International Day of Sport for Development and Peace

The Multi-stakeholder Dialogue contributed to the 2021 session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD59) , with its focus on Socially just transition towards sustainable development: the role of digital technologies on social development and well-being of all. The event took place on 15 December 2020, 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. EST. The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs , through its Division for Inclusive Social Development (DESA/DISD) has, since 2017, housed the substantive portfolio on sport for development and peace in the UN system. Guided by the UN Action Plan on Sport, UN DESA has been working to maximize the positive contributions of sport through its support for inter-governmental processes, research and thought leadership, capacity development work and partnerships. UN DESA/DISD organized the present multi-stakeholder dialogue as part of these efforts and in the context of the United Nations Decade of Action to deliver the Sustainable Development Goa...

The virtually held event under the theme ‘Building Resilience in an Ever-Changing World’ saw leaders from international organisations, government, international and continental sport bodies, academia, and business come together to analyse both the current and future challenges facing the world of sport while addressing international approaches and ways to further strengthen multisectoral cooperation to enhance the safeguard of sport. Among the main topics discussed during ‘Securing Sport ’, were the future of sport in the context of COVID-19, the security legacy of major sporting events, the plague of corruption, the use of big data to counter the infiltration of organized crime into sports, the rise of eSports and technology , child protection, the issue of racism, the role of sport in regions in turmoil and the need to develop an international framework to regulate the use of private security in the context of major sporting events. The event kicked off by Master of Ceremonies, -...