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Fair Play and Happiness through Sports Discover FAIRHAP Project

How can a ball be so powerful? I t a l l s t a r t s w i t h a b a l l . But when you add an inspiring coach , the power of sport takes root. Children are naturally drawn to sport, recreation and play, which are a vital part of childhood . Not only are they a vital part of helping children to grow, learn and explore , they are every child’s right .

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

PROJECT GOAL Fair Play and Happiness through Sports (FAIRHAP) a two years project (1.1.2017 – 31.12.2018), co-funded by the European Commission under the Erasmus+ programme The project aim is to support and provide the necessary awareness to those who teach sports to children about basic Olympic values through: instil and teach children (10-12 years old), at an age that is most vital to the innovative educational seminar development of character and in order to: approaches, in order to facilitate the personality, all the universal values that transferring of values together with are concentrated in the Olympic ideals, the joy through sports. through participation in sports activities, using the specially formulated educational material.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES FAIRHAP OBJECTIVES Give the opportunity to children through Mobilize people who Improve the the participation in have direct understanding of team sports, to involvement in Change the attitude Olympic increase their sports, education, in of sport fundamental values cognitive, emotional, order to broaden organizations and and their and psychomotor their minds through institutions not to importance and the activity, and to the gained focus in competition ability to apply and promote their self- knowledge about but in sports for all. promote these the importance of awareness, sense of concepts in all interdependence, the promotion of the aspects of children’s cooperation and Olympic values. lives. collegiality.

PARTNERSHIP MAP The FAIRHAP project is implemented by a CONSORTIUM consortium of five partners from 5 European Countries. Greece Creative Thinking Development (CRE.THI.DEV.) Romania Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași (UAIC) Bulgaria NGO - Inter Sport Group (ISG) Latvia Jelgavas Novada Pasvaldiba (JELGAVA) Italy Istituto Europeo per lo Sviluppo Socio Economico (ISES)

PARTNERSHIP COMPOSITION Non-profit HEI Sport Club Municipality organisation Creative Thinking Alexandru Ioan Cuza Jelgavas Novada NGO - Inter Sport Development University of Iași Pasvaldiba Group (ISG) (CRE.THI.DEV.), Greece (UAIC) (JELGAVA) Istituto Europeo per lo Sviluppo Socio Romania Bulgaria Latvia Economico (ISES), Italy

MAIN OUTCOMES

REPORTS Report: Needs for Education on Fair Play and Report: Attitudes regarding social and moral Olympic Ideals (report based on desk research) values of sport/P.E. teachers and coaches (report based on field research) The report contains: The main objectives of this exploratory survey in the • Analysis of the current situation in the partner 5 Partners’ countries were to: • Explore the concepts that Physical Education (PE) countries regarding sport system. • Analysis of the current status of awareness raising Teachers, Sport teachers and Coaches adopt regarding values. about sports ethics among sports educators. • Explore how sport/P.E. teachers and coaches define, • Analysis of ethics in sports and social implications - understand and facilitate the potential contribution Sports for all as a tool for social change and personal of sports to the development of Olympic values growth. through teaching social and moral skills to their • Analysis of sport participation for children and its pupils. effects on social progress and personal growth. • Identify the resources/training sport/P.E. teaches • Description of the educational needs of sports’ and coaches draw on to obtain their knowledge teachers and coaches regarding the promotion of about promoting Olympic values, social and moral Olympic ideals. skills development. • Composite information on Good Practices and • Identify sport/P.E. teaches’ and coaches’ possible innovative approaches. needs regarding new educational tools and approaches for the promotion of fundamental Olympic values.

EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL / WORKSHOP / TRAINING Educational material Workshop Training of sport teachers • Production • A 3-days training workshop in • Sports teachers in the relevant of appropriate educational material for the Greece, the aim of which was contact sports (football, sports teachers, PE teachers the presentation, evaluation basketball, handball etc), that and in order to help them teach and improvement of the trained the children's teams, the children about the educational material. received a 2-days seminar • The executive team consisted principles of the FAIRHAP based on the produced Project. of 2 coaches from each country. educational material. They were also given teaching plans for the training sessions with the children. • Seminars were held in all partners countries.

IMPLEMENTATION OF TRAINING SESSIONS / OPEN TOURNAMENT Implementation of training sessions for the Open tournament of games children • Each country organized groups of children between • An open tournament was held, in each partner the ages of 10-12 years old. country. • The only criterion was their age alone. • The aim was to observe the athletic behaviour of • Two training sessions were organized per week for children after the training in the subjects of the project and to present the outcomes to the public each group for a period of six months. The training and the relevant stakeholders. included practical as well as theoretical lessons. • All children’s groups participated in a series of • The object of workouts was contact sports (football, games of non competitive nature. handball, basketball) and was adjusted in motor and • There were tokens for all children for their cognitive skills of the participating children. • Before the beginning of the sessions, the children participation in the events and in the project and the appreciation of their competing in good were evaluated by the teachers as to the level of sportsmanship. their awareness and knowledge on the principles of the FAIRHAP project. • The same questionnaires was given to children after the completion of the training courses in order to evaluate the benefits they obtained by their participation in the training sessions. • A final Report containing all the results for the training has been produced.

VALUE

ADDED VALUE An innovative educational Creation of an innovative tool to Gender, athletic ability and material, which emphasizes on measure the satisfaction of motor skills were not taken into teaching methodologies children from the program. consideration for the selection of combining humanistic values There were two evaluations the participating children, since with technical skills at team before and after the training in the spirit of the project is to sports, was developed and is order to measure the influence avoid any kind of exclusion and available on- line in all partners’ of the activities to children. to promote sport for all. languages. Interconnection Complement of sports activities with the basic the traditional physical education humanistic values that should guide curriculum by engaging children in each one of us​ (human rights, anti - sports with more ethical racism, etc.), will be able to approaches, such as sportsmanship, sensitize children (mainly 10-12 fairplay, and humanistic values and years old) on bodily awareness presenting them with an alternative along with social awareness, values version to the competitive sports- that extend beyond physical oriented model that is prevalent not education and sport, with an aim to only in sports today but also in invest into the future for a better everyday life. society.

PROJECT TARGET GROUPS The project addresses different target groups at national and European level: • Sports organizations • Schools • Sport training centers • Trainers, Physical Education (PE) Teachers, Coaches / coaches of team sports, Sports’ teachers • Policy makers • Associations of Child psychologists • Parents’ associations • HEI’s • HEI’s Students

COMMUMICATION CHANNELS

PROJECT CONTACTS Join the FAIRHAP communication channels www.fairhap-project.eu www.facebook.com/fairhap (@fairhap) info@fairhap-project.eu

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