International Coalition kicks-off “EYVOL”, an EU-funded programme on “Empowering Youth Volunteers through Sport”

Save the Dream in Athens to start the implantation of two-year project EYVOL An international coalition of organizations from the Olympic Movement, the United Nations, Academia and civil society has started today “EYVOL – “Empowering Youth Volunteers through Sport”, a two-year project co-funded by the European Union within the Erasmus+ programme and aimed at developing...
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FITS FORUM

Over the last decade, sport, and more specifically football, has undergone exponential commercial and economic growth. With player transfers, television rights and sponsorship now worth billions of euros, football is a global business, with unprecedented impact in our societies and economies. Such economic growth has generated positive impact across many areas. But it has also...
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Follow-up meeting on MINEPS V recommendations

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) will host the first technical meeting on the manipulation of sport competitions to follow-up on the historic recommendations and commitments made by governments in Declaration of Berlin. Taking place in Doha, Qatar on the 16th and 17th September, this...
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Sport, Youth and Human Rights Conference

For some children sport is for fun. For others, sport is a passion that can lead to a professional career. Whether at grassroots, amateur or professional level, sport is a powerful tool for young people. Sport can contribute to achieving a number of goals, including promoting health and well-being, physical activity, education, youth empowerment, gender...
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Sport Integrity Unit expands investigation and intelligence capacity as joins forces with Clue to fight organised crime in sport

The Sport Integrity Unit (SIU) of the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) has strengthened its resources with the state-of-the-art Clue intelligence and case management technology. The Clue software provides the SIU with a leading support platform to consolidate and build on its operational and intelligence. The SIU was established by the ICSS in response...
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Guiding Principles for Protecting the Integrity of Sports Competitors

Sorbonne – ICSS Research Programme In 2014, the University Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne and ICSS grabbed global headlines after unveiling the results of pioneering two-year research programme involving over 70 international experts that explored the links between sport betting and sports result manipulation. A set of guiding principles were also developed to provide sport, government...
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Good Practices in the Investigation of Match Fixing

Resource Guide on Good Practices in the Investigation of Match-Fixing. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS)Sports bring out the best of us. Honour and fair play are integral to the conduct of sporting events, and to our enjoyment of them. But the joy that sports...
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