Peace and Sport
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| Fields | Peace, Sport, Development |
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Founder and President
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Joël Bouzou |
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Key people
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H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, Champions for Peace |
| Website | http://www.peace-sport.org |
Peace and Sport, "L’Organisation pour la Paix par le Sport” is a neutral and independent organization based in the Principality of Monaco and under the patronage of His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco.
Peace and Sport works in areas across the world where communities have become estranged from one another and where traditional policies have failed to establish dialogue, with the goal of restoring peaceful relations. Its objective is to bring the structuring values of sport to the heart of communities and individuals in crisis throughout the world.
The organization puts sport and its values at the heart of local development projects conducted within communities in crisis around the world. Exercising its missions in post-conflict zones, areas of extreme poverty or lacking social cohesion, Peace and Sport makes sport a vehicle for tolerance, respect, sharing and citizenship.
In 2015, the first UNFP / Peace and Sport trophy (French National Union of Professional Soccer) was awarded to the campaign "Soyons fiers de nos différences" (Be proud of our differences) led in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 on the initiative of the Ligue de football professionnel and the Panamboyz United.
Peace and Sport is currently active on five continents, demonstrating day after day the social and unifying impact of sport on society.
It supports local people in the development of sustainable projects and uses the values of respect and solidarity intrinsic to sport to foster dialogue and strengthen social ties within communities.
The organisation works with local project leaders (governments, NGOs, National Olympic Committees and sports federations) in areas affected by extreme poverty, the consequences of conflicts and an absence of social cohesion. This partnership enables the development of programs that use sport and its educational and structural values to tackle various social issues within communities.
It brings together people from politics, sport, the private sector and civil society, committed to actions for peace through sport..
Launched in 2008, the Peace and Sport Awards have become one of the highlights of the Peace and Sport International Forum.
They put the spotlight on initiatives and individuals who have particularly contributed to peace and social stability in the world in 2015.
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