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3. summARiEs 3.1. OPENiNg CEREmONY Keynote addresses Page 9 / 46 Dr Jacques Rogge, iOC President <strong>2nd</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Forum</strong> on Sport for Peace & Development summaries President Rogge recalled the First <strong>International</strong> <strong>Forum</strong> on Sport for Peace and Development organised in Lausanne in 2009, and the progress made since then on the road to a stronger collaboration between the sports movement and the United Nations. Many projects around the world had been successfully implemented thanks to that. The purpose of the <strong>2nd</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Forum</strong> was therefore to move this partnership to another level, and to find new and better ways to use sport as a tool for positive change. While sport could not solve all of the world’s ills, it could contribute to meaningful solutions as it broke down barriers and brought people together. However, policy without implementation was talk without action. It was therefore fundamental to be efficient on the ground and to call on a large number of stakeholders to successfully serve human development through sport. He stressed that the IOC and the UN had common goals on peace and development and had shown that they could be more effective working together. The IOC was working with various UN agencies at country level and was very much engaged in efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. The UN Observer status granted to the IOC in 2009 was a resounding acknowledgement of sport’s role in serving these causes and was no doubt an additional means to facilitate their collaboration. President Rogge concluded his speech recalling that, while progress was undeniable, much more could to be done to fully leverage sport for the good of humanity. He urged those present to build on the existing solid foundations established over the last years to enable sustainable and more effective partnerships for peace and development. hE Dr Pál schmitt, President of the Republic of hungary His intervention recognised that sport and physical activity were clearly contributing every day, and everywhere in the world, to achieving societal and global goals. As sport talked a common language, it could bring together people and communities and facilitate dialogue; sport could also educate, gave hope, promoted healthy behaviour and mental well-being; and it could motivate and inspire. Print Table of contents
Page 10 / 46 summaries Building on this, it was necessary to move one step further and assess the real level of using sport’s potential, the efforts deployed to provide access to sport for everybody, the programmes’ efficiency and added value, and the ways and means to improve and maximise the impact of these efforts. He saw the contribution of the Olympic Movement and of its volunteers to human development and peace as complementary to the political framework set up by governments, and supported and coordinated by a broad range of UN bodies. To achieve the best possible results, sport needed to be integrated into other interventions and programmes and effective government policies and programmes which benefited from dedicated budget lines and human resources. Similarly, while governments often used sport to achieve their domestic development goals – such as by promoting the success of elite sport to nurture healthy patriotism, and by establishing role models for young people – their development strategies were very heterogeneous. He therefore saw the UN intervention as a valuable tool to help them define global goals which should be taken into consideration in establishing national strategies to build human and social capital for their communities. As the target date of 2015 was soon approaching, it was critical that joint efforts combining the UN, governments, the sports movement and other major players be intensified and systemised. mr Wilfried Lemke, special Adviser to the uN secretary general on sport for Development and Peace Mr Lemke underlined the symbolic value of the <strong>Forum</strong>, which demonstrated once again the close links and partnership between the Olympic Movement and the UN family. This had resulted in many successful joint projects in various fields, and the recent World Conference on Sport and the Environment held in Doha was one example among many others. Recognising that education was the key all over the world to encourage peace and development, it was therefore necessary, nowadays, to convince governments and UN agencies to invest more in it. New Master degrees and educational initiatives in the field of sport were the first steps in a long process that needed to be encouraged. He also saw sport as a tool that could be used by everybody – from kids in the slums to top athletes and role models – as it had the unique ability to break down barriers and bring people together. Indeed, as the right to live in peace and harmony was still not a reality in many parts of the world, sport could play a role to improve the situation. The new communication between the Israeli and Palestinian NOCs was in this regard strong evidence of the power of sport. However, more effort needed to be deployed to convince policy makers and Member states that sport was not a luxury, but that it could be better leveraged as a meaningful tool for development and peace. This called for stronger collaboration between all stakeholders among the sports and the UN world, as well as for innovative approaches such as through the social networks. <strong>2nd</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Forum</strong> on Sport for Peace & Development Print Table of contents
Page 1 and 2: 2nd InternatIonal
Page 3 and 4: 1. FOREWORDs 1.1. message from the
Page 5 and 6: Page 4 / 46 Forewords To that aim,
Page 7 and 8: sEssiON ii sport as a Catalyst for
Page 9: Panel discussion Page 8 / 46 <stron
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Page 15 and 16: 3.3. sEssiON ii sport as a Catalyst
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Page 19 and 20: 3.4. sEssiON iii is sport deliverin
Page 21 and 22: Page 20 / 46 mr Dmitry Chernyshenko
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