Soft competences with strong inspirational impact.
ISCA President Mogens Kirkeby comments the signification of the Lisbon Treaty for Sport-for-All.
"The Lisbon treaty gives the Commission a better platform to promote and inspire member states to support its sports sector. Especially, the Sport for All sector and its organisations, which are depending on public support and back-up, can benefit from such international inspiration to reach a higher level.

I also believe the timing is quite fine. Even though many have been impatient, I believe that today, we have a higher level common understanding of the sport sector and its potential. Today, we have the White Paper on Sport emphasizing the societal role of sport and the grass-root sports potential of creating active citizens and using sport for improving health and social development. We have an action plan, which has gone beyond the debate on exemptions from EU legislation for the commercialised sport sector. This has unfortunately been the main debate for the last decade.
Today we can speak about the specificity of grass-root sport and that has more positive influence on the European citizens and societies."

"In ISCA, we are very happy to see this development opportunity, and we will do our best to contribute to it" concludes Mogens Kirkeby.

The government-commissioned report rejected the Australian Olympic Commission's push for an extra 100 million dollars (93 million US) a year to attain its goal and said the money would be better spent on sports which were popular with the public.
"The panel does not believe that the medal count is an appropriate measure of Australian performance or that top five is a sensible target," the report said.
The review, led by businessman David Crawford, said that the funding imbalance between Olympic and non-Olympic sports needed to be examined, and more emphasis placed on those sports which were popular within the community. “For example, more government funds are provided for archery than cricket, which has more than 100 times the number of participants”, states Crawford.
If Australia was interested in promoting health through sport, then money would be better spent on average participants than on “a small group of elite athletes who will perform at that level for just a few years.”
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On the occasion of the seminar “The role of sport associations in promoting active Youth Participation and enhancing Intercultural Dialogue” organized by the Directorate of Youth and Sport (DYS) of the Council of Europe, a group of 33 youth representatives from the youth and sport sector met in Strasbourg from the 8th November to the 12th November 2009. ISCA and Streetfootballworld had the pleasure to assist the Council of Europe in the planning and implementating phase of this event through their broad experience in the field of youth and sport and the participation of staff in the seminar leader team.

Participants of the Seminar emphasized the undeniable will of young people to contribute to an active and inclusive ‘Europe in dialogue’.
At a time when both sport and youth is increasingly discussed in Europe, the seminar encouraged the Council of Europe in a combined effort with the NGO sector to further develop their work within Youth and Sport across Europe and include the seminar’s recommendations in their work strategy and working priorities.
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The College of Physical Education and Sport – EEFEUSP - University of São Paulo, the Social Service of Commerce – SESC SP and the International Sport and Culture Association – ISCA, with the support of the Brazilian Association of Sportive Management – AbraGesp promote the International Congress of Sport and Leisure Management, from 25 to 27 November 2009, at SESC Vila Mariana – São Paulo - Brazil.

The event aims to discuss the aspects related to Sport and Leisure Management, considering the importance of the Professional Development and the growth of Human Resources for this area.

This theme has gaining emergent space in worldwide debates. The amount invested in researches and new technologies requires skilled professionals to continue the development of the Sport Management sector.
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The Harmonized Draft Constitution of Kenya is now officially out. The people of Kenya have 30 days to discuss, deliberate and make their contributions.
Gichuki Francis from TYSA comments: “We believe as an organization we have a contribution to make. It this pursuit the Trans-nzoia Youth Sports Association -TYSA would like to bring this draft closer to the villagers who would not otherwise have an opportunity to discuss it. The old people, the youth, the children and the women need to access information of this very important document." For more details information and its budget, please visit our TYSA website.
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PATHE project initiatives are growing and expanding all over, thanks to PATHE Associate and Collaborating partners. The Sports Union of Slovenia and the Association Sport for all Serbia will meet in the beginning of December in Belgrade. Decision makers (SUS President and Executive Director) and SUS Project manager are members of the consultation delegation. The consultation meeting will provide a platform for feedback, exchange of ideas, work plan development and funding development for 2010 and 2011.
Further the PATHE Consultation Meeting will be part of EXPOZIM an important fair for winter sports equipment, accessories and winter tourism.

Iztok Retar, Project manager at the Sports Union of Slovenia states: “Today, SFA Organizations play very important role in Europe. We provide a popular tool used to further integration, inclusion and the development of local communities and international relations. Some of the most important tools are international cooperation, international meetings, festivals and congresses. Here at the Sport Union of Slovenia we believe that international cooperation is not only a tool, but a culture. The future development of sports requires a global view and a culture of international cooperation and in this respect PATHE is a flagship activity. I see Sport for All not as a by-product of this development but as the engine.”

The PATHE Seminar 2009 was held in Copenhagen from 24th to 26th of October. It was organised under the ethos of alliance “for” and “with” PATHE Associate Partners, ISCA office and other PATHE partners. The aim was to inspire, motivate, learn from the good examples within our work on the political level in order to inspire and motivate the »designer« of national health strategies. Finally, the seminar stressed the question on how to integrate a national health strategy in a sports association working strategy.
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We show you what we do; what experience we have; what we feel and  how we share!
PATHE means knowledge, experience, planning, managing, development, dissemination, promotion, help, work, examples, commitment.... When we build up knowledge and experience in planning, managing and developing Sport for All activities, we are challenging ourselves and others to innovate health related offers and improve health in our societies.
We see PATHE as a brilliant platform to handle this challenge.
Click here to see the PATHE video.

The From the International Society of Eastern Sports and Physical Education is strengthening the co-research network between the west and the east and is therefore looking for cross continental cooperation and contributions. In that respect the research network is looking for high quality contributions the next edition of its journal.
You can find more information about the network, its research team and journals here.
Interested researchers and professors are welcome to contact South Korean Professor Lee Jong-Young.

If you are working with integration through sports this workshop could be what you are looking for. The German Olympic Sport Confederation (DOSB) invites you to the workshop "Integration through sports - sports intercultural" from 18 - 24 February 2010 in Bonn/Germany. Read more about the workshop and deadline for registration in the workshop flyer.
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Please note that participants from EU countries can obtain financial support from the European Grundtvig programme.

The 2nd CSIT World Sports Games will be held in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia from 1st-8th of July 2010 but  gymnasts coming early, 30.06 – 05.07.

The international gathering of working and studying sportsmen will be organized by CSIT and ISCA member Sport Association Kalev, the best known one for years in Estonia. As Tallinn will be the European capital of culture in 2011, CSIT Games will also contribute to the good image of Tallinn. Thousands of sportsmen are expected to arrive in Tallinn and people's mood depends on what they see and experience.  The leaders of Kalev and Tallinn have cooperated even before in the name of successful outcome of major events.
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ISCA has received a grant of 295.000 Euro from the Sport Unit of the European Commission for the Project SANTE (Sport Action NeTwork of Europe). The project will start in December 2009 and continue to March 2011. ISCA Secretary General Jacob Schouenborg: “This project will be an important instrument for ISCA to further develop our work to enhance cross-sector cooperation in sport and health-enhancing physical activity. We aim to reach more partners nationally and internationally from not only sport but also patients’ associations, municipalities, industrial stakeholders, schools and more. I would like already now to extend an open invitation to all interested organizations to join the project. This is not a closed club for the 18 project partners. Everyone is invited!”

For more information about SANTE, please contact Jacob Schouenborg.

ISCA is pleased to announce that the Citizenship Programme has granted ISCA project financial support of 93.000 Euro for the project “Sport and Cultures in Dialogue”. 11 national sport organizations from 10 European countries will facilitate a trans-national dialogue between citizens in existing EU member countries and citizens in candidate/potential candidate countries in South East Europe, focusing on the role of sport and sport organizations in developing strong civil societies. ISCA welcomes further organizations that would like to know more or engage in the project. Please contact Hanne Müller  for further information about "Sport and Cultures in Dialogue".

Continuing its focused work in the youth area, ISCA has recently received a grant of almost 60.000 Euro for a multi-measure youth project to run in 2010 and 2011. The grant will enable ISCA to implement two training seminars, one evaluation meeting and a number of activities to strengthen the networking of the young people active in youth and sport organizations. For further information about ISCAs Youth work, please click here or contact Youth Network Coordinator Sorin Buruiana.