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Sports and PVE

鲍狈翱颁罢’蝉 Global Programme on Security of Major Sporting Events and Promotion of Sport and Its Values as a Tool to Prevent Violent Extremism leverages the universal appeal of sport as a powerful tool for preventing violent extremism conducive to terrorism (PVE). By promoting values such as tolerance, respect, cooperation, and fairness, sport helps build individual resilience, foster inter-religious and inter-cultural dialogue, and strengthen social cohesion within communities. 

The Programme’s efforts are underpinned by an approach which promotes human rights through sport, including the full, equal, and meaningful participation of women and youth in sport-based initiatives.
 

Main Activities

  • Support to Member States in Integrating Sport into National Action Plans for PVE

Based on requests from Member States, the Programme supports their efforts to integrate sport into National PVE Action Plans by promoting inter-agency collaboration and whole-of-society approaches to policymaking. UNOCT enhances knowledge-sharing, fosters partnerships—including with civil society organizations, sports associations, and clubs—and advocates for the active engagement of youth as key actors. 
 
  • Youth Consultation on Preventing Violent Extremism Through Sport 
 UNOCT organizes youth dialogues with decision-makers to ensure that youth voices are integrated into policies and practices which make use of sport for PVE. For example, the Programme co-organized the UN-African Union Youth Forum on The Role of Young People in the 13th African Games in Accra in November 2023. 
  • Awareness-Raising Campaign on the Power of Sport 

鲍狈翱颁罢’蝉 #MoreThanAGame campaign was launched in partnership with the Generation Amazing Foundation, to highlight stories of professional athletes and young people whose lives have been positively changed through sport. Following its main activation during the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the campaign continues to promote the role of sport for PVE. 

Statements of Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov about Sport, development and peace:

More Than a Game: the Campaign

Publications

This Guide assists policymakers and other key sport stakeholders in the integration of sport-based initiatives into national strategies for preventing violent extremism conducive to terrorism.

The Guide for Policymakers is available in: AR, CH, EN, FR, RU, SP

An addendum to this guide, “A Gender Responsive Approach for Sports-for-PVE Programming: Identifying the Gaps", was developed to assist in the identification of the existing gaps in gender-responsive approach to sports-for-PVE initiatives, is available here: EN

鲍狈翱颁罢’蝉 E-Learning course on Preventing Violent Extremism through Sport provides guidance for policymakers, practitioners, local authorities, international and regional organizations, the private sector, sports federations and associations, athletes, youth leaders, academic researchers, and civil society on how to integrate sport into strategies and National Action Plans to foster resiliency to violent extremism.

The course is available on 鲍狈翱颁罢’蝉 award-winning

Want to learn more about 鲍狈翱颁罢’蝉 impact? Hear the inspiring stories from young people impacted by the Global Sports Programme

 

Photo Gallery

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UNOCT presenting its #MoreThanAGame campaign, during a seminar, co-organized with the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Indonesia, October 2024, Bali, Indonesia. Photo/UNOCT.

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The Programme’s Global Youth Forum during the 9th UNOAC Global Forum, November 2022, Fez, Morocco. Photo/UNOCT.

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Girls football match, Grant Scheme for Civil Society Organizations, Credits: Tdh Lebanon/Ahmad Farhat

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Participants in the Programme’s workshop, Intergenerational Dialogue on the Role of Youth in PVE through Sport, Rabat, Morocco, June 2022. Photo/UNOCT.