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The international dialogue “Athletes Game on for Peace,” co-organized on April 4, 2024, by Peace and Sport and UNESCO, highlighted the power of athletes as catalysts for peace and the importance of supporting them in their commitment. The first session focused on the...
Monaco – As part of the celebration of the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, Monaco organized three major events involving the Principality’s schools. These initiatives aim to raise young people’s awareness of the importance of sport as a tool for...
The French Embassy in Togo has commissioned Peace and Sport to train 7 Togolese Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the basics of Peace through Sport. Winners of the “Sport, Inclusion and Social Cohesion” call for projects, these 7 organizations are using sport as a...
Last week a delegation from Peace and Sport traveled to India to visit the Naandi Foundation, an active member of the #Peacemakers Project international coalition. The visit was organized in the framework of the Toofaan Games’ National Finals, an annual series of...
Peace and Sport outlined its objectives and highlights for 2024 during a presentation attended by Monegasque institutions, Champions for Peace, the Organization’s partners, and stakeholders from civil society. In this Olympic year, marked by a resurgence of...
The third edition of the Friendship Games organized by Cop Colombia as part of the Peacemakers Project, brought together children, Peace Educators, colombian athletes and Champions for Peace to celebrate the major impact of sport on creating a culture of peace in...
Given that, for the first time, consensus was not reached to adopt the traditional United Nations Resolution on the Olympic Truce, Peace and Sport reaffirms the autonomy and neutrality of sports. As a unifying force for dialogue and reconciliation among civil...
The 2023 Paris Peace Forum sport was placed at the epicenter of peace and global cooperation discussions. Peace and Sport participated to highlight the role of sports in fostering peace and building a fairer and more equal world. Our booth in the Forum’s Space for...
Peace and Sport supports the organizers of major sporting events in implementing legacy programs focused on sport as a vector of living together and peace. On the occasion of the Francophone Games Kinshasa 2023, Champion for Peace Benjamin Boukpeti, Olympic medalist,...
More than ever, the media exposure of football and footballers implies a social responsibility.Inspired by the incredible career of the doctor and great Brazilian football player Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira, the Sócrates Award, launched in...