181208_Training-Module_interactive

Aiming to treat every person equally the sports club developed it’s own set of rules as a guarantee
for this. Some rules are:
• no physical or mental violence;
• respectful treatment of everyone, independently of the age, colour of skin, culture, religion
etc.
• punctuality
• respect and inviolability of coaches and trainers
Cooperation / Partners
In addition to this, migrant members are also obligated to pay a member fee the same way the
local population does. However, the fee is smaller and corresponds to the income of migrant
people.
Thus, all these small rules prevent discrepancy between local and the newly arrived population
and contribute to the intercultural learning.
The sports club also has a very active social life. It participates in big public events making
statements with regard to the topic of diversity and the role of sports and other social organisations
in it.
For its special engagement the sports club has been awarded several times with different prizes:
2006 Europe special prize; Respect award 2010, Sport initiative prize of city of Mainz 2016; Egidius
Braun Foundation 2016 & 2017.
URL
https://www.ente-bagdad.de/
Target group
TITLE
RUGBY UNITED - OPEN RUGBY TRAINING FOR REFUGEES IN COLOGNE, GERMANY.
A PART OF RUGBY SPORT VEREIN (RSV) COLOGNE.
The participants are mixed-gender and their age currently ranges from 6 to 15 years. They
participate in the contact sport, rugby union. In each training session there are 10-20 children,
depending on the transport options available. In the two years that the project has been running,
there have been different boys and girls trying out rugby, but many of them have learned to love
this sport and the club so they come to sessions every week.
Implementing Organisation
Rugby Sport Verein (RSV) Cologne, Rugby United
Cooperation / Partners
Donor:
• Ministerium für Kinder, Familie, Flüchtlinge und Integration des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
(KOMM-AN NRW)
• Buderus
Location
Time / Duration
Objective of the Good
Practice
The RSV Cologne including its social initiative Rugby United is based in Cologne, Germany. For
now, activities are carried out in this city only, which is located in North Rhine-Westphalia. In
Cologne, all refugee homes are offered the chance to play. The training is carried out by rugby
players from RSV Cologne
Rugby United has been running for almost two years and is always aiming to improve itself. It was
started in September 2016 and the goals that were set in the beginning have partly been achieved
during these two years. Firstly, the programme has become very popular amongst children,
including the shared meal afterwards, the club events, non-sport activities and the rules and social
framework that has been created over time. The children have made friends with the youth teams
of the club through training together, visiting club events like the summer party or participating in
the yearly rugby summer camp with other children. The training is also a welcome distraction from
the refugee’s often difficult every-day life. Another important point is the values of rugby, which we
try to transmit through our training: fair-play, respect and discipline amongst others. By applying
rituals and rules in training, the coaches feel that these values can be transmitted and that Rugby
United contributes to socialisation processes. Lastly, the communicative and social character of
rugby can be conveyed by adding cooking, eating together and other social get-togethers to our
programme.
The overarching aim of Rugby United is to contribute to the social integration of refugees in
Germany, for instance by enhancing friendships and social contacts and also reducing stereotypes
and sensitising the host community. The RSV Cologne is open and accessible to everyone, because
sport clubs in Germany are in general open to all people, independent of their social background,
religion, political affiliation etc. Besides, the global rugby family is popular for its openness around
the world.
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