Featured events


7-9 September 2012
Brussels Games
Brussels

Brussels Gay Sports will offer a weekend of fun and fairplay in the capital of Europe, with volleyball, swimming, badminton, and tennis, as well as fitness and hiking.

Learn more HERE.
26-28 October 2012
QueergamesBern
Bern, Switzerland

The success of the first edition of the QueergamesBern proved the need for an LGBT multisport event in Switzerland. This year will be even bigger, with badminton, bowling, running, walking, floorball.

Learn more HERE.
17-20 January 2013
Sin City Shootout
Las Vegas
The 7th Sin City Shootout will feature softball, ice hockey, tennis, wrestling, basketball, dodgeball, bodybuilding and basketball.

Learn more HERE.

13-16 June 2013
IGLFA Euro Cup
Dublin
After this year's edition in Budapest at the EuroGames, the IGLFA Euro Cup heads to Dublin for 2013, hosted by the Dublin Devils and the Dublin Phoenix Tigers.

Learn more HERE.

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Council of Europe conference: "Fight Against Racism and Violence through Diversity in Sport”"

Last October the Council of Europe organized an international conference devoted to the fight against racism and violence through diversity in sport" in Belgrade, Serbia.

“Tolerance, mutual respect and fair play are at the heart of every sport and must be promoted by all” announced Mrs Snezana Samardzic, Minister of Youth and Sport, Republic of Serbia.

Four ministers and representatives from 24 European countries met together at this conference in search of solutions and remedies to combat this threat.

Organised by the Council of Europe Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS), in co-operation with the Serbian Ministry of Youth and Sport and the European Convention on Spectator Violence, this pan-European conference aims to promote existing Council of Europe standards and develop new strategies and measures to prevent violence and racism in sport, but also to strengthen education policies and foster co-operation between all authorities concerned.


Developing political and legal grounds in the fight racism and violence in sport both locally and at the pan-European level, as well as educational and preventive measures were also major topics.

Apart from the prevention of violence and discrimination through sport, the participants discussed the contribution of sport to intercultural dialogue, but also work with youth and children through education. Focusing on the need for a legal framework, both locally and at the European level, the conference also considered measures for identifying and prosecuting offenders.

For 2010, it is expected that another EPAS Conference will allow discussion on ways to fight discrimination based on other grounds (religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, etc).

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