Abstract

Sport as a Mediator between Cultures successfully occurred from 15-17 September, 2011, at Wingate Institute of Physical Activity and Sport, Israel. The scientific programme had a diversity of speakers, including keynote speeches from Fred Coalter, who called for increased scrutiny in defining `development´ and refining expected outcomes in the field of sport for development and peace; and Cora Burnett, who shared her theories and practical experiences with monitoring and evaluation tool creation and implementation in Southern Africa. A panel discussion between Wilfried Lemke, UN, Elizabeth Longworth, UNESCO, Manfred Lämmer, German Sport University Cologne, and Gudrun Doll-Tepper, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, emphasised the need for the sport for development and peace community to come together to form stronger partnerships from the grassroots level to policy making organisations to advocate, secure funding and ensure quality programming. During her final report, that concluded the formal conference programme, ICSSPE President Margaret Talbot linked the various discussions and emphasised the importance of the intrinsic values of sport and physical education as well as physical learning, the process of learning in and through the body. She also suggested possible future directions for the sport for development and peace field, pointing out the importance of increasing research initiatives that focus on the use of sport in mediating across borders, sharing knowledge achieved in order to improve upon practice and policy and widening of a sustainable networking. During the conference participants had the opportunity to take part in workshops presented by Budo for Peace (Martial Arts), Football 4 Peace (Football), Mifalot (Football) and Kickfair (Football), all non-government organisations currently working in the Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian region to use sport to build respect and integration between cultures. Staff members from all organisations showed and explained teaching techniques and pedagogical tools they use in their programmes. Die Autoren und ihre Beiträge sind: 1. Coalter, Fred: Sport for Development: Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will. 2. Burrmann, Ulrike: The Capacity of Organised Sport for the Integration of Migrants in Germany. 3. Sugden, John: Turning Splashes into Ripples and Ripples into Waves - Critical Pragmatism and Social Change through Sport in Deeply Divided Societies. 4. Burnett, Cora: Local Agency in Sport for Development and Research. 5. Gieß-Stüber, Petra; Rato Barrio, Maria; Ley, Clemens: Physical Education and Sports as Tools to Promote Intercultural Living Together Processes: Conceptual Basics and a Drafted Approach for a Transnational Research Programme. 6. Koski, Pasi: Sport and Cultures - Bonding and/or Bridging. 7. Pühse, Uwe; Barker, Dean; Barker-Ruchti, Natalie; Gerlach, Erin; Sattler, Simone; Gerber, Markus: Social Integration in and through Sports in Adolescents with Migration Background in Switzerland. 8. Lidor, Ronnie; Blumenstein, Boris: Working with Basketball Players from Different Cultures: A Sport Psychology Perspective. 9. Eldar, Eitan: Educating through Movement: Using Physical Activity to Support Social Skills/ Values and Self-control. 10. Eekeren, Frank van; Vermeulen, Jeroen: The Sport Leader and Sport Coach as Identity Agents for Youths. 11. Nujeidat, Ghazi: Local Perspective for Sport Projects Promoting Social Inclusion. 12. Goslin, Anneliese; Kluka, Darlene: Synergy of Sport, Social Capital and Universities. 13. Schulenkorf, Nico: Benefits of Intercultural Co-operation in Sport-for-Development: Complementing International Expertise with Local Community Knowledge. 14. Hillyer, Sarah J.: Sport, Peace & Conflict: Mapping the Field. 15. Kamberidou, Irene: Athletes United for Peace: Reconciliation through Sport. 16. Ahmad, Aisha: The Women's Islamic Games: A Space for Cross-cultural Dialogue? Unravelling the British Female Experience. 17. Georgescu, Luminita: Challenges of Intercultural Healthy Lifestyle Integration: A Romanian Perspective. 18. Hutzier, Yeshayahu; Hay-Sagiv, Tamar; Ben-Ezer, Inbal; Dinold, Maria: Twinned Wheelchair Basketball Schools for Peace and Inclusive Education. 19. Djobova, Stefka; Dasheva, Daniela: Development of Projects on the Basis of Local Needs: Sports Projects for Economic Growth and Community Development. 20. Bohnstedt, Kristina: How Professional Football Clubs Can Contribute to Sustainable Development Work: Scort's "Football Clubs for Development and Peace" Partnership Programme, Scort Foundation. 21. Sugden, Jack: Workshop Report: Why and How We Do What We Do Football for Peace (F4P). 22. Hakim, Danny: Martial Arts: A Conduit of Behavioural Change and Cross-cultural Acceptance, Budo for Peace. 23. Breimer, David; Gather, Matthias; Ben-Ezer, Inbal: Football, Learning and Education, The Peres Center for Peace/KICKFAIR. 24. Burg, Avraham; Gal, Eran; Peleg, Gal: "Civil Service", Mifalot. Veranst.-Information und Inhaltsverzeichnis