ISLANDS SUMMARY
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Coordinator
🇮🇹 ITALY: ADS ADELANTE
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Partners
🇵🇹 PORTUGAL: CATTT
🇪🇸 SPAIN: BALEAR
THE ISLANDS
"ISLANDS: Inclusive Sports 4 Locals and Nature Development Strategies" aims to promote sports participation and active citizenship by empowering sports associations in remote and isolated areas. Coordinated by ASD ADELANTE, the project addresses environmental and social challenges while fostering inclusion for underrepresented groups. By leveraging the role of sports associations as agents of change, ISLANDS promotes community cohesion, sustainable practices, and innovative approaches to increase sports participation.
The project focuses on raising awareness of environmental and social challenges in remote contexts, training sports instructors as community leaders, and developing replicable tools to enhance sports engagement. It introduces innovative educational materials, community events, and sustainable sports practices to inspire a cultural shift towards environmental stewardship and social inclusion.
ISLANDS creates a transnational network of sports associations from Sardinia (Italy), Ibiza (Spain), and Azores (Portugal), sharing knowledge and best practices to address common challenges such as environmental sustainability, social inclusion, and sports accessibility. The project fosters international cooperation, strengthens community resilience, and contributes to EU priorities on inclusion, diversity, environmental sustainability, and active citizenship.
By promoting the role of sports as a tool for education, inclusion, and environmental awareness, ISLANDS aims to inspire a new model of community-based sports initiatives, creating a positive and lasting impact on remote and isolated European communities.
ISLANDS STORYTELLING
ISLANDS RESULTS
#1 COMMUNICATION CAMPAING
social and environmental challenges in isolated contexts
#2 COMMUNICATION CAMPAING
the role of sports associations as agents of change
#3 COMMUNICATION CAMPAING
dissemination of the guide on how to improve local sports offers in remote and isolated areas, including islands
OUTPUT 1. SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES IN REMOTE AND ISOLATED CONTEXTS, INCLUDING ISLANDS
Environmental challenges in remote and isolated contexts, including islands:
biodiversity conservation;
water resource management;
the impact of tourism;
sustainable agricultural practices.
Social challenges in remote and isolated contexts, including islands:
unemployment and job insecurity;
isolation and lack of infrastructure;
training and education opportunities;
cultural and linguistic integration;
social inclusion of minorities and vulnerable groups;
political participation and civic empowerment.
OUTPUT 2. SPORT, DIVERSITY AND IMPACT
Educating for diversity.
The importance of diversity education within the sports context, aiming to provide participants with the tools and knowledge to create inclusive and respectful sports environments.
The social role of sports associations and their impact on the community.
The significant role that sports associations play in society, emphasizing how they can positively influence their local community.
Instructors: agents of change.
Strengthening the role of sports instructors as leaders and agents of change within their communities, highlighting how they can use sport as a tool to promote positive social change.
OUTPUT 4. ISLAND Kit!
The kit includes:
GUIDE on how to improve local sports offers,
TIPS on:
organizing zero-impact events;
making training sessions more attractive and inclusive;
good practices to increase sports participation.
GRAPHIC SET for social media communication activities on:
sustainable practices to make a sports club green,
the benefits of sport for the community,
social challenges of isolated areas,
environmental challenges of isolated contexts.
OUTPUT 5. ISLAND ALLIANCE
It represents one of the key results of the ISLANDS project: an inter-island network connecting sports associations, local authorities, and stakeholders interested in promoting sport as a driver for social inclusion, environmental sustainability, and community development. The main goal of this activity is to create a long-term collaborative platform for the islands involved in the project and for other insular or remote areas interested.
ISLAND ALLIANCE Manifesto: a document summarizing the mission, values, and objectives of the network.
ISLAND ALLIANCE Webpage: an online space for cooperation, communication, and resource sharing.
Database of good practices and shared material: a collection of tools contributed by network members.
Report on the foundation of the Network: a document describing the founding process, activities carried out, and strategies for future sustainability.