International Day of Sport for Development and Peace

UNESCO is the United Nations’ lead agency for Physical Education and Sport (PES). Statement by UNESCO Director-General on International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 2018 Sport is about both self-effort and collective effort, individual activity and social practice; it relies upon the concepts of respect, understanding, integration and dialogue, and it contributes to the development and fulfilment of individuals regardless of age, gender, origins, beliefs and opinions. That is why sport is a unique forum for action and reflection to transform our societies. UNESCO plays a leading role in achieving this ambition: for example, the Kazan Action Plan , adopted in the Russian Federation last year by the International Conference of Ministers and Senior Officials Responsible for Physical Education and Sport (MINEPS) , promotes greater international cooperation in terms of sport policies, and should provide a direct link between sport policies and the Sustainable Development Goa...

  Objective (s) a. Identify cross-cutting issues and/or standards in the field of sport for development and peace. xix.  b. Ensure effective attention to the contribution of sport and sport-based initiatives in the followup and review of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development. Action Area (s)  i. Strengthen national statistical capacity and monitoring systems to ensure access to sport-related data which are of high quality, accessible, timely, reliable and disaggregated by income, sex, age, race, ethnicity, migration status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts, including through the establishment of indicator protocols.

  Objective (s) a. Promote innovative funding mechanisms and multi-stakeholder arrangements at all levels xiii. i. Encourage multi-stakeholder programme development and implementation at all levels xiv. Action Area (s) ii. Identify a forum for systematic exchange of information on good practices in sport for development and peace across the research , programming and policy fields. iii. Strengthen partnerships , at the policy level, across the intergovernmental and non-governmental development sector, sport federations and other civil society stakeholders i. Encourage multi-stakeholder programme development and implementation at all levels

  Objective (s): a. Foster greater cross-sectoral alignment of the work on sport at the national level. x. xi.  b. Establish national policy frameworks for mainstreaming sport in development processes, in line with the main policy areas of the Kazan Action Plan Action Area (s) i. Build capacity for co-implementation and/or co-monitoring of the impact of sport-based and sportrelated initiatives across Ministries of Youth, Sport, Health, Environment, Justice, Education and Culture, and other areas, as appropriate to the national context.

                                          Objective:  a. Strengthen a shared common vision and policy approach to guide the work of Member States and the UN system on sport for development and peace. ii. iii.  b. Promote development of a system-wide approach to the review and implementation of sport-based initiatives aimed at enhancing development and peace. Actions Areas i. Using the overarching policy commitments of the Kazan Action Plan as a basis, align work streams on sport policy, sport for development and peace and sport integrity, across the UN system. v. vi.  ii. Draw on various expertise within and beyond the UN system to further refine the thematic focus of Policy Areas of the Kazan Action Plan, to ensure their full complementarity to the work of the UN system across all pillars. vii. viii.  iii. Establish guidance and toolkits for using the Kazan Actio...

The International Day of Sport for Deelopment and Peace 2017  raised the banner for the power of sport for development and peace. The Power of Sport Values. : The social and physical roles of sport are especially relevant today, in a global context deeply challenged by discrimination, insecurity and violence. We believe in the unique potential of physical and sports education – in all of their diverse forms – to foster citizenship, nurture solidarity and consolidate peace. The International Charter of Physical Education, Physical Activity and Sport is a rights-based reference that orients and supports policy- and decision-making in sport. Based on the universal spirit of the original Charter , and integrating the significant evolutions in the field of sport since 1978, the revised Charter introduces universal principles such as gender equality, non-discrimination and social inclusion in and through sport. It also highlights the benefits of physical activity, the sustainability of...