Sports for Peace and Development

The Sport for One Humanity initiative, established by Turkish Airlines has been launched with the support from The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC).

Civil society organizations have for a long time recognized the potential of sport in peace and development by adopting the use of sport in fulfilling their objectives. They are necessary and central partners in advocacy, program development and delivery of sports-based initiatives at the community level whose impact trickles down to the national and global level.

Therefore, it is important that the efforts of civil society organizations (CSOs) are supported to maintain and expand their contribution to peace and development as well as other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through sport.

Indicative project activities that will be supported include:

• Community outreach, meetings, workshops and activities involving local sports associations, that are aimed at improving community participation,
• Sports events and tournaments, bringing diverse groups of people together in unique ways and aiming to strengthen inclusion and peaceful coexistence within communities,
• Educational activities, ranging from short-term awareness raising sessions to long-term trainings, exchanges of youth involved in sport from communities, including peer education in schools and communities,
• Innovative sports-based life- skills training and learning activities for youth, women and girls that would also include peace education and gender equity objectives,
• Sport based projects that enhance social inclusion and integration of persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities, migrants and vulnerable social groups,
• Projects based on traditional sports and games that promote intercultural and intercommunity dialogue,
• Awareness-raising activities related to sports that involve media and social-media campaigns, as well as video production and radio programs for advocacy purposes.

• Applying organizations must:
  • be registered as a not-for-profit organization (civil society organizations including non-governmental organizations, community- based organizations, foundations, associations. trusts, charities) with recognized legal status in the country where activities are implemented.
  • have been operational for a minimum period of one year on the date of application.
  • manage a project relevant for the sport for development and peace agenda.
  • be directly responsible for the implementation of the proposed activities.