Engaging Youth in Child Safeguarding in Sports

Project period:

01.08.2019 - 31.12.2020

Granted amount:

497,619,- DKK

Organization:

Cross Cultures Project Association(CCPA)

Partners:

Association Femmes Réalisations et Valeurs Cross Cultures Jordan Fédération Tunisienne de Sports Pour Tous - Tunisian Federation of Sport for All

Pool:

Civilsamfundspuljen

Grant type:

Medborgerindsats

World goals:

Goal 4: Quality Education

Goal 5: Gender Equality

Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Efforts take place in:

Jordan Morocco Tunisia

Overall targets

The overall objective is promoting child protection in Tunisia, Jordan and Morocco through the mobilisation of youth and organisations to take joint action and responsibility on child safeguarding challenges in sports.

Immediate targets

The specific objective is to: 1) Enhancing competence in child protection and safeguarding in sports among youth sport coaches in cooperation with local child protection authorities Immediate Objectives • Strengthen knowledge, attitudes and behavior among Cross Cultures coaches conducive to child safeguarding in sports • Establish cooperation and referral systems with local protection units to protect children’s rights

Target groups

Target groups and beneficiaries: Number of persons Primary target group directly affected by the intervention – Youth coaches in MENA _ Youth in Denmark 240 40 Secondary target group indirectly affected or involved in the intervention – the national protection units personnel 110 Primary beneficiaries – the children engaging in Cross Cultures sports in MENA 30.000

Resume

The overall objective is promoting child protection in Tunisia, Jordan and Morocco through the mobilisation of youth and organisations to take joint action and responsibility on child safeguarding challenges in sports. The specific objective is to enhance competence in child protection and safeguarding in sports among voluntary youth sport coaches in cooperation with local child protection authorities The project will support partners and young volunteer sport coaches to obtain knowledge about children’s rights, help them take responsibilities and acting on the challenges presented regarding child safeguarding in sports. The main activities will be establishing cooperation with protection units, development of child safeguarding workbook, training of coaches, peer-to peer exchange and study visit in Denmark, and peer- to- peer exchange in the region