
SportImpact presents East Timor ‘Sport for Life’ events at the SPLISS World Congress on Elite Sport Policy
SportImpact abstract “‘Sport for Life’ events. Bonding sport development and development through sport in remote areas of East Timor” will be presented by Loïc Pedras at the SPLISS World Congress on Elite Sport Policy on Monday 23 & Tuesday 24 November 2015 in Melbourne.
About the event ‘Sport for Life’
The “Sport for Life” event is co-organized by SportImpact with as many local groups and organizations as possible, to offer to kids, the youth and the public in general the opportunity to try a variety of sports in one place (typically a local major football field or stadium if available). We invite all the schools in the region to bring their kids. The objective is to show that a large infrastructure is not necessary to implement these events and to encourage local groups and associations to organize similar initiatives in the future.
These events also include health and education components (so far on non-smoking and no littering). Sportimpact is looking for partners who can see the events as a good channel and may want to enrich them with their own contents.
About SportImpact
SportImpact is a social business with the mission to promote human development through sport. Our founders are experts in sport management, social entrepreneurship and conflict management, with a diversity of international experiences developing sport in countries such as Timor-Leste, Afghanistan, Brazil, Portugal and Singapore.
For more information: www.sportimpact.org | www.facebook.com/sportimpact.org
Contacts: events@sportimpact.org, Tel. (+670) 7801 4000
About Loïc Pedras
Loïc Pedras is a director of SportImpact and focuses on Sport Development Policies, the research area of his ongoing PhD. He also lectures on Strategic Planning and Sports Law at several universities.