SINAFE
Social inclusion of African athletes in Europe
Description

The overall objectives of SINAFE are to:

• To develop a support mechanism for social inclusion of migrant African athletes in Europe. With the perspective of “sport as a human right”, it targets to encourage social inclusion and support providing equal opportunities in sport for all people, including the ones from a disadvantageous background. In spite sport is seen as a perfect tool for social mobility and the stories from sport, particularly football, presents a dream for many young athletes, many athletes are coming from poor countries suffer from social exclusion in the country they migrated. The migration of an increasing number of athletes to Europe in recent years makes this issue prominent in the European context.

• Contribute to innovative approaches to training for migrant athletes by developing a curriculum including rights, legal procedures and occupational information using inclusive and empowering techniques.

 

The special aims of the SINAFE project are to:

• To develop and implement a support mechanism for minor migrant athletes to include them in the host country and sport industry.

• To provide a needs analysis report with qualified data gathered by experts in the field to exhibit challenges faced by migrant athletes and to guide the next steps of the project.

• To develop guides and policy recommendation papers for different stakeholders.

• To develop the curriculum of a training module for minor athletes to overcome their lack of information about general regulations for the immigrant community and specific regulations for migrant athletes. The training mainly aims to support the employment of these athletes in the sports labour market by informing them about their rights and contributing professional knowledge.

 

The direct target group of the project is minor African athletes in participant countries.

 

The final beneficiaries of the project are various sport organisations, migration instutions, NGOs working on migration or sport, universities

Internal Partners
Research Centre Research Group Role in Project Begin Date End Date
CIES-Iscte -- Partner 2021-01-01 2023-06-30
External Partners
Institution Country Role in Project Begin Date End Date
Istanbul Bilgi University (Istanbul Bilgi University) Turkey Leader 2021-01-01 2023-06-30
University of Belgrade (University of Belgrade) Serbia Partner 2021-01-01 2023-06-30
Loughborough University (Loughborough University) United Kingdom Partner 2021-01-01 2023-06-30
Mission 89 (Mission 89) Switzerland Partner 2021-01-01 2023-06-30
Esprit de Sport International (Esprit de Sport International) Sweden Partner 2021-01-01 2023-06-30
NGO Atina (NGO Atina) Serbia Partner 2021-01-01 2023-06-30
Kampos Saint Denis Académie Football Association (Kampos Saint Denis Académie Football Association) France -- 2021-01-01 2023-06-30
Project Team
Name Affiliation Role in Project Begin Date End Date
Nuno Filipe de Castro Oliveira Integrated Researcher (CIES-Iscte); Local Coordinator 2021-01-01 2023-06-30
Suleimane Seide -- Research Assistant 2021-06-23 2022-12-31
Project Fundings
Reference/Code Funding DOI Funding Type Funding Program Funding Amount (Global) Funding Amount (Local) Begin Date End Date
622658-EPP-1-2020-1-TR-SPO-SCP -- Contract Comissão Europeia - Erasmus+ Collaborative Partnership in the field of Sport - Belgium 313.545 34.280 2021-01-01 2023-06-30
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With the objective to increase the research activity directed towards the achievement of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, the possibility of associating scientific projects with the Sustainable Development Goals is now available in Ciência_Iscte. These are the Sustainable Development Goals identified for this project. For more detailed information on the Sustainable Development Goals, click here.

Social inclusion of African athletes in Europe
2021-01-01
2023-06-30