{"id":76607,"date":"2020-02-28T11:37:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T10:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cesie.org\/?p=76607"},"modified":"2025-09-03T10:29:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T08:29:47","slug":"gosport-social-responsibility-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cesie.org\/en\/news\/gosport-social-responsibility-sport\/","title":{"rendered":"GoSport \u2013 promoting effective social responsibility in sport to combat to combat racism and intolerance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An exciting new sports project has launched that will contribute to the improvement of good governance in sports organisations<\/strong> in Greece, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus and Italy to combat racism, discrimination and intolerance and promote participation and inclusivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The GoSPort<\/strong> <\/strong>project will aim to improve the knowledge of how sport organisations interpret, manage and prioritise social responsibility issues within their organisations, especially in terms of combatting violence and tackling racism, discrimination and intolerance, as well as in promoting human rights, social inclusion and equal opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Importantly, the project will explore how social responsibility is communicated within sport organisations, and will provide tools to sports organisations and professionals for better understanding the relationships among sports organisations, their stakeholders and society, and on effectively integrating social responsibility within their governance practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the first partnership meeting held in Athens, hosted by KMOP, representatives from the partner organisations met to plan the implementation of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The partnership shared information about good practices in their countries to promote social responsibility in the field of sport. Partners also planned the research phase which will identify the existing needs and challenges faced by sports organisations in integrating social responsibility within their governance practices and how sport organisations interpret, manage and prioritise social responsibility issues and how organizational governance influences social responsibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Addressing the objectives laid out in the\u00a0European Commission White Paper on Sport (2007)<\/a>\u00a0and recognising that sport can play an important role in combatting discrimination and promoting human rights tolerance and social inclusion, the project will develop 3 main outputs;<\/p>\n\n\n\n