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2 | P a g e Compendium of Proceedings International Conference on Sport for Development Paintal Memorial Golden Jubilee Auditorium, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute University of Delhi, New Delhi 110007 INDIA Thursday, December 1, 2011 Inaugural Session Maidan <strong>Summit</strong> 2011 kick-started with a high-energy aerobics-dance mix by young Magic Bus mentors who set the stage for active discussions on S4D. The adrenaline-packed presentation opened Maidan 2011 for the inaugural session. Moderator: Mr Vivek Ramchandani, Coordinator, Australian Sports Outreach Programme (ASOP), Australian Sports Commission Panel (in order of proceedings): 1. Mr Vivek Ramchandani, Australian Sports Outreach Programme (ASOP), Australian Sports Commission 2. Mr Matthew Spacie, Magic Bus India <strong>Foundation</strong> 3. Mr Charlie Walker, British Council 4. Mr Poul Hansen, United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP), Geneva 5. Mr Devinder Kumar Kansal, Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences; University of Delhi Participation: 200+ Key deliberations: 1. Mr Vivek Ramchandani Mr Vivek Ramchandani emphasised on the use of sport as a tool to facilitate development, particularly for livelihood generation. “There is no one who actually objects to sport, and this addresses the issue of participation in community programmes”, he said. Mr Ramchandani mentioned three outcomes of sport: physical joy, health and fitness, and development of qualities like clarity of mind, team spirit and leadership, eventually leading to a quick thinking capacity that helps in decision making. He spoke about the Government of India’s Panchayat Yuva Krida aur Khel Abhiyan (PYKKA), which plans to reach out to all 640 districts of India. He explained the three basic initiatives of the Australian Sports Outreach Programme: providing an annual grant for equipment, providing a stipend for community sport coaches – volunteers, and providing one time grant for infrastructural development. Mr Ramchandani also reflected upon the age-old adage, ‘padhoge likhoge banoge nawaab, kheloge kudoge banoge kharaab’ (education makes you a kind, sport spoils) describing the Indian scenario where parents discourage their children from indulging in sports and give more importance to academics. Scientific reports prove the contrary, he said, adding that sport helps children to perform better academically. Mr Ramchandani encouraged the creation of opportunities to play for everyone. Contact Mr Vivek Ramchandani at vramchandani@gmail.com Know more about the Australian Sports Outreach Programme at www.ausport.gov.au
2. Mr Matthew Spacie 3 | P a g e Mr Matthew Spacie explained the genesis of Maidan as an attempt to create a movement that will bring everyone together in one room with a vision of using harnessing sport for development in India. Quoting the saying, ‘where there is opportunity, there will be prosperity; where there is no opportunity, there will be poverty’, he said sports can be an important approach to address larger issues like poverty. The Magic Bus founder said that sport is a relevant platform for young people as it allows equity in communities and also creates opportunities for them to engage. While referring to the fact that India still has half of the world’s illiterate population, Mr Spacie emphasised that there is a need to think differently, and start looking at a different dialogue. He shared a couple of examples from the sport for development programme Magic Bus runs to prove his point about the uses of sport for pursuing development goals. Contact Mr Matthew Spacie at matthew@magicbusindia.org Know more about Magic Bus at www.magicbus.org 3. Mr Charlie Walker 4. Mr Poul Hansen Mr Charlie Walker expressed his views on using sport as a medium to communicate with the youth from grassroots level in the society to bring about change. In his discourse, he mentioned that sport is one of the languages of cultural relations. It provides a simple and practical way to bring people together by bridging divides within and between communities and nations. He also said that sport has the power to drive greater inclusion, deepen diversity in communities and create opportunities to harness the power and use them to break down the social taboos. Contact Mr Charlie Walker at charlie.walker@britishcouncil.org Know more about the British Council at www.britishcouncil.org Mr Poul Hansen shared his views on volunteerism in sports, with a special mention to the values coming from sport to promote human development. Briefly taking the audience through how the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace came up, he spoke about the use of sports as described in the Human Rights Declaration to further education and gender equity goals. He further talked about the establishment of the office on sport for development and peace by the UN, and how it created partnerships not only in the UN but also with the outside world on the use of sport for bringing about social change and development. Contact Mr Poul Hansen at phansen@unog.ch Know more about the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace at www.un.org/wcm/content/site/sport/home/unplayers/unoffice 5. Mr Devinder Kumar Kansal Contact Mr Devinder Kumar Kansal at devinderkansal@gmail.com Know more about University of Delhi at www.du.ac.in Mr Devinder Kumar Kansal strongly advocated using sport for development in India’s education system, recommending education on sport and physical education as one of the qualifiers to entitle a person to be called educated. He referred to the Denzel Commission’s report which recommends four pillars upon which a complete physical education programme stands – to know, to be, to do and to live together. He also emphasised that the sport should come to children at an early age, and last long. He suggested collaborations at all levels from schools to colleges and universities. Mr Kansal expressed a strong will to see sport as a part of the formal school and university curriculum, and not just stay confined to the realms of a co-curricular activity or an optional subject.
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