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[IWS] ILO/Universitas: BEYOND THE SCORE BOARD: YOUTH EMPLOYMENT and SKILL DEVELOPMENT in the SPORTS SECTOR

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ILO
Universitas Programme
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/universitas/


Beyond the Score Board: Youth Employment Opportunities and Skill Development in the Sports Sector
Edited by Giovanni di Cola
SUMMARY
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/universitas/download/events/beyond_scoreboard_eng.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
FLYER
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/universitas/download/scoreboard_flyer.pdf
[full-text, 2 pages]

Order Information
ISBN: 978-92-2-117968-9
Price: 30 Sw.frs.; US$21.95; £13.95; 25 Euros
Trimmed Size: 6.25 x 9.5 inches;
16 x 24 centimeters
Page Count: xxvi+229 pages
Publication Date: July 2006

Abstract:
Offering insightful research from leading experts in the international,
governmental and academic communities, this comprehensive collection
examines how youth leadership and skills development can be fostered
through sports today. In many parts of the world, sport has proven to be
a powerful tool to promote education, health, development and peace ­ this
volume focuses on its vital role in the social development and employability
of young people.

It considers what sport means for social and economic development and
how it can be an innovative method of drawing attention to issues such
as HIV/AIDS prevention and the reduction of violence and poverty. The
need for ethically grounded sports management and physical education
in schools is also highlighted. The many challenges confronting the
sector are examined as well, such as women's empowerment in sport,
the social insertio

The book identifies what opportunities are available for employment at
the local, regional and global levels. Case studies and examples from
Europe, the United States, East Africa, Latin America and Asia are presented,
revealing how the sports sector often acts as a vehicle between local and
global markets.

Finally, the ILO's Youth Sport Program methodology is explained to illustrate
how sport can develop soft and core employability skills in a bottom
up approach. This is a concrete step toward officially recognizing the
importance of sports values and skills, and how they may benefit youth
in a global labour environment.


Table of Contents
Foreword by the UN Secretary General Special Advisor on Sport for Development
and Peace Mr. Adolf Ogi
Preface Mr. Djibril Diallo
About the contributors
Introduction Mr. Giovanni di Cola
PART I CHALLENGES IN THE SPORTS SECTOR
1. Key questions for policy decisions in sport
Dr. Jean-Loup Chappelet and Dr. Eleni Theodoraki
2. Physical education and sports sciences: Challenges and opportunities
Dr. Gudrun Doll-Tepper
3. Women, leadership and the Olympic Movement
Dr. Ian Henry and Ms. Anita White
4. The Paralympics: Right to participate, rights to win
Sir Philip Craven, Ms. Cheri Blauwet and Ms. Amy Farkas
5. What does sport have to do with HIV/AIDS?
Dr. Richard L. Sowell
PART II OPPORTUNITIES AT THE GLOBAL AND REGIONAL LEVELS
6. Employment opportunities in the sports sector: A review of the European situation
Pr. Jean Camy
7. The European social dialogue in sports
Pr. Roger Blanpain and Dr. Michele Colucci
8. Imagining the future: The US sporting goods industry in 2010
Mr. Gregg Hartley and Mr. Dan Kellams
9. Promoting sports in Africa: An opportunity for social and economic development
in the East African Community
Dr. Michael K. Boit
10. Sports and local economic development in Latin America: Case studies of Peru and El Salvador
Mr. Giovanni di Cola
PART III THE CONTRIBUTION OF SPORT TO YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
11. The athletic coach as invitational leader
Dr. Betty L. Siegel and Mr. Mike Spino
12. Safe and healthy sport: A training package for youth
Dr. Laurent Rivier
13. The impact of sport on the social development of young people and the wider community,
a case study: YCSCA
Mr. Geoff Thompson
14. The dynamic synergy between tourism and sport and its effect on poverty reduction
Ambassador Dho Young-shim
15. The ILO Youth Sport Programme: Identifying jobs, core and soft skills for employability
Mr. Giovanni di Cola
Annexes
I The General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF): A mirror of sports
Mr. Don E. Porter
II Youth insertion and vulnerability reduction through sport in Mozambique


For a sample of other studies and publications from Universitas, see --
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/universitas/publi.htm

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