ISCA Annual Report 2019

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OUR VISION

A world of physically active citizens in vibrant civil societies OUR MISSION

We empower organisations worldwide to enable citizens to enjoy their human right to move

The International Sport and Culture Association (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 cooperates with its 260 member organisations, international NGOs, and public and private sector stakeholders. It has 40 million individual members from 89 countries which represent a diverse group of people active within youth, sport and cultural activities.

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CONTENTS 04 President’s Introduction

30 MOVE Week

05 ISCA in Numbers

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No Elevators Day

06 ISCA Around the World

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Open Streets Day

08 Advocacy

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School Sport Day

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Sustainable Development Goals

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#BeActive Beach Games

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Solutions

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European Week of Sport Denmark

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Learn.isca.org

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Members’ and Partners’ projects

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Grassroots Sport Diplomacy

40 ISCA’s European Volunteers

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Integration of Refugees Through Sport

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25 Years of ISCA

20 MOVE Transfer Europe-China

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ISCA Executive Commitee

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Physical Literacy for Life

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ISCA Staff

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MOVE Congress 2019

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Finances

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Campaigns

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Become a Member

COPYRIGHT International Sport and Culture Association (ISCA)

DATE AND PLACE 30 January 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark

PUBLISHER CATEGORY Non-Governmental Organisation

LAYOUT ISCA Secretariat / Kristine Onarheim

LANGUAGE English

DISCLAIMER

EDITOR Rachel Payne, ISCA

COVER IMAGE From the #BeActive Beach Games project (LSFP)

ISCA has recieved EU support for many of the activities in this report. However this publication reflects the views only of the author, and the European Commission cannot be held responsible for any of the information contained therein.

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President’s introduction MOGENS KIRKEBY | ISCA President

25 YEARS OF MOVING PEOPLE On 10 February 2020 we will celebrate 25 years since the foundation of the International Sport and Culture Association. Over these 25 years many devoted people have contributed to developing an idea into a worldwide organisation that now has 260 members and a skilled professional secretariat.

The original idea of the founders was to unite the voices and organisations who believe in the power of recreational sport and physical activity. We still believe in this ‘power of the people’, and enabling the human right to access sport and physical activity is still our mission.

SOLUTIONS AND ADVOCACY For 25 years we have delivered solutions to our members and the sport sector. These solutions help civil society organisations to develop as organisations and continue to be able to deliver attractive and motivating programmes to individuals and communities.

We have shared ideas across borders and cultures.

We have invented new tools, new campaigns and new concepts. All to promote and improve the sport

sector and ultimately increase citizens’ participation in recreational sport and physical activity.

MOVING PEOPLE Our development over 25 years has focused on the essence of our tagline: MOVING PEOPLE. This tagline underlines both our purpose to encourage people to move more and that an organisation like ISCA is created and driven by engaged people who want to move the world.

25 YEARS YOUNG! 25 years may seem like a long time, but in a sport organisation context ISCA is still rather ‘young’. Many of our member organisations have existed for 50 years – and quite a few can boast more than 100 years of history.

So 25 years is just the start – but a very good start.

Thank you to all MOVING PEOPLE, members and partners who have contributed to and supported ISCA throughout the years. ISCA is MOVING PEOPLE and MOVING PEOPLE are ISCA!

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ISCA IN NUMBERS 260 member organisations From 89 countries Representing 40 million people

9 MOVE Congresses 65 EU grants 8 years of the NowWeMOVE campaign 5 online learning courses 15 staff members from 13 countries 2019 estimated turnover â‚Ź1,797,343

Working more than 8,686 days towards one goal:

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HUNGARY The ISCA General Assembly and 9th MOVE Congress take place in Budapest on 16-19 October (pages 24-27).

SWITZERLAND ISCA joins over 70 organisations, led by UNHCR and the International Olympic Committee, in signing a world pledge to help young refugees discover their potential through sports.

US Ahead of a high-level UN meeting called ‘Universal Health Coverage: Moving Together to Build a Healthier World’ at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, ISCA signs an NCD Alliance open letter to governments and contributes to the World Health Organization’s draft Global Action Plan for healthy lives and well-being.

LATIN AMERICA 122 organisations in 13 countries stage Semana Muévela (MOVE Week) events on 21-29 September (page 30).

BULGARIA AND ITALY European Capitals of Culture in 2019, Plovdiv in Bulgaria and Matera in Italy, stage flagship Open Streets Day events on 22 September (pages 32-33).

EGYPT The Egyptian Sports Culture Association invites ISCA President Mogens Kirkeby to present at a sports festival during the celebration of Egypt taking over the Presidency of the African Union.

BRAZIL ISCA member Sesc receives an ArchDaily Building of the Year Award in the Public Architecture category for its innovative headquarters Sesc 24 de Maio in São Paulo.

ISCA AROUND THE WORLD Highlights in 2019

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DENMARK An ISCA-style energiser for 90 women’s football players helps kick off the Global Goals World Cup in Copenhagen, promoting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

JAPAN Mogens Kirkeby is invited to speak about ‘How to rethink the use of public spaces for sport’ at the Smart Cities & Sport Summit in Tokyo.

LEBANON ISCA member UISP, from Italy, pilots a Grassroots Sport Diplomacy action in Lebanon (page 16).

OMAN No Elevators Day campaign messages are published in Arabic for the first time, thanks to Omani MOVE Agent Ahmed Al-Suleimani (page 31).

CHINA ISCA and 67 grassroots sport leaders from 21 countries start a new project called EU-China Mobilities: Grassroots Sport in Schools, Clubs and Outdoors (pages 20-21).

SAUDI ARABIA ISCA Head of Projects Saska Benedicic Tomat and Vice President Toni Llop are invited to deliver a Grassroots Sport Diplomacy workshop in Riyadh (page 16).

AUSTRALIA Physical literacy expert Dean Dudley from Macquarie University joins ISCA’s new Physical Literacy for Life project (pages 22-23).

NEW ZEALAND Tauranga City Council hosts a World Car Free Day Party as part of the first Open Streets Day (pages 32-33).

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Unleashing our potential Recreational sport and physical activity have the potential to tackle some of society’s persistent challenges – preventing and combating noncommunicable diseases, providing safe and inclusive spaces for minority groups and migrants, or finding sustainable modes of transport.

Effective advocacy is vital to unleashing this potential and getting it supported. ISCA takes a proactive approach by delivering key messages to international and intergovernmental bodies that are built on evidence and our members’ input. We also support national advocacy by sharing new research, best practice, statements and training to our members and, if requested, assisting them in their efforts.

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ISCA AND THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS Demonstrating the many ways that the recreational and grassroots sport sector contributes to wider societal goals is at the core of ISCA’s advocacy strategy. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), initiated by the

SDG Quick Facts • In 2015 UN Member States adopted 17 SDGs prompting urgent action on poverty, inequality and climate change • The SDGs are an open call to governments, organisations and individuals to deliver solutions • World leaders called 2020-2030 a “decade of action” to achieve the SDGs • Find out more: un.org/sustainabledevelopment

United Nations, are probably the most important, global vehicle for advancing on the key issues at stake for our planet. Therefore, they are also an opportunity for ISCA and its members to identify partners, engage in new activities, and demonstrate impact.

In 2019, ISCA took another step forward by engaging its membership in dialogue and awareness-creation about the Sustainable Development Goals. Culminating in the General Assembly in Budapest, we discussed how we can best make meaningful contributions to the goals and committed to aligning and developing further actions in support of the global agenda.

“The Sustainable Development Goals are not owned by the United Nations, or by any other institution.” ISCA

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Without strong civil society involvement, the Sustainable Development Goals cannot be met. ISCA is engaging with our members to play a significant part!

MOGENS KIRKEBY | ISCA President

President Mogens Kirkeby says. “They belong to us all. In fact, without strong civil society involvement, the goals cannot be met at all. ISCA is engaging with our members to play a significant part!”

FINDING YOUR FOCUS At the ISCA General Assembly, we used the Sustainable Development Goals’ colourful, numbered cubes to prompt our members to discuss their current engagement levels in relation to the SDGs. This revealed high interest and also a very diverse level of responses to the SDGs in our membership. A key learning from the event was the need to identify your strengths and unique contribution to the SDGs – rather than trying to “tick all the boxes” in an effort to align with the agenda.

WALKING THE SDG TALK In the context of the European Week of Sport in Denmark, coordinated by ISCA, we also partnered with WHO Europe and the Ollerup Academy of Physical Education to deliver workplace activation in the iconic UN City building, which hosts eight different UN agencies. The event coincided with WHO Europe publishing its own guidance document on how physical

activity can help address the SDGs, in the context of global health promotion.

“The European Week of Sport Denmark opening event at the UN City building in Copenhagen, where the WHO Europe main office is located, was a relevant occasion to launch our factsheet on physical activity and SDG,” WHO Europe Technical Officer Lea Nash Castro said.

“In addition to that, hosting #BeActive events is in line with the UN City Copenhagen Health and Well-being strategy and aspiration to be the healthiest possible workplace.”

OPEN THE BOX! Developing further on the SDG boxes that ISCA brought to the General Assembly, we also created our own Grassroots Sport Diplomacy boxes to bring this advocacy concept and its relation to global development to life in Saudi Arabia in November (see page 16).

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Capacity building Getting more people around the world to be active for their health and wellbeing is a big challenge – a challenge that demands solutions that can be adapted to a variety of settings.

That’s why ISCA strives to build the capacity of our members and peer organisations to deliver these solutions. We have done this for two decades through our projects and events, creating opportunities for people to work together across sectors and countries, network at conferences and seminars, and access free resources and online courses for their professional development.

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LEARN.ISCA.ORG

Online learning for the physical activity sector

Through our EU funded projects, events and daily work ISCA has gathered an abundance of knowledge and experiences from different sectors that we want to share with our members and broader network of organisations, as well as individuals, who are dedicated to physical activity promotion.

In 2018-2019, we created an online learning platform to present this precious knowledge in the form of short online courses. The platform now hosts five courses that have been developed through Erasmus+ and NordPlus Adult projects that ISCA has led or partnered in. Boost your professional development by exploring the following topics: ACTIVEVOICE When you want to influence change in the world, you need to be convincing. But it can be a challenge to communicate effectively with decision-makers. That’s why ISCA teamed up with international organisations from the active transport, education, health, facility and physical activity sectors to create the ActiveVoice online course. Their expert advice will help you and your organisation become better equipped as healthy lifestyle advocates.

MOVEMENT SPACES MOVEment Spaces are places that encourage local community members to use their surroundings to be active for their health and wellbeing. The MOVEment Spaces online course is designed by and for grassroots

Scan the QR-code Access these 5 online courses and meet a community of physical activity professionals

sport organisations, local authorities and urban planners.

Learn how you can work together, get support, identify target groups and activities that can be delivered in urban spaces, and to measure the social impact of the activities.

INTEGRATION OF REFUGEES THROUGH SPORT If you are working with, or are considering working with, initiatives to support refugees settle into their new communities, our free course will equip you with inspiring – and often moving – first-hand insights from our expert partners in Scandinavia, Germany, Italy and the UK. The course captures essential learning points from our project partners’ and local programme leaders’ experiences in working with this vulnerable target group.

GRASSROOTS SPORT DIPLOMACY ISCA pioneered the Grassroots Sport Diplomacy concept together with our project partners, and our online course draws on an extensive consultation of stakeholders from around the world, and pilot Grassroots Sport Diplomacy initiatives. By completing the course, you will be able to describe Grassroots Sport Diplomacy and distinguish it from sport diplomacy, cultural diplomacy and other related concepts. You will learn how to identify key actors who carry out Grassroots Sport Diplomacy, and how to approach relevant stakeholders who can work with you on your actions.

EUROPEAN FITNESS BADGE One of ISCA’s largest member organisations, the German Gymnastics Federation (DTB) led the development of the European Fitness Badge, an assessment and consultation tool for people of all ages and fitness levels. The European Fitness Badge online course gives a step-by-step guide to conducting the tests, plus other features including an Online Data Platform (ODP), further reading materials, and contact information so users can reach out to the project partners and experienced users of the tool.

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The courses FREE COURSE

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Grassroots Sport Diplomacy is a far more empowering model for the recipients than many other diplomatic models that have gone before it.

AARON KEARNEY | ABC International Development, Australia

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New opportunities in

GRASSROOTS SPORT DIPLOMACY Now is a very exciting time! Over the past two years we have developed the concept of Grassroots Sport Diplomacy together with our project partners and diplomacy experts from across the world. Along the way, we have discovered that Grassroots Sport Diplomacy gives us a brand new angle to our work. This angle allows us to find new partners, opportunities, activities – and, not least, brand new resources.

With support from the EU’s Erasmus+ Sport programme, ISCA and our partners have designed a free Grassroots Sport Diplomacy online course to capture learning points and experiences gathered from a mapping of different types of diplomacy, an extensive stakeholder consultation, and seven pilot actions that were tested during the project.

PILOT ACTIONS • We Welcome Young Refugees, Royal Europa ‘90 Kraainem Football Club, Belgium • Women on the Football Field, SESC, Brazil • Building Relations Between Hungary and Colombia, NSULF, Hungary • Vivicittà Lebanon, UISP, Italy • Build Bridges Through Sport, TAKT, North Macedonia • Training Physical Activity Leaders in Multicultural Environments, UBAE, Spain • Removing Barriers to Sport, Youth Sport Trust, UK

Key facts • Project period: January 2018-December 2019 • Co-funded by: European Commission (Erasmus+ Sport Collaborative Partnerships) • Grant amount: €400,000

The pilots were featured in a Multiplier event connected to the MOVE Congress 2019, where international guests Richard Parrish, from Edge Hill University in the UK, and Aaron Kearney, from ABC International Development in Australia, added to the diverse perspectives with their experiences from the fields of sport diplomacy and sport for development.

Diplomacy is an opportunity for us in grassroots sport.

It is value-based communication and exchange across borders. It has in fact been taking place as citizen-tocitizen engagement for centuries – maybe you have been part of international exchanges in grassroots sport as well? Get in touch and share your experiences!

DID YOU KNOW? The European Union’s EU Policy and Outreach Partnership (EUPOP Global) invited ISCA to lead a Grassroots Sport Diplomacy workshop in Saudi Arabia for 55 leaders of 30 sport organisations, including the Saudi Sport For All Federation, Saudi Mass Participation Federation, and the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee.

PROJECT PARTNERS International Sport and Culture Association (lead), European Observatory of Sport and Employment (France), Think Tank Sport and Citizenship (France), French Institute for International and Strategic Studies (France), Danish National Olympic Committee and Sport Confederation (Denmark), UBAE (Spain), UISP (Italy), National School, University and Leisure Sport Federation (Hungary), Portuguese Institute for Sport and Youth (Portugal), SESC São Paulo (Brazil). diplomacy.isca.org

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INTEGRATION OF REFUGEES THROUGH SPORT ISCA is set to build a brand new network of organisations that have carried out EU-supported Integration of Refugees Through Sport (IRTS) projects from 2017-2019, thanks to a three-year project co-funded by Erasmus+ Sport with a €600,000 grant.

to overcome barriers preventing asylum seekers and refugees from getting involved in community sport or other local activities.

The IRTS Networking Platform project will start in 2020 and feature an on- and offline gamified IRTS Mentoring Programme, short online courses and webinars, an IRTS Awards scheme and a major conference in 2021. It will also continue our work with partners across Europe in three projects that, to date, have developed the IRTS website (a hub of free resources for professionals and volunteers working on activities with refugees and social inclusion), and an online learning course at learn.isca.org.

DGI and the Danish Red Cross are working on an initiative called “Friends Show the Way”, which introduces refugees to Danish friends who can help them become a member of their local sports club. UISP Trento and ATAS in Italy collaborated with the ASD Intrecciante asylum centre and local university students to enter a multicultural football team into an amateur 11-a-side football league. After the matches, social inclusion is encouraged through a “third half” where all players can get to know each other over food and drinks.

MOVING BEYOND RESEARCH TO IMPLEMENTATION In 2019, ISCA started the MOVE Beyond project, pairing sport and humanitarian organisations in four countries to move beyond research and start implementing new initiatives. The partners are now piloting actions that aim

Save the Children and SISU are working with the largest accommodation and training centre for asylum seekers in Sweden, Restad Gård, and StreetGames Gothenburg to help train refugees to become independent “International Coordinators of Physical Activity”.

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And in the UK, StreetGames and the SPARC social enterprise are joining forces with the Devon and Cornwall Refugee Support Centre and Plymouth City Council to test a Club1 readiness model that supports refugees in “going solo” and independently getting involved in community sport.

The MOVE Beyond partners will present the results of their pilots at a multi-stakeholder conference in Brussels in November 2020.

PARTNERS IN ISCA’S IRTS PROJECTS ISCA (lead), Demos (Belgium), DGI, Danish Red Cross, Academy of Physical Education Ollerup, University of Copenhagen Advanced Migration Studies (Denmark), German Gymnastics Federation (DTB, Germany), UISP Trentino, ATAS (Italy), Västra Götalands Idrottsförbund, Save the Children Sweden (Region West), SISU Västra Götaland (Sweden), StreetGames, SPARC Sport and University of Kent (UK). irts.isca.org

EAC Sport as a Tool for Integration • Project title: IRTS Networking Platform • Project period: January 2020-December 2022 • Grant amount €600,000

EU Erasmus+ Sport Collaborative Partnership • Project title: MOVE Beyond • Project period: January 2019–December 2020 • Grant amount: €398,291

EU Erasmus+ KA2 • Project title: Integration of Refugees Through Sport • Project period: September 2016–August 2019 • Grant amount: €207,741

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MOVE TRANSFER EUROPE-CHINA Starts new wave of exchange ISCA gained support through the EU Preparatory Action ‘Exchanges and Mobility in Sport’ to start a new project in 2019 that explores how grassroots sport is organised in China and tests ways of exchanging good practice between Europe and China using ISCA’s MOVE Transfer model.

The kick-off meeting in Budapest, in connection with the MOVE Congress, started a new wave of crosscontinental exchange between partners from Europe, China and beyond. The journey will be as much about understanding different cultural contexts as it is about physical activity.

After an initial mapping of potential partners in Europe and on mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau, as well as an open call, 67 grassroots sport leaders of 47 organisations from 21 countries are now part of the project.

Key facts • Project period: January 2019-December 2020 • Co-funded by: European Commission (Preparatory Action Exchanges and Mobility in Sport) • Grant amount: €240,000

The project partners will take part in offline and online peer-to-peer learning on three topics: Outdoor spaces (natural and urban) with a focus on recreational cycling, running, walking, hiking, and urban spaces designed to encourage active lifestyles; Sport clubs, including dance and gymnastics for all, with a special focus on active ageing; After school physical activity, school sport events and active transportation to school.

EXCHANGES AND EVENTS IN 2019/2020: • 1st Thematic Conference connected to the MOVE Congress in Budapest, Hungary, 16-20 October 2019 • Study tour of China, March 2020 • Study tour of Europe, May 2020 • Online Learning, November 2019-June 2020 • 2nd Thematic Conference connected to the World Leisure Congress in Beijing-Pinggu, China, 18-23 October 2020 move-transfer.com

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China has formulated a series of policies to promote sport for all and the Health China Project, in which physical activity and sport play an important role.

But to do this work well, we need to learn from good ideas and experiences in other countries.

MEI DU | Sports Bureau of Xuhui, China

With the ever-growing importance and influence of China in sport, I am looking forward to creating multilateral bonds with actors and sports leaders in both Europe and China through the MOVE Transfer EU-China project.

RASMUS SCHRIVER | Storms Cycling Club, Denmark

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PHYSICALLY LITERATE? Literacy is embedded in our understanding of education as developing the ability to read and write – so what does it mean to be “physically literate”? ISCA’s newest Erasmus+ Collaborative Partnership project, “Physical Literacy for Life”, will explore this emerging concept, putting the spotlight on movement as a vital aspect of lifelong learning.

The two-year project, starting in January 2020, will see experts in physical literacy from two continents join forces with grassroots sport organisations. Together, they will develop both theoretical and practical resources that can help teachers and coaches integrate the teaching of physical literacy into their delivery of physical education, physical activity and sport programmes.

The resources will feature a diagram for physical literacy for all life phases, a Physical Literacy Self-Assessment and Advocacy Toolbox, and a training booklet to support teachers and coaches in promoting physical literacy as a key competence.

Physical Literacy for Life is set to build on some of the groundwork made in both Europe and Australia, in particular by Youth Sport Trust and EUPEA, who led the EU-supported Phylit project, and Dean Dudley from Macquarie University, one of the researchers who is working with Sport Australia to put physical literacy on the federal government’s health and wellbeing agenda.

PHYSICAL LITERACY FOR LIFE PARTNERS International Sport and Culture Association, Denmark (lead), EUPEA (Switzerland), International Physical Literacy Association (UK), Macquarie University (Australia), Human Kinetics Faculty of the University of Lisbon (Portugal), University of Strasbourg (France), Steno Health Promotion Research (Denmark), BG Be Active (Bulgaria), DGI (Denmark), SUS (Slovenia), and UBAE (Spain).

Key facts • Project period: January 2020-December 2021 • Co-funded by: European Commission (Erasmus+ Sport Collaborative Partnerships) • Grant amount: €383,603

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MOVE CONGRESS Change the Game: It’s Your MOVE The 9th MOVE Congress on 16-18 October set out to unearth the next game-changers for grassroots sport and physical activity promotion. More than 470 participants, 40 speakers, and 40 Innovation Alley presenters and exhibitors gathered in Budapest for three active days of learning, networking, exchanging ideas and trying out the latest technologies in our new Innovation Alley.

One of the biggest and most active MOVE Congresses yet, the 2019 edition was organised in collaboration with our members and partners, the National School, University and Leisure Sport Federation, Hungarian School Sport Federation, Hungarian University Sports Federation, Hungarian Leisure Sport Association, and the Hungarian Ministry for Human Capacities.

“WE WILL MOVE YOU” Being the MOVE Congress, we don’t just talk the talk, we also walk the walk – or roll or jump, as the host organisations’ presidents, Mogens Kirkeby and Gábor Balogh did when they arrived at the Budapest Congress Center stage by scooter to officially open the conference.

After a brief welcome, they challenged each other to a skipping contest, led by World Champion Adrienn Bánhegyi from Cirque de Soleil, who later invited the whole auditorium to join in an interactive workshop.

The next official speaker, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Tibor Navracsics, entered the stage and joked, “How can I deliver an opening speech after a performance like that?”

Noting the energy in the room, he added: “Events like the MOVE Congress are important, where people are joining forces and exchanging ideas and moving people.”

Scan the QR-code Watch our video highlights from the MOVE Congeress 2019 in Budapest

Interactive presentations from Innovation Alley exhibitors, including a “We Will MOVE You” chant and GoPlay icebreakers, kept the Congress delegates on their feet and set the tempo for the rest of the conference.

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The MOVE Congress has been excellent. It’s brought together such a diverse group of people and professionals working in the area of promoting physical activity. But one of the key things here is how practicefocused everyone is, offering real solutions to getting people around the world more active.

DR FIONA BULL | World Health Organization

PROVOCATIVE PLENARIES The MOVE Congress plenary sessions sparked active discussion as well as movement. Dr Fiona Bull from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and sports-tech innovator Markos Aristides Kern commanded the stage with TEDx style charisma, zooming in on physical activity from two vastly different (and at times provocative) angles and reaching a surprisingly similar conclusion.

That we need to seriously challenge ourselves when it comes to getting more people active.

And when a MOVE Congress presenter arrives on the stage walking on his hands, you know you are in for an

extraordinary experience. By the time Magnús Scheving, creator and star of LazyTown (the character Sportacus), wrapped up his presentation, the MOVE Congress participants were on their feet doing their best Sportacus poses and buzzing with a standing ovation as the day’s superhero left the stage.

It wasn’t all showtime, though; the parallel MOVE Congress tracks invited participants to go into more depth on selected topics and join in workshops to discover new approaches to physical activity promotion and fundraising.

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HIGH PROFILE SPEAKERS

from across sectors

DR FIONA BULL MBE

World Health Organization (pictured left)

MAGNÚS SCHEVING LazyTown Entertainment

KATE DALE

Lead of Sport England’s This Girl Can Campaign

DARRYL EDWARDS

Founder of Primal Play (pictured left)

MARKOS ARTISTIDES KERN

Sport-Tech Innovator from Fun With Balls

TIBOR NAVRACSICS

European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport

ADRIENN BÁNHEGYI

Cirque de Soleil and Skipping World Champion

HANS KARSSENBERG

STIPO and City at Eye Level

AARON KEARNEY MOVE CONGRESS 2019 TRACKS • Game-changers connecting physical activity and health • Carving a new niche with grassroots sport diplomacy • Discovering new perspectives on physical activity promotion among school children • Opening new doors to funding and support • Redefining an “active lifestyle” with MOVEment Spaces and placemaking Dates for the MOVE Congress in 2021 will be announced in early 2020. Sign up for updates at the official website movecongress.com

ABC International Development

NIELS LUND Novo Nordisk

DR MARK TREMBLAY

Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance

AMY CHAN

Hong Kong Elite Athlete’s Association

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Activation across the globe Our vision is a world of physically active citizens, which is why we create and support campaigns that enable our members and partners to activate their communities. It takes creativity, dedication and leadership to motivate people to be active. ISCA’s NowWeMOVE campaign are its events are flexible and citizen-focused, and are delivered worldwide by a network of devoted National Coordinators and MOVE Agents who work at national and local levels. These MOVE Agents are agents of change who are tackling the global inactivity crisis simply by “making movement fun again”

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MOVE WEEK

8000+ events help people find their MOVE MOVE Week is an annual celebration of people finding their MOVE – meaning the recreational sport or physical activity that inspires them to be active. The dedication of our National Coordinators and MOVE Agents to organise MOVE Week events has created a bottom-up movement connecting people across Europe and Latin America with an interest in MOVING People.

Over 900 events took place in 19 countries during the European MOVE Week on 27 May to 2 June. Among the highlights, MOVE Week was the biggest event of the Plovdiv 2019 Capital of Culture, schools in Madrid

MOVE Week 2019 in numbers • • • •

32 countries* 481 cities^ 8000+ events* 122 organisers^

*Europe and Latin America combined ^Latin America only

devoted the whole week to activities focusing on movement, Latvia combined Latvian Health Week with MOVE Week and engaged Olympian Arni Rumbeniek to promote both initiatives, and Turkish ministers cycled to work in Izmir in support of NowWeBike.

Latin America continued its phenomenal support, with over 7100 Semana Muévela events being held in 13 countries from 21-29 September. Led by Sesc São Paulo, organisations stretching from Central America and the Caribbean to South America have continued to expand Semana Muévela throughout Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

MOVE Week was established in 2012 as part of the NowWeMOVE campaign and the Latin American edition Semana Muévela started in Brazil in 2013. moveweek.eu semanamuevela.com

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NO ELEVATORS DAY 2019 Climbs to new heights On 24 April communities in over 40 countries across 5 continents stepped up to a healthier lifestyle by participating in the global No Elevators Day. The 5th edition of the event was bigger than ever. It reached Costa Rica, Peru, Georgia, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, India, Lebanon, Oman, Norway and Zimbabwe for the first time, encouraging even more people to energise a busy day. Benefits of stair-climbing and physical activity were promoted in office buildings, schools, universities, by ministries and even in an airport.

As well as being No Elevators Day, 24 April was also the start of European Immunisation Week, so ISCA and WHO joined forces at UN City in Copenhagen to raise awareness of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 3: “Good Health and Well-being”. As a result, UN City’s employees were able to find out more about the benefits of physical activity and vaccination in disease prevention and enjoy a day full of fun and educational activities, such as a fitness assessment, parkour and skiing workshops.

From morning to evening, people all over the world were eager to share their No Elevators Day highlights on social media, once again proving how easy it is to #FindYourMOVE. nowwemove.com/no-elevators-day

Scan the QR-code Watch the video from No Elevators Day 2019

The event went viral that day in Oman.

ISCA’s initiatives are very professional and are worth spreading worldwide.

AHMED AL-SULEIMANI | MOVE Agent from Oman

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There is so much more to the Open Streets idea than letting people play on the streets. It is about bringing communities, neighbours, friends and families together and showing them what they can do with so little – just the public space. Let’s make them believe that cities are open for all!

EWA ANNA CICHOCKA | V4Sport, Poland

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OPEN STREETS DAY Activates over 100 cities in first edition In the run-up to the first Open Streets Day, the ISCA team invited people to contemplate – if you had the streets to yourself for a day, what would you do?

On the days surrounding 22 September, their answers came in the form of 172 events across the globe. While no two events were identical, they all shared a common message: public urban space can and should be used for physical activity, socialising and fun.

The first Open Streets Day campaign activated 104 cities in 31 countries, spreading far beyond its home in Europe.

New Zealand, United States, Russia, Mexico and many other countries in all corners of the world got on board to promote active lifestyle and sustainable commuting in the urban setting. 40,000 people took part in the events directly with 1000 volunteers engaged in delivering local initiatives.

The campaign utilised the World Car-Free day and served as a bridge between European Mobility Week and European Week of Sport encouraging the sport and transport sector to activate our cities all year round. We encourage you to explore the available resources and toolkits on the project website to continue spreading the #BeActive and #OpenStreetsDay message. openstreetsday.com

Key facts • Project period: November 2018-October 2019 • Co-funded by: European Commission (Erasmus+ Sport Not-for-Profit Events supporting European Week of Sport) • Grant amount: €300,000

Scan the QR-code In this Open Streets Day video “How to turn busy streets into active spaces” you can find inspiration for your own event.

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3 million children celebrate movement on the

5TH SCHOOL SPORT DAY The European School Sport Day® continued its rapid growth in its 5th anniversary year, expanding to two more continents and 15 new countries, and involving 500,000 more children in locally organised activities.

A total of 3 million children at 9000 schools in 44 countries participated on the day, with the highest number of participants being in Spain (610,000), Hungary (450,000) and Portugal (350,000).

The initiative is led by ISCA member the Hungarian School Sport Federation and has been rolled out across Europe thanks to the dedication of a network of partners specialising in school sport, including ISCA’s NowWeMOVE National Coordinators.

The European School Sport Day® is a flagship event of the European Week of Sport and the NowWeMOVE campaign. As part of NowWeMOVE’s expansion globally, ISCA has supported the roll-out to countries in Latin America, Asia and Africa.

In addition to offering a variety of tradition and untraditional sports and games (which included everything from team sports and dance to ski jumping and even sailing!), the focus topic of European School Sport Day® in 2019 was healthy nutrition. The 2020 edition will focus on sport and self-esteem.

Participating countries in 2019: Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, Chinese Taipei, Columbia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom. essd.nowwemove.com

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TURNING ANY BEACH INTO A SPORT FESTIVAL ISCA was part of a team of eight sun and fun-seeking Erasmus+ project partners who piloted an inclusive beach games model in Latvia and Portugal in the lead-up to the European Week of Sport in 2019.

The first test of the #BeActive Beach Games was a festival of 23 beach sport competitions held on artificial urban beaches in Riga, Latvia, on 17-18 August 2019.

Over 1100 children and adults participated in the events.

The second test was on the natural beach of Portimao in Portugal on 7-8 September 2019, where 600 people played 21 different beach sports together.

#BeActive Beach Games • Project partners: Latvian Sports Federation Council (lead), the Estonian Beach Sports Federation, Lithuanian Union of Sports Federations, Portuguese Institute of Sports and Youth, Union of Sports Federations in Catalonia, Italian National Democratic Organisation of Social Action. ISCA and TAFISA are strategic partners of the project.

• January 2019–April 2020, Grant amount €367,185 • Project co-funded by EU Erasmus+ Sport Collaborative Partnerships

The partners are now compiling practical information and advice from the first #BeActive Beach Games into a manual and resources that will be launched in time for the Northern Hemisphere summer in 2020. The manual will guide how to organise inclusive beach sports and games on both natural and artificial beaches. beactivebeachgames.lsfp.lv

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EUROPEAN WEEK OF SPORT DENMARK

Attracts more participants and ambassadors

ISCA is a European partner of the #BeActive European Week of Sport (EWOS), as well as the National Coordinating Body for the European Week of Sport in Denmark. Appointed to this role by the Danish Ministry of Culture, we are responsible for the coordination of our local partners’ work to deliver the events and disseminate the #BeActive message across the country. #BEACTIVE NIGHT The #BeActive Night is a feature event of EWOS. It offers an array of fun physical activities as an alternative to the typical Friday night out. Eight events took place around Denmark as a part of the #BeActive Night programme, gathering over 2000 participants.

The flagship event on 28 September saw the Ollerup Academy of Physical Education open its doors to the local community, inviting locals to try trampolining, an obstacle course, blind badminton, rowing machines, frisbee bowling, water aerobics, synchronised swimming, and much more.

On 13 September over 1000 passionate rollerskaters of all ages gathered to enjoy the beauty of the Danish capital in the evening light, as well as to celebrate the end of the “Friday Night Skate Copenhagen” season.

Natminton was another feature of the #BeActive Night, with participants learning an unconventional way to play badminton: in a dark hall using purple light and fluorescent shuttlecocks.

Scan the QR-code Watch the video to see how we got the staff at UN City in Copenhagen MOVING

The #BeActive Night events came to a close in Frederiksberg, where a cosy atmosphere and candlelit swimming and sauna facilities made the Midnight Swimming event a relaxing end to the working week.

MAIN EVENTS The official opening of EWOS Denmark on 23 September took place at the iconic UN City in Copenhagen. ISCA, Ollerup Academy of Physical Education students, and WHO Europe joined forces to organise an active extended lunch break for over 500 UN City employees.

The event emphasised how physical activity can help achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Chair yoga, blind badminton, garbage golf, paper plane darts, and a spectacular tumbling demonstration were some of the more unusual activities on offer.

Between 25 and 29 September, the East Jutland branch of DGI launched the season for indoor skateboarding, BMX and roller-skating as a part of the Street Attack programme. Five street sport clubs around Aarhus opened their doors, inspiring beginners with professional shows, competitions and workshops. Around 1100 people enjoyed the events.

The Danish Company Sport Federation joined the #BeActive campaign with their “Count the Steps” competition, “Ladies Mud Race”, “Xtreme Mandehørm”, as well as the National Workplace Activity Day on 11 October. All initiatives target office workers and aim to combat sedentary habits. With at least 30,000 participants, the 2019 edition of National Workplace Activity Day was the largest yet.

AMBASSADORS Three new ambassadors and eight social media influencers came on board in 2019 to promote the #BeActive message as part of the European Week of Sport in Denmark (see opposite page).

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#BeActive ambassadors in Denmark KHALIDA POPAL

Founder and director of the Girl Power Organisation.

NATIONAL DANISH PERFORMANCE TEAM

World leaders in team and display gymnastics.

JOHANNY REYES

Good Health and Well-Being manager, personal trainer and group fitness instructor at UN City in Copenhagen.

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Projects led by our

MEMBERS AND PARTNERS NEW IN 2020

NEW IN 2020

NEW IN 2020

HEPAS - HEALTHY AND PHYSICALLY ACTIVE SCHOOLS IN EUROPE

INTER-ACTIVE LIVING FOR MENTAL HEALTH

NEIGHBOURHOOD SPORT – GET HEALTHY, GET CLOSER

The HEPAS project aims at creating a free open educational resource for school staff and other school-related stakeholders to enhance schoolbased physical activity and healthy lifestyle programmes for children and adolescents. The partners and project participants will establish a European network of physically active and healthy schools.

In order to tackle growing rates of physical inactivity, Neighbourhood Sport is grounded in the idea of bringing movement to the places where less active people live, rather than trying to promote places where they should go to be active. The project will test pilot approaches in residential areas of selected European cities, including public gardens, streets and squares.

Project lead: University of Luxembourg / December 2019-November 2021 / Grant amount €221,976 / Project co-funded by EU Erasmus+ Key Action 2

Project lead: UISP, Italy /January 2020-December 2021 / Grant amount €351,291 / Project co-funded by EU Erasmus+ Sport Collaborative Partnerships

NEW IN 2020

NEW IN 2020

ACTIVE AGEING FESTIVAL This Small Collaborative Partnership will develop an event manual for an Active Ageing Festival based on the results of pilot events in Slovenia and Romania.

The festival will encourage participation in health enhancing physical activity with special focus on older populations and strengthening cooperation between sport organisations, senior organisations and health stakeholders.

Project lead: Sports Union of Slovenia / January 2020-December 2021 / Grant amount €56,290 / Project co-funded by EU Erasmus+ Sport Small Collaborative Partnerships

The Inter-Active Living for Mental Health project will focus on both advocacy and tools for the promotion of physical activity in the context of mental health. This will include developing recommendations for specific EU Guidelines on the utilisation of sport and physical activity for mental health and an Interactive European Platform for PE practices on Mental Health.

Project lead: European Network of Active Living for Mental Health, Belgium / January 2020-June 2021 / Grant amount €398,675 / Project co-funded by EU Erasmus+ Sport Collaborative Partnerships

CONTINUOUS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SPORT CLUB FOR HEALTH GUIDELINES This project will roll out the Sport Club for Health (SCforH) movement by training the EU Physical Activity Focal Points to become SCforH contact points in their countries, and by encouraging tertiary course coordinators to include the project’s online learning tool in their curricula for health promoters, physical educators, and sport and exercise practitioners.

Project lead: University of Zagreb Faculty of Kinesiology, Croatia / January 2020-December 2022 / Grant amount €398,845 / Project co-funded by EU Erasmus+ Sport Collaborative Partnerships

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EU-PALS – PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LABEL FOR SCHOOLS

MOVE TRANSFER II MOVE Transfer II builds further on ISCA’s methodology of transferring a good practice in sport and physical activity from one country or setting to another. This project is in the process of transferring the Slovenian Healthy Club model and Quality Mark to Italy and Romania. Ultimately, it will provide local communities in Slovenia, Italy and Romania with more quality and accessible sport and physical activity programmes.

Project lead: Sports Union of Slovenia / January 2019–June 2020 / Grant amount €45,725 / Project co-funded by EU Erasmus+ Sport Small Collaborative Partnerships

EUROPEAN YOUTH HEALTH CHAMPIONS The EU-Pals project culminated in a new Moving Schools Network to unite schools across Europe and beyond in one movement to promote and recognise the importance of providing high quality physical activity, physical education and school sport. The network’s Moving Schools Award will help schools recognise and celebrate their achievements in this field through an online self-assessment process.

The award was launched at in a track dedicated to the EU-Pals project and physical education at the MOVE Congress 2019.

Project lead: Hungarian School Sport Federation, Hungary / January 2018– December 2019 / Grant amount €336,713 / Project co-funded by EU Erasmus+ Sport Collaborative Partnerships / Website: movingschoolsaward.com

The European Youth Health Champions partners developed an in-person and online course (including downloadable training resources) to develop young people’s skills in peer education. The six interactive e-learning modules are aimed at young people who wish to support their peers to make healthy lifestyle choices.

The modules include a mix of videos, interactive tasks and reading materials, and are all evidence based. The training was tested on 55 young people and 10 international trainers.

Project lead: StreetGames, UK / April 2017–March 2019 / Project co-funded by EU Erasmus+ KA2 Strategic Partnerships (Youth) / Website: network.streetgames.org/ european-youth-health-champions-eyhctraining

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EUROPEAN FITNESS BADGE – DISSEMINATION, EVALUATION AND IMPROVEMENT

A follow-up project to the successful European Fitness Badge, which developed an easy and fun fitness test suitable for all ages, with a focus on evaluating the use of the tests so far, increasing the reach and take-up of the tool through further dissemination, and ultimately improving the offer. This included developing guidelines for implementing the European Fitness Badge and creating an online course to help individuals and organisations to plan, deliver and evaluate the fitness tests.

Project lead: German Gymnastics Federation (DTB), Germany / January 2018–December 2019 / Grant amount €380,198 / Project cofunded by EU Erasmus+ Sport Collaborative Partnerships / Website: fitness-badge.eu / Online course: learn.isca.org/courses/ european-fitness-badge

CHANGE PROJECT The CHANGE project is, for the first time at the EU level, defining the skills and competences of professionals working in sport for development, focusing on the two key roles: the sport for development coordinator and the sport for development activator.

The project will follow the 7-Step model successfully used in the S2A Sport project to develop a training programme for sports administrators.

Project lead: EOSE, France/ January 2019-December 2021 / Grant amount €383,779 / Project co-funded by EU Erasmus+ Sport Collaborative Partnerships

Featuring 10 Erasmus+ projects ISCA is involved in a diverse range of projects led by our members and partners, which span from community sport, to physical education, to initiatives for the youth and the elderly, to sport for development, and mental health. Here we feature the Erasmus+ projects in which ISCA is a partner.

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11 MOVE AGENTS ISCA invents the term MOVE Agents to describe individuals, organisations and entities who move people 10 MOVE WEEK “100 million more” vision and “MOVE” combine to create a week of physical activities, a model that later inspired the European Week of Sport

YEARS OF ISCA

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NOWWEMOVE CAMPAIGN Expands across Europe, to Latin America, then globally with a year-round calendar of events

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ISCA PRESIDENT BRINGS 5 TEDDY BEARS TO EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT To illustrate that 300 out of 500 million Europeans are insufficiently physically active and gather support for ISCA’s “100 million people more active” (NowWeMOVE) campaign

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YOUTH ON THE MOVE ISCA’s 60+ European Voluntary Service volunteers and 200+ youth project participants become physical activity change-makers

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BECOMING A MAJOR PROJECT INCUBATOR ISCA is one of the most successful organisations in securing EU funding for projects – enabling us to build the capacities of hundreds of likeminded organisations

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MOVE CONGRESS Sport for All Congress evolves into an active conference format for physical activity promoters worldwide

To create change you need to MOVE first, make the right MOVEs, and keep MOVING ahead. Over the past 25 years, ISCA has done just that. As ISCA turns 25 in 2020, we look back at 25 game-changing MOVEs that helped propel our organisation and the physical activity sector forward.

1995 1

FORMING AN INTERNATIONAL UMBRELLA FOR SPORT FOR ALL 28 sport for all organisations establish the International Sport and Culture Association on 10 February 1995

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CHALLENGING THE PYRAMID MODEL ISCA is the first sport organisation to challenge the Pyramid (participation feeding elite) Model of Sport Development

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CONNECTING SPORT AND HEALTH ISCA members, led by German Gymnastics Federation, strengthen the links between recreational sport and health

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FROM SPORT FOR ALL TO MOVE ISCA adopts the term “MOVE” as a brand encompassing all aspects of sport and physical activity

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#FINDYOURMOVE NowWeMOVE slogan reveals the secret to getting active is “finding the move that moves you”

25 MOVE TRANSFER EU-CHINA Opening doors for grassroots sport leaders to experience unique intercontinental exchanges

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GOOD GOVERNANCE IN GRASSROOTS SPORT Provides the biggest part of the sport sector (grassroots sport) with tools to assess and improve governance

24 ISCA AWARDS “Alternative” award show with Lego trophies delivered to owners of best practices by skateboard

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NOWWEMOVE SONG MOVE Congress 2014 participants compose a NowWeMOVE campaign theme tune in 2 days!

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#FINDYOURMOVE MASCOT ISCA triangle is transformed into a mascot promoting the #FindYourMOVE message

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INACTIVITY TIME BOMB Advocacy campaign reveals the cost of physical inactivity in Europe is a staggering 500,000 deaths and €80 billion annually

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NO ELEVATORS DAY A simple message to “Take the Stairs” spreads across the world on social media, to the European Parliament, several national parliaments and companies

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NOWWEBIKE TOURS Physical activity ambassadors on 2 wheels cycle across Europe to promote active transport and European solidarity

23 GRASSROOTS SPORT DIPLOMACY Invented the term and concept Grassroots Sport Diplomacy underlining the potential of civil society to engage in international relations 22 HUMAN RIGHT TO MOVE First NGO to adopt the Council of Europe Tbilisi Declaration protecting human rights in sport, in line with our mission to “empower organisations worldwide to enable citizens to enjoy their human right to move” 21 MOVEMENT SPACES A new way to view and redesign public space: as a space for people to be active 20 MOVEMENT PILLS Pill boxes that prescribe a healthenhancing drug called “physical activity”

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FLASHMOVE NowWeMOVE flashmob gets over 9000 people in 155 cities dancing simultaneously

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ISCA’s European Volunteers:

WE ARE A COMMUNITY OF CHANGE-MAKERS The Erasmus+ programme’s European Solidarity Corps (ESC) provides opportunities for young people aged 18-30 to gain work experience with organisations based in Europe, enhance their solidarity with other young European citizens across borders, and to make concrete contributions to society. ISCA has hosted 63 volunteers under the European Voluntary Service (EVS) and ESC, and currently has 5 ESC volunteers.

In 2019, ISCA’s ESC volunteers played an active part in event coordination, including No Elevators Day, the #BeActive European Week of Sport and the MOVE Congress, as well as contributing to the vibrant office life at the Secretariat in Copenhagen. Not to mention continuing the tradition of the Viking Challenge by jumping into the icy cold water once a month!

ADOPTING A FLUFFY MASCOT When ISCA President Mogens Kirkeby arrived home from a study visit to China for the MOVE Transfer Europe-China project, an unexpected physical activity ambassador followed him on his journey. A panda with

eyes that can melt hearts around the world arrived at the ISCA office and was adopted by our ESC volunteers as “Cookie Warlock Greg”. The volunteers quickly found an exciting role for Cookie: to become a mascot for the European Week of Sport in Denmark. Cookie now has a popular Instagram page, @beactive_panda, where he

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EMMA VENNEKER | Netherlands

“Being an EVS at ISCA is a wonderful international experience. It has given me great opportunities and strengthened my motivation to become involved in the sport and physical activity industry. It is so rewarding to create opportunities for people to find their joy in physical activity.”

MARIE OLEINIK | Russia

“There is something so special about knowing that initiatives developed in the ISCA office aren’t contained to one city, but make a difference around the globe.

You become a part of a truly international community and broaden your horizons immensely. One can only do a long-term EVS project once, and I am so glad to have done mine at ISCA.”

MAXIME FERBURGHI | France

“ISCA connects people from different backgrounds who work together towards the same aim. By facing the challenge of physical inactivity together with other enthusiastic people, you are putting a meaningful effort into this adventure, your interest in the cause grows, and you become part of a community of change-makers.”

highlights different ways to #BeActive and models our European Week of Sport merchandise. Make sure to follow his adventures!

“Cookie is a true star! It was an honour to accompany him to different European Week of Sport events.

The highlight was attending the #BeActive Awards Gala (pictured above),” says Irina Coreachina, former volunteer and current project coordinator at ISCA.

MARKUS SCHWAIGER | Austria

“Being a volunteer or doing an internship is about finding out the types of tasks you like, what you are good at and where you could improve. This information is crucial for any professional career, and ISCA enables you to explore exactly that by giving you the necessary support and flexibility.”

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ISCA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2019-2021

President

MOGENS KIRKEBY

DGI, Denmark

Vice President, ISCA Latin America Chair

Vice President

MARIA LUIZA SOUZA DIAS

Fundació UBAE, Catalonia, Spain

Executive Committee Member

Serviço Social do Comércio (SESC), Brazil

Executive Committee Member

ARNAUD JEAN

CARLO BALESTRI

Union Française des Oeuvres Laïques d’Education Physique (UFOLEP), France

UISP, Italy

ISCA Africa Chair

Honorary Committee Member

ASHRAF MAHMOUD

Egyptian Sports Culture Association, Egypt

RUGGERO ALCANTERINI

Federazione Italiana Sport per Tutti (FIST), Italy

TONI LLOP

Executive Committee Member

LILIANA ORTIZ DE LA CRUZ

Executive Committee Member

MICHAEL TIEMANN

Fundacion pro Deporte y Recreation para todos, Colombia

Deutscher Turner-bund (German Gymnastics Federation), Germany

Executive Committee Member

ISCA Asia Chair

ISCA North America Chair

JAKUB KALINOWSKI

Gymnastics Association of Hong Kong, China

V4Sport, Poland

Honorary Committee Member

N. SHANMUGARAJAH

Southeast Asian Gymnastics Federation (SEAGCON), Malaysia

SIU YIN CHEUNG

DR. JAYNE GREENBERG

US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), United States

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ISCA STAFF

SASKA BENEDICIC TOMAT

LASKA NENOVA

RACHEL PAYNE

GEORGI STAYKOV

Secretary General

Head of Projects sbt@isca-web.org

Communications Manager

Head of Digital

js@isca-web.org

NowWeMOVE Campaign Manager ln@isca-web.org

rpa@isca-web.org

JACOB SCHOUENBORG

gs@isca-web.org

MONIKA REÅ ETAR

LAURA-MARIA TIIDLA

ELENA GARCIA MORALES

IRINA COREACHINA

KRISTINE ONARHEIM

Project Coordinator

Project Coordinator

Financial Coordinator

Project Coordinator

mr@isca-web.org

lmt@isca-web.org

egm@isca-web.org

ic@isca-web.org

Communications Consultant ko@isca-web.org

KAI TROLL

ANDERS BECH THARSGAARD

MAJA G. THORMAR

EMMA VENNEKER

HILAL ERKOCA

Development Director

Senior Consultant

Project Coordinator

Youth Officer

Youth Officer

kt@isca-web.org

abt@isca-web.org

mgt@isca-web.org

ev@isca-web.org

he@isca-web.org

MAXIME FERBURGHI

MARKUS SCHWAIGER

MARIE OLEINIK

TATIANA CAMARGO

Youth Officer

Youth Officer

Youth Officer

mf@isca-web.org

ms@isca-web.org

mo@isca-web.org

ISCA Latin America Secretariat tatianacamargo@sescsp.org.br

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FINANCES ISCA INCOME

2019 (€) estimated

2018 (€)

2017 (€)

2016 (€)

General support and payments

462,270

460,920

466,598

498,256

Project related support

1,328,573

1,259,543

935,511

1,280,209

Others

6,500

10,392

845

15,327

Total

1,797,343

1,730,855

1,402,954

1,793,792

Project and activities

1,510,532

1,451,333

1,077,742

1,505,942

Assembly, committee meetings

24,565

15,553

22,796

7,753

Secretariat

215,211

218,751

307,638

136,265

Others (Depreciation, etc)

0

0

3,027

3,243

Total

1,750,309

1,685,637

1,411,203

1,653,203

RESULT

47,034

45,218

-8,249

140,586

ISCA EXPENDITURES

54,2%

Erasmus + Sport (EU) (973,455 €) 10%

DGI (181,208 €) Erasmus + Sport partners’ projects (EU) (140,399 €) Bilateral membership agreements (134,228 €) Ministry of Culture Denmark (121,834 €)

7,8%

MOVE Congress (115,989 €) Erasmus+ KA1 – EVS (EU) (52,656 €) Erasmus+ KA2 (EU) (46,165 €) Membership fees (25,000 €)

7,5%

0,4% 1,4% 2,6%

6,8% 3%

6,5%

Other (6,500 €) 2019 total income (estimated) € 1,797,343

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Thank you!

ISCA believes in collaboration. We are thankful to our collaborators for their involvement and support in 2019.

Whether as a funding partner, such as the European Commission, an ISCA member, such as the Social Service of Commerce (SESC) in Brazil, or as an expert partner, such as Save the Children in Sweden – I want to express my gratefulness for your involvement and your shared belief in an open-minded, collaborative approach!

JACOB SCHOUENBORG | ISCA Secretary General

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Let our staff and executives assist and inspire your advocacy efforts in your own country or region

Use our projects and events as the perfect platform to expand your organisation’s reach

Be part of our continuous dialogue with international decision makers

Present your organisation as a dynamic, connected and inspired stakeholder in grassroots sport

Use our cross-sector collaborative network to your advantage Learn from other organisations at fullyfunded capacity building seminars and workshops Use our tools and resources to help develop your organisation

Be part of visible local, national and international activities that have a political and practical impact

Play an active role in addressing the global inactivity crisis through our internationally promoted NowWeMove campaign

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