In recent years, the IOC has carried out several initiatives in which sport has been conceived of and used as a tool to promote peace, education, and development. In particular, the IOC has been collaborating for more than ten years with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to launch several projects focused on sport and education. Currently, the IOC, together with National Olympic Committees, the European Union, and the United Nations, are engaged in projects aimed at developing the use sport as a means to achieve social and cultural integration of refugees and immigrants. This commitment has been shown on the occasion of Rio Olympics Games in 2016, when ten refugee athletes from different countries participated, for the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, under the Olympic flag. This has meant that the team did represent a sort of “Olympic nation” seen as a whole of all nations of the world
Towards a Social Pedagogy for the Inclusion of Young Refugees/ Immigrants Through Sport
Isidori E;
2018-01-01
Abstract
In recent years, the IOC has carried out several initiatives in which sport has been conceived of and used as a tool to promote peace, education, and development. In particular, the IOC has been collaborating for more than ten years with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to launch several projects focused on sport and education. Currently, the IOC, together with National Olympic Committees, the European Union, and the United Nations, are engaged in projects aimed at developing the use sport as a means to achieve social and cultural integration of refugees and immigrants. This commitment has been shown on the occasion of Rio Olympics Games in 2016, when ten refugee athletes from different countries participated, for the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, under the Olympic flag. This has meant that the team did represent a sort of “Olympic nation” seen as a whole of all nations of the worldI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
