{"id":77345,"date":"2019-12-13T16:42:11","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T15:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cesie.org\/?p=77345"},"modified":"2025-09-03T12:20:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T10:20:35","slug":"yibins-integration-inclusion-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cesie.org\/en\/news\/yibins-integration-inclusion-sport\/","title":{"rendered":"YIBinS: integration and inclusion through sport!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In recent years the integration<\/strong> and social inclusion<\/strong> of youth with an immigrant background (YIB)<\/strong> in the European Union has emerged as an urgent issue. All around the EU, civil unrest can be seen from frustrated youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Young people with an immigration background are significantly more likely to become NEET<\/strong> (not in education, employment, or training) than their native-born counterparts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

European policy makers recognize the plight of this marginalized group. It becomes even more evident that including YIB's as healthy, active and productive members at every level of society, is a pressing issue<\/strong>. European Sports policy recognizes the many ways in which sport can be utilized as a vehicle to achieve this goal. One key recommended policy action and development area is using the potential of sport to enhance social inclusion and integration of immigrants into European society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Youth with Immigrant Background in Sport - YIBinS <\/strong>is a new project that aims at developing a framework for integration and social inclusion for first and second generation migrant youth through sports<\/strong> in Italy, Finland, Sweden, Spain and Bulgaria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social inclusion means integration, wellbeing, education, employment and active citizenship<\/strong> for the migrant youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project partners intend to achieve the preset four objectives based on the EU White Paper on Sport<\/strong> (2007):<\/p>\n\n\n\n