Sport Zajedno

Promoting Social Inclusion And Reconciliation Through Grassroots Youth Sport

About the project

The "Sport Zajedno" project aims at promoting social inclusion and post-conflict reconciliation among young people in and through grassroots sport across the Western Balkans. Methods to achieve this objective include training, education, awareness-raising, capacity-building of local grassroots sport stakeholders and youth sport interventions. The project brings together civil society organisations and sport clubs from Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia.

Duration

February 2024 to January 2026

Activities

Management- and Coordination activities

Transnational Partner Meetings in Zagreb, Vienna, Belgrade, Sarajevo & Prishtina

Developing criteria for inclusive sport events and training of multipliers

Come Together Workshop (April 2024, Zagreb)
European Training of Multipliers (November 2024, Belgrade)
Online Mentoring Sessions & Manual "Organising inclusive sport events"

Implementation of inclusive grassroots sport activities

Girls Football Festival (June 2024, Vienna)
3x3 Basketball Zajedno Cup (July 2025, Sarajevo)

Awareness-raising & camp; Building local partnerships

Local Inclusive Sport Events (2025 in all partner countries)
Cross-border Mini-Van Tour in the European Week of Sport (September 2025)

Impact and dissemination

Online Toolbox
Final Seminar "Lessons Learned and Safeguarding Sustainability (November 2025, Prishtina)

Contacts & partners

VIDC - fairplay Initiative
Möllwaldplatz 5/9, 1040 Vienna
David Hudelist
hudelist [AT] vidc [DOT] org
www.fairplay.or.at

NK Zagreb 041 (Croatia)
Tea Radovic
tea.radovic [AT] gmail [DOT] com
www.nkzagreb041.hr

NGO Atina (Serbia)
Zorana Parezanovic
zorana.parezanovic [AT] atina.org [DOT] rs
www.atina.org.rs

iZi - Igrajmo zajedno inicijativa (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
Benjamin Dragoli
benjamin [AT] izi [DOT] ba
www.izi.ba

YIHR - Youth Initiative for Human Rights (Montenegro)
Vaskrsija Klacar
vaskrisija [AT] yihr [DOT] org
www.yihr.me

KFV Prishtina - (Kosovo)
Armenda Filipai
armenda.filipa [AT] gmail [DOT] com
www.kfv-prishtina.com

Project website