FGG at 7th World Conference on Sport, Education and Culture

The 7th World Conference on Sport, Education and Culture, organized by the International Olympic Committee and UNESCO, will take place next month in Durban, South Africa.

FGG Ambassador Leigh-Ann Naidoo and Hlengiwe Buthelezi, delegate for FGG member organization TOGS, will be representing the FGG at this event.

The motto of the conference is “Giving a Voice to Youth”. During a youth session, organised within the conference, young participants at the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) that were held in Singapore in August, will talk about their personal experience at this very first edition and also exchange with their South African peers. Young people will also be given the floor in other sessions to offer their first-hand input on learning experiences in the fields of sport, education, culture and society.

Other discussions, to take place in plenary and parallel sessions, will focus on values-based education, the Cultural Olympiad, education for sustainable development and how to develop a culture of healthy lifestyles, to name just a few.