ERASMUS+ Sport and Social Cohesion Lab (SSCL)
Projektleiterin
Dr. Karen Petry
Projektmitarbeiter
Louis Moustakas M.Sc.
Period of project
Januar 2021 – Dezember 2023
Partner
- In Safe Hands e.V. (Deutschland)
- Sport Against Racism Ireland (Irland)
- Institute Of Technology Tralee (Irland)
- The Hague University of Applied Science (Niederlande)
- International Sports Alliance (Niederlande)
- Palacky University Olomouc (Tschechische Republik)
- INEX-SDA / fotbal pro Rozvoj (Tschechische Republik
- Swiss Academy for Development (Schweiz)
- European Network of Sport Education (Österreich)
Projektförderung
European Commission - Erasmus+ 622025-EPP-1-2020-1-DE-SPO-SCP
Inhalt
Angesichts der zunehmenden Vielfalt in den europäischen Städten gilt die Förderung des sozialen Zusammenhalts (Kohäsion) als äußerst wichtig für die Stabilität und die Solidarität. Mit dem Wissen um die gestiegene Bedeutung des sozialen Miteinanders wurden Sport- und Bewegungsangebote in den letzten Jahren zunehmend als Instrumente zur Förderung des gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalts in Städten und Kommunen umgesetzt. Dabei wird deutlich, dass die derzeitigen Definitionen und Auffassungen von sozialer Kohäsion nur selten die Bedürfnisse, Erwartungen oder das Verständnis der Teilnehmer*innen von Angeboten vor Ort berücksichtigen. Außerdem fehlen Ansätze und Instrumente zur Messung, Bewertung und Verbesserung der Ergebnisse von Programmen, was dazu führt, dass es letztendlich an Evidenz und Transparenz bzgl. der Beantwortung der Frage nach den Wirkungen entsprechender Angebote mangelt.
Das Living Lab-Konzept bietet einen innovativen Ansatz zur Behebung dieser Wissens- und Umsetzungslücken. Mit diesem Ansatz wird das Projekt "Sport for Social Cohesion Lab" (SSCL) die Programmteilnehmer*innen direkt einbeziehen und sich mit der Frage beschäftigen, welche Sport- und bewegungsbezogenen Elemente den sozialen Zusammenhalt in Gemeinden fördern. Dazu werden im Rahmen des Projektes Erhebungsinstrumente zur Wirkungsmessung der Maßnahmen in unterschiedlichen Stadtvierteln in Deutschland, den Niederlanden, Irland und der Tschechischen Republik entwickelt.
Auf diese Weise soll das SSCL-Projekt das soziale Miteinander in Stadtvierteln mit hoher Diversität verbessern und Fachkräfte bei der Durchführung eines qualitativ hochwertigen Sport- und Bewegungsangebots unterstützen.
News
Kick-Off Meeting Februar/März 2021
1. Treffen in Den Haag, November 2021
Im November 2021 traf sich das von Erasmus+ finanzierte Sport and Social Cohesion Lab (SSCL) zum ersten Mal in Den Haag.
Das IESF als Koordinator des Projekts wurde in Den Haag von In Safe Hands e.V. (DE), Sport Against Racism Ireland (IR), Institute Of Technology Tralee (IR), The Hague University of Applied Science (NL), International Sports Alliance (NL), Palacky University Olomouc (CZ), INEX-SDA / fotbal pro Rozvoj (CZ), Swiss Academy for Development (CH) und dem European Network of Sport Education (AT) unterstützt.
Hauptziel dieses Treffens war es, vorhandenes Wissen und die ersten Ergebnisse der Arbeit in den Living Labs auszutauschen. Im Jahr 2022 werden die nächsten Schritte dieses innovativen, paneuropäischen Projekts darin bestehen, den Living-Lab-Ansatz angemessen zu erfassen, zu analysieren und an die jeweiligen Gegebenheiten anzupassen. Letztendlich wird das Projekt auch dazu beitragen, anderen Sportorganisationen, die sich in ihren Gemeinden engagieren und einen solchen Ansatz umsetzen wollen, Orientierungshilfe und Wissen zu vermitteln.
Vielen Dank an das Team von Den Haag für die tolle Organisation in diesen schwierigen Zeiten!
2. Treffen in Olomouc (CZ), Juni 2022
Second Meeting of the Sport and Social Cohesion Lab in Olomouc
The second international Sport and Social Cohesion Lab (SSCL) meeting took place in the city of Olomouc at the beginning of June. The SSCL project uses a highly-participatory Living Lab approach to engage participants, generate understanding of the elements that promote social cohesion in a sport setting and to develop relevant tools to allow for the exploration, measurement and improvement of social cohesion outcomes.
At the meeting, the partnering NGOs and universities from Czech Republic, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands presented their work progress and discussed current challenges, lessons and ways forward for their respective Living Labs.
After 1,5 days of intense brainstorming, discussions and presentations, the partners were able to watch a football3 tournament featuring youth from the Olomouc region, organized by the Czech partner "fotbal pro Rozvoj". The next steps of this innovative, pan-European project will be to continue the theoretical and practical work based on the gained knowledge as well as the creation of a toolkit, which will be released next year.
Thank you to our Czech colleagues for the warm hospitality and great organization!
3. Treffen in Dublin, November, 2022
In November, the Erasmus+ funded Sport and Social Cohesion Lab (SSCL) was able to meet for the third time in the city of Dublin!
The main objectives of this meeting were the sharing of the current results and activities of the unique living labs and discussions on the final steps of the project, including the creation of a toolkit for future Social Cohesion Labs.
Besides ENSE, the German partners from In Safe Hands e.V., Sport Against Racism Ireland (IR), the Institute Of Technology Tralee (IR), The Hague University of Applied Science (NL), International Sports Alliance (NL), Palacky University Olomouc (CZ), INEX-SDA / fotbal pro Rozvoj (CZ), the Swiss Academy for Development (CH) and the project coordinator, the German Sport University (DE), joined the meeting.
We had a great time at Croke Park, a big thank you to our Irish partner SARI for organizing this event!
Source: Sporteducation.eu Dublin
At the end of May, the Erasmus+ funded Sport and Social Cohesion Lab (SSCL) was able to meet for the fourth time in Prague, Czech Republic. The SSCL project works to implement a highly participatory Living Lab approach in four different sport-based programmes. In turn, this approach helps directly engage programme participants, involves all relevant stakeholders, and supports co-created approaches that allow for the exploration, measurement and improvement of social cohesion outcomes these diverse settings.
Organised by INEX-SDA / fotbal pro Rozvoj, the project partners met for three days and shared their experiences implementing this Living Lab approach within their sport-based programming. The main objectives of this meeting were to finalize the website as well as the toolkit for future to support future sport-based Living Labs as well as to discuss the final steps of the project.
In addition, we were able to meet representatives of several Prague municipalities and visited a youth centre in one of the Prague outskirts, Běchovice.
We are already looking forward to the next and final event in Cologne at the end of the year!
5. Finales Treffen in Köln, November 2023
At the beginning of November 2023, the Erasmus+ funded Sport and Social Cohesion Lab (SSCL) was able to meet for the fifth, and last time, in Cologne, Germany. One main goal of the three-year SSCL project was/is to support the implementation of a highly-participatory Living Lab approach within five sport for social cohesion programmes in four different European countries.
By implementing the approach, the SSCL project aims to increase social cohesion and support practitioners in delivering high-quality sport for social cohesion programmes.
The final project meeting was organised by the German Sport University (GSU). The partners met for two days and shared their latest experiences implementing this Living Lab approach within their sport-based programming. On the first day, the main objectives of the meeting were to finalize the SSCL Toolkit to support future sport-based Living Labs as well as to discuss the final steps of the project. On the second day, the project partners were invited to an interactive event with GSU students, discussing the chances and challenges of Living Labs across Europe. Thank you to everyone involved in this three-year journey and the hospitality of GSU this time!
We are still calling on organisations, practitioners and academics to share their experiences and insights on adopting participatory approaches (e.g. participatory action research, co-production, Living Labs) within their programmes. The call for articles can be found on sportanddev.org.
(author: Lisa Kalina, European Network of Sport Education)