SportImpact at Doha GOALS

Nuno Delicado, SportImpact Director, was invited to facilitate a discussion on “Peacebuilding through Sport” at the Doha GOALS Forum, in Doha on November 3-5th.

Around one hundred participants in the forum took part in the session, where smaller groups brainstormed initiatives using sport as a tool for peace. In Nuno’s group, young delegates from China and Luxembourg generated ideas on using sport to connect convicts and ex-convicts with others outside prison, to facilitate reintegration and reduce recidivism.

Nicolas Sultan, from AT Kearney, coordinated a group of discussion leaders coming from a variety of organizations working in the field of sport for peace and development. Besides Nuno Delicado, from SportImpact in Timor-Leste, the group included:


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