Gloknoco - Global Sport for Development and Peace Knowledge Collaborative

01/07/2024

Our colleagues have opened a new project, PASS. They try to highlight the sector and build new capacities for policy advocacy.

To gather the evidence basis, an online survey is opened to map the field. If you are from an organisation implementing sports programmes and using , please fill in this short survey (max. 10 minutes):

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=YeBehAAHKkGQ9RRl-5o58XiV_oGBMUNBivcEuqg9UslUNjBBQVJTT1NEMTUyQlNUQ0sxTVRYRTFTMC4u&wdLOR=cFB6AD9BA-2B04-F746-B1C0-505A478AEF51

For more information and links to specific language mutations of the survey, an article on the platform was published:
https://www.sportanddev.org/latest/news/take-survey-policy-advocacy-sport-and-society-pass

Thanks a lot!

27/06/2024

📣Happy to announce the publication of an article in the International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning by our international team🧾

Reflexivity of participants of Football for Development
project: experiential learning as delivery methodology of
global education.

by Lenka Dušková, Simona Šafaříková, Engela van der Klashorst and Arnošt Svoboda
https://doi.org/10.14324/IJDEGL.16.1.04

We describe how the project can be used for global education: cultural understanding, respecting diversity and value differences. All of this is framed by the concept of relational reflexivity by Margaret Archer. A method of task-based visual diaries was used here. We would happily share more soon😀

31/05/2024

Our colleagues from the 🇪🇺 (European Observatoire of Sport and Employment: www.eose.org) introduce very interesting tools - created in the project:

📂v4v-sport.eu

The project explored the role of volunteers in European sports organisations🏃🚴🏊. Its goals were:
- to analyse the sport volunteer workforce;
- to highlight realities and challenges around volunteering;
- to improve recruitment and retention;
- and, to create an innovative online tool which volunteers can use to showcase their skills and competencies to potential employers and education providers.

These main outputs were produced:
• An European research report summarising data from more than 2.700 organisations:
https://www.v4v-sport.eu/

• An interactive online tool for sports organisations to evaluate their strengths and weaknesses in sports volunteering
https://www.v4v-sport.eu/tools/

• An online self-reflection tool for sports volunteers to identify their skills and competencies.
https://www.v4v-sport.eu/tools/

Explore and share😉👍

22/04/2024

Summer School in Sport for Development and Peace - deadline is approaching.

We still have places available at our Summer School in , .

Join our team from Palacký University Olomouc, NGO Fair Play Point and inFocus Consulting, and learn more about:
-sport and social change
-sport and gender
-sport and mega-events
-what are and methods
-sport and Sustainable Development Goals

If you are interested, find more information and a registration link here:
https://www.upol.cz/short-programmes/sport-for-development-and-peace/

or
feel free to ask Arnošt Svoboda, [email protected].

26/02/2024

📣To anyone interested in topic, a Summer school is organised in , Czech Republic.🇨🇿

Topics presented by academic and NGO experts:
-introduction to use of sport as a tool for social change
-sport and
-sport and gender
-sport and mega-events
-practical training in methodology and other practices from the field

When: 22nd-26th July

Reward: 5 ECTS credits

Included in the fee: accommodation, welcome and farewell party and more

Application deadline: April 30

More info: [email protected] or https://www.upol.cz/short-programmes/sport-for-development-and-peace/

We are looking forward✌️😉

23/02/2024

✅I am happy to share the news about our new article with research on sports in Saudi Arabia :-) published in IRSS. 👍

✅Big thanks to the whole team!!! Arnošt Svoboda, Billy Graeff, Paul Bretherton, Daiana Viacelli, Abdul R Al Droushi and Jorge Knijnik. Let the cooperation continue!!!💪

The Saudi Arabian Kingdom is currently undergoing significant socio-cultural changes, primarily driven by Vision 2030, a strategic document outlining the nation...

02/02/2024

We are happy to support this Sunday's charity match to the benefit of the wounded in . SK Slavia Praha Vs. FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce as a part of the initiative coordinated by our colleagues from .⚽🕊️

You can buy tickets or support the match at en.slavia.cz. The fees will go to the and will be used for purchasing field ambulances in Ukraine.🇺🇦

Great to see how sports on any level can offer specific support where needed✌️

15/01/2024

A meeting with colleagues from ( ) programme on the 12th January.🙋🧑‍🎓

Discussing plans and possibilities for future collaboration and projects. Our goal is to utilise the synergy between the NGO and Palacký University in research, evaluation, students volunteering and mainstreaming the potential.📢⚽

Nice work everyone😉👏

14/12/2023

Current insight into the volunteer sector in the European sports. Latest European sports market statistics.🇪🇺

First visit from to new partners from the European Observatoire of Sport and Employment (Faculty of Physical Culture joined in 2023)🧑‍🎓

A two day event hosted by the Hungarian University of Sports Science in on the 13th and 14th December. 🏙️

First, outcomes of project were presented, including a research report on European sports volunteers, an innovative volunteering toolkit for organisations and a self reflection tool for volunteers. A highly recommended set of tools for any sports organisations who works with volunteers.🏃🚶🧍

The conference was followed by the general assembly and members seminar (with members from more than 20 countries). Latest EOSE activities were presented together with its updated strategy for the next 3 years.🧾 The main goal stays the same: reflecting on the needs of European sports employers and the current economic, political and social context as a way how to adapt education, training and professional preparation of sports workforce and volunteers. Highly relevant for sports faculties.🥇⚽📢

The last day, new data on the European sports labour market were discussed. EOSE process data from and national statistical offices and builds own unique database of detailed sports-related statistics💾. Still, many countries face changes after years.

Two days full of new contacts, collaboration ideas and meeting new colleagues.🖇️

04/12/2023

Another visit by the students at the Fairplay Football League organised by the ( ) project. 1st December in Olomouc. ⚽🌐

Within the module "Socialisation through Sports", students learn about various uses of sports for a social change. This time, we visited a regular event where several teams of young kids and teenagers with their coaches from the participated at the tournament using the method: matches without referees where players themselves set and evaluate rules and where the fair play points are as important as the actual goals.🙋🤝

We saw a lot of passionate girls and boys - skilled football players - who created matches full of emotions but also thoughtfulness towards each other. We saw how important life skills and values can be taught through sport. Especially important for kids and youth who often have a difficult start in their life.🛤️

Many thanks to our colleagues from the for inviting us again. Many facets from the theory materialised for our students today.🙏

17/11/2023

Our team participated in a conference at the University, 16th November.🇲🇫

The French colleagues prepared a discussion on the use of concept in the francophone context versus other labels ( etc.). The participants presented various studies from the international field with interesting insights into use of , evaluation of programmes, development strategies, hegemony or .

While most participants represented French universities, other countries attended as well: Reunion, Canada, Great Britain, Czech Republic ( ).

We gladly took part in the event where various conceptions and understandings of sport as a tool for development and social change were discussed. Specifically, the language and regional factor plays a more important role than one could assume from the mainstream English SDP production.

10/11/2023

The last partners' meeting in the Sport and Social Cohesion Lab project at Sports University Cologne. A main output, the Sports Living Lab Toolkit, was finalised before the official launch.

In the last three years, we've created, implemented and compared co-creation initiatives involving NGOs, universities and local stakeholders in Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic. The aim was to further explore the potential of sports for facilitation of the social change in various settings and with the active involvement of the end users, often from socially disadvantaged environment.

The gathered data will be published in journals and in an edited book.

17/08/2023

Inspirational 4 days at the World Congress of Sociology of Sport in Ottawa🇨🇦, 14th-17th August.

On behalf of our research team, we presented outcomes of two studies:
1) inquiry into local projects from Latin America🇧🇷🇨🇴🇺🇾 and their understanding of agenda🇺🇳 and
2) current changes in the sporting field in Saudi Arabia.🇸🇦

We also visited many interesting presentations and panel discussions, such as the Wednesday one where Jay Coakley and Lawrence Wenner delivered key note speeches about the position of Sociology of Sport in the social and sports studies industry.

Many thanks to University of Ottawa for hosting us.

30/06/2023

The Fair Play Football Day.🙋🏃⚽

Our colleagues from the Football for Development project ( ) invited us for a special celebration of the Fair Play Football in Olomouc, Czech Republic. There were workshops for young participants🙆 from the Olomouc region, dance show💃, and matches.
The event was attended by young players from Sigma Olomouc or a former Czech player Jan Rajnoch

A perfect example of how using sport as a tool is implemented in the field, facilitates children and youth and pushes them to be more open, communicative and respectful to others.👍🍀
❤️Proud to be part of it (at least a little bit😉)

26/05/2023

A meeting with project partners🧑‍🦳🧑‍🦰👱🧑‍🦱 within organised by and in Prague

For 3 days, NGO and university couples🖇️📝 shared experience with running living labs using sport activities for enhancing the social cohesion in Germany, Ireland, Netherlands and Czech Republic. We met representatives of several Prague municipalities and visited a youth centre in one of the Prague outskirts, Běchovice. We also finalised ideas for a toolkit📖 introducing the concept of a living lab.

Our next and final event is planned for Cologne⛪ later this year.

For further information, visit the project🇪🇺 profile: https://www.dshs-koeln.de/en/institute-of-european-sport-development-and-leisure-studies/research-projects/ongoing-projects/ersamus-sport-and-social-cohesion-lab-sscl/

19/01/2023

📣Another day, another report. 📝

Besides the students' activities, we've also prepared a study on the role of in European higher education teaching and what does it mean for NGOs. To gather data, we published an international survey targeting HE educators using SDP topics in their teaching. In further stages, a series of interviews with NGO professionals were conducted to further explore the role of NGO sector in the SDP field. The resulting study offer relevant insights into the field of SDP teaching and practical application.

What do you get in our Common Reference Framework?
📌A comprehensive list of SDP resources.
📌A basic summary of the study outcomes.
📌A draft of ideas to be later published.

Where to get it?
https://gloknoco.net/download/common-reference-framework/

17/01/2023

📢We are happy to announce publication of the Dissemination Report.🧾

The document summarises our three years long experience with the project,🇪🇺, preparation of the outputs📝 and organisation of the events👩‍🏫. After the introduction of the team and general information on the project, we provide insights into details of our events, our battle with Covid-19, challenges and strengths.

You can find it on our website, www.gloknoco.net or directly here: https://gloknoco.net/download/gloknoco-dissemination-report/ 🖱️

The report contains an executive summary in English, German, Polish, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese and French.

We will welcome any comments, thoughts or discussion on how to expand on what we achieved.

05/12/2022

cooperation brings more fruit:🥇
Our sports studies students expanded their theoretical knowledge of .👩‍🦰👨🏿‍🦱🧕On Friday, 2nd December, they visited a tournament in Fair Football League under the (Football for Development) programme in Olomouc.⚽

Our NGO partner, , uses method to gather and facilitate children and youth from drop-in centres and communities at the risk of social exclusion.🤝🤞

Students attended pre- and post-match discussions and joined the teams. Together, we all saw how the football looks like when played with the whole heart.♥️🧍

Many thanks Vláďa, Anežka and Šarlota from for inviting us.👍

28/11/2022

Another visit to the partners in .🤝

Great three days in Dublin, hosted at , home of the Gaelic Athletic Association 🇨🇮🏈

The project explores how local sports projects support the social cohesion. All this based on several living labs: networks of NGOs, universities, policy makers etc. End users mostly recruit from socially disadvantaged communities, migrants or ethnic minorities.👍

https://www.dshs-koeln.de/en/institute-of-european-sport-development-and-leisure-studies/research-projects/ongoing-projects/ersamus-sport-and-social-cohesion-lab-sscl/

Thanks for the great event💪🙏

26/09/2022

🏁The field trip to Brighton/Eastbourne within the project is over.👏

Many thanks to our host, University of Brighton, and the main organisers, Thomas Carter and Mark Doidge. Together with students from the UK, Germany (Paderborn University) and the Czech Republic (Palacký University Olomouc), our colleagues from NGOs participated - Czech INEX-SDA representing the Football for Development, Train to be Good from Poland and Play Handball from Germany and South Africa.

Students and NGOs' young leaders got an insight into the practices of the Football 4 Peace programme (both theoretical and practical) and visited various organisations utilising sporting activities as a tool for affecting social issues, inclusion of marginalised groups etc. These included charity initiatives linked to professional sports clubs: Albion in The Community (https://albioninthecommunity.org.uk/) and Sussex Cricket Foundation (https://sussexcricket.co.uk/sussex-cricket-foundation) as well as community-based initiatives, VYD (https://www.vydcic.org/) and Nam Yang Martial Arts Club (https://www.namyangbrighton.co.uk/).

The series of events confirmed that they offered a unique experience for the students and young leaders who learned new methods and examples of how sport is used for social and cultural goals. But it also highlighted much needed cooperation between the NGO sector and universities in the field of sport for development.👍👍👍

25/09/2022

And the last day of the visit to the University of Brighton.
The students joined Football 4 Peace graduates (https://www.football4peace.org.uk/) and tried various ways how sport can be used for achieving "non-sporting" goals in practice. That was a wrap for students while the project team had another meetings discussing how to prolong the cooperation between NGOs and universities.

23/09/2022

field trip continues.
The Eastbourne university campus hosted our students for a football and rugby session as a part of Football 4 Peace training. After moving to Brighton, we visited local community programmes VYD CIC (https://www.vydcic.org/) and Nam Yang Brighton Martial Arts Club (https://www.namyangbrighton.co.uk/). A lot of inspiration for how grassroots initiatives can be used for inclusion and dealing with social issues.

22/09/2022

field trip in Brighton/Eastbourne has begun on Monday.
Our host, , organises an international Football 4 Peace training session where our German and Czech students from Paderborn and Palacký universities participate.
Apart from that, we were introduced to the Albion in the Community initiative and Sussex Cricket Club presentation on their inclusive activities linked to disabled and socially disadvantaged persons.

The field trip continues for another two days.

24/08/2022

Can you remember our trips to and in spring 2022?
You can have a look at the recollection of the last events in the Palacký University Journal. It is also a reminder of our last project field trip to in September.

https://www.zurnal.upol.cz/nc/en/news/clanek/a-final-conference-of-the-gloknoco-project-took-place-in-brussels/

The three-year-long Erasmus+ project called Global Sport for Development and Peace Knowledge Collaborative (GloKnoCo for short), which has reached its climax last week, highlights the potential of using sport for peace and social and cultural development.

26/05/2022

Goodbye Brussels and see you in Brighton

Our field trip to Brussels is definitely over. But we open a call for our students at and for another field trip. This time, we will visit our colleagues at Brighton University, between the 19th and 23rd of September.

Our goal is to visit local leaders in the field of sport for development and allow our students to participate in a training camp of Football 4 Peace programme.

If you are interested, contact your university coordinators.

See you all in Brighton!

21/05/2022

The final conference in Brussels

On 20th May, the final project conference was held at the Representation of Lower Saxony in Brussels.

Project coordinators, Marie Biermann and Arnošt Svoboda welcomed participants and our students, introduced the project and gave the floor to the first keynote speaker, prof Cora Burnett followed by prof Fred Coalter.

During the break, all our students presented their posters and answered the questions of the conference attendants. In the second half, dr Graham Spacey moderated a panel discussion attended by representatives of NGOs, Navjeet Sira ( ) and Ansley Hofmann ( ) and academics prof Cora Burnett (University of Johannesburg), prof Fred Coalter (Vrije Universiteit Brussels; Leeds Beckett University), Simon Darnell (University of Toronto) and Davies Banda (University of Edinburgh). The conference was summed up by Dr Mark Doidge.

Big thanks to all the participants and students for the inspirational discussion and a nice finish to the field trip.

19/05/2022

field trip in Brussels.
On the previous days, we visited colleagues from play4peace on where we also met Zakia Khattabi, a Belgian Minister of Climate, Environment, Sustainable Development and Green Deal. works with the youth in need offering them a safe place and free-time activities.

Our colleague, Eric Murangwa from Ishami Foundation , shared his story from Rwanda with the students during an inspiring session on Tuesday.

Today, we visited the EU representation of the European Olympic Committees and BX Brussels.

Everything is being prepared for the final project conference on Friday.

17/05/2022

The Brussels field trip begins!

We meet with students from Brighton, Paderborn and Olomouc after two months after the Paderborn Spring School. They have been working in international groups preparing posters for the final conference on 2O May.

In the following days, we will meet professionals from organisations working in the field.

09/05/2022

Project final conference - 3rd call - The Future of SDP: Opportunities & Limitations

With the updated information, we invite everyone to the final project conference in Brussels, on 20th May. We will meet, share and discuss at the Representation of Lower Saxony to the European Union, Rue Montoyer 61, from 9 AM:
https://goo.gl/maps/V8wd3rLuLwkDa5CV9

Apart, from the already confirmed speakers (including Cora Burnett, Simon Darnell or Fred Coalter), our colleagues from NGOs have also affirmed their participation in the panel: Ansley Hofmann from the Czech INEX-SDA and Navjeet Sira from the British Change Foundation, .

See the poster for further details or register till the 12th of May here: https://bit.ly/gloknoco

See you all in Brussels!

08/04/2022

Final GloKnoCo Conference - 2nd call

Join us in Brussels, 20th May, at the seat of the Representation of Lower Saxony to the EU. Everyone interested in the is welcome - NGO professionals, policymakers, academics, students, social workers...

We are proud to introduce keynote speeches and panel discussions with representatives of NGOs and academia.
You can meet Cora Burnett (University of Johannesburg), Fred Coalter (Vrije Universiteit Brussels; Leeds Beckett University), Simon Darnell (University of Toronto), Davies Banda (University of Edinburgh) and many others.

See our call or proceed to the registration: https://bit.ly/gloknoco