BasketforAll - Basketball as a Tool for Social Empowerment

In the light of our project’s overall aim “Increasing the intersectoral cooperation among active sport actors across Europe to draw attention to the inclusion and empowerment of youngsters with fewer opportunities into basketball field”, 12 months action plan under 2 WPs has been designed. With the consortium consisting of 1 (non-profit) Foundation, BIDEV from Turkey and 2 Sport Clubs BK Klatovy from Czechia and SCS from Bulgaria; we are aiming to raise the capacities of the organizations by exchanging know-how and underlining how basketball can be used to support the social empowerment of young people from upbringing backgrounds. The applicant organization BIDEV is one of the new non-profit institution founded by nationally and internationally well-known prominent persons with goal of creating social value and good will through and around basketball. With the involvement and contribution of our distinguished partners from BG & CZ, the first step in the field of small-scale partnership which is highly valued. The specific objectives of the project are: SO1- Bringing EU-labelled cooperation to local dimension to emphasize the importance of sport as a tool for social empowerment among NGOs, schools and sport clubs, SO2- Increasing the methodological capacities of youth coaches to improve the social empowerment of disadvantaged groups due to the youngsters’ upbringing backgrounds, SO3- Creating meetings, campaigns making them lead by youth in order to bring the role models together with youngsters to avoid their lack of motivation and give them inspiration to make the sport important place of their lives – and encourage them to be active To reach these objectives, 3 International Meetings and Local activities will be organised. Local intersectoral Meetings - to create further collaboration strategies in basketball-, Local Trainings by coaches – targeting 120 young people with fewer opportunities- Awareness raising campaigns and 3x3 Basketball Tournaments will be held.