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Collection of initiatives aiming at promoting:

  • awareness of importance of sport at school level
  • social inclusion and prevent early school leaving
  • an ethical approach to sport
  • all types of sports at school level

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Title of the initiative:
Fans Against Violence Project
Web site of the initiative:
Date of the Event:
01/01/2015 – 31/12/2016
Country:
Turkey
City:
Istanbul and some cities of Turkey
Sport:
Basket
Aims:
promotion of an ethical approach to sport
Description of the initiatives:
This project is coordinated by Turkish Basketball Federation. It is an Erasmus+ Sports project.

Project Beneficiaries
Bulgaria, Croatia, Lithuania, Spain and Turkey Federations


General Aim Of The Project
The project aims to decrease the violence in basketball courts by increasing empathy, understanding and tolerance between basketball fans of different clubs, thus it provides higher values for basketball fans to meet in courts. So, the target group of the project is basketball fans.
Specific Aims Of The Project

To include tribune leaders to the development phase of the project.
To improve the dialogue between the fans.
To increase the number of women in tribunes.
To bring together different colors under the roof of basketball in “Common Tribunes”.
To build constructive dialogue between stakeholders.

Target Group
Basketball fans in Bulgaria, Croatia, Lithuania, Spain and Turkey


Expected Outcomes of The Project

In the line with the positive impact of the project when it is completed, it is foreseen to apply the project in a wider scope in Europe, especially in the regions that have violence and hate in sports and basketball. Thus, the project will provide an environment to prevent fans who are prone to violence, to create a communication channel between fans and clubs which is more tolerant and healthier. Turkish Basketball Federation developed the project in this sensitivity frame. It is kept at the forefront to help decrease the growing trend towards violence in basketball and sports in needed countries and to make fans gained awareness about it.


Final Beneficiaries Of The Project

National Basketball Federations
National Leagues
Basketball Clubs
Related Stakeholders
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