Doha, Qatar: Save the Dream and its partners in the EU ERASMUS+ Crossing the Boundaries through Sport ‘CrosSport’ project, the International Olympic Truce Centre (IOTC), Spanish Fundación Sevilla Fútbol Club, and Italy’s Fondazione Lazio 1900 hosted the final conference of the project held at Centro Desportivo Nacional do Jamor in Lisbon, Portugal. The event represented an opportunity to commemorate the World Refugee Day by sharing a positive message of integration, inclusion, cohesion, tolerance, and solidarity. Discussions revolved around an insight-sharing debate where project partners, participating organizations, the Community Leader for Sport Inclusion in the hosting communities (CLIS) of the Sport for Inclusion Activist in the refugee community (SIA), and representatives of the refugee community who presented key activities, results, and challenges of the project.
Participants also shared insights on the future perspectives of the project implemented as a pilot action which tested a new working methodology and adjusted it to each country’s specific conditions, focusing on the benefits for the refugees and the stakeholders supporting them. CrosSport project is a trans-European partnership that fosters inclusion and integration of youth refugees through sport by establishing collaborative mechanisms and peer-to-peer platforms to empower sports organizations and connect them with integration-focused social development organizations. It was designed and impleme.