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AEJST – ETSGA

Association Européenne des Jeux et Sports Traditionnels European Traditional Sports and Games Association

A movement of civil society? Between sport and culture  

- International NGO registered in France- About 60 active members amounting to several hundreds of thousands of members

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Goals …

1. Join forces in order to organize festivals and meetings, conferences and seminars.

2 – Gather the results of our work: books, brochures, videos, etc ... to nourish other projects & research and to be a source of inspiration for our societies in terms of culture, socialization, education.

3. Support the establishment of new associations and extend the European network.

4. Provide a single point of contact for European and international institutions in order to be more visible and to make these institutions aware of the values of traditional games and sports.

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… and the philosophy of AEJST

Some key elements

Traditional games and sports are entertainment, socialization, education and culture.

Encourage and support: *the development and the practice of the traditional

sports and games *the recognition of the values contained by the

traditional sports and games in general.

No vertical decisions.

Discover and respect other (play) cultures.

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Internal organization

Non-pyramidal organization. Different backgrounds and skills are assets.

In this sense, an organization of 100,000 members and one of 500 members have the same voting rights.

There are no limits for members of the same country.

3 kinds of members:a - Confederations and federationsb - Cultural associations related to traditional games, training organizations and museums.c - Academic institutions and organizations dealing with school education.

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Examples of activities

NGO consultative member of CIGEPS-UNESCO (Inter-governmental committee for physical education and sport).

Participation in festivals, workshops, seminars around the world

NGO advisory committee member of the Unesco Intangible Heritage section

NGO consultative member of the global platform of traditional games

Founder of ITSGA (International Traditional Sports & Games Association), whose members are (sub)continental organizations

Various projects ...

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Intercultural project « Play with your hart, share your culture ! »

European culture in the light of Traditional sports and games

Realized with the support of the Culture 2000 program of the European Union (November 2005 - October 2006)

Realization of various projects

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Actions programmées dans le projet

- Inventory of traditional games still practiced by adults

- Inventory of existing publications (books, films, websites)

- Creation of a database describing the games

- Scientific analysis (with socio-educational criteria) of these games

- Realization of footage of the games

- Realization of a DVD summarizing the different movies

- Publication of articles in several scientific journals

- Organization of a final symposium

- Publication of the proceedings of the symposium and the project

- Organization of a traditional games festival with 75 different games

- Creation of a web portal making discover many games

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Partners- AEJST - Association Européenne des Jeux et Sports Traditionnels - FILC - Fédération Internationale des Luttes Celtiques - Consejo General de Colegios Officiales en Education Fisica y Ciencias de la

Actividad Fisica y el Deporte de España, Madrid (Spain)- Vlaamse Traditionele Sporten (Flanders - Belgium)- Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife – (Canary Islands - Spain)- Universidad de Las Palmas, Grand Canaria – (Canary Islands - Spain)- Colegio de Profesores de Educación Fisica de Cataluña (Catalonia – Espagne)- Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego (Poznañ - Poland)- Instituto de Educación Secundario de Val d’Aran (Catalonia-Spain)- CTS national des quilles de huit, (Aveyron - France) - Museo de Tárrega , (Catalonia - Spain)- Federaxon Esport Nohtra Tera (Val d’Aosta - Italy)- Asociación Galega do Xogo Popular e Tradicional (Galicia - Spain)- Universidad de Murcie - Facultad Ciencias de la actividad física y el deporte.- Universidad Católica de Murcia (Murcia - Spain)

Co-organizers Museo de Juegos Tradicionales (Campo – Aragon/Spain) Institut Nacional d’Educació Fisica de Catalunya (Spain)Centro de promoción de la cultura popular i tradicional catalana (Catalonia)Federación Cántabra de Bolos (Cantabria - Spain)Confédération FALSAB (Bretagne - France) Sportimonium (Flanders - Belgium)Fédération des Foyers ruraux du Gers (Midi Pyrénées - France)Federación Catalana de Bolos (Catalonia - Spain)Odiana - Associação Para o Desenvolvimento do Baixo Guadiana (Portugal)

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