The international organization Peace and Sport, and the International Judo Federation (IJF), signed a major global agreement Thursday during the 2008 SportAccord Convention in Athens, to set up joint programs aimed at education and development in the world using sport as the vector.
According to a media release the partnership strengthens Peace and Sport’s capacity to implement projects designed to bring the thrill and discipline of sports to underprivileged kids. The organization will benefit from the IJF’s support, technical resources and expertise to help improve living conditions for thousands of young people in distress.
Peace and Sport is based in Monaco under the High Patronage of Prince Albert II and acts in targeted areas ravaged by poverty, lack of social cohesion, or in the aftermath of armed conflict. It uses the values and the practice of sport to reconcile divided communities and to achieve sustainable peace, said the media release.
The organization works in close collaboration with governments and local parties and has the support of National and International Sports Federations, National Olympic Committees, and elite athletes to implement its programs.
