The objective of the CrosSport project is to promote social inclusion of refugees in host communities within the EU through sport, while initiating a shared approach between European countries.

To achieve a direct engagement of refugees and host communities a set of interrelated activities are envisaged for the creation of a collaborative network in Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece amongst two different types of specialised organisations: sport-related organisations and social organisations engaged in inclusion and integration of refugees.

This collaborative approach will foster a dialogue between organizations and is instrumental to the identification of the “Community Leader for Inclusion through Sport (CLIS)”; this figure will be created through comprehensive training of community leaders from different host communities.

The Community Leader for Inclusion through Sport (CLIS) is a reference person who will be equipped for using all the potential that sport has to impulse the social inclusion of youth refugees who are relocated from one country to another.