Sport Ireland

Sport Ireland is the statutory agency responsible for the sustainable development of both competitive and recreational sport in Ireland. This includes all forms of sport and physical activity, as defined in the National Sport Policy 2018 - 2027.[1] Sport Ireland works in partnership with a large number of agencies and organisations involved in the development and promotion of sport and physical activity in Ireland, and supports many targeted programmes and initiatives through these networks. Sport Ireland has also recently established an Innovation for Sport Inclusion fund.

https://assets.gov.ie/15979/04e0f52cee5f47ee9c01003cf559e98d.pdf

Sport Ireland is very pleased to be a partner for the Global Design Challenge for Sport and Physical Activity in 2020. We will support the initiative by

  • Providing administration support
  • Participate on the project planning group
  • Promoting the initiative through our communication channels and networks
  • Providing a Judge to participate on the Judging Panel
  • Supporting the Matchathon and project incubation process
  • Creating opportunities for projects to match with recognised sporting organisations in Ireland

 GCD projects which are matched with our network of recognised sporting organisations can then access investment opportunities such as our upcoming €1M 2020 Sport for Social Inclusion Innovation Fund. Our recognised sporting organisations qualify for application to this fund and are encouraged to work in partnership with other organisations to submit innovative solutions to the wicked problems of sports participation.

Sport Ireland looks forward to working with University College Cork and all the other national and international partners on this exciting project and developing new links and partnerships through the project.

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The Association for International Sport for All (TAFISA)

As the leading International Sport for All Association, TAFISA strives to raise awareness about the benefits of Sport for All and physical activity. TAFISA endeavours to reintroduce physical activity into everyday life. It is our Mission 2030 to use Sport for All as a tool to create a better world and tackle global challenges from social inclusion to gender equality, environment, peace, development, etc.

With 360 Members across 170 countries, TAFISA is a not-for-profit organisation, benefitting from a strong network of sports organisations, national Olympic committees, sport ministries, international federations, intergovernmental organisations, municipalities, and universities; and enjoys official recognition and cooperation with IOC, UNESCO, WHO, EU and ICSSPE.

Within the framework of the Global Design Challenge for Sport and Physical Activity, TAFISA can support teams and their projects with the following:

  • Matching with relevant sport organisations for on-site piloting and testing of their idea
  • Support to apply for funding from Erasmus+ Sport Chapter (deadline March-April 2021, limited to Europe)
  • Opportunity to present and demonstrate their project on a global platform:

7th TAFISA World Sport for All Games, Lisbon, Portugal, 18-24 June 2021

The TAFISA Games are a week-long festival, welcoming delegations from all over the world to showcase Traditional Sports and Games and unique modern sports in a friendly, intercultural atmosphere. Focusing on demonstrations and performances over competitions, the Games typically attract up to 50,000 participants from up to 100 countries and have often been under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and UNESCO.

27th TAFISA World Congress, Portoroz, Slovenia, 6-10 October 2021

Every two years, TAFISA Congresses bring around 500 participants from 100 countries together to discuss, debate and experience the latest the Sport for All Movement has to offer, and determine its future direction. This unique platform gathers stakeholders from intergovernmental bodies, national Olympic committees, sports ministries, international federations, academia, municipalities, and sport for all organisations.

  • Expertise in the field of Sport for All and Physical Activity
  • Network of partners and experts on specific topics (Gender Equality, Active Cities, etc.)
  • Communication and promotion through TAFISA’s channels

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Sport for Life Society – Catalysts for Lasting Change

At Sport for Life, we’re not waiting for change to happen. We’re making it happen.

Our nationally recognized not for profit organization consists of sport and physical literacy experts with the long-term vision necessary to be catalysts for lasting change within the sport and physical activity ecosystem and beyond. By bridging gaps between sectors, creating new collaborations with Canadian institutions, and mobilizing our knowledge to communities across the country, we aim to create a future in which absolutely everyone has access to quality sport and physical literacy experiences.

We’re thinking globally and acting locally.

When it comes right down to it, the work we do at Sport for Life is quite simple: as a knowledge-based social enterprise we encourage governments, institutions, schools, and sport organizations to improve their programs and services in ways that will benefit everyone—not just the high achievers. We see a continuum through the stages of human and athletic development, not a division between “the best” and “the rest”. We aim to align our work with the UN’s sustainable development goals. Our vision is for every Canadian to find a custom-designed sport and physical literacy pathways that works for them throughout their entire lives, and we believe that we can accomplish this through collaboration, innovation, inclusion, and integrity.

Our mission is to: “Create. Share. Mobilize.”

Within the framework of the Global Design Challenge, Sport for Life can support teams and their GDC ideas and innovations with the following:

  • Expertise in the field of quality sport for all and physical literacy
  • Partner or support to apply for funding to appropriate Canadian funders
  • Micro-grants to incubate COVID-19 innovations
  • Matching with relevant Canadian organizations for on-site piloting and testing of the GDC idea
  • Opportunity to present and demonstrate the GDC idea on Canadian and global stages
  • 16th Sport for Life Summit Canada, virtual
  • International Physical Literacy Conference, New York, New York October 2021 (every two years, Sport for Life brings together global leaders in physical literacy)
  • Communication and promotion through Sport for Life channels
  • Network of partners and experts on specific topics (Gender Equality, Physical Literacy, Sport +)

Richard Way and Thomas Jones, Sport for Life Society sportforlife.ca

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Association Internationale des Ecoles Supérieures d’Education Physique (AIESEP)

The Association Internationale des Ecoles Supérieures d’Education Physique (AIESEP - International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education) is an international, non-governmental, non-profit, professional association, which aims to promote high quality research worldwide in the areas of physical education, physical activity and sport pedagogy across the lifespan.

AIESEP is a multilingual and multicultural association comprising universities, colleges and institutions, in addition to individual members. The members are focused on understanding, informing and improving theory, practice and policy in sport, exercise, physical activity and physical education as well as on the sports professionals’ development.

The association organizes scientific meetings and information dissemination mechanisms that facilitate the sharing of new knowledge with the international community and co-operates with (inter)national bodies to advocate for physical education, physical activity and sport pedagogy across the lifespan. It edits a blog sent to more than 6,500 people around the world.

Further information about AIESEP is available at: www.aiesep.org.

Within the framework of the Global Design Challenge, AIESEP can support teams and their projects with the following:

  • Providing support in setting up and monitoring projects
  • Helping in the collection of data aimed at analyzing activities and their contribution
  • Programing opportunities for exchange and presentation of results at international scientific events organized by the association
  • Promoting projects through the association's communication media (website, blog, social media)
  • Offering a means of establishing privileged contacts with the members of the association and its partners.

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International Sport and Culture Association (ISCA)

ISCA is a global platform open to organisations working within the field of sport for all, recreational sports and physical activity. Created in 1995, ISCA is today a global actor closely cooperating with its 261 member organisations, international NGOs, and public and private sector stakeholders. Its 40 million individual members from 89 countries on five continents and represent a diverse group of people active within youth, sport and cultural activities.

ISCA’s philosophy is that sport is not just about competition and exercise, but also involves having a good time and making friends. Moreover, sport regulates social behaviour and creates a feeling of belonging – which in turn leads to a strengthening of democracy.

ISCA is very pleased to be a partner for the Global Design Challenge for Sport and Physical Activity in 2020. We will support the initiative by:

  • Contributing to the development of the Global Design Challenge for Sport and Physical Activity initiative
  • Communicating and sharing the ideas and solutions throughout our network
  • Inviting initiatives to the MOVE Congress 2021 Innovation Alley
  • Mediating matching between ISCA members/partners and submitted ideas.

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Federation of Irish Sport (FIS)

The Federation of Irish Sport is the representative organisation for the National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs) and Local Sports Partnerships (LSPs) in Ireland. Our membership consists of over 100 NGBs and LSPs from every corner of the country.

Our vision is to provide a dynamic and effective voice for Irish sport, promoting the value of sport to Ireland while providing outstanding representation and services to members.

Within the framework of the Global Design Challenge, FIS can support teams and their projects with the following:

  • Help organising online and face-to-face meetings on teams projects with officials from Government departments such as Sport, Education and Health as well as possible meetings with Sport organisations (NGBs and Clubs) and local sports partnerships/local authorities
  • Facilitate exposure of the projects via online newsletters/social media
  • Introduce the project during conferences and educational workshops.

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European Educational Research Association (EERA)

The European Educational Research Association is a learned society founded in 1994 for the purpose of facilitating collaboration and communication between educational researchers across Europe. The EERA membership is made up of more than 35 national and regional Educational Research Associations from all parts of Europe. It is governed by the Council and the Executive Committee. The academic work is organised in thematic networks. As a non-profit organisation, the aim of EERA is to further high-quality educational research for the benefit of education and society. High quality research not only acknowledges its own context but also recognises wider, transnational contexts with their social, cultural and political similarities and differences. The association’s activities, such as the annual conference, season schools for emerging researchers and publishing, build on and promote free and open dialogue and critical discussion and take a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to theory, methods and research ethics. [see also https://eera-ecer.de/about-eera/]

Within EERA, the Research in Sport Pedagogy Network (NW18) provides a forum for European researchers working in the academic spaces where education and sport come together. ‘Sport Pedagogy’ focuses on learning in, about and through sport/physical activity in a range of contexts including the school, community and family, and covers the areas of physical education, coaching science/studies and relevant aspects of sport policy. The purpose of NW18 is to share research expertise in order to develop new knowledge and understandings that can improve the experiences of participants wherever they engage in sport and physical activity. The Network has an active interest in stimulating research collaborations across national boundaries and developing strong consortia that can bid for research grants. Within EERA, NW18 has clear links with other networks, e.g., NW1 (Professional Development); NW4 (Inclusive Education); NW5 (Children and Youth at Risk); NW8 (Health Education); and NW10 (Teacher Education). [see also https://eera-ecer.de/networks/18-research-in-sport-pedagogy/]

Within the framework of the Global Design Challenge, EERA/NW18 can support teams and their projects with the following:

  • Opportunities to submit their work for presentation at the annual EERA conference (ECER – next in Geneva, 2021)
  • Expertise in the academic fields of physical education, sport pedagogy, physical activity, sport and health.
  • Access to a network of partners and experts on specific topics within physical education, physical activity and sport (e.g. educational curricular, physical culture, disability sport, positive youth development, health, community sport…)
  • Communication and promotion through EERA/NW18’s channels.

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Deporte para la Educación y Salud (DES)

Deporte para la Educación y Salud – Sport for Education and Health (Madrid, Spain) is an NGO working at an international level on the promotion of sport as a tool for values education and promotion of healthy lifestyles among students, families and staff of schools.

DES is a technical initiative and independent of any movement or political party, private companies or public administrations. Its objectives and lines of action are decided based on technical evaluations of children’s needs to be educated in healthy lifestyles.

DES has two types of associate members, individuals interested in promoting sports to students, and schools who want to transform their educational project. The NGO has a Board of Directors that executes the lines of projects that are decided by the Schools Commission.

Within the framework of the Global Design Challenge, DES can support teams and their projects with the following:

  • Mentoring
  • Help organizing online and face to face meetings / chats with responsible people from Ministries of Education and Sport, Sport Federations, Schools, Clubs and Associations for presenting and discussing their project.
  • Creating articles, tweets and posts and share it to our NGO stakeholders to disseminate the project.
  • Introduce the project during conferences, seminars and courses to schools and grassroots sport professionals in different countries.
  • Study how the project could fit to the NGO current activity lines and work on putting it into our asset if possible and agreed with the project owners.

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UNESCO Chair in Inclusive Sport

The UNESCO Chair ‘Transforming the lives of people with disabilities, their families and communities through physical education, sport, recreation and fitness’ at the Institute of Technology Tralee works closely with UNESCO and a host of UN agencies, state parties and sports organisations globally to advance policy and practice in intersectional sport. We want to mainstream inclusion in sport, through a wide variety of research, education and training, programme delivery, advocacy, action and innovation.

We have been charged with leading the inclusive policy actions of the Kazan Action Plan which has synergies with the Global Action Plan on Physical Activity and the UN Action Plan on Sport for Development and Peace.  

Our work connects the SDGs, Human Rights and Sport. See http://www.sportandhumanrights.unescoittralee.com/

All the work we do is designed to elevate the status and impact of physical education, physical activity and sport.

We are witnessing a huge momentum in the global sport movement driven by the SDGs and inclusiveness is right at the top of the agenda. The time has never been more ripe to deliver new innovations to support advancing societies through sport.  

This underpins our interest in the Global Design Challenge.  We are keen to help bring these project ideas to fruition via the following supports:

  • Ensuring the innovation embraces inclusion fully and effectively, thereby meeting a key area of need in new innovations.
  • Signposting the project to experts (in our network) whose area of expertise aligns with the innovation.
  • Working with partners to help demonstrate alignment of the project with SDGs and Human Rights.
  • Sharing an update on the innovation to our network.
  • Identifing dissemination significant opportunities for the innovation that will help visibility and exposure.
  • Where the opportunity presents, working with partners to develop an EU project proposal via Erasmus + or other alternative sources.

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TACTHUB

TACTHUB is a think-do tank focused on enabling the consumer through better awareness of global impact parameters and financial data literacy.  

As a GDCSPA impact innovation partner, we will design and host the GDCSPA Finalists Innovation Pod (GDC-FIP) v1.0 and will capture best practices to better inform the GDCSPA challenge in years to come.

As an independent think-do tank, we have been requested to ensure that the information and communication frameworks within the GDC-FIP will in fact boost equal opportunity for all incubated project teams and enhance the intended learning and progression of this global design challenge at large.

The GDCSPA Finalists Innovation Pod (GDC-FIP) v1.0 will be made accessible to all finalists, mentors, incubators and partners. We will also offer further support in the following areas:

  • Impact monitoring of GDCSPA in relevance to market trends in ESG, SRI and CSR
  • Introductions to comparative solutions on the market, in MVP or prototype stages
  • Promotion of GDCSPA activities and contributive findings throughout our social channels and synergistic partners
  • Continued support surrounding the development of GDCSPA Finalists Innovation Pod (GDC-FIP) v2.0

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