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Social Cohesion Through Sport

2021-1-TR01-KA152-YOU-0000094172021Mobility of young peoplefinalized
Countries: TR|LT|RO|HU|ES · Grant: €19,625.76
Bridging intercultural, intergenerational and social divideKey competences developmentPhysical and mental health, well-being

Objectives

The overall aim of our project is the development of young people's social cohesion and social integration skills through sports. While doing this, they use sports - basketball - a tool. We think that it is an opportunity to develop new projects that will use sports as a tool. Our Learning Objectives are as follows: 1) Developing the knowledge, skills and awareness of young people on sports, physical movement and health issues 2) Developing knowledge, skills and awareness about the following values of sports ** Solidarity, teamwork, cooperation, competition, determination, discipline, self-management, respect ** 3) Promoting international cooperation in the field of EU youth work on social cohesion, integration and sports awareness among young people 4) Development of 8 key competences in youth What is Social Cohesion? With the formation of societies, the processes of influencing and being affected started as a result of sharing among people. This process; While revealing the characteristics of people as a society, it also revealed the forms of culture and life. In general, social connectedness in social life in a country; Social cohesion research, with a focus on social relations and the common good, reveals important findings for the "coexistence" and "social trust" relationships or degree in that country. Countries with high social cohesion are also countries against polarization, low level of conflict, high levels of coexistence and social trust. It is very important for the welfare of the society that the members of the society we live in, or the various groups, living together within the framework of human rights, respecting each other's differences, and at the same time, it is necessary to support the existence of a dialogue and a strong communication society in order to prevent the groups that live apart from each other. To this end, it is important to carry out policies to ensure that different segments of the society can be in cooperation and dialogue. Although the concept of migration is as old as human history, it is a process that affects all social, cultural, political and economic dynamics of society. For this reason, migration is an important concept that cannot be considered only as a physical displacement of people. When the interaction between the migrant community and the society living in the migrated place is considered as social harmony, it is seen that it affects all institutions of the society. In this process, an important task falls to CSOs towards social adaptation. As a result of our research, disadvantaged groups such as refugees, migrants and asylum-seekers face the risk of social and social exclusion even if they are legally accepted. "Social cohesion" is very important for breaking the prejudices and stereotypes, social integration and inclusion of these groups in order to avoid risk. As the Immigrants Group, we had the opportunity to work on issues such as social cohesion, identity, culture and diversity in the project "Immigrants Understand Refugees". This time, we believe that "sports" should be used as a tool to ensure social cohesion. Because; 1. Sports provides social solidarity and integration. In the universal values of sports, race, nationality, religion, sect, social position, education, culture and economic differences, etc., which divide people into groups in societies. An approach that is equal to everyone is put forward with an approach that ignores the features. 2. Sports makes an important contribution to the creation of a democratic society; Especially thanks to team sports, the person is able to conduct his relations with others within the framework of rules, lead the group and / or act with the leader, accept the decisions taken, act together in line with common goals, etc. improves values. These values are very important individual values for the Democratic Society. 3. Sport socializes people; it plays a major role in establishing and developing social relations. As a matter of fact, efforts such as creating new friendships, getting involved in the group, realizing its place and getting to know other group members affect the social life of the person and thus get mature and become accustomed to social life. 4. Sport's strengthening the national spirit, social cohesion, strengthening family ties, accepting the elderly, etc. It also has positive effects on the development of social and social behavior. As a result of these goals, we meet the priorities of Erasmus + program such as social dialogue, diversity, respect for differences, tolerance, sports, healthy and well-being, youth participation in sports and cultural diversity in our project. In addition, one of the main goals of our Erasmus + / Youth program is to “Promote improving the quality of youth work through increased cooperation, especially among institutions / organizations and / or other stakeholders in the youth field”.

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