Dialect 2 News

Partner organizations from Greece, Italy, Serbia and Hungary came together to create one awareness-raising video. All organizations worked with their local football teams in order to develop a video that showcases that football can be a wonderful means of bringing people together. The video aims to inform the public about the work the organizations are doing with DIALECT2 project in their countries for the past 2 years and the continuous effort to eliminate discriminatory behaviors and xenophobia through the methodology of football3.  



The video is available in English, Greek, Italian, Hungarian and Serbian. 

Dialect 2 News

On the 21st of May, DIALECT2 football team in Athens celebrated the completion of the piloting phase with a one-day event. Τhe celebration included multiple activities in different spots in Kolonos neighborhood.



Adolescents had the opportunity to come close to other kids and youngsters from the local community and share their love for football.  The event offered to people of all ages the chance to have fun, to join participatory activities and to enjoy a day that fostered community building.

Dialect 2 News

On April 6, 2024, the bustling City Park in Budapest, a beloved destination for weekend revelers, transformed into a vibrant stage for an innovative outdoor exhibition curated by OSA. Coinciding with OSA’s established Saturday training routines, the event capitalized on the park’s weekend foot traffic to attract a diverse crowd. Participants from the training sessions, along with their families and caregivers, mingled with a substantial influx of curious onlookers. From dawn to dusk, the atmosphere buzzed with excitement and a strong sense of community.

The day’s agenda was rich and varied, featuring an engaging mix of video presentations that highlighted inspiring stories and achievements, alongside exhilarating live football matches that captivated the audience. These activities created a lively and interactive environment, serving both to entertain and educate those in attendance. The compelling content on display ignited the interest of many visitors, fostering meaningful conversations with OSA coordinators, social workers, and enthusiastic participants of the training sessions. This direct interaction significantly boosted public engagement with OSA’s mission and ongoing projects.

Despite the dynamic and energetic setting, the outdoor ambiance presented some challenges in fully conveying the intricacies of the video presentations. The bustling background noise and intermittent distractions somewhat diluted the impact of the digital stories. Recognizing these hurdles, OSA is now planning to organize an indoor screening event. This forthcoming event aims to present their digital content creation projects in a more controlled environment, conducive to attentive viewing and deeper appreciation, allowing attendees to fully absorb the nuanced details of the narratives.

Dialect 2 News

About fifteen boys and girls playing football in the street with a white t-shirt. For football goals a gate on one side, and two trees on the other. Every now and then someone leaves the game, picks up their mobile phone or tablet and joins those who are walking around the square asking passers-by questions. 

“Do you think women are discriminated against in football?” “Do you think it is possible today in our city to play football without paying?”. “Does a foreign boy or girl have the same chance of playing in a team as an Italian?”. 

This was, more or less, the exhibition event of Dialect2 of the 6th of April, a moment when the boys and girls taking part to the project showed the inhabitants of the Bagnoli neighbourhood the results of the work done during the Football3 tournament and during the media literacy workshop. From Luigi, the youngest of the footballers, to Fatima and Hafiza, the two most assiduous mediators, everyone made their contribution, showing videos, making questions, talking and reflecting with the people on the issue of discrimination in sport and on how digital technologies can be transformed from a tool that too often spreads hatred and racism into a tool for reflection and inclusion. 

Young people, couples, adults and the elderly spent some of their time with the youngsters in the project, happy to see them get involved and take responsibility, for once, to teach the older people something. 

“This work is very important for these children – explains Daniela, a neighbourhood teacher – to whom the school almost never manages to give adequate answers. Over the years, many have found answers to their difficulties in activities organised by associations and other organizations; and in various ways such as painting, hip hop, football. I followed some of the activities of this project, and it was nice when I met my pupils! They were so proud to explain something to me, and to talk to me about how football should unite, make people get together. One of them told me that we have to speak more, because ‘mobile phones sometimes turn us against each other‘”.

The next event in Naples will be the final tournament of Football3, in which the boys and girls from Bagnoli will meet teams from the other neighbourhoods with whom they have already competed over the past two years, and other new teams or young people who are approaching the project. 

Dialect 2 News

Football Friends organized another amazing event to celebrate the successful completion of the pilot phase of Project Dialect 2. As a big finale, we hosted a memorable day filled with inspiring messages and football3. Our partner, Primary School Dragojlo Dudic, kindly hosted the event on Friday, April 5th, titled “Let’s Win Together.”
During this special day, students, teachers, and big number of guests had the chance to see the creative works made by students who took part in workshops. It was a display of talent and innovation that impressed everyone.

But the event wasn’t just about digital literacy. There was also an exciting football3 tournament, where teams showed fair play and teamwork while cheering for each other. It showed how working together and having fun can lead to success.
The “Let’s Win Together” event brought everyone together to celebrate teamwork, creativity, and inclusivity. It proved that when we collaborate, we can overcome challenges and achieve great things. Congratulations to all involved for making it a truly special day!

Dialect 2 News

On Saturday, April 6th the football team of #ActionAid’s Community Center in Athens presented its digital content projects at the Plato Academy. Through the projects they created, the adolescents talked about the topics of the #DIALECT2 program, racism, and xenophobia, while spreading the messages of acceptance and respect. The projects were also presented by partner countries Italy, Serbia, and Hungary, which are concurrently implementing the project. The event closed with many happy faces, food, and of course, football!

Stay tuned for the program’s next activities! 

Dialect 3 News

During March 2024, the third partners’ meeting of DIALECT 3 “ADdressIng intersectionAL stEreotypes, building sChool communities of Tolerance through physical education”, was organized by AUTH in Thessaloniki with the participation of all partners.

During their 2-day meeting the three partners (ActionAid, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, National Centre for Social Research) discussed the progress of the present actions, and designed the upcoming actions. They also made a visit to the 6^th Highschool of Kalamaria where DIALECT3 methodology is implemented during PE classes and had the chance to discuss and exchange ideas with the PE teacher and the students.

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Τον μήνα Μάρτιο 2024, διοργανώθηκε από το ΑΠΘ στη Θεσσαλονίκη η τρίτη συνάντηση των εταίρων του DIALECT 3 “ADdressIng intersectionAL stEreotypes, building sChool communities of Tolerance through physical education”, με τη συμμετοχή όλων των εταίρων.

Κατά τη διάρκεια της διήμερης συνάντησής τους οι τρεις εταίροι (ActionAid, Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης, Εθνικό Κέντρο Κοινωνικών Ερευνών) συζήτησαν για την πρόοδο των τρεχόντων δράσεων του έργου και σχεδίασαν τις επερχόμενες δράσεις. Επίσης, πραγματοποίησαν επίσκεψη στο 6ο Γυμνάσιο Καλαμαριάς στο οποίο εφαρμόζεται η μεθοδολογία DIALECT3 στο μάθημα της Φυσικής Αγωγής και είχαν την ευκαιρία να παρακολουθήσουν δυο διδακτικές ώρες, και να συζητήσουν και να ανταλλάξουν ιδέες με την καθηγήτρια Φυσικής Αγωγής και τους μαθητές.

Dialect 2 News

Six beautiful months are behind us, six months full of football and fun.

But that was not typical football we played; that was football3 in action—a game where fun, fairness, and friendship take center stage. As the matches kicked off, players from different backgrounds came together, united by their love for the beautiful game and a shared commitment to fair play.


Players have engaged in dialogue, resolving disputes with words instead of fouls, and celebrating each other’s successes with genuine joy. In football3, every match is an opportunity to learn, grow, and build meaningful connections. It’s about more than just winning or losing; it’s about the journey—the shared experiences, the friendships forged, and the memories that last a lifetime.

For the last six months, we played with passion, played with purpose, and most importantly, we played with a smile on our faces. Because in football3, the true victory lies in the joy of playing together and having fun.

Dialect 2 News

If you were to ask us what children are better at or what they enjoy more, the answer we would give you before the start of the project is definitely football.

But what we learned in the previous period and disproved the initial thought is that there is no significant difference between football and digital literacy workshops.

We concluded that children enjoy both phases of the project equally. From the experience we gained in the previous period, it is clear that children have a desire to acquire new knowledge and skills, especially in the field of digital literacy and expression through video content. 

What is particularly important to us and what we are proud of is the development of teamwork skills, emotional intelligence (to learn about their emotions and how to express them as adequately as possible), inclusiveness, responsibility, and critical thinking, both on the pitch and at workshops in the classroom.

At the workshops, we also learned how to create digital content such as videos, blogs, posts, using digital platforms (e.g., online chats). The children learned to use the Internet as a source of information in a positive way, to distinguish fake from real news, and how to verify it. 

Through all these activities, the children acquired not only basic digital literacy skills related to the project, but also in a wider professional and social context.

The combination of football and workshops provides a comprehensive experience that supports the overall development of children by preparing them for the opportunities and challenges that await them in the future.  

Dialect 3 News

In total 44 secondary education professionals and 123 students from the Physical Education Department from the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki were trained on the DIALECT3 toolkit. Teachers from Athens, Thessaloniki, Igoumenitsa, Evia and university students participated in the trainings workshops through which they got trained on issues of inclusive school environment through the lesson of physical education and they played football in a different way where the goals are not that important as the fair play.

Teachers’ training focused on:

• equipping physical education teachers with the appropriate knowledge, skills and attitudes to implement inclusive education, diversity management and conflict management among students and
• enabling them to help students improve undesirable behaviors and attitudes towards tolerance and inclusion

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Οι εκπαιδεύσεις των εκπαιδευτικών και φοιτητών φυσικής αγωγής ολοκληρώθηκαν!

Συνολικά 44 καθηγητές και καθηγήτριες φυσικής αγωγής και 123 φοιτητές του Τμήματος Φυσικής Αγωγής του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης, εκπαιδεύτηκαν στo εκπαιδευτικό εργαλείο DIALECT3. Οι εκπαιδευτικοί από Γυμνάσια της Αθήνας, Θεσσαλονίκης, Ηγουμενίτσας και Χαλκίδας καθώς και οι φοιτητές/τριες από τη Θεσσαλονίκη συμμετείχαν σε εργαστήρια μέσα από τα οποία εκπαιδεύτηκαν σε ζητήματα συμπερίληψης στο σχολικό περιβάλλον μέσα από το μάθημα της φυσικής αγωγής και έπαιξαν ποδόσφαιρο με έναν διαφορετικό τρόπο, όπου τα γκολ δεν έχουν τόση σημασία όσο το fair play και η ομαδικότητα.

Οι εκπαιδεύσεις στόχο είχαν:

– Να εξοπλίσουν τους εκπαιδευτικούς (εν ενεργεία και μελλοντικούς) με την κατάλληλη γνώση και τις δεξιότητες να υλοποιούν συμπεριληπτική εκπαίδευση, να συντονίζουν με επιτυχία ομάδες με διαφορετικότητα και να διαχειρίζονται αποτελεσματικά τις συγκρούσεις μεταξύ των μαθητών/τριών.

-Να διευκολύνει τους εκπαιδευτικούς ούτως ώστε να υποστηρίξουν τους/τις μαθητές/τριες να βελτιώσουν ακατάλληλες συμπεριφορές και να ενισχύσει την συμπεριληπτική τους στάση προς τους/τις συμμαθητές/τριες τους.