Social inClusion Of REfugee women through sport

Background Refugee women are probably the most vulnerable group of the refugee population. The need for an effective involvement and integration in the host community has been highlighted by both EU policies and research. Sports as a social context can be seen as a safe place for personal and social development, as an arena for social interaction. Thus, the SCORE project aimed to use sports as the vehicle for promoting social integration of refugee women. Objectives The project’s main objective referred to the enhancement of social inclusion of refugee women through sports by implementing a number of activities. The activities included a research study, a capacity building training course and a digital web-tool aiming to:To support and train sport coaches to develop skills and competencies towards diversity managementTo encourage refugee women to get involved with sportsTo create links between sports sector and refugees’ communities Implementation The project’s implementation was developed in three chronological phases which coincided with the different activities and needs of the project. The project’s implementation concerned the following activities:Project managementImplementation of intellectual outputsMonitor and evaluationDissemination Achievements The project results concerned the outcome of the intellectual output’s implementation:A handbook included a research study about refugee women’s sport participation, targeting refugee women’s and sport coaches’ perception, together with a good practices reportA capacity building training course concerning inclusive sport coachingA web-tool for integration through sports where the developed material has been uploadedAll project’s results are available to every interested individual/entity.