Socio-Sports Meetings for people at risk of exclusion: exchange of experiences
The First Seminar on physical and sports activity as a tool for social inclusion” will be held on 2 June 2022. It is aimed at teaching and research staff and professionals in work and social assistance, education and psychology.
During the seminar, organised by the University of Barcelona and its Fundació Solidaritat, experiences will be exchanged on socio-educational intervention for social inclusion through physical activity as part of the ‘COMMUNITY’ and WAHDA projects. The UB’s Institute of Professional Development (IDP-ICE) collaborated in the activity.
Who?
Teaching and research staff.
Professionals who work with people in a situation of risk or who are at risk of exclusion and particularly with refugees and asylum seekers.
Professionals in education, pedagogy, work and social assistance, psychology, physical education and sports.
When?
Thursday 2 June 2022, from 9.30 am to 1 pm.
Where?
The University of Barcelona’s Mundet Campus. Levante building, 3rd floor, classroom 323-324.
Beneficiaries
Teaching and research staff interested in social inclusion, socio-educational intervention, sports and physical activity.
Professionals in work and social assistance, pedagogy and psychology.
Physical education teachers and teachers of similar subjects, linked to work with refugees and asylum seekers.
Programme
Thursday 2 June 2022, from 9.30 am to 1 pm.
- 9.30 am – 11 am. Welcome. Introduction to the seminar. Service learning experience of the University of Barcelona.
- 11 am – 12.30 pm. Exchange of experiences: the associations Superacció and La Rotllana and the ‘COMMUNITY’ and WAHDA projects. From the WAHDA team, the University of Carthage and the Tunisian association ADO+ will give an oral presentation of the results of their Participatory Action Research.
- 12.30 pm – 1 pm. Discussion and debate. Conclusions.
‘COMMUNITY’ project
This is an initiative of the University of Barcelona that has the support of the European Commission. Its objective is to promote the social inclusion of refugees in Barcelona through Socio-Sports Meetings: a socio-educational intervention that uses cooperative physical activity and service learning to help to form positive bonds, as equals, between people at risk of social exclusion and university students.
WAHDA project
This is an international cooperation project developed in Tunisia. Its objective is to strengthen the role of Tunisian civil society (especially for women and youth) in defending civic space by protecting civil and political rights and promoting social cohesion.
The University of Barcelona’s Fundació Solidaritat is one of the project’s partner organisations, together with the University of Carthage (UCAR) and the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH). It is coordinated by NOVACT with the Tunisian association ADO+ and the Catalan associations Superacció and La Rotllana participating.
WAHDA holds socio-sports meetings to reinforce social cohesion and community resilience of people at risk of exclusion through Participatory Action Research, a research and social intervention methodology that allows participants to identify structural elements that affect social cohesion, equal opportunities and gender equality.
Register now!
Though it is no longer possible to register for this seminar, we do invite you to sign up for the Socio-Sports Meetings that we hold every Wednesday from 4 pm to 6.30 pm in Barcelona. You will learn about our methodology of social inclusion through physical activity.