Dr. Sophie Karmasin,                                                                The prevention of violence              that has been achieved and I am
		    Austrian Federal Minister of Families and Youth                                     against children and young peo-         happy that my ministry played
  3   Hartwig Löger, Sportunion Austria                                                   ple is one of the most important        an integral part in supporting this
  4   Dr. Bettina Rulofs, German Sport University Cologne                                 objectives of my ministry. Unfor-       project. The importance of broad
  4   Jan Holze, Engso Youth                                                              tunately, many cases of violence        European networks in dealing
  5   Sport respects your rights: Empowering young                                        are never documented, making it         with the issue of violence was
		    Europeans in sport for a culture of respect                   Dr. Sophie Karmasin   a very difficult problem to tackle.     actively recognised by the project
		    and integrity – against sexualised violence and               Federal Minister of                                           initiators and it was this network
                                                                    Families and Youth,   Thus it is extremely important
		    gender harassment                                                                                                           that made it so successful.
                                                                    Austria               to combat violence before it even
                                                                                          occurs through widespread               Dr. Sophie Karmasin
                                                                                          ­prevention measures. With Sport        Austrian Federal Minister
      good practice
                                                                                           respects your rights, precisely        of Families and Youth

 13   Edge Hill University, uk
 19   FIAF | Italian Aerobic and Fitness Federation
 25   KPH | Campaign Against Homophobia, Poland                                           Sportunion Austria
 31   NOC*NSF | Dutch Olympic Committee * Dutch Sports Federation
 37   DJK Sports Youth, Germany                                                           It has been a great honour for          your rights calls attention to
 43   dsj | German Sports Youth                                                           SPORTUNION Österreich to lead           the often concealed problem of
 49   ÖLV | Austrian Athletics Federation                                                 this high-level project network         sexual harassment and abuse
 55   SPORTUNION Österreich                                                               and, above all, the young Euro­         in sports. This problem has to be
                                                                                          peans in sport. SPORT­UNION             fought! Let’s fight it together!
                                                                                          strives to create a protective and
      outlook                                                       Hartwig Löger         inclusive spirit in all of our clubs.
                                                                    President of          We believe the purpose of our
 61   Sport respects your rights: Summary and prospects             SPORTUNION            work lies beyond just sports, it is
                                                                    ­Österreich
		    of the project                                                                      the opportunity to pro-actively
                                                                                          affect the community around             Hartwig Löger
                                                                                          us and grant each member their          President of SPORTUNION
                                                                                          space and respect. Sport respects       Österreich
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                          German Sport University                                                                    Sport respects
                          Cologne                                                                                    your rights
                          Sport in Europe offers young
                          people significant possibilities
                                                                 part of an exceptional move-
                                                                 ment: ­developing a culture of
                                                                                                                     Empowering young Europeans
                          for their wellbeing. Yet, scientific   respect and integrity in sport.                     in sport for a culture of respect and
                          research has shown that young
                          people are vulnerable to mal-
                                                                 We are thankful to witness the
                                                                 campaigns developed by young
                                                                                                                     integrity — against sexualised
                          treatment in sport. This is the        Europeans in this project and                       violence and gender harassment
                          springboard for Sport respects         we are positive that they will
Dr. Bettina Rulofs
                          your rights.                           encourage other young people
German Sport
­University Cologne,                                             to stand up for their rights!
                          The German Sports University
 Institute of Sociology
 and Gender Studies       was entrusted with the train-
                                                                                                      Agnes Kainz    Sport respects your rights was a      develop self-confident behaviour
                          ing, coaching and evaluation of
                                                                                                                     transnational project, developed      against sexualised violence
                          the project and by this, became        Dr. Bettina Rulofs                   sportunion
                                                                                                                     to fight abuse and gender-based       and harassment in sports. Young
                                                                                                        Österreich
                                                                                                                     violence in the youth sport sector.   sportswomen and sportsmen
                                                                                                                     The project ran for 24 months. It     were given the platform to
                          ENGSO Youth                                                                                was funded in the priority area       develop their own youth-led
                                                                                                                     Empowerment work at grass-            campaigns through which they
                          One of the main tasks of the           your rights is a project that gave                  roots level as the only sports        raised awareness amongst peers,
                          ­European sporting movement is         an impulse on just this path: a                     project in the DAPHNE III Pro-        in their sport environment
                           to work towards safeguarding          further stepping-stone towards                      gramme 2011/2012 of the Europe-       and beyond. This participatory
                           the integrity of sports and the       our vision of creating a safe,                      an Union. It built on the network     ­process allowed the young peo-
                           well-being of young sports-           inclusive and participative Euro-                   and exchange of good practice          ple to become powerful multi­
                           women and -men. We believe            pean youth sector!                                  initiated through the EU project       pliers and active agents of social
Jan Holze                  ­coordinating concerted Euro-                                                             Better, Safer, Stronger – Preven-      change in their settings. Parallel
 Chairman of ENGSO          pean action leads to success and                                                         tion of sexual and gender harass-      to the educational youth work,
 Youth | Youth              it is indispensable to invest into                                                       ment and abuse in sports (Project      each project partner developed
organisation of the
European Non-               the education and empowerment                                                            Lead: German Sports Youth).            a multi-sector network in order
­G overnmental Sports       of multipliers and young Euro­       Jan Holze                                                                                  to create long-lasting synergies
 Organisation                                                                                                        Sport respects your rights sup-
                            peans in sport. Sport respects       Chairman of ENGSO Youth                                                                    to fight violence and harassment
                                                                                                                     ported Europeans aged 16 to 22 to
                                                                                                                                                            in sport.
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                               Based on two                                    Poland and the Netherlands)         from the sport-for-all , fitness      ing and developing self-esteem,

                               processes                                       implemented Sport respects your
                                                                               rights within their settings. The
                                                                                                                   and amateur, University, special
                                                                                                                   and professional sports sectors,
                                                                                                                                                         communicational skills, reflec-
                                                                                                                                                         tive and assertive behaviour
                               Eight organisations from six                    access to young Europeans in        or worked with youth groups           and a general culture of respect
                               ­European countries (Austria,                   sport varied between the differ-    through socio-cultural commu-         in sport settings. Sport respects
                                Ger­many, Italy, United Kingdom,               ent organisations which were        nities and an NGO. The imple-         your rights focused on the ca-
                                                                                                                   mentation within each partner         pacity of multipliers and young
     Figure 1: Structure of                                                                                        organisation was based on two         Europeans at grass roots sport
Sport respects your rights
       in the setting of the                                       Funding                                         main processes (see Figure 1).        level to reflect, act and protect
   implementing partner                                         stakeholders                                                                             themselves against sexual abuse,
             organisations:                                                                                        1. Bottom-up process: the             violence and gender harassment.
                                                                                                                   education of multipliers
                                          National/regional                        Civil society                                                         The young people who created
      Top-down process                         politics                           Public authority                 and the creation of ­
                                                                                                                                                         the campaigns sensitised fur-
    Building cross-sector                                                                                          youth-led campaigns
     networks to support                                                                                                                                 ther peers and intermediaries in
         the sport sector                                                                                          A project coordinator from each       their settings to build a culture
                                           Victim support
                                                                                   Scientific and
                                           organisations,                                                          partner organisation and two lo-      of respect and integrity in and
                                                                                  national experts
                                                NGOs
                                                                                                                   cal actors from each participating    through sport.
                                                                                                                   local sport club or youth group
                                                                  Partner                                          (for example a board member and       2. Top-down process:
                                                                organisation
                                                                                                                   a youth coach) were educated          building cross-sector
                                                                                                                   through two European Trainings        networks to support
                                                                                                                   to work with the youth sectors in     the sport sector
                                                                                                                   their respective sport settings.
                                                                                                                                                         Simultaneously, the partner
                                                                                                                   Through local youth workshops
                                                                                                                                                         organisations initiated national,
     Bottom-up process                                                                                             each partner created youth-led
  Education of multipliers
                                     Local club                 Local club                 Local club                                                    regional or local multidiscipli-
                                                                                                                   campaigns – developed by youth
          and creation of                                                                                                                                nary networks (“Round Tables”)
    youth-led campaigns                                                                                            for youth.
                                                                                                                                                         involving diverse and relevant
                                   Two local actors           Two local actors           Two local actors
                                                                                                                   This participatory process aimed      stakeholders from society.
                                                                                                                   at both ownership of the project      These aimed to find synergies
                                     Youth sector               Youth sector               Youth sector            and identification with its aims      and build supportive structures
                                                                                                                   through the active involvement        for the sport sector regarding
                                                                                                                   of the target group. The focus was    the topic, adress national and
                                   Youth peer group           Youth peer group           Youth peer group
                                                                                                                   laid on raising awareness, install-   regional strategies to move the
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                         agenda forward and provide a              a multi-tier process. The aim was     Steering Group:
                         platform for the dissemination            to encourage a self-perpetuating,
                         of the youth-led campaigns. The           multiplying effect in the sport
                                                                                                         •   SPORTUNION Austria (Lead
                                                                                                             Partner)
                         Round Tables also investigated            sector through empowering
                         possibilities to keep the created
                                                                                                         •   German Sport University of
                                                                   the target group, 16 to 22 year old
                                                                                                             Cologne, Institute of Sociology
                         network alive after the European          ­Europeans (see figure 2).
                                                                                                             and Gender Studies (in charge
                         funding had ceased.
                                                                   The actual scope of Sport respects        of training, coaching, monitor-
                         Throughout the project, mentor-           your rights, reached within the           ing and evaluating)
                         ing advice was available for              European network during the           •   ENGSO Youth (coordinated this
                         the partner organisation and the          project implementation between            transnational cooperation)
                         participating local clubs.                April 2013 and February 2015,
                                                                   can be seen on pages 61–67 in the     Partner organisations
                                                                                                         implementing the project:
                         Planned scope                             chapter “Summary and prospects
                                                                   of the project”.
                         of the project                                                                  •   Edge Hill University | UK
                                                                                                         •   Italian Aerobic and Fitness
                         Direct education and sensitisa-           The network                               Federation
                         tion of the target group and inter-
                                                                   of Sport respects                     •   Campaign Against Homo­
                         mediaries in the participating or-                                                  phobia | PL
                         ganisations was devised through           your rights                           •   noc*nsf | Dutch Olympic
                                                                                                             Committee * Dutch Sports
                                                                   The project network encom-
Figure 2: The planned                                                                                        Federation                        The project logo
                                                                   passed 10 European sport- and
       scope of Sport
  respects your rights
                               8 partner coordinators and 44
                             local actors are educated through     socio-cultural organisations and
                                                                                                         •   DJK Sports Youth | DE             This project is funded by the DAPHNE III

                                    2 European Trainings
                                                                   Universities with a wide geo-
                                                                                                         •   German Sports Youth | DE          Programme of the European Union which
                                                                                                                                               aims to prevent and combat all forms of
                                                                   graphic scope and with varying
                                                                                                         •   Austrian Athletics Federation     violence and protect victims and groups
                                                                                                         •   SPORTUNION Austria                at risk.
                                                                   structural, national or organisa-
                             440 workshop participants (16–22                                                                                  In Greek mythology, Daphne was a nymph
                               years old) participate in shaping   tional set-ups. Testing the project
                             their club environments by creating                                         Council of Europe in                  who transformed into a laurel tree as a
                                                                   in diverse European settings gave                                           measure of self-defense against an im­
                                     youth-led campaigns                                                 ­supporting function:                 portunate admirer. The laurel wreath in
                                                                   insights about the acceptance and
                                                                                                                                               the logo of Sport respects your rights
                                                                   results of this models strategy and   •   ONE in FIVE campaign to           was given a double function; it is not only
                             1.200 young people in sports are      enabled valuable recommenda-              stop sexual violence against      meant to be a symbol of athletic success
                                 sensitised in peer-to-peer                                                                                    and honour, but also a protective shield
                             settings by the young people who      tions about the possible applica-         children – www.coe.int/1in5
                                                                                                                                               for someone’s own personal sphere.
                                   created the campaigns           bility and adaptability in further    •   Enlarged Partial Agreement
                                                                   EU communities.                           in Sports – www.coe.int/epas
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                                                                       of the partners

                                             This publication is dedicated to the volunteers
                                         all over Europe who, according to our data, have
                                              invested the incredible amount of more than
                                            16.239 hours into Sport respects your rights in
                                                                        the past 22 months.

                                                 Without you, this project would not have
                                                                  come to life. Thank you!

Youth workshop participant, August
2014, Warsaw | Photo: Campaign Against
Homophobia, Poland
Empowering young Europeans in sport for a culture of respect and integrity - against sexualised violence and gender harassment
good practice       | edge hill university

                                                                                                              Edge Hill
                                                                                                              University

                                                                                      Edge Hill University    Edge Hill University is situated in the north west
                                                                                           St Helens Road     of England. The Department of Sport and ­Physical
                                                                                                 Ormskirk     Activity has researched child abuse in sport for
                                                                                               Lancashire
                                                                                                  L39 4QP     over a decade. We passionately believe in the value
                                                                                          United Kingdom      of ­education to address serious social problems and
                                                                                        +44(0)1695 575171     wish to share our knowledge as widely as possible.
                                                                                                              We also believe that sports agencies should empower
                                                                                           Contact person
                                                                                                              young people to address some of the ethical issues
                                                                                            Dr Mike Hartill
                                                                                   hartillm@edgehill.ac.uk    that sport faces.
                                                                 www.researchgate.net/profile/Mike_Hartill     Sexual violence, exploitation and abuse are very
                                                                    www.sportrespectsyourrightsuk.co.uk
                                                                                                               ­serious problems that have received little attention
                                                                                     Further information        in many countries. Therefore we were delighted
                                                                     www.sportrespectsyourrightsuk.co.uk        to be involved with the Sport respects your rights
                                                                                     www.edgehill.ac.uk
                                                                                                              project and SPORTUNION Austria in order to work
                                                                                                              ­towards the realisation of our shared goals.

core figures as of 1. 2. 2015

    3 participating local organisations or groups

    8 multipliers trained at European Trainings
   77 16- to 22-year-old participants at youth workshops
  432 peers informed through youth campaigns
                                                                         Photo: Edge Hill Women’s Hockey
    2 cross-sector network meetings and Round Tables organised
                                                                      Team, EHU Sport respects your rights
                                                                           campaign | Edge Hill University

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                                 Youth workshops                                                                 Youth campaign
                     events      During March-April 2014, one             The workshops utilised selected        The Edge Hill campaign focused
                                 workshop was delivered in three          aspects of the training received       on promoting the Council of
        Multiplier trainings     settings: Blundellsands Tennis           in Austria in 2013 and the focus       ­Europe’s ‘1-in-5’ campaign with-
   8.– 9. 3. 2014, ehu | dspa
                                 Club, Merseyside; Salford Rugby          was on active learning. The             in youth sports settings. During
   15.– 16. 3. 2014, Salford
                                 Football League Club, Manches-           Rugby Football League (RFL)             the workshops, the volunteers
Red Devils Rugby Football
     League Club, AJ Bell        ter; and Edge Hill University,           have been a tremendous support          devised and agreed upon a hand
    Stadium, Manchester          Lancashire. Then a final work-           to the project throughout and the       signal to represent the campaign
           22.–23. 3. 2014,      shop was delivered for all three         RFL Safeguarding Lead Officer,          which could be used to raise
Blundellsands Tennis Club,
                                 groups at Edge Hill.                     Colette Eden, provided vital sup-       awareness and sensitise young
               Merseyside
                                                                          port to the team.                       people in sport.
 ­12.– 13. 4. 2014, ehu | dspa

         Campaign events                                                                                         The workshop participants also
17.– 18. 5. 2014, SRYR Stand                                                                                     designed t-shirts for volunteers
       at the Rugby League                                                                                       and silicon wristbands to pro-
           ‘Magic’ Weekend,
Manchester City FC, Etihad
                                                                                                                 mote the campaign.
      Stadium, Manchester
    27. 11. 2014, Workshops                                                                                      Dissemination
                                                                                                                 of campaign
    for Coaching Students,
                   ehu | dspa
     10. 12. 2014, Campaign
   Stand, ehu Student Hub
                                                                                                                 The Rugby League Youth Panel
     17. 12. 2014, Campaign
                                                                                                                 secured the support of all the
   Stand, ehu Student Hub                                                                                        major rugby league clubs who
     16. 2. 2015, Workshops                                                                                      provided signed balls and shirts.
    for Sport Development                                                                                        They also secured the support of
          and Management
       Students, ehu | dspa
                                                                                                                 many high-profile players and
     21.4.2015, Workshops
                                                                                                                 officials via #STOP1in5 Twitter.
          for Sport Science
      Students, ehu | dspa
                                                                                                                 With the support of the RFL, one
                                                                                                                 group of 5 volunteers, the Rugby
              Round Tables
       12. 2. 2014, Edge Hill
                                 Above: Edge Hill University Workshop,    Page 15 top: Workshop for coaching     League Youth Panel set up a         1-in-5 hand signal during the
                                 Joel Donnelly facilitating, March 2014   students, Edge Hill University,        stand at the Etihad stadium at      tournament, for a chance to win a
    University, Department
                                                                          November 2014
     of Sport and Physical                                                                                       the annual rugby league ‘Magic’     signed ball or shirt.
       Activity (ehu | dspa)                                              Page 15 bottom: Multiplier training,
                                                                          Edge Hill University, March 2014       weekend. The team asked rugby
    28. 1. 2015, RFL Offices,                                                                                                                        A website was also created: www.
                                                                                                                 league supporters to tweet pho-
   Media City, ­M anchester                                               Photos: Edge Hill University                                               sport­respectsyourrightsuk.co.uk
                                                                                                                 tos of themselves doing the

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                                                                                                ONE IN FIVE
                                                                                                 Available data suggest that about 1 in 5 children
                                                                                                      in Europe are victims of some form of
                                                                                                                 sexual violence.
                                                                                                 This is an issue that also affects young athletes.
                                                                                                             Let’s put a stop to this –
                                                                                                           in sport, and through sport.

                                                                                                 Awareness, Education, Action.
                                                                                                                    @SportRespect
                                                                                                                                                                 We now have the power to do some-
                                                                                                                                                                 thing. It’s not the LTA, it’s not Rugby
                                                                                                          www.sportrespectsyourrightsuk.co.uk

                                                                                                                                                #STOP1in5
                                                                                                                                                                 League, it’s us. And because it’s us,
                                                                                                                                                                 and we have the money and the
                                                                                                                                                                 knowledge, we are empowered
                                                                                                                                                                 to do something. It’s not someone
                                                                                                                                                                 else’s responsibility, it’s ours.
One powerful lesson for me was
                                                                                                                                                                 callum rushforth, 19 | workshop participant,
hearing the stories of what people had                                                                                                                           blundellsands tennis club

gone through and how the situation
developed into sexual abuse. Hearing                       In October 2014 the English Child
                                                                                                ONE IN FIVE
                                                                                                 Available data suggest that about 1 in 5 children
                                                                                                      in Europe are victims of some form of
                                                                                                                 sexual violence.

what people had suffered at the                            Protection in Sport Unit invited      This is an issue that also affects young athletes.
                                                                                                             Let’s put a stop to this –

                                                           our team to present the project at              in sport, and through sport.

hands of a person who they knew very                                                             Awareness, Education, Action.
                                                           their annual conference. In No-                          @SportRespect

well, this was eye opening.                                vember 2014 we delivered work-
                                                                                                          www.sportrespectsyourrightsuk.co.uk

                                                                                                                                                #STOP1in5
joe moore, 20 | edge hill (uk) team,                       shops to university Coaching stu-
waterloo tennis club head coach
                                                           dents and two promotional events
                                                           within the student union.

                                                           In December 2014, the volunteers
Since the training I have had friends                      developed a short educational
and family asking me how it went                           film that has been distributed via
and what I did, and my response                            the website and social media. We

                                                                                                ONE IN FIVE
was always the same: we must stop                          also published a poster campaign
this, and I am going to do everything                      to promote the 1-in-5 campaign.
                                                                                                 Available data suggest that about 1 in 5 children
                                                                                                      in Europe are victims of some form of
                                                                                                                                                            Page 16: Sport respects your rights UK
that I can to do it!                                       To date 1192 followers and 1.2
                                                                                                                 sexual violence.
                                                                                                 This is an issue that also affects young athletes.
                                                                                                                                                            Round Table, Rugby Football League,
                                                                                                             Let’s put a stop to this –                     Media City, Manchester, January 2015
                                                           million impressions for the                     in sport, and through sport.

                                                                                                 Awareness, Education, Action.
nick ashley, 22 | edge hill (uk) team                                                                                                                       This page: Posters and silicon wristbands,
                                                           #STOP1in5 and related accounts                           @SportRespect
                                                                                                          www.sportrespectsyourrightsuk.co.uk               EHU Sport respects your rights campaign
                                                           have been measured on Twitter.                                                                   Photos: Edge Hill University
                                                                                                                                                #STOP1in5

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                                                                                                           FIAF
                                                                                                           Italian Aerobic and Fitness
                                                                                                           Federation

                                                                                                   FIAF     Federazione Italiana Aerobica e Fitness (Italian Aero­
                                                                Federazione Italiana Aerobica e Fitness     bic and Fitness Federation), founded in 1990, is a non
                                                                                     Via Monte Zebio 1      profit organisation run by volunteers. It promotes
                                                                                          00195 Rome
                                                                                                 Italy      fitness and wellbeing based activities as the optimal
                                                                                         Mail address:      means for enhancing physical and psycho­logical
                                                                          P. O. BOX 6264, 00195 Rome        health as well as a means of education, growth, com-
                                                                                                  Italy     mitment and social integration. The FIAF operates
                                                                                             www.fiaf.it    in union with the Scuola Italiana Aerobica e ­Fitness
                                                                                                            (SIAF), its technical branch, which maintains exclu­
                                                                                       Contact person:
                                                                                                           sive responsibility for professional training. In view
                                                                                    Paolo Emilio Adami
                                                                                            info@fiaf.it   of its high technical quality and social commitment,
                                                                                                           the FIAF is considered the point of reference in
                                                                                                           ­matters regarding health and fitness by the govern-
                                                                                                            mental institutions and the market.

                                                                                                           La Federazione Italiana Aerobica e Fitness – FIAF,
                                                                                                           è un’associazione senza fine di lucro, fondata sul
                                                                                                           volontariato, che promuove le attività del fitness /
core figures as of 1. 2. 2015                                                                              wellness quale mezzo ottimale per migliorare il be-
                                                                                                           nessere psicofisico della persona e come momento
   2 participating local organisations or groups                                                           di educazione, di crescita, di impegno e di aggrega-
                                                                                                           zione sociale. La FIAF agisce congiuntamente alla
   5 multipliers trained at European Trainings
                                                                                                           Scuola Italiana Aerobica e Fitness – SIAF, propria
  50 16- to 22-year-old participants at youth workshops
                                                                                                           articolazione tecnica, che si occupa esclusivamente
 250 peers informed through youth campaigns
                                                                       Photo: Participants at the youth    di formazione professionale, di cui sono note l’alta
                                                                      workshops at Convitto Nazionale
   2 cross-sector network meetings and Round Tables organised                                              competenza tecnica e la serietà professionale che la
                                                                      Vittorio Emanuele II, March 2014,
                                                                                  Rome | J. Resta / FIAF   contraddistinguono.

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                                  Youth workshops at Convitto Nazionale
                                  Vittorio Emanuele II, Rome
                      events      The youth campaign was de-           in which participants could dis-     share were linked to their every­
                                  signed and developed entirely        cuss sensitive and intimate top-     day life and experience. Some
         Youth workshops          by the participants who were         ics while sharing their personal     of them for instance, studying
       7.–8. 3. 2014, Rome
                                  students either at the Convitto      experiences. During the entire       at the Ballet National Academy,
     20.–21. 3. 2014, Rome
                                  Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II       time there was a professional        shared the very common issue
 Coordinator meetings
                                  or Università di Tor Vergata both    psychologist present to make         of weight control and eating
     29. 1., 14. 2., 26. 2. and
          26. 9. 2014, Rome
                                  situated in Rome.                    sure topics were addressed cor-      disorders which exist in their
                                                                       rectly and participants were feel-   ­environment. Other participants,
     Dissemination events         The youth workshops were a
        and Round Tables                                               ing comfortable.                      studying at the University or
                                  great success in terms of partici-
           19. 12. 2014 and                                                                                  the Sport High School, empha-
          29. 1. 201​5, Rome
                                  pation and commitment by the         The developed parts of the youth
                                                                                                             sised the issue of discrimination

                                  participants. An experienced         campaign deeply reflect the
                                                                                                             or other forms of verbal harass-
                                  group of trainers steered and        personal experience of the par-
                                                                                                             ment.
                                  ­facilitated the development of      ticipants. Coming from different
                                   the workshops and made sure         backgrounds and realities, the       The key element of the campaign
                                   they created a safe environment     messages that they wanted to         is its authenticity. The messages
                                                                                                            are coming directly from the
                                                                                                            participants’ life experiences
                                                                                                            and offered an opportunity for
                                                                                                            them to voice these concerns.
                                                                                                            The campaigns portrayed some
                                                                                                            of the possible realities of harass-
                                                                                                            ment giving real-life content to
                                                                                                            the project.

                                                                                                            Participants of the workshop
                                                                                                            decided to use different means of
                                                                                                            communication to disseminate
                                                                                                            their campaign: making two
                                                                                                                                                   Participants at the youth workshops
                                                                                                            ­video clips, using printed mate­      at Convitto Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II,
                                                                                                             rials, social networks and re-        March 2014, Rome | Photo: fiaf
                                                                                                             cording a radio spot. They chose
                                                                                                             these approaches based on the
                                                                                                             tools they were familiar with and
                                                                                                             through means that they were

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good practice          | fiaf                                              good practice   | fiaf

                                                         sure would reach their peers, the
I feel empowered by the work we have                     final recipients of the campaign.

done. I know we can help our peers                       The dissemination of the cam-
and friends, we only have to reach out                   paign was coordinated to the an-
for them!                                                nual schedule of the High School
                                                         and University in order to reach
giuseppe | participant in the youth workshop in rome     the highest amount of people
                                                         possible. As such, the planned
                                                         events of both institutions were
                                                         used as an occasion to share the
My friends told me many times about                      campaign and increase the vis-
their experiences of harassment                          ibility of the project to as many
and I always struggled finding the                       peers as possible.
right thing to say. I wanted to help but                 During the dissemination period
I didn’t know how, I do now.                             two Round Tables were organised
                                                         directly involving the University
martina | participant in the youth workshop in rome
                                                         or the High School and these
                                                         were also held on their premises
                                                         to encourage a safe environment,
I think I have learned a lot from this                   where ownership of the topics
                                                         could be developed by the insti-
project. There are harassing behaviors
                                                         tutions and the participants.
that I never considered as such and
always experienced myself. I know the                    Top: Youth workshop at Convitto
kind of respect I deserve!                               Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II, March
                                                         2014, Rome | Photo: J. Resta / FIAF

claudia | participant in the youth workshop in rome      Bottom left: Campaign dissemination
                                                         during student assembly, Convitto
                                                         Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II,
                                                         January 2015, Rome | Photo: fiaf

                                                         Bottom right: Sport respects your rights
                                                         multipliers Alice Collacchi and Febronia
                                                         Cappadona with FIAF President
                                                         Dr. Paolo Adami, December 2014,
                                                         Rome | Photo: fiaf

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                                                                                                                  KPH
                                                                                                                  Campaign Against
                                                                                                                  Homophobia

                                                                               Kampania Przeciw Homofobii         Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH) is a nation-
                                                                                                ul. Solec 30a     wide NGO working for the equal rights of lesbian, gay,
                                                                                            00-403 Warszawa       bisexual and transgender people (LGBT), established
                                                                                                       Poland
                                                                                                                  in 2001. We conduct a wide range of activities in order
                                                                                              www.kph.org.pl
                                                                                                                  to increase tolerance and acceptance while tackling
                                                                                              Contact person      stereo­t ypes and prejudices including:
                                                                                          Vyacheslav Melnyk
                                                                                         vmelnyk@kph.org.pl       •   Empowering the LGBT community
                                                                                                                  •   Education, research and report writing
                                                                                                                  •   Social awareness campaigns
                                                                                                                  •   Combating sexism and working towards
                                                                                                                      gender equality

                                                                                                                  KPH specialises in organising large social awareness
                                                                                                                  and educational campaigns aiming at integrating
                                                                                                                  LGBT people into society.

                                                                                                                  Działamy na rzecz osób homo- i biseksualnych oraz
                                                                                                                  transpłciowych (LGBT) i ich bliskich, poprzez rzecz­
     core figures as of 1. 2. 2015                                                                                nictwo polityczne, społeczne i prawne, tworzenie
                                                                                                                  systemowych rozwiązań edukacyjnych oraz budo­
        3 participating local organisations or groups                                                             wanie ruchu sojuszniczego.
        8 multipliers trained at European Trainings                                                               Zważając na siłę oddziaływania społeczeństwa na
       95 16- to 22-year-old participants at youth workshops                                                      zmiany prawne i społeczne, KPH będzie prowadzić
      240 peers informed through youth campaigns                                                                  działania skierowane zarówno do ogólnego społe-
        2 cross-sector network meetings and Round Tables organised
                                                                                                                  czeństwa: rodziców i rodzin osób LGBT oraz znaczą-
                                                                     Photo: Training for trainers, August 2014,   cych osobistości kultury, sportu i nauki.
                                                                                    Warsaw | Klaudia Mironiuk

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                            Youth workshops
                 events     The 1st Polish Workshop, held       sport based on sexual orienta-       prepared suitable actions for the
                            on 7–10 August 2014 at the          tion and gender identity and the     presented problems.
     Youth workshops        premises of 20. Warsaw High         prevention of discrimination of
 7.– 10. 8. 2014, Warsaw                                                                             On the third day six examples of
                            School Raszynska gathered over      youth in sports based on race and
  25.–27. 9. 2014, Rynia                                                                             the campaigns developed by the
                            70 youngsters and high school       ethnicity.
           Training for                                                                              participants were presented to
      national trainers
                            students from across Poland. It
                                                                The first day of the workshop was    the other focus groups and the
     7. 8. 2014, Warsaw     was coordinated by Vyacheslav
                                                                conducted in the form of a team      committees. The General Assem-
                            Melnyk (KPH), Piotr Cichocki
Coordination meetings                                           building – coaches and trainers      bly was conducted in order for the
   28. 11. 2013, Warsaw
                            (European Youth Parliament EYP
                                                                conducted integration games de-      participants to peer-review and
    14. 1. 2014, Warsaw     Poland) and Magdalena Świder
    21. 5. 2014, Warsaw                                         signed to help the participants to   develop the campaigns created
                            (KPH) leading the trainers’ team.
                                                                get to know each other and “break    during the three day workshop.
 Distribution meetings
   18. 12. 2014, Warsaw
                            The workshop was carried out        the ice”. Later, participants took   Ultimately, the participants were
    21. 1. 2015, Warsaw     in ­accordance with the idea of     part in the lectures prepared by     able to identify the vital elements
National Round Tables       peer education. The work of the     KPH and Never Again Association      of the campaign suitable for the
  6. – 7. 3. 2015, Cracow   committees was coordinated by       on the extent and specificity of     Polish sport and societal context.
                            the youth educators cooperating     each of the discussed problems                                                  I’ve never participated in such a great
                                                                                                     The workshops were organised
                            with the European Youth Parlia-     and the basics of creating social
                                                                                                     under the patronage of the
                                                                                                                                                group project before. I know that
                            ment: Kaja Chrenkoff, Katarzyna     campaigns.                                                                      what we have created is the result of
                                                                                                     ­Human Rights Defender of the
                            Ziemba, Małgorzata Osypiuk,
                                                                The second day of the workshop        Republic of Poland Dr. Irena              a difficult, but most importantly,
                            Magdalena Świder, Katarzyna
                            Gołaszewska, Maciej Kryński,
                                                                was dedicated to the identified       ­Lipowicz, Children Ombuds-               mutual work. We were able to create
                                                                problems related to the topic          man Marek Michalak, Deputy               a project campaign, in which each
                            Dawid Durejko, Aleksandra
                                                                of the group. The participants         Speaker of the Parliament Wanda
                            Sawa and Zuzanna Laudanska.                                                                                         one of us left a part of themselves, thus
                                                                developed an answer to the             Nowicka, General rapporteur
                            Participants of the workshop        problems in the form of social or      on the rights of LGBT people at          creating something really special.
                            were divided into three thematic    educational activities. More­over,      the Parliamentary Assembly of
                                                                                                                                                female youth workshop participant, 18 years old
                            groups (each consisting of two      the participants discussed social       the Council of Europe Robert
                            10-persons committees). Topics      campaigns carried out by inter­         Biedroń. Media coverage was
                            discussed during the workshop       national organisations participat-      supported by RDC (Radio Dla        first workshop gathered again to            General Assembly prep,
                                                                                                                                                                                       Youth workshop I
                            by each thematic group were,        ing in the project Sport respects      ­Ciebie); Never Again Association   discuss the strategy for the dis-
                                                                                                                                                                                       participants, August 2014,
                            respectively, the prevention of     your rights: #1in5 campaign             was a content partner.             semination of the campaign and              Warsaw | Photo: Klaudia
                            sexual violence and harassment      (Edge Hill University), 1 op de 5                                          a step-by-step strategy for its             Mironiuk
                                                                                                     A few weeks later a select number
                            of young people in sports, the      (NOC*NSF), etc. Based on their                                             implementation in each local con-
                                                                                                     of participants involved in the
                            prevention of discrimination in     social campaigns, committees                                               text was developed.

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                        Youth campaigns
                        The youth campaign “React” was        ages fostering a strong position
                        a product developed and imple-        of mutual respect in the sport
                        mented by the participants of the     environment. The web platform
                        youth workshops within Sport          behind the campaign serves as
                        respects your rights. The idea be-    a source of knowledge and for
                        hind the three posters addresses      FAQs regarding sexual harass-
                        three main areas that need spe-       ment and sexual abuse in sports
                        cial attention of youth involved      and unequal treatment based on
                        in sports: counteracting sexual-      homophobia and transphobia
                        ised violence and sexual harass-      or racism. This kind of factual
                        ment in sports and harassment         knowledge is seldom available in
                        based on ones sexual orientation,     the sport environment in Poland.
                        gender identity, ethnicity or race.   Therefore the primary goal of
                                                              the “React” campaign was to pro-
                                                              vide the actors involved with
                                                              the necessary tools and knowl-
                                                              edge on ways to react to sexu-
                                                              alised ­violence, homophobia
                                                              and racism in the sport settings
                                                              efficiently. The identified tar-      Such activities should be organised
                                                              get group was peers practicing
                                                                                                    more frequently and are needed
                                                              semi- and professional sports                                                                     Committee work, Youth workshop I,
                                                              and as such the campaign was
                                                                                                    urgently in order to increase public                        August 2014, Warsaw | Photo: Klaudia

                                                              conducted on the grounds of the       awareness on the issues we have                             Mironiuk

                                                              municipal facilities that pro-        discussed today!
                                                              vide recreational services to the
                                                                                                    female youth workshop participant, 16 years old
                                                              youth. As such, the Municipal
                                                              Sport and Recreation Centers
Committee work,         Posters addressing each of the        in the Polish state capitals, where
Youth workshop I        above mentioned issues draw at-       the workshops participants
                                                                                                    Maybe I will not change the world,
participants, August
2014, Warsaw | Photo:   tention to the importance of a de-    and multipliers live and practice     but certainly, these three days have
Klaudia Mironiuk        cisive reaction towards stances       sports, were chosen.                  changed my life.
                        of discrimination or harassment
                                                                                                    male youth workshop participant, 16 years old
                        by the team mates and encour-

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good practice       | noc*nsf

                                                                                                              NOC*NSF
                                                                                                              Dutch Olympic Committee *
                                                                                                              Dutch Sports Federation

                                                                                                NOC * NSF     The NOC*NSF is an umbrella organisation for all the
                                                                                         Papendallaan 60      sports in the Netherlands. It has 76 associated sport
                                                                                         6816 VD Arnhem       ­federations; they represent about 25.000 sport clubs
                                                                                         The Netherlands
                                                                                                               with 4,8 million organised athletes. Sport inspires and
                                                                                            www.nocnsf.nl
                                                                                                               connects people, it plays an important role for society.
                                                                                           Contact person
                                                                                                              NOC*NSF supports, coordinates, and represents the
                                                                                           Cécile Veldman
                                                                                  cecile.veldman@knzb.nl      interests of the associated sport federations. Our
                                                                                                              ­ambition is to increase the sport participation to 75% of
                                                                             Further information in Dutch      the Dutch population and bring the Netherlands into
                                                                 www.sport-respects-your-rights.eu/nocnsf      the top 10 sport countries of the world.

                                                                                                              Het NOC*NSF is een koepelorganisatie voor alle spor-
                                                                                                              ten in Nederland. NOC*NSF bestaat uit 76 aangesloten
                                                                                                              sportbonden en staan voor 25.000 sportverenigingen
                                                                                                              in, waar 4,8 miljoen georganiseerde sporters mee
                                                                                                              ­gemoeid zijn. Sport inspireert en verbind mensen en
                                                                                                               levert een belangrijke bijdrage aan de samenleving.

core figures as of 1. 2. 2015                                                                                 NOC*NSF ondersteunt, coördineert en vertegenwoor-
                                                                                                              digt de belangen van de aangesloten sportbonden.
    3 participating local organisations or groups                                                             NOC*NSF heeft de ambitie om de sportparticipatie
                                                                                                              te verhogen naar 75%, zodat Nederland in de top 10
    8 multipliers trained at European Trainings
                                                                                                              sportlanden van de wereld terecht komt.
  65 16- to 22-year-old participants at youth workshops
  410 peers informed through youth campaigns
                                                                               Photo: Young swimmers at
    2 cross-sector network meetings and Round Tables organised
                                                                        De Waterkip, June 2014, Barneveld
                                                                                      (KNZB) | Lindy Battus

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                                  Swentibold
                      events      A three day workshop with 20              the participants to develop trust
                                  young people was organised in             in other people.
         Youth workshops          an inspiring environment in
      1.–2. 2. and 1. 3. 2014,                                              In the next step, capacity to sen-
                                  Gulpen. The location was specifi-
                 Apeldoorn                                                  sitise further peers with this topic
                                  cally chosen in order to hold the
15. 2., 17. 2. and 21. 2. 2014,                                             was developed with the work-
                 Veenendaal       workshops, have joint dinners,
                                                                            shop participants, and the diffe­
   28.–30. 3. 2014, Sittard       appropriate accommodation and
                                                                            rent steps of a campaign were
                                  organise evening programmes for
                 Campaigns                                                  discussed.
  8. 6., 24. 6. and 16.–17. 7.
                                  the participants.
           2014, Apeldoorn                                                  In the last session, creative ideas
                                  During the first workshop the
    5. 6. 2014, Veenendaal                                                  for the final campaign were con-
                                  participants learnt about the topic
    26. 10. and 24. 11. 2014,                                               sidered and a final decision was
                     Sittard
                                  of sexual intimidation; recognis-
                                                                            taken on its production and im-
                                  ing when it happens and sev-
              Round Tables                                                  plementation.
                                  eral prevention strategies. In the
        17. 11. 2014, Arnhem                                                                                       and the message of the cam-
         21. 1. 2015, Utrecht     evening a teambuilding exercise           The campaign was launched at
                                  was organised which encouraged            the local championships of the
                                                                                                                   paign to the peers and included         We are very proud of the young
                                                                                                                   a helpline number for affected
                                                                            Dutch Gymnastic Federation.                                                    people who participated in
                                                                                                                   individuals.
                                                                            The message that the young                                                     the workshops and campaigns.
                                                                            multi­pliers spread was ‘Sport has     The interactive design of the           Thanks to their efforts, other
                                                                            its limits, and those limits are up    campaign was very successful
                                                                                                                                                           young people are sensitised.
                                                                            to you’.                               and enabled many of the young
                                                                                                                   ­participants at the champion-          marga and inge | workshop leaders victoria boys
                                                                            In front of the entrance, outside
                                                                                                                    ships to be reached.
                                                                            the championship venue, “YOU”
                                                                            was painted on the floor in order
                                                                            to catch the attention of the pass-    Victoria Boys                           Working on this campaign makes
                                                                            ing championship participants.                                                 your realise how vulnerable young
                                                                                                                   The group of participants con-
                                                                            A physical border was created
                                                                                                                   sisted of young men and women           people can be.
                                                                            that participants had to cross to
                                                                                                                   between the ages of 16 and 22.
                                                                            enter the venue and this is where                                              judith van veen | swentibold, sittard
                                                                            it was possible to get in contact      In addition to theory about the
                                  A youngster is sensitising other young    with the youth. This activity was      topic, exercises to raise aware-   1st workshop at Victoria Boys, February 2014,
                                  people by talking about their ­borders.   complemented by an information         ness were also implemented.        Apeldoorn | Photo: NOC*NSF
                                  Photo: Swentibold, Sittard                                                       An expert supported the young
                                                                            sheet which explained the topic

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                                                                               VZC E&P
                                                                               Veenendaal
                                         people to create a campaign. The      The workshops were an eye-            in much press coverage: provin-
                                         young participants were divided       opener to many of the youngsters      cial television, radio, the papers
                                         in groups of four to design several   and an energising experience for      (local, regional and nationwide).
                                         small campaigns. These mini           trainers and participants. The
                                                                                                                     Members of the group visited
                                         campaigns were then merged into       participants were very impressed
                                                                                                                     many events in sporting clubs
                                         one final campaign.                   by the personal story from a
                                                                                                                     and advertised the campaign.
                                                                               former victim of child abuse. At
                                         The purpose of the campaign was                                             This resulted in growing aware-
                                                                               the end of the workshop it was
                                         to raise attention about sexual                                             ness in many local clubs; ­several
                                                                               decided to implement the main
                                         harassment within sports, in the                                            of them give the subject more
                                                                               campaign during the local an-
                                         sense that it is more common than                                           serious attention now. There was
                                                                               nual ‘4-evenings-walking’ event
                                         anyone thinks. It was a priority                                            a Facebook page, which received
                                                                               with over 5.000 participants and
                                         to clearly communicate where                                                much interest from local politi-
                                                                               15.000 spectators.
                                         one can ask questions or which                                              cians. Numerous meetings with
                                         website to access for help.                                                 the group were held to prepare for          VZC E&P, Veenendaal:
                                                                                                                     the main campaign event. The                Young people cam­
                                         Flyers, posters, stickers, t shirts                                                                                     paign­ing at a local
                                                                                                                     Facebook page is still active and
                                         and water bottles were produced                                                                                         event, June 2014,
                                                                                                                     regularly updated. To support the           Veenendaal | Photo:
                                         with the developed logo. At
                                                                                                                     campaign, like “veiliger sporten            NOC*NSF
                                         various sporting events, the cam-
                                                                                                                     Veenendaal”.
                                         paign teams raised attention for
                                         the subject by requesting young
                                         spectators to post their photos
                                         with the “1in5” hand signal .
                                                                                                                          I’m shocked by the large number
                                                                                                                          of incidents. Time that attention is
                                         The team went to an athletics
                                                                                                                          paid here!
                                         tournament in Apeldoorn, to a
                                         tennis tourna­ment and to the         The participants were divided in           workshop participant | victoria boys, apeldoorn
                                         qualifying rounds of the Beach        smaller groups, each with their
                                         Volleyball World Championship.        own task. This resulted in the pro-
                                                                                                                     Social Media
Top: Campaign at beach volley event,
July 2014, Apeldoorn                                                           duction of campaigning material
                                         The Facebook (www.1opde5.eu)
Bottom: The ‘YOU’ symbol outside the                                           and hoodies for the campaigners.
championship venue – campaign at         and Twitter accounts are kept up                                            Through the social media cam-
gymnastic event, October 2014, Sittard   to date in order to collect as many   From the start, word about the        paigns of all three clubs over
Photos: NOC*NSF                          pictures of people with the hand      Sport respects your rights cam-       13.000 followers, reactions and
                                         signal and likes as possible.         paign was spread and this resulted    likes were measured.

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good practice      | djk sportjugend

                                                                                                             DJK Sportjugend
                                                                                                             DJK Sports Youth

                                                                                        DJK Sportjugend      DJK Sports Youth is an organisation representing the
                                                                                        Zum Stadtbad 31      interests of about 250.000 members up to the age
                                                                                       40764 Langenfeld      of 27. DJK is a Catholic-sponsored sports association
                                                                                               Germany
                                                                                                             – founded originally as a faith-based organisation,
                                                                                 www.djk-sportjugend.de
                                                                                                             today it is open to anyone who supports its goals.
                                                                                          Contact person
                                                                                                             Their work emphasises the integration of spiritual
                                                                                    Michael Leyendecker
                                                                 michael.leyendecker@djk-sportjugend.de      thoughts and movement to engage children and
                                                                                                             youth in sport. In today’s world these values are
                                                                                                             becoming more and more important. DJK do not
                                                                                                             just want to provide sporting opportunities, but
                                                                                                             also ­provide mental support and convey important
                                                                                                             ­Christian values.

                                                                                                             Die DJK Sportjugend ist eine Jugendorganisation und
                                                                                                             vertritt die Interessen von ca. 250.000 Mitgliedern
                                                                                                             bis 27 Jahren. Schwerpunkt der Arbeit ist die Kopp-
                                                                                                             lung von spirituellen Gedanken mit Bewegung, um
                                                                                                             Kinder und Jugendliche für einen nach christlichem
core figures as of 1. 2. 2015
                                                                                                             Menschenbild geprägten Sport zu begeistern.

    3 participating local organisations or groups                                                            Diese Wertorientierung spielt in der heutigen Zeit
                                                                                                             eine immer wichtigere Rolle. Wir möchten mit un-
    7 multipliers trained at European Trainings
                                                                                                             serem Verständnis genau dort ansetzen und die
  60 16- to 22-year-old participants at youth workshops
                                                                                                             Sportler nicht nur bei ihrem körperlichen Training
  150 peers informed through youth campaigns
                                                                                                             begleiten, sondern Ihnen durch Vermittlung der
    2 cross-sector network meetings and Round Tables organised                                               wichtigsten christlichen Werte auch seelisch eine
                                                                  Photo: Trailer meeting, DJK Ochtendung,
                                                                                     May 2014 | Photo: DJK   Stütze sein.

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                     events      Three teams from different re-       the topic “prevention of sexual-      tributed through social media
                                 gions were chosen to implement       ised violence” into the existing      as well as being used for educa-
         Youth workshops         the project: DJK DV Münster,         structures and sport clubs. This      tional purposes during coaching
     DJK Wissen-Selbach
                                 DJK Ochtendung, DJK Wissen-          would therefore enhance child         qualifications. Additionally these
          29.–30. 3. and
          12.–13. 4. 2014        Selbach.                             safety and welfare. Due to the in-    movies can be used for presenta-
          DJK Ochtendung                                              dependence of the three groups,       tions in local clubs and organisa-
            ­21.–22. 2. and
            21.–22. 3.2014       Youth workshops                      distinct campaigns were devel-
                                                                      oped. These are now able to sup-
                                                                                                            tions to initiate interesting and
                                                                                                            intensive discussions.
           DJK DV Münster
                10. 8. 2014
                                 DJK Sportjugend                      plement each other in parts, due
                                                                      to good networking and commu-         Video campaign of the
Campaign dissemination           The purpose of the youth work-
                                                                      nication between the teams.           DJK Ochtendung
     DJK Wissen-Selbach          shops organised by the three
              13. 12. 2014       teams was to convey confidence       Two groups developed video            The DJK Ochtendung developed
            DJK Ochtendung       and certainty of action in re-       campaigns. The other group            a short movie with the help of a
6. 7., 4. 10. and 30. 11. 2014
                                 gards to the topic “prevention of    developed a poster campaign to        professional film crew. Unlike
                 All groups
                                 sexualised violence” to its par-     raise awareness for the topic -       the DJK DV Münster film, this
     10. 1. 2015, Augsburg                                                                                                                              Now I have tools to implement
                                 ticipants, aged 16 to 22. In addi-   both in public and in the clubs.      one deals with the problem of
             Round Tables
                                 tion to legal questions, measures                                          sexualised violence outside of the
                                                                                                                                                        better youth and child protection
        27. 11. 2013, Berlin
    23. 2. 2015, Hannover        of prevention and intervention       Video campaign of the                 gym – for example on the way                in our club structure.
                                 were important points as well.       DJK DV Münster                        home. Therefore, the different              david m | board member of a sensitised club, ochtendung
                                                                                                            video campaigns raise awareness
                                 Participants were encouraged to      The DJK DV Münster developed
                                                                                                            and sensitise for different aspects
                                 develop strategies to take action    several short movies with the
                                                                                                            within the field of sexualised
                                 in regards to this topic at their    help of a professional movie
                                                                                                            violence.
                                 local clubs. Communication of        crew. These short movies show
                                 existing concepts and contact to     the problems of sexualised vio-       In addition to being used as edu-
                                 victim help centers was an im-       lence in sports and encourage         cational material during coach-
                                 portant part of the workshops.       reflecting on the displayed situ-     ing qualification, this short ­movie
                 Page 39 top:
         1st youth workshop,                                          ations. Over the course of the        was shown in the local cinema
        DJK Wissen-Selbach,
                  March 2014     Youth campaigns                      development process, through
                                                                      tremendous support from the
                                                                                                            to inform the general public. The
                                                                                                            main aim of both these video
              Page 39 bottom:    The aim of the campaigns,            project leaders, these movies         campaigns is to sensitise, but not
          1st youth workshop,
             DJK Ochtendung,     developed by the three teams         have constantly improved in           to spread uncertainty. At the end
                February 2014    together with the participants of    quality resulting in a set of short   of each movie contact details for
                   Photos: DJK   the workshops, was to introduce      films, that are now being dis-        support lines and help is provided.

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                                                                was provided with additional           during official committee meet-
                                                                information and contact details.       ings and has also been raised              By participating at the workshops
                                                                Additionally the DJK Wissen-           during several sports festivals            I realised all the things that can
                                                                ­Selbach hosted seminars to            and other events.
                                                                                                                                                  be done to protect children even more
                                                                 sensitise local clubs and is offer-
                                                                 ing these seminars in the entire
                                                                                                       At these festivals and events it           – it’s important to speak about this!
                                                                                                       was possible to sensitise and in-
                                                                 diocese.                                                                         julia w | participant of a workshop, wissen, germany
                                                                                                       form the target audience through
                                                                By combining the video and             the use of information desks and
                                                                poster campaign it is possi-           “flash mobs”.
                                                                ble to directly sensitise clubs
                                                                                                       The most important aspect of
                                                                                                                                                  As a coach I was confronted with so
                                                                and organisations, as well as                                                     much new and important information
                                                                                                       the implementation was the lon-
                                                                provide resources for them to
                                                                                                       gevity of the project. Therefore           which directly influenced my work
                                                                take a stand against sexualised
                                                                violence and educating their
                                                                                                       all three of the developed cam-            positively – thank you!
    Above: Main picture    Poster campaign of the                                                      paigns will continue being used
                                                                coaches.
 of the campaign of the    DJK Wissen-Selbach                                                          at events and for educational              stefan r | got in touch with the project during an
                                                                                                                                                  educational workshop, mainz, germany
  DJK Wissen-Selbach,
                                                                                                       purposes. Additionally, focus
                                                                Dissemination of
October 2014. Through      The DJK Wissen-Selbach ap-
a poster campaign, the                                                                                 will be laid on networking of dif-
                           proached the problem with a
                                                                the campaigns
DJK Sportjugend wants
                                                                                                       ferent actors around the topic
  to sensitise and raise   poster campaign and additional
 awareness in its clubs.                                                                               in order to further integrate the
                           educational resources. The pic-
     Page 41: 1st Youth                                         The dissemination and the idea         topic into the clubs.
                           ture, which shows a girl delib-
workshop, DJK Ochten-                                           of protecting against sexualised
                           erately holding up her hand, is
                                                                                                       Round Tables
 dung, February 2014.                                           violence was executed in differ-
            Photos: DJK    supposed to signal that there is
                                                                ent ways. There was direct com-
                           no space for sexualised violence.
                                                                munication through education           Round table meetings were an
                           Additionally several “golden
                                                                with help from the developed           important part of the DJK club
                           rules” were developed which are
                                                                resources, there was the social        strategy, even before Sport re-
                           essential for any togetherness in
                                                                media campaign of the DJK DV           spects your rights. With the help
                           a sports or out-of-sports context.
                                                                Münster and the screening of the       of the EU project it was possible
                           The picture and these “golden        short movie in local cinemas           to get into contact with help cent-
                           rules” were then produced in         by the DJK Ochtendung. Addi-           ers for victims, child protection
                           different formats (posters, book-    tionally, to stress its importance,    services and other important ac-
                           marks, binders,etc). Through this    “prevention of sexual violence”        tors around the topic “prevention
                           poster campaign every DJK club       is ­a lways an item on the agenda      of sexualised violence”.

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                                                                                                          dsj
                                                                                                          German Sports Youth

                                                                   dsj | Deutsche Sportjugend im DOSB     The German Sports Youth represents the interests of
                                                                               Otto-Fleck-Schneise 12     over 10 million children and youth that are organised
                                                                              60528 Frankfurt am Main     in 90.000 sports clubs. The German Sports Youth
                                                                              Phone +49 69 67 00-450
                                                                                                          supports the personal development of young people
                                                                                           www.dsj.de
                                                                                                          and encourages social responsibility, integration ­
                                                                                       Contact person     and intercultural learning. Thus the prevention of
                                                                                          Elena Lamby     sexualised violence is a very important topic. The
                                                                                           info@dsj.de    German Sports Youth implemented this project to
                                                                        Further information in German     promote a culture of respect and integrity among
                                                                              www.dsj.de/kinderschutz     sports clubs and to empower young people to stand
                                                                                                          up for their rights.

                                                                                                          Die Deutsche Sportjugend (dsj) bündelt die Interessen
                                                                                                          von über 10 Mio. Kindern und Jugendlichen, die in
                                                                                                          90.000 Sportvereinen organisiert sind. Die dsj unter-
                                                                                                          stützt die Persönlichkeitsentwicklung junger Men-
                                                                                                          schen und fördert soziale Verantwortung, ­Integration
                                                                                                          sowie interkulturelles Lernen. Dabei ist die Präven­
core figures as of 1. 2. 2015                                                                             tion von sexualisierter Gewalt ein sehr wichtiges
                                                                                                          Thema. Die dsj beteiligte sich an dem Projekt, um
   3 participating local organisations or groups                                                          eine Kultur des respektvollen und acht­samen Mit-
                                                                                                          einanders in die Sportvereine zu tragen und junge
   6 multipliers trained at European Trainings
                                                                                                          Menschen darin zu stärken, für ihre Rechte einzu-
  64 16- to 22-year-old participants at youth workshops
                                                                                                          stehen.
 240 peers informed through youth campaigns
                                                                   Photo: Informing peers at a seminar,
   6 cross-sector network meetings and Round Tables organised
                                                                November 2014, Schierke | Sports Youth
                                                                                       Saxony-Anhalt

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                      events      The German Sports Youth imple-      to continue with their campaigns     complexity. The movie intends
                                  mented the project by choosing      beyond the EU-project period.        to encourage young people to                  It is great that young people got the
         Youth workshops          three different sport organisa-                                          defend themselves in situations               possibility to stand up for such an
  Sports Youth of Saxony-
     Anhalt: 11.–13. 4. 2014,
                                  tions which took on the respon-
                                  sibility to develop their own
                                                                      Sports Youth of                      of transboundary behavior of
                                                                                                           others and to ask for help. Apart
                                                                                                                                                         important topic. I am very proud of the
            Halle (Saale) and
9.– 11. 5. 2014, Magdeburg        campaigns. All of them followed     Saxony-Anhalt                        from that, the movie calls on the
                                                                                                                                                         achievements we have reached.
      Sports Youth Baden          the aim to sensitise young people                                        responsible persons in leading                roxana rogon, 21, halle | multiplier
 ­Fribourg with PTSV Jahn:                                            This youth sport organisation of
                                  between 16 and 22 years for the                                          positions to pay attention to such
11. 4., 2. 5., 17.–18. 5. 2014,                                       a federal state of Germany rep-
      Freiburg im Breisgau        topic of sexual harassment and                                           situations and to help. Moreover,
                                                                      resents nearly 130.000 children
  Football Federation of          abuse in sports. The organisa-                                           the offenders are addressed by the
Rhineland: 30.–31. 5. and         tions held two workshops – each
                                                                      and young people.
                                                                                                           film. They should be stimulated to
                                                                                                                                                         We want to call attention to this taboo
  11.–12. 7. 2014, Koblenz
                                  with 20 young people – in order     The participants of the work-        reflect their own behavior and to             topic. Everyone can be a victim of
Campaign dissemination            to inform them about the topic of   shops in Saxony-Anhalt devel-        ask for help before they will cross           sexualised violence – so don’t look away.
      Sports Youth Baden          sexual harassment and abuse as      oped their own youth led cam-        any boarders. Many more young
 ­Fribourg with PTSV Jahn:                                                                                                                               julia semar and annalena kähne, 24, koblenz | multipliers
      28. 11. 2014, Freiburg
                                  well as to develop regional cam-    paign called Verlier dein Gesicht    people were reached and sensi-
                im Breisgau       paigns. The three organisations     nicht (Don’t lose your face). They   tised by the movie presentation in
 Sports Youth of ­­Saxony-
 Anhalt: 18. 10. 2014, Halle
                                  have also set up Round Tables to
                                  build up a local network with or-
                                                                      decided to produce a movie to
                                                                      spread the campaign and to
                                                                                                           several sport seminars in Saxony-
                                                                                                           Anhalt where they discussed the
                                                                                                                                                    Sports Youth
    24. 10. 2014, Schierke
  29. 10. 2014, Wanzleben
                                  ganisations for child protection.   show the topic of sexual harass-     topic and distributed whistles           Baden-Fribourg
    2. 11. 2014, Osterburg
   Football Federation of
                                  Finally, the organisations intend   ment and abuse in sports in its      to the participants to then again
                                                                                                           spread the campaign further.
                                                                                                                                                    with PTSV Jahn
   Rhineland: 24. 1. 2015,                                                                                                                          This was a cooperation with a
       Mühlheim-Kärlich
                                                                                                                                                    sports club in Fribourg. At the
             Round Tables
                                                                                                                                                    beginning of the project, the
 Sports Youth of Saxony-
          Anhalt: 9. 5. and
                                                                                                                                                    coordinators in Fribourg got in
 28. 11. 2014, Magdeburg                                                                                                                            contact with the famous local
      Sports Youth Baden                                                                                                                            football club SC Fribourg. They
 ­Fribourg with PTSV Jahn:                                                                                                                          managed to gain the support of
      17. 7. and 17. 10. 2014,
     Freiburg im Breisgau
                                                                                                                                                    Oliver Sorg (professional football
    Football Federation of
                                                                                                                                                    player from SC Fribourg). The
                                                                                                           Left: 1st youth workshop, Sports Youth   participants of the workshops
     Rhineland: 13. 2. 2014,
                                                                                                           of Saxony-Anhalt, April 2014, Halle
 14. 4. 2014 and 14. 1. 2015,
                                                                                                           Photo: Sport Youth Saxony-Anhalt         then decided to keep the title
                   Koblenz
                                                                                                           Above: Campaign logo “Don’t lose your    “Sport respects your rights” and
                                                                                                           face”, Sports Youth of Saxony-Anhalt     planned various activities. They

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                                                                                                  tion of Rhineland, developed
                                                                                                  their campaign Kein Freispiel
                                                                                                  (No free game). They designed
                                                                                                  posters to spread the campaign
                                                                                                  and to raise awareness about
                                                                                                  threats of sexual violence and
                                                                                                  abuse of children in sport. The
                                                                                                  aim is to make young people in
                                                                                                  the football clubs aware of in­
                                                                                                  correct and transboundary be-
                                                                                                  haviour of coaches. They created
                                                                                                  a homepage for the campaign
                                                                                                  which links to all of the avail-
                                                                                                  able information about child
      Campaign action,     created a video clip supported    bourg so that the campaign was       protection in their federation.
       November 2014,      by the testimonial in which       presented in front of 24.000 peo-    Célia Šašić (football player in the
Fribourg | Photo: Sports
 Youth Baden-Fribourg      the topic of sexual harassment    ple. Before and ­after the match,    national team of Germany) sup-
             / PTSV Jahn   and abuse in sports is briefly    teams of the young people (who       ports the campaign as a testimo-
                           described. This clip was shown    were trained at the workshops)       nial. In order to sensitise other
                           at the beginning of a big match   informed a lot of young football     young people they presented the
                           in the football-stadium of Fri-   fans about Sport respects your       campaign during a regional in-
                                                             rights and made them aware of        door football tournament with
                                                             the need to systematically pre-      ten teams.
  I was very surprised but also pleased                      vent sexualised violence.
  about the number of people we reached
  with our Action Day in November                            Football Federa­
  2014. People – especially the parents
                                                             tion of Rhineland
  and grandparents of the attending                                                                                                     Top: Producing the campaign spot, October 2014
  children – were interested in the                          The football federation of Rhine-                                          Photo: Sports Youth Baden-Fribourg / PTSV Jahn
                                                             land represents 1.067 sports clubs
  subject and thanked our team for the                                                                                                  Bottom: Informing peers at a soccer tournament
                                                             with 2.333 junior teams. The par-                                          – Campaign action of the Football Federation
  effort and work.                                           ticipants of the two work­shops,                                           Rhineland, January 2015, Mühlheim-Kärlich | Photo:
                                                             organised by the football federa-                                          Football Federation of Rhineland
  simone braun, 18, fribourg | youth workshop participant

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