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SIQ! Sports - Integration - Qualification

„Only in sports i don´t

feel like a foreigner!“

„Sport has the power to unite people!“

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Contents of this presentation:

• Information about SIQ! in general

• Specific informations about 3 central aspects:• Sports for muslim girls • Afghan Steiermark Cricket Club• International Allstar League Graz

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SIQ!Sports – Integration - Qualification

= a social integrative project

target group:

- minors with granted refugee status

- minors with granted subsidiary protection status

local sphere of activity:

Styria (main area in Graz)

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SIQ!Sport-Integration-Qualification

SIQ!

Work with the target group

courses, sport events, adventure

daysqualification

Theory and public relation

networkingeducation and

information

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SIQ!Work with the target group

Courses:weekly, free of charge, low-threshold• swimming • football• ball games for girls• sports for teenage girls• summer: tennis and running • winter: ice-skating• monthly Kindergarten-sports

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SIQ!Work with the target group

Sports clubs:• contact – escort – intermediation -

financial support

Sport events / competitions:• participation • organisation

• International Allstar League Graz

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SIQ!Work with the target group

Adventure days:• Skiing weekends• Climbing• Sledging

Go and see sport events:• Football, basketball, volleyball,..

GRAgustl:• Learn- and leisure time programme

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SIQ!Work with the target group

Qualification

How to become a coach, referee,....? → making an income with sports

clearing – registration – support

Approval of educations

Empowerment

Workshops Afghan Steiermark Cricket Club

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SIQ!Sport-Integration-Qualification

SIQ!

Work with the target group

courses, sport events, adventure

daysqualification

Theory and public relation

networkingeducation and

information

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SIQ!Theory and public relation

Networking• Partners like Sportunion,

Government of Styria (sports), City of Graz, NGOs, ENGSO,…

Education and Information• Workshops (conferences, Styrian

Football Federation,…)• Panel discussions and conferences

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Contents of this presentation:

• Information about SIQ! in general

• Specific informations about 3 central aspects:• Sports for muslim girls • Afghan Steiermark Cricket Club• International Allstar League Graz

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SIQ! Sports for muslim girls

• Cooperation with University Graz – Sports Institute

• Why teenage girls – espacially muslim girls – lose the contact to sports?

• master thesis• weekly sport course • panel discussion• conference• presentation of the results on 7. 12.

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SIQ! Afghan Steiermark Cricket Club

Empowerment!• Cooperation: Omega and SIQ!• Foundation of a club• Member of Austrian Cricket

Association• Club Board• Education• Youth work

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SIQ!Afghan Steiermark Cricket Club

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SIQ!International Allstar League Graz

• Cooperation with Youthcenter Don Bosco and Peaceoffice Graz

• Streetfootball-district-league

• Pilotproject 2011• 3 tournaments• 8 teams• only under 18

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SIQ!International Allstar League Graz

• Fair Play• self-governing• workshops

• Not the best playing, the most active team wins!

• Austrian Sports Integration Award 2011!

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• In addition to improving the health of European citizens, sport has an educational dimension and plays a social, cultural and recreational role.

• Sport helps the immigrants to develop relations with other members of society.

[EU white paper on sport]

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SIQ!Sport-Integration-Qualifikation

SIQ! is supported by the European Refugee Fund (ERF), the federal ministry of the Interior (BM.I), the city of Graz (integration department) and the government of Styria (department for youth)

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SIQ!Sport – Integration - Qualification

Thanks for your attention!

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