Project
INTRODUCTION
DIALECT
At a time when hate speech is a fact and the intersection between politics and football is leading mostly adolescents to radical groups and to racism, a shift in the use of football, as a means to promote solidarity is more imperative than ever.
DIALECT (Disrupting polarIsAtion: buiLding communitiEs of toleranCe through fooTball) project, co-funded by the European Union's Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (2014-2020), aims to bring together youth in four European countries, i.e. Greece, Hungary, Italy, Serbia, using football as a powerful tool to promote human rights and combat intolerance and xenophobia.
It will succeed in doing so by promoting community building through football and by forming a powerful network of change, rally together adolescents, their parents, local sports professionals and pioneer football players. This way, the programme will bring changes in the local communities and promote the values of acceptance of others and solidarity.
Through this collaboration network, the ultimate goal is to play football in a different way, spreading the message of “Football for All: making extreme discourses irrelevant” and disseminating the principles of equality and active citizenship.
By playing community-building football, DIALECT will create poles of understanding in local level, empowering adolescents and youth to practice on their conflict resolution skills and promoting social cohesion through the developed capacity of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and other local entities.
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Create collaborations
Aim of the project is to bring together adolescents of migrant and non-migrant background, CSO's, Sports Associations, Municipal and Public Authorities and Youth Leaders, and create a strong collaboration network among them for the progress of DIALECT
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Involve Adolescents
Young people living in four different countries will take part in the project, providing organizations with a better view on how adolescents feel about football and perceive relevant behaviors with the specific sport
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Play Football for ALL
Adolescents will be playing football in a different way, using the innovative football3 methodology. The goal is to create a shift in the use of football, by making it a tool for social change
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Build resilient communities
The values of equality, active citizenship and solidarity will be spread across teams and countries promoting powerful networks of change and community building
TRUE FACTS
Whats makes us different?
Adolescents, CSO's, Sports Associations, Municipal and Public Authorities, Youth leaders and members of the general public will be involved.
These groups of people will cooperate on the common ground of promoting the messages of solidarity, the need for understanding and the importance of combating intolerance and xenophobia.