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MAIDAN SUMMIT 2011<br />
2nd International Sport for Development Meet<br />
Paintal Memorial Golden Jubilee Auditorium, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute<br />
University of Delhi, New Delhi 110007 INDIA<br />
December 1-3, 2011<br />
Maidan <strong>Summit</strong> 2011, the 2nd International Sport for Development Meet was held at New Delhi, India, between December 1-3,<br />
2011. Maidan is a dedicated platform to bring together people who strongly believe that the power of sport can change lives<br />
and work on development goals. More than 600 participants explored various facets of this approach in seven sessions spread<br />
over three days:<br />
� An international conference on sport for development (S4D)<br />
� Six dedicated workshops on education, gender, health, leadership, youth development & livelihood, social inclusion<br />
and community empowerment.<br />
A bimonthly magazine and a website www.maidan.in were also launched on the occasion.<br />
Participants included experts from the Sport for Development (S4D) fraternity who shares experiences, models and best<br />
practices from around the world, as well as veterans from other industries who shared their views on integrating sport in<br />
mainstream development programmes. The <strong>Summit</strong> also gave people from the areas other than sports who are keen on<br />
engaging in this high impact, cost-saving tool of development, an opportunity to listen to and discuss with practitioners and<br />
policymakers.
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Compendium of Proceedings<br />
International Conference on Sport for Development<br />
Paintal Memorial Golden Jubilee Auditorium, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute<br />
University of Delhi, New Delhi 110007 INDIA<br />
Thursday, December 1, 2011<br />
Inaugural Session<br />
Maidan <strong>Summit</strong> 2011 kick-started with a high-energy aerobics-dance mix by young Magic Bus mentors who set the stage for<br />
active discussions on S4D. The adrenaline-packed presentation opened Maidan 2011 for the inaugural session.<br />
Moderator: Mr Vivek Ramchandani, Coordinator, Australian Sports Outreach Programme (ASOP), Australian Sports Commission<br />
Panel (in order of proceedings):<br />
1. Mr Vivek Ramchandani, Australian Sports Outreach Programme (ASOP), Australian Sports Commission<br />
2. Mr Matthew Spacie, Magic Bus India <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
3. Mr Charlie Walker, British Council<br />
4. Mr Poul Hansen, United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP), Geneva<br />
5. Mr Devinder Kumar Kansal, Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences; University of Delhi<br />
Participation: 200+<br />
Key deliberations:<br />
1. Mr Vivek Ramchandani<br />
Mr Vivek Ramchandani emphasised on the use of sport as a tool to facilitate development, particularly for livelihood<br />
generation. “There is no one who actually objects to sport, and this addresses the issue of participation in community<br />
programmes”, he said. Mr Ramchandani mentioned three outcomes of sport: physical joy, health and fitness, and<br />
development of qualities like clarity of mind, team spirit and leadership, eventually leading to a quick thinking<br />
capacity that helps in decision making. He spoke about the Government of India’s Panchayat Yuva Krida aur Khel<br />
Abhiyan (PYKKA), which plans to reach out to all 640 districts of India.<br />
He explained the three basic initiatives of the Australian Sports<br />
Outreach Programme:<br />
providing an annual grant for equipment,<br />
providing a stipend for community sport coaches –<br />
volunteers, and<br />
providing one time grant for infrastructural<br />
development.<br />
Mr Ramchandani also reflected upon the age-old adage, ‘padhoge<br />
likhoge banoge nawaab, kheloge kudoge banoge kharaab’ (education<br />
makes you a kind, sport spoils) describing the Indian scenario where<br />
parents discourage their children from indulging in sports and give<br />
more importance to academics. Scientific reports prove the<br />
contrary, he said, adding that sport helps children to perform better academically. Mr Ramchandani encouraged the<br />
creation of opportunities to play for everyone.<br />
Contact Mr Vivek Ramchandani at vramchandani@gmail.com<br />
Know more about the Australian Sports Outreach Programme at www.ausport.gov.au
2. Mr Matthew Spacie<br />
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Mr Matthew Spacie explained the genesis of Maidan as an attempt to<br />
create a movement that will bring everyone together in one room<br />
with a vision of using harnessing sport for development in India.<br />
Quoting the saying, ‘where there is opportunity, there will be<br />
prosperity; where there is no opportunity, there will be poverty’, he<br />
said sports can be an important approach to address larger issues<br />
like poverty. The Magic Bus founder said that sport is a relevant<br />
platform for young people as it allows equity in communities and<br />
also creates opportunities for them to engage.<br />
While referring to the fact that India still has half of the world’s<br />
illiterate population, Mr Spacie emphasised that there is a need to<br />
think differently, and start looking at a different dialogue. He<br />
shared a couple of examples from the sport for development<br />
programme Magic Bus runs to prove his point about the uses of sport for pursuing development goals.<br />
Contact Mr Matthew Spacie at matthew@magicbusindia.org<br />
Know more about Magic Bus at www.magicbus.org<br />
3. Mr Charlie Walker<br />
4. Mr Poul Hansen<br />
Mr Charlie Walker expressed his views on using sport as a medium to<br />
communicate with the youth from grassroots level in the society to<br />
bring about change. In his discourse, he mentioned that sport is one<br />
of the languages of cultural relations. It provides a simple and<br />
practical way to bring people together by bridging divides within<br />
and between communities and nations.<br />
He also said that sport has the power to drive greater inclusion,<br />
deepen diversity in communities and create opportunities to harness<br />
the power and use them to break down the social taboos.<br />
Contact Mr Charlie Walker at charlie.walker@britishcouncil.org<br />
Know more about the British Council at www.britishcouncil.org<br />
Mr Poul Hansen shared his views on volunteerism in sports, with a<br />
special mention to the values coming from sport to promote human<br />
development. Briefly taking the audience through how the United<br />
Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace came up, he<br />
spoke about the use of sports as described in the Human Rights<br />
Declaration to further education and gender equity goals.<br />
He further talked about the establishment of the office on sport for<br />
development and peace by the UN, and how it created partnerships<br />
not only in the UN but also with the outside world on the use of<br />
sport for bringing about social change and development.<br />
Contact Mr Poul Hansen at phansen@unog.ch<br />
Know more about the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace at<br />
www.un.org/wcm/content/site/sport/home/unplayers/unoffice<br />
5. Mr Devinder Kumar Kansal<br />
Contact Mr Devinder Kumar Kansal at devinderkansal@gmail.com<br />
Know more about University of Delhi at www.du.ac.in<br />
Mr Devinder Kumar Kansal strongly advocated using sport for<br />
development in India’s education system, recommending education<br />
on sport and physical education as one of the qualifiers to entitle a<br />
person to be called educated. He referred to the Denzel<br />
Commission’s report which recommends four pillars upon which a<br />
complete physical education programme stands – to know, to be, to<br />
do and to live together. He also emphasised that the sport should<br />
come to children at an early age, and last long. He suggested<br />
collaborations at all levels from schools to colleges and universities.<br />
Mr Kansal expressed a strong will to see sport as a part of the<br />
formal school and university curriculum, and not just stay confined<br />
to the realms of a co-curricular activity or an optional subject.
Session 1: What is S4D? Leveraging sport to support human development<br />
This session discussed in detail how sport can be a powerful tool to support human development. Case studies of change through<br />
sport illustrated how the medium has been used to influence areas of community development and empowerment.<br />
Moderator: Vivek Ramchandani, Australian Sports Outreach Programme (ASOP), Australian Sports Commission<br />
Panel (in order of proceedings):<br />
1. Mr Franz Gastler, Yuwa India<br />
2. Ms Marie Rischmann, Isha <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
3. Mr Pratik Kumar, Magic Bus India <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
4. Mr Fred Coalter, ex-University of Sterling, UK<br />
Key deliberations:<br />
1. Mr Franz Gastler<br />
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Mr Franz Gastler shared his experience of working in Jharkhand,<br />
where he uses football for girls in an effective way at the grassroots<br />
level. He shared his idea of developing an atmosphere which creates<br />
a sense of belonging, and makes the girl’s parents aware of her<br />
rights and value in villages. “There are no lines, laps or lectures in<br />
this process,” he said. He further shared his three rules of the<br />
thumb for coaches: talk less, show, don’t tell and always reinforce,<br />
positively.<br />
He began his presentation with a small activity which required the<br />
audience to connect to a sport of their choice when an alphabet was<br />
uttered. The results were an interesting to show how most people<br />
think about a common sport, and how many potent options often get<br />
left out. After showing a brief video of how Yuwa programme works with girls in the villages of Jharkhand, Mr Gastler<br />
concluded saying, “For millions of girls, playing football gives them personal confidence and skills, health, a safe<br />
social environment and freedom from the confines of social norms. The future of football is feminine”.<br />
Mr Franz Gastler’s video is available at Maidan.in.<br />
Contact Mr Franz Gastler at franz_gastler@yuwa-india.org<br />
Know more about Yuwa India at www.yuwa-india.org<br />
2. Ms Marie Rischmann<br />
Contact Ms Marie Rischmann at marie.rischmann@ishaoutreach.org<br />
Know more about Isha <strong>Foundation</strong> at www.ishafoundation.org<br />
3. Mr Pratik Kumar<br />
Contact Mr Pratik Kumar at pratik@magicbusindia.org<br />
Know more about Magic Bus at www.magicbus.org<br />
Ms Marie Rischmann talked about the importance of yoga and<br />
meditation in sports, with a reference to what the Isha <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
believes in. She spoke about how with powerful yoga and physical<br />
activity programmes, the foundation attempts to create an inclusive<br />
culture that is the basis for global harmony and progress. Ms<br />
Rischmann put forward three things that sport brings to life: full<br />
involvement, control of mind and inclusiveness.<br />
“Sport is not just a strategy by itself, but a tool to unite<br />
communities and bring people together,” she said. Ms Rischman also<br />
spoke about the use of sport in community development by<br />
introducing it in steps in different community projects and<br />
interventions.<br />
Mr Pratik Kumar elaborated on the use of sport for development<br />
work. He stressed upon sports’ potential to engage as one of the<br />
strongest advantages in using a sport-based programme, as he<br />
mentioned how organisations struggle to capture and keep captured<br />
the target audience in community programmes, especially the ones<br />
involving children and young adults. He also recommended<br />
everybody’s engagement in sports.<br />
He also shared his experience from the national programme of Magic<br />
Bus, and further added how sport can cover a variety of dimensions<br />
in the context of development not just on the sports field but also<br />
off it, when you have the audience captured, ready to listen, and<br />
likely to reflect.
4. Mr Fred Coalter<br />
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Contact Mr Fred Coalter atj.a.coalter@stir.ac.uk<br />
Mr Fred Coalter made a presentation around the monitoring and<br />
evaluation of sport for development programmes, in reference to<br />
the mechanisms and processes of their development. He showed how<br />
the experience of sport (and not always, sport itself) may facilitate<br />
results, and how community empowerment can happen through this<br />
experience.<br />
Mr Coalter also emphasised on crafting specific programmes based<br />
on different social relationships and environments, and delivered to<br />
specific target people.<br />
Mr Fred Coalter’s presentation is available at Maidan.in.<br />
Session 2: Policies on Sport for Development<br />
The panel in this session discussed some important features for the development of sport. It suggested that regular participation<br />
in appropriate physical activity and sport helps in improving a child’s ability to learn. It also discussed the need of linking sport,<br />
health and education, especially in light of the innovative schemes like the Panchayat Yuva Krida aur Khel Abhiyan (PYKKA).<br />
Moderator: Ms Sonali Chander, Sports Editor, NDTV<br />
Panel (in order of proceedings):<br />
1. Ms Sonali Chander, NDTV<br />
2. Mr C Chandramohan, Planning Commission, Government of India<br />
3. Mr Vineet Joshi, Central Board of Secondary Education<br />
4. Mr Bobby John, Public Health Advocate<br />
Key deliberations:<br />
1. Ms Sonali Chander<br />
2. Mr C Chandramohan<br />
Ms Sonali Chander gave a good start to the panel by inviting a few<br />
quick insights from the audience, which created a good environment<br />
for the next round of discussions. While some of these were<br />
questions directly made to the panel, while others mentioned<br />
examples and suggestions of good practices on using sport for<br />
development.<br />
Together, the interactions warmed up the session for participative<br />
deliberations, with a host of ideas and experiences from different<br />
backgrounds and approaches from India and around the world.<br />
Contact Ms Sonali Chander at sonalic@ndtv.com<br />
Know more about NDTV at www.ndtv.com<br />
Mr Chandramohan expressed his concern over the lack of a sport<br />
culture in India, which is the most youthful nation in the world. He<br />
attributed this to reasons like lack of adequate investment in<br />
sports, a lack of interest from the states, inadequate infrastructure<br />
and training facilities, a weak federal structure of sports bodies, a<br />
lack of transparency and accountability in their functioning, an<br />
absence of a maintenance plan for existing infrastructure, the<br />
erosion of playfields in villages and a degradation of open playfields<br />
in urban areas. All this is compounded by an improper or no<br />
evaluation of schemes.<br />
Taking the audience through a presentation on the state of affairs<br />
of sport in the entire country, Mr Chandramohan linked sport to the<br />
personality development of India’s youth. He recommended a<br />
dedicated investment in physical education, advocating fitness to be a part of human resource development, and an<br />
immediate need for a young country like India.<br />
Mr C Chandramohan’s presentation is available at Maidan.in.<br />
Contact Mr C Chandramohan at cchandra@nic.in<br />
Know more about the Planning Commission at www.planningcommission.nic.in
3. Mr Vineet Joshi<br />
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Mr Vineet Joshi said that sport is a great social equalizer for the<br />
youth, referring to the programmes that CBSE has started in schools<br />
to address the various aspects of physical, mental, emotional and<br />
psychological health. He emphasised on making sport, health and<br />
physical education compulsory up to grade ten. He also<br />
recommended an emphasis on the concept of health and wellness<br />
where the focus is on child’s health as a human being and not only<br />
as a sportsperson.<br />
He also gave a brief insight into the Physical Education Cards (PECs)<br />
that have been introduced in consultation with the British Council to<br />
address a common concern of parents: ‘physical education is a waste<br />
of time’. Mr Joshi detailed out the PECs map which includes an<br />
entire curriculum from grade one to five. He spoke about how<br />
upgrading the grades in scholastic areas by using the grades in non-cognitive areas (especially in sports) would help<br />
create a better understanding and acceptance of the importance of sport and physical education.<br />
Contact Mr Vineet Joshi at secy-cbse@nic.in<br />
Know more about the Central Board of Secondary Education at www.cbse.nic.in<br />
4. Mr Bobby John<br />
Mr Bobby John put forward his view that that sport is a medium<br />
through which people can come together. With a judicious use of<br />
resources, it is a process from where productive outcomes can be<br />
derived. Drawing a close, quick analogy with the structure and state<br />
of ministries of food and labour in India, he emphasised how outputs<br />
need to be relooked at in terms of deliverables.<br />
He emphasised on the necessary outcomes, instead of numbers and<br />
budgets, as the driving force for large-scale programmes and<br />
government schemes.<br />
Contact Mr Bobby John at bj@bjohn.org<br />
From the audience:<br />
The session was a highly interactive one with interesting questions from the audience. Some of these were:<br />
Ms Josephine from Samarthanam Trust put forward a question on the sport policies for the disabled.<br />
Mr Chandramohan responded to this question by saying that the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan covers all children under<br />
it. He also mentioned that many policies are being reformulated and steps are being taken towards it.<br />
Mr Amir Abidi from Education Development Centre shot a direct question to the panel saying, ‘Where are the<br />
maidans? Most spaces available in urban India require you to pay to play’.<br />
This question was taken up by Mr Bobby John. He said, “The need has to come from the people, especially those<br />
at the grassroots. It’s only when people ask for something in a democratic setup, that the government does<br />
something about it.”<br />
Session 3: Sport – An effective tool for social inclusion and empowering women and children<br />
This session emphasised on the role of sport in promoting social inclusion and gender equality. It discussed the various ways in<br />
which a woman acquires a green chit to encourage freedom of expression, develop a sense of identity, and become empowered<br />
through sport. The session also deliberated on the potential of sport as a medium for reaching out to the yet-to-be-included<br />
people from underprivileged sections and those with special abilities. It has the power to break down the social barriers and<br />
create a healthy civil society.<br />
Moderator: Mr Vivek Ramchandani, Coordinator, Australian Sports Outreach Programme (ASOP), Australian Sports Commission<br />
Panel (in order of proceedings):<br />
1. Mr Ravi Verma, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)<br />
2. Ms Maria Bobenrieth, Women Win<br />
3. Mr Denzil Keelor, Special Olympics Bharat<br />
4. Ms Mukta Narain Thind (Co-presenter), Special Olympics Bharat
Key deliberations:<br />
1. Mr Ravi Verma<br />
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Mr Ravi Verma presented on how the ICRW is working on propagating<br />
a different concept of masculinity, with a brief video clip from the<br />
Parivartan programme. He talked about promoting gender equality<br />
and acceptance of gender equality using the medium of sport,<br />
highlighting the importance of bringing an understanding of other<br />
perspectives in development. He said that mainstream sport often<br />
socializes boys and girls into becoming gender constructs of men and<br />
boys, and emphasised the need of a gender-transformative approach<br />
which will help boys relook at their own masculinity.<br />
He talked about the three conceptual principals of the approach: (a)<br />
using cricket (as a means) to challenge masculinity knots, winning<br />
young boys in a manner where they would form a space to critically<br />
challenge some of their wrongdoings, done mostly when they are growing up, (b) understanding the role of human<br />
body in relation to competition, since most sports and physical programmes lay no emphasis on the body or its<br />
representation which marginalises women and many boys, and (c) a positive deviant approach as a way of sustaining<br />
the programme.<br />
Mr Ravi Verma’s video is available at Maidan.in.<br />
Contact Mr Ravi Verma at rverma@icrw.org<br />
Know more about the International Center for Research on Women at www.icrw.org<br />
2. Ms Maria Bobenrieth<br />
Ms Maria Bobenrieth took the audience through a journey of Women<br />
Win with a video presentation. Sport can play a unique role by<br />
empowering girls and women with a range of social assets, new skills<br />
and access to resources and opportunities, she said. Through sport,<br />
girls can benefit economically, emotionally and achieve selfdetermination.<br />
They can challenge and expand norms pertaining to<br />
what is acceptable for girls and women. Sport consortiums like<br />
federations, different communities and development sector<br />
organisations should come together, supporting the fact that sport<br />
gives the girls an ability to practice leadership, and transforms the<br />
way they think about themselves and the way communities see<br />
them. Most importantly, it builds social networks.<br />
“You have to design for what you want to be the outcome,” she said, further explaining that adding girls in boys’<br />
sport programmes will not work, and hence there is a need of programmes which are specifically designed for and by<br />
girls. Ms Bobenrieth concluded on a beautiful note. “At the end of the day, girls are not a problem; they are actually<br />
the answer or solution to it,” she said.<br />
Maria Bobenrieth’s video and presentation are available at Maidan.in.<br />
Contact Ms Maria Bobenrieth at m.bobenrieth@womenwin.org<br />
Know more about Women Win at www.womenwin.org<br />
3. Mr Denzil Keelor<br />
Mr Denzil Keelor co-presented the Special Olympics experience with<br />
Ms Mukta Narain Thind. They shared how Special Olympics use sport<br />
as a stage to demonstrate capabilities to build an inclusive and<br />
cohesive community. They do this by changing the attitudes of<br />
communities towards persons with disabilities by promoting<br />
acceptance, respect, recognition and eventually leading into a<br />
natural and receptive human behavior.<br />
The presenters supported the view that sport provides the most<br />
enjoyable, beneficial and challenging activities for athletes with<br />
intellectual disabilities, and helps in their social mainstreaming.<br />
Briefing the audience on the accomplishments of special athletes,<br />
they said that given a chance, they could become more productive<br />
citizens. Mr Keelor elaborated on how Special Olympics activities strengthen people with intellectual disabilities<br />
physically, mentally, socially and spiritually, with a special mention to how the athletes move from Special Olympics<br />
training into schools and community programmes where they further compete in regular sporting activities.<br />
Mr Denzil Keelor’s presentation is available at Maidan.in.<br />
Contact Mr Denzil Keelor at dkeelor@airtelmail.in<br />
Know more about Special Olympics Bharat at www.specialolympicsbharat.org
Session 4: Taking the S4D platform forward in India – Where do we go from here?<br />
The last session summarized the deliberations and learnings from the earlier sessions, and suggested a way forward for<br />
harnessing sport for development. Many new perspectives came to the fore. The discussions reached a general consensus on<br />
sport as a way of directly impacting and influencing multiple areas of development. This session thus elaborated on the vital<br />
role sport plays in building capacities of young people, and how it can create opportunities for them.<br />
Moderator: Mr Pratik Kumar, Magic Bus India <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
Panel (in order of proceedings):<br />
1. Mr Poul Hansen, United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP)<br />
2. Mr Raj Kishore Mishra, Commonwealth Youth Programme, Asia Region<br />
3. Mr P Michael Vetha Siromony, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development<br />
4. Mr OP Singh, Department of Sports, Government of India<br />
Key deliberations:<br />
1. Mr Poul Hansen<br />
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Mr Poul Hansen said that sport and physical education can be an<br />
extremely productive opportunity to support new talent. He also<br />
said that partnership in all areas is extremely important, affirming<br />
that the governments have a vital role in coordinating with<br />
organisations for development of and through sports.<br />
He suggested that by bringing sport clubs, federations and NGOs to<br />
work with schools, one can provide skills that schools teachers may<br />
not have, and thus, bring physical education back in schools.<br />
Impressed by the role Community Sport Coaches play in connecting<br />
development to sport, he encouraged bringing up of role models like<br />
them, who would work on a day-to-day basis in local communities as<br />
community leaders as volunteers in sport programmes. He also<br />
called upon support from the corporate, government and non-government organisations.<br />
Contact Mr Poul Hansen at phansen@unog.ch<br />
Know more about the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace at<br />
www.un.org/wcm/content/site/sport/home/unplayers/unoffice<br />
2. Mr Raj Kishore Mishra<br />
Mr Raj Kishore Mishra shared his views on the development of<br />
sports, suggesting that the foremost step is a compulsory<br />
introduction of physical education as a part of the education<br />
curriculum in schools. He said that the direct consequences of this<br />
would be a reduction in school drop-out rate, increase in life<br />
expectancy, improvement in various social development indicators,<br />
enhanced gender equity, and greater social inclusion and harmony.<br />
He elaborated on how schemes like PYKKA provide universal access<br />
to sports in rural areas and harness potential sporting talent among<br />
rural youth. Mr Mishra felt a need for introducing specific<br />
development and peace messages in all sport programmes like those<br />
on environmental protection, gender equity, HIV protection, peace<br />
and development. He added that introduction of these messages would help attain the development goals. Further, he<br />
added that the role of media and corporate houses is important for development of the concept of sport for all. He<br />
called upon them to let go of their obsession with glamorous, elite sports, and relook at strategies promotion and<br />
development of sport.<br />
Contact Raj at rajmishra@cypasia.net<br />
Know more about the Commonwealth Youth Programme, Asia Region at www.cypasia.net
3. Mr P Michael Vetha Siromony<br />
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physical activities.<br />
Mr P Michael Vetha Siromony emphasised upon the connection that<br />
youth and sport share with each other. He said, ‘a sport is a<br />
powerful medium to engage with youth in bringing about positive<br />
changes in their lives’. He said that sport and youth cannot be<br />
separated and shared examples of how (ironically) sport is visible in<br />
the country, but youth is not.<br />
He said that the general lack of interest, guidance and opportunities<br />
is a problem that the country is facing, and that it needs to be<br />
addressed immediately. Mr Siromony suggested that right education<br />
to every child from right source is important. He added that youth<br />
should be encouraged to play as much as possible today, in light of<br />
the fact that they engage themselves for a considerable time in non-<br />
Contact Mr P Michael Vetha Siromony at vethasiromony@gmail.com<br />
Know more about Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development at www.rgniyd.gov.in<br />
4. Mr OP Singh<br />
Mr OP Singh’s video and presentation are available at Maidan.in.<br />
Contact Mr OP Singh at opsinghips@gmail.com<br />
Know more about the Haryana’s SPAT at www.play4india.com<br />
Vote of thanks<br />
Mr OP Singh emphasised on the need for a proactive and inclusion<br />
intervention for sport programmes. He took the audience through an<br />
elaborate presentation as he detailed Haryana’s Sports and Physical<br />
Aptitude Test (SPAT) through a video from Play 4 India. He talked<br />
about the test, emphasizing how sport comes with an incentive.<br />
He also put forward his views on how sport help governments in<br />
delivering programmes on preventive health care, social cohesion,<br />
youth development and gender justice. Mr Singh added that<br />
programmes based on sport should be low-cost and effective,<br />
augment playing population and feature an effective legacy<br />
management.<br />
The day ended with a heartfelt vote of thanks by Mr Matthew Spacie. He<br />
shared how the whole idea of getting S4D practitioners in India together<br />
under one roof was worked upon.<br />
He concluded on the note that the journey of Sport for Development is on<br />
with more people coming on board realizing what this development tool can<br />
do to the society, and how Maidan can be used effectively to deliver its<br />
power.
Moderator: Ms Maria Bobenrieth, Women Win<br />
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Workshop on Sport and Gender<br />
Friday, December 2, 2011<br />
New Delhi, India<br />
Panel (in order of proceedings):<br />
1. Ms Maria Bobenrieth, Women Win<br />
2. Ms Madhumita Das, International Center for Research on Women<br />
3. Ms Suvekchya Rana, Saathi<br />
4. Ms Mona Shipley, British Council<br />
Participation: 75+<br />
Key deliberations:<br />
1. Ms Maria Bobenrieth<br />
Know more about Women Win at www.womenwin.org<br />
2. Ms Madhumita Das<br />
The first workshop of Maidan <strong>Summit</strong> 2011 started with a round of<br />
introductions facilitated by Ms Maria Bobenrieth. Having done that,<br />
and after presenting briefly on Women Win and their work, she<br />
remarked that how a small activity of just getting to know each<br />
other could create an incredible marketplace of exchanging<br />
knowledge.<br />
Ms Bobenrieth presented the panel to the workshop participants,<br />
highlighting how different organisations work with different<br />
approaches, and why is it important to understand and utilize the<br />
experience of each other.<br />
Contact Ms Maria Bobenrieth at m.bobenrieth@womenwin.org<br />
Ms Madhumita Das started with the observation that women of this<br />
generation realize that sport can help change things for them. She<br />
emphasised on the need to have qualified, trained and experienced<br />
coaches who would eventually mentor young girls and women in<br />
overcoming social taboos and propel a sense of dignity within them.<br />
Through a video-presentation called Parivartan (Hindi: change), she<br />
upheld the view that sport is a platform where a lot of exchange<br />
takes place, and this exchange could be tapped to drive change.<br />
Elaborating on examples from ICRW’s programme, she explained<br />
how with proper mentoring, boys and young men, when brought<br />
together with girls and young women, agree that the latter should<br />
be given equal opportunity in sport. She added that it could change<br />
the way they look at masculinity and respect differences.<br />
Ms Madhumita Das’s presentation is available at Maidan.in.<br />
Contact Ms Madhumita Das at mdas@icrw.org<br />
Know more about International Center for Research on Women at www.icrw.org
3. Ms Suvekchya Rana<br />
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Ms Suvekchya Rana presented a different perspective of using sport<br />
to address gender issues through her presentation on a football<br />
programme run in Nepal, talking about how a sport, which usually<br />
males play, can aid uplift their counterparts. She also mentioned<br />
how it works to address violence against women.<br />
She also took the audience through the journey of Saathi, explaining<br />
how its programmes help in building competency, raising awareness<br />
and providing support services in Nepal, where football is extremely<br />
popular. She advocated the engagement of men as partners in<br />
running these programmes. She also spoke about using the influence<br />
of popular footballers to reach out to more people, especially<br />
women, and deliver development programmes to them. Ms Rana proposed partnerships with the government, NGOs<br />
and the corporate sector in making such programmes more effective.<br />
Ms Suvekchya Rana’s video and presentation are available at Maidan.in.<br />
Contact Ms Suvekchya Rana at rana_suvekchya@yahoo.com<br />
Know more about Saathi at www.saathi.org.np<br />
4. Ms Mona Shipley<br />
Ms Mona Shipley presented her experience with developing the<br />
Physical Education Cards (PEC). She held that one should harness<br />
engagement, effectiveness and simplicity of sport-based<br />
programmes and use them at the grassroots level to begin<br />
transformation.<br />
She said that sport is an integral part of culture in almost every<br />
country, and pointed at how women get segregated because it is<br />
traditionally associated with masculinity. Ms Shipley felt the need<br />
to challenge the discrimination based on gender in sports. She<br />
highlighted the need to have an advocacy platform, where people<br />
come to become aware of their rights and eventually drive change from within.<br />
Ms Mona Shipley’s presentation is available at Maidan.in.<br />
Contact Ms Mona Shipley at mona.shipley@in.britishcouncil.org<br />
Know more about British Council at www.britishcouncil.org<br />
From the audience:<br />
The workshop drew some interesting insights from the participants:<br />
1. Mr SK Sagar from PYKKA remarked that sport is one element which doesn’t differentiate in terms of masculinity or<br />
feminity if developed properly.<br />
2. Ms Kusum Mohapatra from Magic Bus shared how policies on child protection and sexual harassment should always be<br />
there in place, when it comes to designing programmes around gender.<br />
3. Ms Sanjana from Crea also shared their experience of seeing increased levels of self-confidence in women under their<br />
programmes.<br />
Concluding Remarks:<br />
Ms Maria Bobenrieth concluded the workshop by sharing that Women Win was celebrating sixteen days of violence against<br />
women. The session came to an end with a short video on how sport could be used to establish peace in areas of conflict and<br />
war. A part of the video also showed the power of sport in addressing gender-based violence.<br />
The workshop sent out powerful messages on the potential of sport to help recover, connect, process and heal. It also made the<br />
participants better equipped of the fact that sport encourages resilience, rebuilds trust, restores human dignity, provides social<br />
support and facilitates reconciliation.
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Workshop on Sport, Youth Development and Livelihoods<br />
Friday, December 2, 2011<br />
New Delhi, India<br />
Moderator: Ms Babli Moitra Saraf, Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi<br />
Panel (in order of proceedings):<br />
1. Ms Babli Moitra Saraf<br />
2. Ms Betty Augustine, Dream a Dream <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
3. Mr Eddie Rock, Libero Sports<br />
4. Mr Sandeep Dutt, The International Award for Young People<br />
5. Mr Sushil Ramola, Basic Academy for Building Lifelong Employability<br />
Participation: 60+<br />
Key deliberations:<br />
1. Ms Babli Moitra Saraf<br />
2. Ms Betty Augustine<br />
Contact Betty at betty.augustine@dreamadream.org<br />
Know more about Dream a Dream <strong>Foundation</strong> at www.dreamadream.org<br />
The workshop, which was being conducted simultaneously with the<br />
one on Sport and Gender, began with welcome remarks by Ms Babli<br />
Moitra Saraf. She introduced the panel to the participants, and gave<br />
a brief outline on the structure of the workshop.<br />
Contact Ms Babli Moitra Saraf at bmsaraf@gmail.com<br />
Know more about Indraprastha College for Women at www.ipcollege.du.ac.in<br />
Ms Betty Augustine introduced her organisation, Dream a Dream,<br />
and shared the model on which it works with vulnerable children on<br />
developing their life skills through sport. She shared how<br />
communities could be sensitized through simple activities like active<br />
volunteering and a football.<br />
She presented a case study of a participant, and explained how<br />
through sport develops the ability to take initiatives, overcome<br />
difficulties, interact with one another and follow instructions. The<br />
story of 17-year-old Girish on the programme, who started playing<br />
football at the age of 14 and eventually became a national level<br />
player for homeless people, was shared as a case in point.<br />
Ms Betty Augustine’s presentation is available at Maidan.in.
3. Mr Eddie Rock<br />
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Contact Mr Eddie Rock at eddie.rock@liberosports.com<br />
Know more about Libero Sports at www.liberosports.com<br />
4. Mr Sandeep Dutt<br />
Mr Sandeep Dutt’s presentation is available at Maidan.in.<br />
Contact Mr Sandeep Dutt at sandeep@dofe.in<br />
Know more about the International Award for Young People at www.iayp.in<br />
5. Mr Sushil Ramola<br />
Mr Eddie Rock focused his presentation around development of<br />
youth through sport, with a special emphasis on co-existence skills<br />
that help young boys and girls to survive and work with each other.<br />
He referred to the Commonwealth Games as he mentioned that<br />
sport is a huge global fraternity today. “It gives people skills for a<br />
lifetime, that could be helpful in creating opportunities for<br />
livelihood later,” he said.<br />
He also advocated that girls should be given an equal place when it<br />
comes to sporting opportunities, as he cited the US Government’s<br />
instruction of making sport available to all girls in schools and<br />
colleges in 1970. The young sport enthusiast also said that sport<br />
enables people to handle failure with more grace, and inculcates a<br />
culture of giving.<br />
Mr Sandeep Dutt began with saying that there is development when<br />
there is sport. He held sport to be the most adaptable and<br />
successful youth empowerment tools. Talking about the education<br />
system, he said that education gives 25% of what one is and the<br />
remaining comes from practice. He highlighted the need for taking<br />
up the responsibility of the under-25 youth in the country, which<br />
forms a major part of the population for India.<br />
He said that the fundamental nature of sport used for development<br />
should focus on improvement of individual ability, be secular and<br />
non-competitive, and involve voluntary, willful participation. He<br />
further added that sport equips one for life through adventure,<br />
service and skills.<br />
Mr Sushil Ramola in his presentation highlighted the fact that India<br />
has 25% of the world’s young population, and there are many<br />
challenges that need to be taken care of. He listed employability,<br />
awareness and quality as the main focus points in sport-based<br />
programmes. “Five hundred million young people need these skills<br />
in the country,” he said.<br />
He supported that sport has a learning angle to it, and when one<br />
plays, a lot of traits like confidence, self-belief, leadership,<br />
conflict-resolution, communication, and problem-solving naturally<br />
come to the fore and get developed. He advocated playing for fun,<br />
playing to get a voice, playing to get a resolution to a conflict situation, and playing to learn as essential elements of<br />
sport programmes.<br />
Contact Mr Sushil Ramola at s.ramola@basixindia.com<br />
Know more about Basix Academy for Building Lifelong Employability at www.b-able.in
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Workshop on Sport and Physical Education in Schools<br />
Friday, December 2, 2011<br />
New Delhi, India<br />
Introduction<br />
This workshop deliberated on the importance of physical education in a student’s comprehensive, well-rounded education. It<br />
discussed how physical education improves self-confidence, develops social skills and makes healthy and strong individuals, and<br />
further elaborated on the importance of being fit and leading a healthy life.<br />
Panel (in order of proceedings):<br />
1. Mr Prashant Kakkar, EduSports<br />
2. Ms Carol Lukins, Youth Sport Trust, UK<br />
3. Mr DK Bedi, Apeejay School, New Delhi<br />
4. Ms Saroj Yadav, National Council of Educational Research and Training<br />
5. Mr JL Pandey, ex-National Council of Educational Research and Training<br />
Participation: 90+<br />
Key deliberations:<br />
1. Mr Prashant Kakkar<br />
Mr Prashant Kakkar’s presentation is available at Maidan.in.<br />
Contact Mr Prashant Kakkar at prashant.kakkar@edusports.in<br />
Know more about EduSports at www.edusports.in<br />
2. Ms Carol Lukins<br />
Mr Prashant Kakkar talked about sport and physical education in<br />
schools through holistic approach. He suggested comprehensive<br />
physical programmes for schools, which attract students’ interest<br />
and highlight child development to the academic fraternity. He<br />
advocated the need for creating champions on the field by focusing<br />
only outside the curriculum and giving one to one coaching to some<br />
children and free play for others.<br />
He called upon development of specialized infrastructure with<br />
support from the corporate sector for children who are already<br />
achievers. Mr Kakkar also talked about engaging all children with<br />
the structural curriculum and providing opportunities for children to<br />
give their best.<br />
Ms Carol Lukins focused on inspiring and engaging all young people<br />
to take part in sport and physical education. She said that access to<br />
regular and appropriate competitive sport is crucial to the<br />
development of every young person and determined to extend the<br />
breadth and depth of competition in every school.<br />
She also talked about setting up a programme (TOPS) to provide<br />
equipment to schools and resources for teachers to use with the<br />
children, and also generic and sport specific training for teachers.<br />
Ms Carol Lukins’ presentation is available at Maidan.in.<br />
Contact Ms Carol Lukins at carolls2009@hotmail.com<br />
Know more about Youth Sport Trust, UK at www.youthsporttrust.org
3. Mr DK Bedi<br />
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Contact Mr DK Bedi at principalbedi@gmail.com<br />
Know more about the Apeejay School at www.apeejay.edu/pitampura<br />
4. Ms Saroj Yadav<br />
Mr DK Bedi shared his views on the delivery of sport and physical<br />
education in schools. From a school administrator’s perspective, he<br />
put forward his view that the Indian education system aims for an<br />
all-round personality development and child-centered education,<br />
but in reality there is more emphasis on academics, on exam results,<br />
which translates into a lack of participation in sports.<br />
He said that sport makes a person physically, emotionally and<br />
mentally strong, adding that a sportsperson learns to accept failures<br />
and doesn’t give up. He also said that sport helps develop thinking<br />
skills, social skills and makes a balanced and strong person.<br />
Mr DK Bedi’s presentation is available at Maidan.in.<br />
Ms Saroj Yadav said that health is the most important for a child.<br />
Highlighting that health education covers everything like physical,<br />
emotional and mental education, she said that it is about changing<br />
the mindset. She said that the schools must realize the importance<br />
of physical education in the form of games, activities and sport.<br />
She also added that the health concerns include not only physical<br />
activities but also social issues like drug abuse, HIV protection and<br />
food and inflation. She concluded by saying that the development of<br />
physical education has to work in synergy with food and nutrition,<br />
social health, safety and security.<br />
Ms Saroj Yadav’s presentation is available at Maidan.in.<br />
Contact Ms Saroj Yadav at saroj.npep@gmail.com<br />
Know more about the National Council for Educational Research and Training at www.ncert.nic.in<br />
5. Mr JL Pandey<br />
Mr JL Pandey talked about the development of sports as it<br />
completes the process of developing human beings, starting with the<br />
process of socializing, and running parallel to formal and informal<br />
education, eventually enriching people. He said that to get<br />
outcomes from sports, it has to be made accessible to all children<br />
regardless of their physical ability and gender.<br />
He also highlighted that health and physical education do not enjoy<br />
the status that is enjoyed by other subjects, and that they should be<br />
brought to the same level of a structured, important and formal<br />
curricular activity.<br />
Contact Mr JL Pandey at jpande2001@gmail.com<br />
Know more about the National Council for Educational Research and Training at www.ncert.nic.in<br />
Concluding remarks:<br />
The workshop was a healthy discussion around adding sport and physical education to the formal school curriculum by taking<br />
time from other subjects without risk of hindering student academic achievement. The panel and participants felt that sport<br />
helps in improving student health, and that through team sport games, students learn necessary life skills such as problem<br />
solving, strategy and working together as a team. To conclude, sport teaches students the basics of sportsmanship, and that<br />
there is much more to sport games and activities than just winning and losing.
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Workshop on Sport and Social Inclusion<br />
Friday, December 2, 2011<br />
New Delhi, India<br />
Introduction<br />
This workshop revolved around the role of sport in promoting social inclusion and cohesion. It discussed how participation in<br />
sport imparts life skills, builds self-esteem, increases motivation levels and promotes social inclusion of disadvantaged groups<br />
like migrants, persons with physical and intellectual disabilities or young people involved in or at risk-deviant social behavior. It<br />
also elaborated on how sport can bridge divides that exist in societies like India where complex systems segment population into<br />
various categories.<br />
Moderator: Mr Pratik Kumar, Magic Bus India <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
Panel (in order of proceedings):<br />
1. Mr Harpreet Singh, Special Olympics Bharat<br />
2. Ms Mandira Srivastava, Isha <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
3. Mr Dinesh Baliga, Skillshare International<br />
4. Mr Ugrasen, Magic Bus India <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
Participation: 60+<br />
Key deliberations:<br />
1. Mr Harpreet Singh<br />
Mr Harpreet Singh emphasised on the issue of intellectual disability.<br />
Highlighting the scale of Special Olympics Bharat, the second largest<br />
Special Olympics programme in the world which reaches out to all<br />
600 districts in India, he shared that Special Olympics is perhaps the<br />
biggest movement that inclusively engages men and women through<br />
sport. He further added that these sport activities do not encourage<br />
physical contact and rely on equal opportunities.<br />
He supported the view that sport programmes are a great adhesive,<br />
and help connect people. Sharing his experience with sport at the<br />
Special Olympics, he detailed out the power of sports as a tool to<br />
build up greater respect, acceptance, inclusion and human dignity.<br />
Mr Harpreet Singh’s presentation is available at Maidan.in.<br />
Contact Mr Harpreet Singh at hsinghsob@gmail.com<br />
Know more about Special Olympics Bharat at www.specialolympicsbharat.org<br />
2. Ms Mandira Srivastava<br />
Ms Mandira Srivastava’s videos and presentation are available at Maidan.in.<br />
Contact Ms Mandira Srivastava at mandirasrivastava@gmail.com<br />
Know more about Isha <strong>Foundation</strong> at www.ishafoundation.org<br />
Ms Mandira Srivastava introduced the Isha <strong>Foundation</strong> and talked<br />
about its impact through sport-based programmes. In her<br />
presentation, she took the audience through Isha’s activities, and<br />
explained how sport can be harnessed to create an inclusive culture<br />
that forms the basis for urban peace and global development.<br />
Using case studies and dedicated presentations, she spoke about<br />
how sport has been enjoyed with full enthusiasm in the communities<br />
that the Isha <strong>Foundation</strong> works in, and how eventually<br />
transformation happened. She made a special mention to Isha’s<br />
sport-based work during crisis situations in South India.
3. Mr Dinesh Baliga<br />
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sport-based activities in the community.<br />
Mr Dinesh Baliga’s presentation is available at Maidan.in.<br />
Contact Dinesh at dinesh.baliga@skillshare.org<br />
Know more about Skillshare International at www.skillshare.org<br />
4. Mr Ugrasen<br />
Mr Dinesh Baliga voiced his views and work on the inclusion of<br />
Adivasis who are often discriminated socially. He spoke about<br />
Skillshare’s work in the area of sustainable development in<br />
partnership with communities in Africa and Asia by sharing and<br />
building skills, and facilitating organisational effectiveness and<br />
growth.<br />
He made a special mention to the ‘Hope’ programme, which uses<br />
football as a medium to bring awareness on HIV and AIDS and build<br />
bridges between people with HIV and those without. He also talked<br />
about increasing participation of girls in the programme by using<br />
Mr Ugrasen, a young leader from Magic Bus shared his experience of<br />
working in Gadchiroli, a Maoist affected area in Maharashtra. He<br />
took the participants through a captivating journey of how he<br />
convinced parents to send their children, particularly girls, to<br />
boarding school.<br />
Know more about Magic Bus at www.magicbus.org<br />
Group activity:<br />
The second part of this workshop involved a small activity. Participants were divided into three groups and given topics to think<br />
upon. These topics were Sport as a medium for conflict management and resolution (group 1), Social and gender issues in sport<br />
(group 2) and Sport as a medium to include differently-abled into the mainstream.<br />
At the end of it, the groups made presentations and discussed their points with the rest of the participants.<br />
Concluding remarks:<br />
Mr Pratik Kumar summed up the workshop by saying that sport is a universal language<br />
that moves and inspires people all around the world and brings them together. He<br />
added that it is a positive propagator of a message and should be taken into account<br />
across the board in employment, integration, culture and education.<br />
He said that tackling social inclusion through sports can be a win-win situation. He<br />
also mentioned that investing in community sports is a key tool in breaking down<br />
social barriers and creating a healthy civil society. The workshop concluded on a note<br />
that sporting and cultural opportunities can play an important part in reengaging<br />
disaffected sections of the community, building shared social capital and grassroots<br />
leadership through cross-cultural interaction.
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Workshop on Sport and Health<br />
Saturday, December 3, 2011<br />
New Delhi, India<br />
Introduction<br />
The workshop on sport and health had two basic objectives: to fathom health-related issues, and to explore the ways in which<br />
sport as a developmental tool can contribute to the sector. The workshop began with a welcome address by the moderator.<br />
Moderator: Ms Kalyani Subramanyam, Naz <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
Panel (in order of proceedings):<br />
1. Ms Sunita Godara, Health Fitness Trust<br />
2. Ms Kalyani Subramanyam, Naz <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
3. Mr Bobby John, Public Health Advocate<br />
Participation: 75+<br />
Key deliberations:<br />
1. Ms Sunita Godara<br />
Ms Sunita Godara’s video and presentations are available at Maidan.in.<br />
Contact Ms Sunita Godara at sunitagodara@gmail.com<br />
Know more about the Health Fitness Trust at www.healthfitnesssociety.org<br />
2. Ms Kalyani Subramanyam<br />
Ms Kalyani Subramanyam’s presentation is available at Maidan.in.<br />
Contact Ms Kalyani Subramanyam at naz.goal@gmail.com<br />
Know more about the Naz <strong>Foundation</strong> at www.nazindia.org<br />
Ms Sunita Godara said that sport has shifted gears by taking on the<br />
job of a tool that not only promotes physical activities but also<br />
contributes in the health sector by promoting health-related<br />
products and services. She said that sporting activities not only help<br />
a person stay physically fit, but also improve the overall quality of<br />
life.<br />
She made a presentation and shared how the Health Fitness Trust<br />
attempts to address the cause of health through sport and physical<br />
activities. She created an elaborate picture of how sport, yoga,<br />
rallies, and other physical activities have been proven to contribute<br />
to a healthier society adding that more number of schools, NGOs<br />
and Corporates should come forward to support such endeavors.<br />
Ms Kalyani Subramanyam advocated the use of sport in breaking<br />
barriers when it comes to community health. Giving examples from<br />
the Naz <strong>Foundation</strong>, she explained how sport makes it easy to<br />
deliver programmes and messages around HIV-AIDS, sexual health<br />
and well-being. Through her presentation, she briefly explained the<br />
four pillars on which the Goal curriculum is based – be yourself, be<br />
healthy, be empowered and be money-savvy – and emphasised that<br />
health is among the most important of these.<br />
She highlighted engagement through sport leading to creation of a<br />
confident comfort-zone for girls and women to come out and talk<br />
about their problems, as one of the major advantages sport offers.
3. Mr Bobby John<br />
Group activity:<br />
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Mr Bobby John shared how millions of people are migrating from<br />
rural areas to urban cities, that is, from open areas to limited<br />
areas. He mentioned how children do not get spaces to play, which<br />
in turn affects their health. He added that sport is such a tool that<br />
it can bring communities together by giving them self-reliability and<br />
belief that they can participate without any kind of discrimination.<br />
He also said listed a few key figures on health, and spoke about the<br />
impossibility of attaining economic growth at the cost of unhealthy,<br />
unfit children. Mr John concluded saying that sports may not be the<br />
ability of every kid, but, play is the birth right of every child.<br />
Contact Mr Bobby John at bj@bjohn.org<br />
The presentations were followed by a small group activity on knowing one’s body image.<br />
Ms Kalyani Subramanyam and the team from Naz <strong>Foundation</strong> conducted this activity to<br />
make participants realize, feel and be comfortable about their bodies.<br />
The underlying message was to be aware and confident of self, since sporting activities<br />
often involve physical contact.<br />
Concluding remarks:<br />
Mr Vivek Ramchandani remarked that if one invests in sport towards addressing health-based issues, it is like saving on healthcare<br />
costs. Mr Pratik Kumar summed up the session by reassuring that sport has the power to engage, which comes at a lowcost,<br />
and lasts longer. Thus, he said, it is very easy to design and deliver messages on topics as simple as general hygiene to the<br />
participants. He said that it is therefore a fantastic, tangible tool for development in the area of community health.
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Workshop on Sport and Physical Education in Colleges and Universities<br />
Saturday, December 3, 2011<br />
New Delhi, India<br />
Introduction<br />
This workshop discussed the endless possibilities that sport offer at the college and university level, to takers of all kinds –<br />
students, sportspersons, researchers and general enthusiasts, and for givers – professors, veterans and policy makers. It also<br />
discussed how sport in colleges and universities could be taken to the next level, so that it contributes to social development in<br />
a larger perspective.<br />
Moderator: Ms Nayana D Nimkar, Chandrashekhar Agashe College of Physical Education<br />
Panel (in order of proceedings):<br />
1. Ms Nayana D Nimkar, Chandrashekhar Agashe College of Physical Education<br />
2. Mr Devinder Kumar Kansal, University of Delhi<br />
3. Mr Arjun J Chaudhuri, University of Delhi<br />
4. Mr Arun Kumar Uppal, Amity University<br />
5. Mr Graham Smith, EdgeHill University, UK<br />
Participation: 75+<br />
Key deliberations:<br />
1. Ms Nayana D Nimkar<br />
2. Mr Devinder Kumar Kansal<br />
Mr Devinder Kumar Kansal’s presentation is available at Maidan.in.<br />
Contact Mr Devinder Kumar Kansal at devinderkansal@gmail.com<br />
Know more about University of Delhi at www.du.ac.in<br />
Ms Nayana D Nimkar moderated the last workshop of Maidan <strong>Summit</strong><br />
2011 that aimed to discuss about how to align the existing<br />
curriculum in colleges and universities with the upcoming need of<br />
taking sport to the next level, and using it in the context of<br />
development around areas of education, health, gender and<br />
livelihoods.<br />
Contact Ms Nayana D Nimkar at nayananimkar@gmail.com<br />
Know more about Chandrashekhar Agashe College of Physical Education at<br />
www.agashecollege.org<br />
Mr Devinder Kumar Kansal spoke about balancing of education in the<br />
country at all levels. He suggested that sport should be seen as<br />
foundation of the entire education system, and it should be<br />
embedded right from the nascent stages. He recommended as many<br />
partnerships as possible in the area, so that sport could directly find<br />
connect with development in a general perspective.<br />
He said that one needs to create a dedicated human environment in<br />
colleges and universities that that supports a sporting culture, so<br />
that there are maximum takers for it. Kansal reiterated the need to<br />
formalize physical education at the school as well as the college and<br />
university level.
3. Mr Arjun J Chaudhuri<br />
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Contact Mr Arjun J Chaudhuri at arjun_chaudhuri@yahoo.com<br />
Know more about University of Delhi at www.du.ac.in<br />
4. Mr Arun Kumar Uppal<br />
Contact Mr Arun Kumar Uppal at drakuppal@rediffmail.com<br />
Know more about the Amity University at www.amity.edu/aspess/default.asp<br />
Mr Arjun J Chaudhuri took the audience through a brief history of<br />
development of sport. He said that the state of affairs in India is<br />
slowly moving from amateur to professional sporting, which is why<br />
we can build upon a lot of new developments from within and<br />
around the world to craft out sport-based programmes.<br />
He also talked about the economics related to using sport for<br />
development in the Indian context, citing a small reference to the<br />
example of the industrial revolution of Europe. Arjun said that<br />
development can only happen if the methods and processes are in<br />
place.<br />
Mr Arjun J Chaudhuri’s presentation is available at Maidan.in.<br />
Mr Arun Kumar Uppal talked about identification of talent as a key<br />
deliverable that sport sciences should offer. Highlighting five areas<br />
of sport-oriented courses in colleges and universities, he mentioned<br />
scientific sport training methodology, exercise physiology, sport<br />
psychology, sport biomechanics, and sport medicine to be important<br />
ingredients of sport curriculum in colleges and universities.<br />
In his presentation, Mr Uppal detailed all five of these elements,<br />
and elaborated on how their proper integration and use in sport<br />
programmes can help sport contribute to the larger domain of<br />
development.<br />
Mr Arun Kumar Uppal’s presentation is available at Maidan.in.<br />
5. Mr Graham Smith<br />
Mr Graham Smith in his presentation talked about the foundation of sport provisions in colleges and universities.<br />
Sharing a model from EdgeHill University, he mentioned six main<br />
categories for a good course on physical education and sport<br />
sciences. These were sport and exercise sciences, sport<br />
development, sport studies, sport therapy, coach education and<br />
coaching science, and physical education and school sport. In the<br />
course of his presentation, Smith elaborated on these categories in<br />
light of the ones existing in India and other parts of the world.<br />
He also mentioned that a certain passion about teaching physical<br />
education is extremely important in deciding whether it goes a long<br />
way or not. Encouraging fundamentals, Smith concluded by saying<br />
that physical education and sport sciences is where sport starts.<br />
Therefore, the vision of achieving a healthy, active population can<br />
be achieved through it. Thus, it is for people involved in sports that<br />
they have to challenge policy and graduate change. If we don’t do that, we let down sports, we let down change, he<br />
said.<br />
Mr Graham Smith’s presentation is available at Maidan.in.<br />
Contact Mr Graham Smith at smithg@edgehill.ac.uk<br />
Know more about the EdgeHill University at www.edgehill.ac.uk<br />
Maidan <strong>Summit</strong> 2011 was driven by Magic Bus India <strong>Foundation</strong> under the kind auspices of Government of India’s Ministry of<br />
Youth Affairs and Sports, the Australian Government’s Australian Sports Commission, the Government of UK’s British Council,<br />
and University of Delhi. The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), Basix Academy for Building Lifelong<br />
Employability (B-ABLE), the <strong>Abhinav</strong> <strong>Bindra</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong>, the Special Olympics Bharat (SOB), the International Award for Young<br />
People (IAYP), the Naz <strong>Foundation</strong>, and SportzPower partnered with Magic Bus towards creating a successful Maidan for sport<br />
for development in India.
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Annexure 1<br />
Workshop on Sport and Gender<br />
Concept Note<br />
REDUCING GENDER GAP IN SPORTS<br />
WHAT MEN HAVE TO DO<br />
Introduction: Sport can be an important tool for social empowerment through the skills and values it teaches, such as<br />
teamwork, negotiation, leadership, communication and respect for others. The social benefits of participating in sports are<br />
especially important for girls, given that many girls, particularly in adolescence, have fewer opportunities than boys to interact<br />
socially outside the home. Through sports, women and girls acquire new interpersonal networks, develop a sense of identity and<br />
access new opportunities, allowing them to become more engaged in school and community life. Participation in sports also<br />
enables women and girls to express themselves freely through movement as well as increase their self-esteem and selfconfidence.<br />
However, integration women and girls into the athletic sphere remains a challenge in India as well as globally, largely because<br />
of deeply-rooted expectations about women’s place in society and challenges and barriers she faces in the sports arena which is<br />
a masculine space to large extent. Men and boys play a critical role in perpetuating these social norms- and they can play a role<br />
in changing them.<br />
The benefits of sports for women: empowering women and girls: Sports can also be a medium through which to achieve<br />
gender equality. Being involved in athletic activities can give women and girls access to public spaces, encourage freedom of<br />
expression and foster a greater sense of self-ownership over their bodies. It can also increase girls’ self-esteem and enable them<br />
to make choices about their lives in every sphere. It is a well-known fact that physical activity and competition in a supportive<br />
environment are both psychologically and spiritually beneficial for girls. Therefore, participating in sports opens up an<br />
opportunity to educate girls about effective communication, negotiation and leadership, all of which are essential for women’s<br />
empowerment.<br />
Barriers to women and girls in sports: Women’s role in leadership and decision making in the arena of sports remains limited<br />
throughout the world. Women are underrepresented in all levels of sports be it coaching or management or commercial sporting<br />
activities (United Nation, 2007). Moreover, women in decision making bodies of sports organizations at local, regional or<br />
interpersonal levels are fewer in number. Hence, to increase gender equality in sports and women’s participation in leadership<br />
and decision making, it is important to have women as leaders, be it as coaches or as heads of sports organizations.<br />
Efforts to integrate women into sports often are successful at the inception. But retaining girls and women in the field of sports<br />
remains a challenge because the field has commonly been classified as masculine domain, one that traditionally does not allow<br />
girls and women to enter or stay for long. By doing so, the sports field reinforces many norms that dictate women’s role in a<br />
society, thereby creating barriers for girls and women to enter the athletic space.<br />
Sports instructors and coaches have a role in perpetuating this gender discrimination; many agree that India is a male dominated<br />
country and men have the power in all spheres, including sports. A recent study by ICRW (Parivartan) that explored coaches’<br />
attitudes towards gender equality found that many Mumbai -area coaches believed girls are not physically strong or technically<br />
sound and that they are unable to keep up with boys in many sports, including cricket. Coaches are also uncomfortable coaching<br />
boys and girls together, which appear to be another key constraint for girls’ participation in sports.<br />
Social constraints further impede access to participation in sports and physical education by women and girls. Some constraints<br />
are similar throughout the world, such as perception that women’s physical capabilities are inferior and unequal sharing of<br />
domestic responsibilities, which imposes constraints on women’s involvement in community activities, including sports. A<br />
common social constraint is the stereotyping a sport as “masculine” or “feminine”, which affects both male and female<br />
participation, and can be difficult to overcome. Men can be branded as “effeminate” if they abstain from sporting activities.<br />
Meanwhile, women are often channeled into “aesthetic” sports, such as gymnastics and ice-skating, where traits perceived as<br />
“female” are exhibited (UN Report, 2000).<br />
Another barrier to women and girls participating in athletic programmes is that they often are exposed to physical and verbal<br />
abuse. Studies conducted in a number of countries indicate the prevalence of violence and harassment in sport. Women and<br />
girls may face verbal harassment, including of sexual nature, which can originate from other athletes, coaches, managers,<br />
spectators and family or community members.<br />
Finally, there is common perception that sports people are viewed as role models who have a positive impact on individuals and<br />
the broader community. But women and girls have few female role models to look up to. The number of women coaches is<br />
meager, and women are under-represented in leadership and in governing bodies of sporting institutions. However, it is<br />
important to consider that empowering women to be coach or role model will not only enhance female participation in sports<br />
but also increase the equality in gender in sports.<br />
What we need to do: A range of actors are addressing discrimination and inequalities in sport, including governments, the<br />
United Nations system, sporting institutions and NGOs. Common strategies include awareness-raising, advocacy and gender –<br />
sensitive policymaking and programming, using both gender mainstreaming approaches and women specific initiatives. Such<br />
approaches are essential and require that sporting bodies and institutions identify and explicitly address the relevant gender<br />
perspectives in all areas of activities. Initiatives that address this along with all forms of violence, exploitation and harassment
are needed at a variety of levels, including within families, schools, sport teams, communities, and in local, national, regional<br />
and interpersonal competitions.<br />
The extent of the problem of discrimination against women and girls in sport demands a commitment to creating safe and<br />
supportive environments for women and girls to participate in sports as well as action for successful strategies and programmes.<br />
The key objectives:<br />
1. To examine and evaluate available best practices in the field of S4D through experiences and case studies. How<br />
programmes on sports can appropriately respond to men’s behavior and attitude towards gender equity and violence.<br />
2. To discuss the complex issue of quality versus scale in S4D programming in the context of long-term sustainability. How<br />
gender can be integrated into sports organizations’ programmes at the regional, national and international levels? How<br />
gender and sports -based models can be replicated /scaled up?<br />
Case Study 1: Moving the Goal<br />
Moving the goalpost (MTG) aims to provide opportunities for girls to fulfill their potential using football. It promotes gender<br />
equality (Millennium Development Goal 3) by giving girls the chance to development their leadership confidence and organizing<br />
skill through football. It also encourages girls to champion their right through being a part of an empowered critical mass of<br />
young women.<br />
Impact:<br />
The most significant impact of the project has been allowing girls to gain individual skill by taking responsibility for all activities<br />
associated with the project.<br />
Fact & figures:<br />
The number of girls playing football has increased .Over 150 girls have been trained as coaches, 37 as referees 47 as health peer<br />
educators, 33 as first Aiders, 12 as counselors and 6 in monitoring & Evaluation. MTG has linked with a school, Waa girls and<br />
Kasha a local group that sponsor 13 MTG girls in Secondary school.<br />
Case Study 2: She’s a Girl! So What?<br />
This article summarizes one athlete’s struggle to understand the discrimination against her. It shows her mother’s struggle to<br />
help her daughter understand she should be able to do everything the boys can and to stand up for herself.<br />
In middle school, Kacy loved to play soccer and participated on the school’s football team. She and the boys played so well<br />
together they made it all the way to the state tournament. She loved it. The coaches on the team and in the league supported<br />
her playing on the team. However, during the team photo shoot, Kacy was told by her mother that the head of the league told<br />
her coach she could no longer play with the boys “because she is a girl”.<br />
Kacy and her mother were stunned. They were unable to understand why her daughter’s gender hindered her from playing<br />
football, especially since it was never a problem before with the athletes, coaches or parents.<br />
Case Study 3: Against All Odds<br />
It is not just children whose lives transform dramatically when they come in touch of the Magic Bus Programme. Twenty years<br />
old Farzana Begum was the victim of a proverbially cruel step mother, who wanted to marry her off – against her will – to a<br />
man more than three times her age. Since the attempt came backed with continuous verbal and physical abuse, Farzana’s selfconfidence<br />
was never allowed to develop.<br />
Farzana worked part time in an Urdu medium school, but had to hand over all her salary to her step mother. Lacking a control<br />
over of access to her own earnings also meant that she could not become independent even if she wished to.<br />
It was at this point that Farzana was introduced to Magic Bus’s sport based curriculum. She had never played any sport, and so<br />
found out at a relatively late age the psychosocial and cognitive benefits of playing.<br />
Today, Farzana is a confident youth who has successfully thwarted another plan to marry her off to a much older man. She<br />
stands as a strong and indefatigable icon for all women and girls in her area.<br />
Facts and Figures:<br />
Girl children participation has enhanced from 27% to 43%, number of women as community sports coaches has enhanced from 3%<br />
to 12%.<br />
Outcomes:<br />
Girl children are regular to S4D session<br />
The interest generated has enabled MB to start football coaching with 12 girl children.<br />
Conclusion:<br />
Sport can be used a tool to reduce gender inequalities, break the barriers and initiate the process of transformation and move<br />
towards more humane & just society.<br />
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Annexure 2<br />
Workshop on Sport, Youth Development and Livelihoods<br />
Concept Note<br />
SPORTS AND ITS IMPACT ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT<br />
Sports is a powerful medium to engage with youth in bringing positive changes in their lives, intrinsically by being involved in<br />
sports and by imparting the soft skills and improving employability of the youth .<br />
Since a full set of indicators concerning the evaluation and impact of the MDGs on sport activities already exists, there is no<br />
need to elaborate a new set of them. A desk review, undertaken at the request of the ILO’s In Focus Programme Skills,<br />
Knowledge and Employability, has identified sport-specific skills that can be added to core skills for employability necessary to<br />
perform a job at the local, national or international level. Table 1 lists the sport-specific skills, as described in the Report of the<br />
United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Sport for Development and Peace (United Nations, 2003, p. 8)<br />
Table 2 refers to the outcome of a desk review of various sport projects. These projects include, on one hand, a pool of sportrelated<br />
projects funded by the European Union in 2004 on the occasion of the European Year of Physical Education and Sport;<br />
and, on the other, a list of UN sport and development related projects inventoried for the preparation of the UN Inter-Agency<br />
Task Force referred to above. The aim of the desk review was to identify sport-specific skills that can complement core skills for<br />
employability, thus contributing to reinforce youth training needs for labour market insertion. As a result, an additional<br />
comparison between generic employability skills, as perceived in selected countries, and sport-specific skills selected by the<br />
ILO, table showed a more comprehensive picture of how generic and sport-specific skills match and complement one another.<br />
Analysing the differences, we find that both from a professional and personal point of view, young workers entering the labour<br />
market with sport-specific skills would be well equipped with creativity, team-building and, most of all, peaceful and tolerant<br />
behaviour vis-à-vis cultural diversity. The last skill is absolutely necessary for youth entering the labour market in a global<br />
economy with such large discrepancies and diversity. It also showed how sport-specific skills can complement core skills for<br />
employability. One would eventually like to determine how much they could improve the work environment. Workers need the<br />
opportunity to acquire and shape these skills, according to their own needs and the labour market, through sport activities and<br />
related training. We should assume that the sport specific skills could significantly improve the work environment because they<br />
fit nicely with the internationally recognized skills.<br />
Table 1: Skills and values learned through the sports sector<br />
• Cooperation<br />
• Fair play<br />
• Communication<br />
• Sharing<br />
• Respect for the rules<br />
• Self-esteem<br />
• Problem-solving<br />
• Trust<br />
• Understanding<br />
• Honesty<br />
• Connecting with others<br />
• Self-respect<br />
• Leadership<br />
• Tolerance<br />
• Respect for others<br />
• Resilience<br />
• Value of effort<br />
• Teamwork<br />
• How to win<br />
• Discipline<br />
• How to lose<br />
• Confidence<br />
• How to manage competition
Source: United Nations, 2003.<br />
Soft skills: Soft skills are a set of skills that influence how we interact with each other. The term includes such abilities as effective<br />
communication, creativity, analytical thinking, diplomacy, change readiness, problem solving, leadership, team building and listening<br />
skills. The goal of soft skills training is to give students the opportunity to learn and practise new patterns of behaviour and in so doing to<br />
enhance human relations.<br />
This is an area that has been widely accepted and established through researches as a great outcome of Sports for Development<br />
Programme.<br />
Table 2<br />
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Australian key<br />
competencies<br />
1. Collecting,<br />
analysing and<br />
organizing<br />
information<br />
2. Communicating<br />
ideas and<br />
information<br />
3. Planning and<br />
organizing activities<br />
4. Working with<br />
others and in teams<br />
5.Using<br />
mathematical ideas<br />
and techniques<br />
United Kingdom<br />
core skills<br />
Canada employability<br />
skills profile<br />
United States<br />
workplace know-how<br />
Communication Thinking skills Information <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
skills, basic skills<br />
Communication<br />
Personal skills:<br />
improving own<br />
performance and<br />
learning<br />
Personal skills:<br />
improving own<br />
performance and<br />
learning<br />
Personal skills:<br />
working with<br />
others<br />
Numeracy:<br />
application of<br />
numbers<br />
Communication skills Information <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
skills, basic skills<br />
Responsibility skills<br />
Thinking skills<br />
Positive attitudes and<br />
behaviour<br />
Working with others<br />
Adaptability<br />
Understand and solve<br />
problems using<br />
mathematics<br />
6. Solving problems Problem solving Problem-solving and<br />
decision-making skills,<br />
Learning skills<br />
7. Using technology Information<br />
technology<br />
8. Cultural<br />
understanding<br />
Modern foreign<br />
languages<br />
Use technology<br />
Communication skills<br />
Manage information<br />
Use numbers Work<br />
safely Participate in<br />
projects and tasks<br />
Resources;<br />
<strong>Foundation</strong> skills;<br />
personal qualities<br />
Sport-specific skills<br />
selected by the<br />
H.O.<br />
Volunteering<br />
Taking care of<br />
others<br />
Interpersonal<br />
communication<br />
Respect for rules;<br />
Respect for others<br />
Managing<br />
competition<br />
(events organizer)<br />
Interpersonal skills Teamwork; Teambuilding;<br />
Multidisciplinarity<br />
<strong>Foundation</strong> skills, basic<br />
skills<br />
<strong>Foundation</strong> Skills:<br />
thinking<br />
Managing<br />
performance, and<br />
training<br />
Problem solving<br />
Meditation skills<br />
Technology systems Using technology<br />
and sport<br />
equipment<br />
Healthy lifestyle,<br />
Fair play Tolerance<br />
Case 1: The ILO Youth Sports Programme:<br />
The ILO has developed the YSP, which contributes to inserting youth within the sport community through partnership. The YSP has two<br />
levels of interventions: the policy level and the project level. At the policy level, the YSP has helped the Albanian authorities and the<br />
United Nations Country Team to review the Youth National Policy. This assistance facilitated the full integration of sports partners into<br />
the development process. At the project level, workshops carried out in 2004–2005 in Senegal and El Salvador identified areas for joint<br />
work and partnerships with the Minister of Sports of Senegal, the Minister of Labour of El Salvador and, as main national counterparts,<br />
sports federations in Senegal and the National Olympic Committee (NOC) in El Salvador.<br />
Case 2: The Dream Come True (Sri Lanka)<br />
This is a story of three women from a remote rural area of Sri Lanka known as Seenigama, which was a major war frontier in the fight<br />
between the government and the LTTE. These girls made it to the National teams in their respective sports. It is a story of their struggle<br />
and their undying thirst to achieve greatness despite being from under privileged backgrounds. These young women stand as living proof<br />
for limitless heights one could reach if given the backing, cultivated the right attitude and supported with perseverance and positive<br />
belief.
Case 3: Stones (Uganda)<br />
This is a story of Stone Kyambadde, an ex-professional football player, who due his injury couldn’t pursue his professional career. For<br />
more than 20 years, he has worked with street kids in Uganda through the "Wolves" Football program. Football serves as a magnet to<br />
draw idle teenagers off the streets and into a program that leads toward personal transformation. The Wolves football program works on<br />
prevention by providing a structured, disciplined daily sports program to keep teenage boys from broken homes off the streets, out of<br />
trouble, and off of drugs.<br />
Case 4: The Star of the Month: Magic Bus Story<br />
This story is about a Magic Bus child called Muharram Ali who had joined the Magic Bus program as a child and is now a peer leader. The<br />
story is his journey from being a young magic bus child from a slum community of Mumbai to undergoing vocational training with Kotak<br />
Education <strong>Foundation</strong> to being employed by Reliance Fresh to becoming the ‘Star of the Month’ at Reliance Fresh.<br />
Case 5: African runners compete for livelihood in Pittsburgh Marathon<br />
This is a story of numerous African youth who have left their homes in various parts of Africa and come to the United States of America<br />
to become professional runners. This enables them to escape the situations of total apathy, become better people and support their<br />
families.<br />
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Annexure 3<br />
Workshop on Sport and Physical Education in Schools<br />
Concept Note<br />
Physical education is a key component in determining the delivery of quality education. A daily dose of sports and opportunities for play is<br />
an important part of a student’s comprehensive, well-rounded education program; it is a means of positively affecting life-long health and<br />
well-being. An optimal physical education program has the potential to foster a lifetime commitment to physical activity as part of a<br />
healthy lifestyle. It has long term impacts on the integrated development of body and mind; it positively enhances self-confidence and<br />
self-esteem, enhances social, cognitive development and advances academic achievement. Ultimately, improved coordinated school<br />
physical education programs, will augment other prevention efforts and help to reverse the growing epidemic of childhood obesity which<br />
threatens to undo decades of progress in the fight against cardiovascular and other diseases. Effective efforts made now will help children<br />
avoid a lifetime of chronic disease and disability.<br />
In a culturally rich India, one can hardly ignore the benefits of traditional sports and games that are steeped in a philosophy of respect,<br />
patience, responsibility, and honor – all characteristics of good leadership, fundamental to making positive social interaction possible.<br />
Despite the world wide recognition of the positive impact of sport on education and child development, physical education continues to be<br />
marginalized and occupies a low status within the school curriculum; this trend is universal across various domains – time allocated to<br />
physical education, number of staff trained, amount of training provided to physical education teachers, spending on sports equipment,<br />
etc.<br />
Globally, all sporting nations, including India have attempted to institutionalize sports through the development of a number of activities<br />
such as establishing sports authorities, developing national syllabi for physical activities, national fitness corps, national policy on physical<br />
education, etc.; with the objective of determining the standard and quality of the delivery of physical education. Many countries have<br />
mandated 10 hours of physical activity per week at the primary and upper primary levels and 7 hours per week at the secondary school<br />
level. The objective being “to develop certain qualities such as perseverance, team spirit, leadership, obedience to rules, moderation in<br />
victory and balance in defeat.”<br />
Hidden behind all this good intention, remains a grey area which could possibly be the reason why physical education in schools has been<br />
pushed to a defensive position. The conceptually limited understanding of physical education as a set of activities to be done during school<br />
hours is one. The inability of school authorities to think of other people (coaches) and other contexts (community sports) is an added bane.<br />
The lack of appropriate sporting infrastructure continues to pin down physical education and jeopardize its potential for growth.<br />
Researchers and practitioners a like need to ponder on the meaning of physical activity/physical education and broad base their<br />
understanding of the concept to include movement such that all children with myriad capabilities can participate – (proposed by Arnold<br />
’78, Bailey ’99, and Williams ’89). Gerome Bruner, in the early eighties posited the ‘culture of childhood’ to constitute action, play and<br />
movement. Movements of different kinds generate empowering environments for children, enabling them to play and have fun<br />
simultaneously.<br />
What is more apparent and obvious is the pupils language development - translating movements into spoken language in a variety of<br />
contexts offers a treasure chest of descriptive, directional and action words for children to explore and experience. Athletics, dance,<br />
games, gymnastics, outdoor and adventure activities, - each contains their own specific vocabulary and concepts. Movement provides an<br />
environment in which learners are led to use language naturally and purposefully and promotes literacy development.<br />
An integrated approach to physical education comprising of three components – Athletic skills and knowledge, health education and fitness<br />
is the answer to providing a comprehensive approach to health and fitness issues within the school setting, the results of which will last<br />
beyond the school and into a lifetime.<br />
Conclusion:<br />
It has been suggested that physical activities, both formal and informal, form significant elements within our culture, as well as within the<br />
very notion of being a human being. As such, physical education in some form would seem to be a valuable, necessary and integral part of<br />
any school curriculum. If the potential and range of the physical education experience is fully realized in practice, then pupils can be said<br />
to be properly educated.<br />
"Without health and fitness, wealth is without value, knowledge is useless, art cannot become manifest, and music cannot be played."<br />
Herophilus
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Annexure 4<br />
Workshop on Sport and Social Inclusion<br />
Concept Note<br />
It is widely held that sport can contribute to societal inclusion in a variety of ways: Sport is a universal language that moves and inspires<br />
people all around the world and brings them together. Sports when used appropriately can bridge divide. Participation in sport teaches<br />
important life skills, builds self-esteem and promotes the social inclusion of disadvantaged groups, such as migrants, persons with physical<br />
or intellectual disabilities or young people involved in or at risk of deviant social behaviour.<br />
The United Nations designated 2004 as the Year of Physical Education through Sport, pointing out that 'access to and participation in sport<br />
and physical education provide an opportunity to enjoy social and moral inclusion for populations otherwise marginalized by social,<br />
cultural or religious barriers due to gender, disability or other distinctions'.<br />
Sport has a major potential as a tool for promoting social inclusion and social cohesion in societies.<br />
Sport provides citizens with opportunities to interact and join social networks; it helps immigrants to develop relations with other member<br />
of society; and it constitutes a tool for reaching out to the underprivileged or groups at risk of or facing discrimination. Through its<br />
contribution to economic growth and job creation, it can also help to revitalise disadvantaged areas. There is recognition that sport and<br />
recreation play a major and unique role in psychosocial programming for children and young people affected by major disasters and<br />
conflict in different part of the world.<br />
Sport plays a role in promoting gender equality and in the integration of people with disabilities. The football club Espérance in Rwanda,<br />
for example, has established a Football for Peace program based on a Brazilian model, where only girls can score goals. Espérance reports<br />
that initial resistance toward girls and women participating in sports has been overcome, with female attendance (including mothers and<br />
grandmothers) at events increasing from almost none to over 50% of spectators on some occasions. The program builds the skills and selfesteem<br />
of girls, improves boys’ perceptions of girls’ capacities, and provides women with opportunities for social interaction outside the<br />
home and a chance to actively participate in community peace-building dialogue and activities. Espérance engages women on multiple<br />
levels and contributes to their empowerment as essential stakeholders in the peace-building process.<br />
The EU has a Disability Strategy to promote the integration and equal treatment of people with disabilities. In its Action Plan to implement<br />
the Disability Strategy, the Commission considers the role sport plays in promoting the integration of people with disabilities. Special<br />
efforts must be made to ensure access to sports venues, infrastructure and activities for people with disabilities, and to ensure that their<br />
specific needs are taken into account, including at school.<br />
Sport is not for only a right in itself; rather it is a cross-cutting means of achieving other fundamental rights. Sport is a huge mass<br />
phenomenon, the most widespread phenomenon of our era. Sport is a powerful tool to push for new ways of thinking that are inclusive of<br />
all members of society. Athletes with disabilities show society that they are still able to compete and provide high-ranking performances.<br />
Sport is a very positive propagator of a message and it should be taken into account across the board in employment, integration, culture<br />
and education policies. Through sport, exclusion situations have been reversed and athletes with disabilities have even come to be<br />
regarded as local idols.<br />
At the societal level, the role of sport in promoting social networks and active citizenship is potentially very important. Research suggests<br />
that sport has the potential to promote community identity, coherence and integration, and that people actively involved in sport are<br />
more likely to play an active role in the community in other ways. Sport can therefore be used as a tool for building community and social<br />
capital. Social capital is a key element in local responses to problems of social exclusion and is generally thought to serve three important<br />
functions — bonding, bridging, and linking. Bonding social capital refers to the informal realm, the close ties that help people to get by.<br />
These usually involve family, friends and neighbours. Bridging social capital refers to the civic realm and involves the development of<br />
looser ties through networks that extend across different groups in civil society and create bridges between them. Sports as a medium in<br />
countries like India is having a positive impact from the perspective of bridging the caste class divide and discrimination as the kids and<br />
youth play together and have fun leading to equality, love and respect for each other. Finally, linking social capital refers to the<br />
institutional realm, building links to organizations and systems that can help people access resources and bring about broader change.<br />
There is significant evidence and political belief that sport contributes to social inclusion. If sport is to help deliver Government objectives<br />
on social inclusion then increased sustained financial support is required to support the national governing bodies of sport and their clubs.<br />
Tackling social inclusion through sport can be a ‘win-win’ situation. The Government gains a valuable policy tool which appeals directly to<br />
people who can be hard to reach using traditional methods; sport gains from increased diversity, higher participation and greater<br />
likelihood of international success.<br />
Case studies:<br />
1. Operation Reclaim, a Scottish program using sport to integrate young refugees and asylum seekers and divert them from gangs<br />
and drugs, cited the example of a 17-year-old Scot who was charged with racially aggravated assault two years previously.<br />
Following involvement in organized sport, the young Scot became friendly with the asylum seekers and refugees with whom he<br />
now played football. His attitude to asylum seekers and refugees changed because he had come to know them personally.<br />
2. The Complexo de Maré neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro offers a compelling example of this approach. The neighbourhood is<br />
divided into territories controlled by rival gangs. Drug trafficking, related violence and other criminal activity are highly visible<br />
and many youth believe gangs are their best option for social and economic advancement. The Luta Pela Paz (Fight for Peace)<br />
program was established to offer youth an alternative to drugs, gangs and violence. The program’s primary activity is a boxing
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club, but it also offers access to education and work opportunities, youth leadership training, and social action. Boxing was<br />
deliberately chosen for its appeal to male youth attracted to gangs, because it is a good means to channel frustration, and<br />
because it offers a relevant entry point for discussions about violence. Sixty percent of the program’s trainers are former<br />
participants, bringing the credibility and insights of their own experience to the program. Regular boxing tournaments allow<br />
participants to publicly compete and gain respect, something the program’s founder believes they otherwise could only have<br />
gained by picking up a gun.<br />
3. In Cambodia, after years of civil war, the Cambodian National Volleyball League (Disabled) has contributed to the healing<br />
process by engaging formerly hostile factions. Matches between integrated teams of ex-Khmer Rouge soldiers and civilians<br />
recently attracted media attention. Participants interviewed before the match indicated that they were focusing on the<br />
opportunity that the match presented for positive interaction, not the past. The match has inspired many more positive<br />
interactions between these two groups off the playing field.<br />
4. In South Africa, apartheid has ended but its effects are still felt in a society that remains heavily divided by race and social<br />
class. Peace Players International — South Africa (PPI-SA) established the Bridging Divides Program to break down race barriers,<br />
educate children. Many programs encounter cultural and religious barriers that make it challenging to reach women and girls.<br />
However many programs have been able to gradually overcome these obstacles.<br />
Conclusion:<br />
Sport has the power to unite people. Investing in community sport is a key tool in breaking down social barriers and creating a healthy civic<br />
society. “Sporting and cultural opportunities can play an important part in reengaging disaffected sections of the community, building<br />
shared social capital and grass roots leadership through improved cross-cultural interaction.”<br />
Building Cohesive Communities. Home Office December 2001.
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Annexure 5<br />
Workshop on Sport and Health<br />
Concept Note<br />
Introduction:<br />
Sport’s unique and universal power to attract, motivate and inspire makes it a highly effective tool for engaging and empowering<br />
individuals, communities and even countries to take action to improve their health. According to the WHO, experience and scientific<br />
evidence show that regular participation in appropriate physical activity and sport provides people of both sexes and all ages and in<br />
additions, including persons with disabilities, with a wide range of physical, social and mental health benefits. Physical activity and sport<br />
support strategies to improve diet and discourage the use of tobacco, alcohol and drugs. As well, physical activity and sport help reduce<br />
violence, enhance functional capacity, and promote social interaction and integration. Sport as a mean for mobilizing resources to fight<br />
against disease<br />
Sport generates health benefits in two primary ways — through direct participation in sport itself, and through the use of participatory and<br />
spectator sport as a platform for communication, education and social mobilization. Well-designed sport for health initiatives often work<br />
on both levels. Increasing physical activity levels because physical inactivity is a primary risk factor driving the global increase in chronic<br />
disease, sport can play a critical role in slowing the spread of chronic diseases, reducing their social and economic burden, and saving<br />
lives.<br />
Promoting healthy attitudes and behaviours:<br />
In disadvantaged communities and populations, where people are often defined in terms of their needs and deficits, sport provides a<br />
powerful counter-balance to these perceptions .Participating in sport draws on people’s strengths and assets — energy, enthusiasm,<br />
natural and acquired skills, the desire to excel — and the universal capacity for fun and enjoyment. In this way, well-designed sport<br />
programs that are inclusive, fair, fun and promote excellence at all skill levels — help to empower participants and build self-esteem. Selfesteem<br />
can be defined as a person’s overall self-appraisal and feeling of self-worth. Self-esteem is critical to health because it motivates<br />
self-care and can contribute to healthy lifestyle behaviours. For individuals deeply affected by poverty, disease, disability or conflict, the<br />
development of self-esteem can be a profound psychological shift that enables and motivates them to adopt healthier lifestyle behaviours.<br />
At the community level, popular sport events offer local platforms to deliver health information and education, and can serve as a starting<br />
point for community mobilization to support health promotion, vaccination, and disease prevention and control efforts<br />
Fostering social connection:<br />
A powerful social connector, sport can bring people together, expand and strengthen social ties and networks, link people to resources and<br />
provide them with a sense of belonging. These social relationships are a fundamental determinant of health but are often lacking for<br />
people who are marginalized by poverty, disease, discrimination or conflict. Sport can also be used to reduce the social stigma<br />
experienced by marginalized groups, such as persons with disabilities, people with HIV and AIDS, and former child combatant by engaging<br />
these individuals in sport activities with other community members, sport creates a shared space and experience that helps break down<br />
negative perceptions and enables people to focus on what they have in common. This is an important step in enhancing these individuals’<br />
self-concept and emotional health.<br />
Direct benefit of sport on physical health:<br />
Although research interest on physical activity and health dates back to the 1950s, the breakthrough in the scientific evidence on health<br />
benefits of physical activity largely took place during the 1980s and 1990s. There is an overwhelming amount of scientific evidence on the<br />
positive effects of sport and physical activity as part of a healthy lifestyle. The positive, direct effects of engaging in regular physical<br />
activity are particularly apparent in the prevention of several chronic diseases, including: cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer,<br />
hypertension, obesity, depression and osteoporosis.<br />
Sports and other physical activities have innumerable physical health benefits, including improved cardio respiratory and muscular fitness,<br />
bone health, increased life expectancy, and coronary health. Sports can also help prevent various types of cancer and weight gain and<br />
have positive effects on mental health by reducing depression and improving cognitive function. Sports can help promote long-term weight<br />
loss and help avoid weight gain. Sports increase metabolic rates and can help increase lean body mass while burning calories and getting<br />
rid of excess fat. Although the amount of physical activity needed varies by body type and caloric intake, sports can help a person maintain<br />
a healthy weight. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, between two and half to five hours of moderatelyintensive<br />
physical activity can help achieve weight stability. High-intensity sports can help people who want to lose weight or maintain a<br />
significant amount of weight loss.<br />
Sports can help people of all ages maintain and improve the health of their heart, lungs and blood vessels. Physical activity can<br />
significantly reduce the risk of coronary disease and stroke. According to the British Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology,<br />
approximately 40 percent of deaths related to coronary heart disease are related to inadequate physical activity, obesity, stress and raised<br />
blood pressure. Sports can help with all of these physical issues, decreasing the risk of coronary disease by about 50 percent. Sports can be<br />
a form of mental therapy for people with psychological disorders and depression. Sports may promote self-esteem in the form of positive<br />
perception of body image and self-worth. By participating in sports with others, people can also enter in positive social environments to<br />
promote psychological health. Physical activity can also decrease the risk of cognitive decline that comes with aging and can reduce<br />
anxiety in adolescents.<br />
Case Studies:
59% of HIV positive individuals in sub-Saharan Africa are women. A number of actors have attempted to address the impact of this gender<br />
bias in HIV/AIDS affected groups through sport. For example, the Go Sisters project in Zambia seeks to provide sports opportunities to girls<br />
and young women and to provide factual information pertaining to sexual and reproductive health.<br />
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“I am unable to focus on my studies, when other kids see me and laugh. I start thinking that they are aware<br />
of my status. Sometimes if I’m having fun with my friends, I start to think that I am different from them,<br />
but the fact is that I’m the same as the rest of them it’s just that I’m HIV positive. I began taking<br />
antiretroviral (ARV) medicine in 2005. When I first took them I thought that I was going to die but I am still<br />
alive. With the help of the WhizzKids United Health Academy staff's understanding, support, and love I<br />
have gained a new perspective of myself and my life. My dream is to become a police officer and thanks to<br />
WKU I know that I can still reach my dream”<br />
Women in Paralympic Sport Leadership Initiative<br />
Since 2004, the IPC organized 8 summits and more than 200 individual benefitted. Participants identified by National Paralympic<br />
Committees ranged in age and experience, but all were viewed as current or potential leaders within the Paralympic movement in the<br />
country. The primary output of <strong>Summit</strong>s were a transfer of leadership skills, an increase in the understanding and awareness of the key<br />
role women can play in leadership within the paralympic movement. “It is a wonderful opportunity for men and women in Paralympic sport<br />
to build a strong network, share best practices and learn leadership skills that they need to influence change in their home organization”<br />
Using sport and art to encourage healthy living among children from hard to reach families - Stourport High School,Worcestershire,<br />
Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Punjab.<br />
For this project school authorities decided to encourage children from hard to reach families to participate. These students often do not<br />
take part in trips or exchanges and frequently do not get the opportunity to benefit from international partnerships or new cultural<br />
experiences. The draw of sports has encouraged all of students to have a global outlook, fostered cross-cultural understanding and helped<br />
dispel racial prejudices. A partnership with International Inspiration government Girls Senior Secondary School has helped us continue<br />
delivering a rich, vibrant and diverse learning experience to all our students.<br />
“The pupils within our school have a strong reputation for athleticism and have achieved fantastic results in national and<br />
District football tournaments. This success inspired us to use sport as a tool to capture the attention of all of our students and those of our<br />
partner school The Aylesbury Vale Academy”
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Annexure 6<br />
Workshop on Sport and Physical Education in Colleges and Universities<br />
Concept Note<br />
"Athletics are great. But physical education is for every youngster – to help them learn about themselves, learn about themselves, learn<br />
about their bodies, and learn ways to become physically active but not necessarily to compete."<br />
George Graham<br />
Physical education by all means is one of the most important facets of human development. In India the first college that bought this selfdeveloping<br />
and motivating course to light is LNIPE (Lakshmi Institute of Physical Education) Gwalior way back in 1957. The first undergrad<br />
course was started in 1957 which was then followed by post-graduation programs, M.Phils. and PhDs. Today after 55years, there are as<br />
many as 511 colleges that offer courses related to physical education in various levels.<br />
Colleges and universities are vehemently rooting for introducing different courses on physical education for the students in their syllabus.<br />
With sheer lack of planned and discipline life, a comprehensive course on sports and physical education is expected to give a colossal lift<br />
to a young person's personality both physically and mentally. It has been studied that physical activity patterns during the young adult<br />
years are likely to be important influences on habitual physical activity during overall adult life and, consequently, have significant<br />
implications for long-term health outcomes. In a much broader perspective, physical education can make important contributions in the<br />
primary prevention of inactivity-related chronic diseases and to the general education of the college student. Not only this, a good course<br />
and study of physical education also opens many new avenues for a student. There are different areas where a person can consequently<br />
find himself even taking up a career related to the field. But all this is only possible when this particular subject is well introduced and<br />
applied in the student’s life.<br />
Common topics of study in physical education programs include sports program management, sports history and ethics, motor<br />
development, control and performance, exercise physiology and movement analysis. Practical field experience is included in many physical<br />
education degree programs. Below are few reasons which make physical education a quintessential course in colleges and university levels:<br />
� Exercise is an important contributor in alleviating daily stress.<br />
� A healthy lifestyle is necessary to keep our physical and mental states functioning at their optimum.<br />
� Exercising is the best way to ensure one looks young and vibrant.<br />
� A healthy lifestyle requires participation in physical activity regardless of gender and ethnic background.<br />
� Exercising the correct way enables one to acquire good posture and build throughout one’s life.<br />
� Lifelong healthy living is directly related to one’s physical activity level.<br />
� An active person is more mentally alert compared to those who are less active. Most adults gain sufficient exercise from their<br />
daily activities<br />
� There is a scientific basis for the benefits of carrying out physical activity.<br />
� Opens up different avenues for young minds.<br />
� Enables an overall development of healthy body and mind<br />
� Brings about the sense of healthy lifestyle.<br />
In spite of physical education being one of the most constructive courses, India has done very little to uplift it to the optimum. Sadly, even<br />
after so many years there is only one deemed university (LNIPE) which comes under the Sports Authority India and caters to all the possible<br />
courses related to this field. Nonetheless, high time to gear up and understand the importance of physical education in our academic<br />
circle.