Sevilla, 30-31 October 2023. CrosSport partners – ICSS Europe, IOTC, Fundación del Centenario del Sevilla FC and Fondazione Lazio 1900 – met at Estádio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán to discuss the status of the project and plan for its future phase revolving around the implementation of the CrosSport Autumn School and the deployment of trainees in sport-for-inclusion projects.
The two-day meeting also represented an opportunity to share the project’s results during an awareness raising and dissemination event at Universidad Pablo de Olavide. This event, which was opened by the General Director of Migration Policies – Ministry of Social Inclusion, Youth, Families and Equality (Director General de Políticas Migratorias – Consejería de Inclusión Social, Juventud, Familias e Igualdad – Junta de Andalucía gathered more that 60 participants including students from sport and social science faculties as well as representatives from civil society, sport, and public sector organizations.
The event consisted in a roundtable moderated by Fundación Sevilla that brought together ICSS EUROPE, in representation of the CrosSport partners, and the Spanish organizations CEAR, Cruz Roja, Fundación CEPAIM and Fútbol Más España for a debate on the challenges of connecting reception and integration of refugees with sport activities. The discussion was also participated by students and youth representing the refugee community who could share their view, concerns and experiences.
