'Play it!' against racism

20.09.2010 13:54

'Play it!' against racism

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The FC Barcelona Foundation has attended the 2nd International Conference of Young People against Racism held in Barcelona. It gave a talk about how 'Play it!’ can be used to combat racism.

Thirty young people from member cities of the Coalition of Cities against Racism, sponsored by UNESCO, met in Barcelona from 10 to 13 September to learn more about racism and identify and oppose xenophobic behaviour.

Role of sport

The FC Barcelona Foundation is partnering UNESCO and the UNESCO Centre of Catalonia to fight against racism. At the conference it ran an event called 'Combating discrimination through sport’. This talk, given in English, was based around the online training resource 'Play it!’ and how it can be used to fight racism and discrimination.

Learning from examples

Through case studies the young people were able to learn about the initiatives being run in sport in the fight against racism, such as UEFA’s recommendations for tackling the problem.

Involved in social causes

This and other examples are included in the training resource 'Play it!’, which was presented to attendees at the conference so that they can use it in the European NGOs and associations to which they belong. The youngsters, aged between 16 and 26, came from Germany, Belgium, Greece, France, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine.