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2012/13 FARE Action Weeks Review Aktionswochen | Settimane d’Azione Tydzień Akcji | Semaines d’action Неделях действий | Semanas de Acción
LOOKING BACK TO LOOK FORWARD The Football People Action Weeks campaign represents a unique coming together in football – where the top level of the sport, clubs, players and leagues join the grassroots, community sector and fans to stand against discrimination and to tackle social exclusion. In doing so football is contributing to the development of communities, empowering young people and giving voice to the marginalised. The initiatives represented in this review are illustrative, they do not come close to representing the full scope of activities, or their impact, but through highlighting these we hope to set out some of the ways in which the aims of the Action Weeks – to challenge discrimination and bring people together – are being met.
44 countries First launched in 2001, with nine countries participating, the Weeks have since grown to become the largest series of activities of their kind in European sport. In 2012 there were events in 44 countries. For the first time, activities took place outside Europe as the Sacred Sports Foundation in St. Lucia, the South African Football Players Union and Major League Soccer in the United States, offered their support. To help the development of grassroots interventions the FARE network offers seed-corn funding to supporters groups, minority groups, NGO’s and amateur clubs. In 2012, we awarded 227 small grants to support projects challenging exclusion and providing support to minorities and socially marginalised or excluded groups.
The spirit of challenge Every year we see more and more innovation, the spirit of challenge comes together with optimism, creativity and determination to contribute to social change. Panel discussions, educational workshops, themed football tournaments have always been part of what takes place, they are now joined by ever elaborate fan choreographies, exhibitions and flash mobs.
Working in collaboration We believe that collaboration is the key to the way in which we can achieve our objectives. The activities provide a focus for ethnic minority groups, the LGBT community, NGO’s and fan groups who are joined in action by professional clubs, leagues and national associations who pledge their support, as do European football’s governing body UEFA. Our belief is that regardless of our background, where we come from, or what part we play in the game, we are all Football People. “Diversity makes the team, football and our society stronger” Philipp Lahm, Germany and Bayern Munich captain.
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ETHNIC MINORITIES SELF-EMPOWERMENT THROUGH FOOTBALL
FARE believes in the ability of sport to tackle social exclusion. We have supported groups from an ethnic minority background and sought to empower migrants and refugees since the network was established. Amongst the ethnic minority groups active this year:
The Center also participated in Think And Draw Together, an event organised by the Congress of National Minorities of Ukraine which brought together youth groups, refugees and various ethnic minorities for workshops on combating discrimination in sport. Participants designed t-shirts and created a banner in support for Olaolu Femi, a Nigerian student in Lugansk charged with assault after defending himself during a xenophobic attack.
University of Athens students Roma project, Greece As austerity measures in Greece place marginalised groups at greater risk of becoming entirely excluded from mainstream society and some political parties ferment tensions that are leading to increased racial attacks, there are also new social projects responding. A group of students at the International Studies department of the University of Athens launched an Education for Roma children project in the Roma camp of the district of Halandri, which has been repeatedly targeted by the far- right Golden Dawn party. The students organised an activity day and a football match with an anti-racist message to the district.
African Centre Kiev, Ukraine The African Centre represents migrants to Ukraine of many African and Asian countries. For the 2012 Action Weeks they organised a football tournament in co- operation with the Dombass National Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture with participants from Angola, Azerbaijan, Cameroon, Congo, D. R. Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal and locals from the Donetsk region. Representatives distributed flyers promoting diversity and mutual understanding; spoke about the reality of racism and intolerance in everyday life and encouraged members of the public to join them.
The young people, who are confined to the camp, made their own banners and medals for the match and experienced the inclusive power of football beyond barriers of race, borders and nationality.
African Care Ry, Finland Founded in 2001 by African women working in the health and social sector in Helsinki, African Ry is committed to empowering women, in particular from African communities, in Finland.
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To encourage women and girls from immigrant and refugee communities to try out football, African Care Ry facilitated a discussion for grassroots organisations working with women and girls to devise better ways of targeting female migrants to participate in football and other sports. The well-attended meeting yielded positive results with the group now working with the Helsinki City school board. An open football taster session was the second part of the activity. The event was open to the wider community, male and female players with South American and European migrants attending the session.
Black and Asian Coaches Association, England The Black and Asian Coaches Association (BACA) held a training session and panel discussion that focused on the safeguarding of young players from minority communities. Youth players, their parents, and coaches across London joined a panel discussion, featuring Clark Carlisle, professional footballer and Chairman of the PFA, the English players union.
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The south London group also invited young players and their parents from the ethnically diverse neighbourhood to the local community sports centre to take part in inter-cultural training. The children were taught footballing skills and techniques with Clark Carlisle leading the session, but also the importance of commitment and determination, using his own life as evidence for achieving success. BACA’s activities were aimed at making young athletes aware of the values that can come from football, irrespective of the prospect of being involved in professional football.
The Eagles Wings Youth Club, Ireland The Eagles Wings celebrated the Action Weeks with a series of activities in their local youth club in Louth, Ireland.
The group, which brings together migrants and local youth, ran football matches in local schools with coaching classes with pupils from both Irish and ethnic minority backgrounds.
the cities of Bender, Tiraspol and smaller villages from the Slobozia district. Around 30 children and teenagers, many of whom have never shared the experience of playing in an organised event, took part in the action.
After a week of sporting activities, the groups came together at a joint dinner party at the youth club for an open discussion to exchange ideas and make suggestions for future events.
Other groups representing ethnic minorities taking part in 2012 included: FC POLSKA, Austria; Forum Afrika e.V., Germany; Fundacja dla Wolnosci, Poland; FURD, England; KVO Róma, Slovakia; Salaam Peace, England, Swiss Minorities Sports Culture & Integration (Swiss Minors), Switzerland; Union Vienna Türkgücü SKV, Austria; Zimbabwe Newport Volunteering Association, Wales.
Centre for the Rights and Interests of Indigenous Roma, Moldova The Support and Protection Centre for the Rights and Interests of Indigenous Roma, which works for the empowerment of Moldova’s national minority, joined FARE in 2012 for the first time. Embracing the Football People theme, the group held a three-day tournament for youngsters living in Roma settlements and communities in
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LGBT GROUPS TACKLING HOMOPHOBIA
While progress in the fight against racism in the sporting context has been made over the last decade, other forms of discrimination remain unchallenged. Sexism, homophobia and discrimination against the disabled have seen less focus to tackle prejudice and open up opportunity. To support LGBT communities and create an environment where fear of discrimination because of sexual orientation is a thing of the past, FARE has been working with the European Gay and Lesbian Sports Foundations (EGLSF) for some years. As a result of this co-operation an increasing number of groups staged activities against homophobia and for more visibility of LGBT people in football.
A spontaneous football match took place in Erzsébet square, one of Budapest’s main streets, when 16 active members of the club came together on a busy Saturday afternoon. During the match players donned t-shirts with labels representing different minority groups to send out an inclusive message. As one of the first LGBT sport clubs in Hungary, FriGo actively tackles racism and discrimination in the game and promotes LGBT rights in sport and culture. The group’s activities include art and other cultural themed workshops and events. In August 2012, the club hosted the EGLSF EuroGames in Budapest, an open sports festival attracted more than 3,800 athletes and several thousand supporters.
Friss Gondolat Egyesület (Fresh Thought Association), Hungary
NRG Women, Ukraine
Hungarian sports club and think-tank, FriGo (Friss Gondolat Egyesület – Fresh Thought Association) joined the Action Weeks with a flash mob in Budapest.
Kiev women’s club NRG staged a ‘join-in’ activity to raise awareness of homophobia in the Ukrainian capital. The group’s participation was the
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first time an openly LGBT group in Ukraine took part in a country where homophobic attacks are common and parliament has sought to pass a law against “homosexual propaganda”. On the day of parliamentary elections, members of NRG gathered in Kiev’s busiest high street, Khreschatyk, to raise awareness of homophobia and tackle prejudice by challenging passers-by to compete with two of their female players juggling the ball. Warnings that the group risked attack during their activity were eased by the encouraging reactions of onlookers who participated actively and took the information materials.
Mundo Solidario Sport, Familias Por Las Diversidad and Colegas, Spain Mundo Solidario Sport and Familias Por Las Diversidad, in co-operation with seven regional LGBT rights groups of the Colegas association, ran an
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awareness campaign against homophobia in sport through schools and in stadiums across Spain. On match days the groups put up information stalls in front of stadiums and disseminated leaflets and other resources against discrimination. Local secondary schools were provided with an internet-based exhibition Sports and Homosexuality to be used as an educational resource. The collaboration concluded with an amateur football championship against discrimination, during which the groups offered general Information about sexism, racism and homophobia and tips against discrimination in sports. A booklet about inclusive language and a clubs and a fans guide was handed out. Other LGBT groups participating in 2012 included: Chrzaszczyki, Poland; Dublin Devils FC, Ireland; FC Paris-Arc-En-Ciel, France; qSPORT, Croatia; Queerfootballfanclubs, Switzerland; Volksparkjunxx, Germany.
DISABILITY ACTION
People with disabilities often have only restricted or no access to football as players and fans. The Football People Weeks are a period to raise awareness of discrimination of disabled people and reach out to make the game more inclusive.
Handifanclub, France In 2012 Handifanclub, a French organisation that helps disabled Olympic Marseille supporters to follow their team at home and away matches, took part in the Action Weeks for the first time through our colleagues at the Centre for Access to Football (CAFE). The group collaborated with MTP, one of the biggest supporters groups of Olympic Marseille, to design and create a large banner reading Action Weeks, contre le racisme et la discrimination. The banner was due to be displayed at the club’s League 1 match against Olympique de Lyon on 27 October but bad weather conditions meant the match was called off. The group decided to display it during one of Olympic Marseille’s first team’s training sessions; the players supported the message and had a photograph taken with the banner and the group.
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS
Many NGOs see football as a powerful tool to create a more inclusive society and use the game to spread a message against all forms of discriminations. Below are some of the varied Action Weeks activities carried out by NGO’s. The selection is based on the reach and sustainability of the activities and highlights the importance of a holistic approach to anti-discrimination. By addressing more than just one type of exclusion, the activities embrace the Football People notion of celebrating multiple diversities.
Sacred Sports Foundation, St Lucia The Sacred Sports Foundation was founded by the family of former British footballer and pioneering coach Keith Alexander, to challenge poverty and inequality in the Caribbean. The group gathered more than 400 people to tackle discrimination and prejudice against intellectually and physically disabled young people in St. Lucia.
The Festival of Fun drew together members of the public, disabled communities from around the island and local activists in a show of support and sporting solidarity. A Soccerama in the form of a nine-a-side tournament saw four disabled and able- bodied teams compete in sporting activities designed to tackle a spectrum of challenges and discrimination issues, including racial slurs and homophobia. The Foundation team also undertook an awareness campaign with the senior national football team, which represented St. Lucia in the recent Caribbean Cup.
Hope Association, Bulgaria In a year the European Championships were held in Eastern European the Hope Association marked the occasion by organising a themed tournament dedicated to intercultural learning and social inclusion.
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Mixed teams were assigned a country which the young people researched and sought to represent in the tournament. While the participants learnt about different cultures, they created jerseys and banners with anti-discriminatory messages. 150 supporters, families and locals turned out to support and cheering for each of the eight teams. Germany came out winners.
Youth Association DRONI, Georgia
Over 60 kids from different ethnic and religious backgrounds, young people from the local orphanage, and children with disabilities had the opportunity to come together to prepare and organise the tournament with the help of young volunteers.
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The Youth Association DRONI, in co-operation with the Georgian Football Federation, organised the Collectively Against Racism – Make Your Stand 2012 cup which brought together Georgian teenagers and youths of African, Armenian, Assyrian, Azerbaijani, Indian, Kurdish and Russian backgrounds. For one day, about hundred young people from different countries, regions and social backgrounds, spent a day together, playing football and spreading a message of mutual respect and fairness.
Foundation of Subjective Values, Hungary The Foundation of Subjective Values this year organised Football People activities with refugees residing in Camp Bicske, west of Budapest. They arranged for refugees from Asian and European countries to participate in an event aimed at breaking down prejudices and xenophobia towards the refugees and empowering them to speak up for their rights. The team, whose players are bound to live in the camp for unaccompanied minors and recognised refugees, played against selected teams of journalists and representatives of the Hungarian parliament. The participants met Hungarian international players and used the opportunity to talk to local politicians about the daily problems and discrimination they face in Hungary. Foundation of Subjective Values runs various national and international projects to promote diversity, anti-racism and sustainability.
ASD Balon Mundial Onlus, Italy ASD Balon Mundial from Turin is a social solidarity group that works to promotes social solidarity, the protection of civil rights and the use of sport as a vehicle for education to challenge social exclusion. On the final Sunday afternoon of the Action Weeks ASD Balon Mundial organised a flash mob in Piazza Castello bringing immigrants, refugees and local young people together for what they called “a rackety football party of diversity”. Embracing the idea behind a flash mob, which is to create an event when a group of people gathers suddenly at a given time in a public place to perform an act for a brief time, Balon Mundial called for a football flash mob against racism.
Friends and followers were invited through social networking to meet in the square with a football jersey hidden under clothing. Four flags where put up on each corner of the busy city square and on the blow of a whistle the participants revealed their football shirts and started playing. It became a football pitch, with people who had never met before performing their favourite goal celebrations. The flash-mob celebrated a colourful football party before the final whistle was blown and the participants left the site as a group of friends. Other grassroots activities were conducted by: Alliance Against Nazism, Latvia; Association GTW, Poland; BAAP, Several countries Balkans; Children Alliance for Development, Bulgaria; Evroalternativi 21, Bulgaria; Klub studentske omladine Kovacica, Serbia; Liikkukaa! Sports for all!, Finland; Mahatma Gandhi Human Rights Organisation, Hungary; New Israel Fund – KIO Israel, Israel; OJF “The Door; Albania”, Albania; Red Deporte y Cooperación, Spain; SOS Racisme F- Comté, France.
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Activities by Supporters Groups
Organised supporters groups play an important role in ensuring the health of football and the Action Weeks rely on the support of progressive supporters and ultra groups across Europe. Many groups set out their message by producing what are often quite stunning choreographies, organise football tournaments and peer education activities. German and Spanish fan groups took the lead in the 2012 Actions Weeks, setting the standard for impressive fan choreographies and activities within their local communities outside of stadiums. Italian groups also organised some innovative and exciting activities.
Action Days in Cologne, Germany A broad alliance of supporters, educational organisations and the Cologne fan project developed the Action Days Against Discrimination in Sport. The ultra group Coloniacs, BiBeriS and the Cologne fan project ran a series of projects aimed at raising awareness and educating young people, fans and the wider public to take a united stand against discrimination. Lectures and presentations were accompanied by choreographies and activities in the Rhein-Energie stadium where the ultra group Coloniacs set out their message during the Second Bundesliga match, 1.FC Köln v 1.FC Kaiserslautern. Events kicked off with the launch of an educational exhibition about far right and neo-nazi activism in the Cologne region, followed by a series of lectures and discussions which dealt with antiziganism, homophobia and global fan cultures. Representatives of the ROM e.V promoted inter-cultural understanding of Roma and Sinti communities, introduced the topic of antiziganism and reported of their own experiences on social inclusion projects.
A panel discussion about homophobia in football which was organised in co- operation with members of the gay and lesbian sport club, Cream Team Cologne, and Cologne’s LGBT fan club Andersrum Rut-Wiess, featured a visit to an exhibition celebrating LGBT sports athletes’ achievements over the past 20 years. The activities came to a conclusion when 50 young Cologne supporters learnt about and visited the former concentration camp in Dachau on their way to the club’s away game in Munich.
Kolectivo Sur (Xerez C.D.) and Brigadas Amarillas, Spain In recent years Spanish fan groups have taken the lead on showcasing stunning choreographies in their stadiums during the Weeks. Kolectivo Sur an anti-fascist ultra group of Xerez CD in Andalucia has participated for the third consecutive year. In 2012 they handed out magazines and information material and unfurled a huge banner during their home match against Lugo.
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Council for Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency, Macedonia | Swiss Minors, Switzerland | NEVER AGAIN, Poland | Zespól Szkól we Wrzosowej, Poland
EVROALTERNATIVI, Macedonia | Faninitiative Innsbruck, Austria | Mateo Kovačić, GNK Dinamo, Croatia | Chrzaszczyki, Poland
New Israel Fund, Israel | Nicklas Helenius, Aalbork BK, Denmark | OJF The Door, Albania | OZ Stara skola Kanas, Slovakia
Austrian international goalkeeper Jasmin Pfeiler and SKV Altenmark player Janha Amadou, Austria | VFB Oldenburg, Germany | FK Sloboda and SPORTIKUL, Serbia
Dejan Damjanovic, Montenegro 足international | 足L ambeth Rovers, England | Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Montpellier HSC, France | FC Liberec, Czech Republic
RFC Lions Ska, Italy | Servette FC, Switzerland | Supporters Crew 05, Germany
To make their stadium more inclusive, members of the group invited people from ethnic minority backgrounds to join them in watching the match and to have a social meeting afterwards and arranged for the players of both teams to present a banner united against racism. Though fierce rivals of Kolectivo Sur in football terms, the Brigadas Amarillas of Cádiz FC showed their continued support with a large tifo in the Ramon de Carranza Stadium when they played FC Cartagena. The activity in the stadium was followed by a Football Against Discrimination tournament the weekend after, supported by Cádiz CF midfielder, Abdoulaye Fall.
MyROMA, Italy MyROMA is a Supporters Trust which operates to represent the interests of fans of AS Roma and advocates sustainability and democracy through direct participation within the club.
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In acknowledgement of the importance of working with young people, MyROMA chose AS Roma’s Primavera youth team match against Bari broadcast live on Italian TV to send out a message against discrimination. Members of the group disseminated flyers and educational material promoting antidiscrimination and equality. Ex-Roma player and Primavera’s coach Alberto De Rossi, embraced the initiative and backed the Action Weeks by donning a Football People t-shirt himself and speaking out for a game without discrimination. Other fan groups who organised activities: 1953 International, Germany; Austria Fans gegen Rechts, Austria; Badkurve Block F 1903 “VFC Plauen”, Germany; Danske Fodbold Fanklubber, Denmark; Fanprojekt Duisurg e.V. / Kohorte Duisburg, Germany; Fanprojekt Liberec, Czech Republic, HalbZeit – Gemeinsam gegen Rassismus, Switzerland, Rude Lions Copenhagen, Denmark; U.C. Sampedoria Rude Boys & Girls 1987, Italy; White Angels Zagreb, Croatia.
“I support FARE because discrimination is an important problem which it needs to be tackled.” Manuel Ortlechner, Austria Vienna, Austria
“Football is a universal language. We and our team mates are therefore very happy to have the opportunity to join other players from all over the world and say ‘no’ to any kind of discrimination in football.” Kamil Kopunek (l.) and Nicolas Gorosito, SK Slovan, Bratislava, Slovakia
“Football is a game which unites all religions and cultures without any race and colour differences.” Dino Ndluvo, Maccabi Haifa, Israel
“It is our obligation to participate in activities against discrimination, for more social inclusion. FARE has a very important role to fulfill.”
“In football there must be no distinctions. For this reason, its universe is so large but equally small and certainly beautiful.” Joseph Agyiriba, AEK FC, Greece
“Football is for everyone” Daniel Carriço, Sporting Lisbon, Portugal
Marios Nikolaou, Cyprus international and AEL Limassol, Cyprus
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GRASSROOTS AND AMATEUR CLUBS
The Action Weeks seek to open up opportunities for minorities to take part in organised football and offer grassroots clubs resources and tools to create a more inclusive environment in their club. By connecting people who interact, play together and learn from each other, grassroots football is an important part of the Action Weeks and powerful tool for enhancing inclusion.
In 2012 the tournament saw almost a hundred of Warsaw-based amateur players from 23 countries in four continents competing together. All matches were played in mixed-gender teams as part of the Etnoliga concept of a multi- ethnic league.
One of the biggest challenges facing migrants from participating in football at an amateur level are the regulations some countries have in force that prevent non-nationals from taking part in mainstream sport. This often leads groups defined as ‘non-nationals’ to form separate clubs.
DFC Kreuzberg, Germany
Etnoliga, Poland The Warsaw Ethno-league has been running for a few years bringing together diverse groups from within the city to participate in workshops and the final of the Ethnoleague tournament that brings together 250 people as part of the Etnoliga Days.
DFC Kreuzberg of Berlin marked the Action Weeks by starting a campaign against sexism, homophobia and transphobia. The women’s club, which has conducted several inter-cultural exchanges and empowerment projects with women in the Middle East and North Africa, presented a banner before their match against Rot-Weiß 90 Hellersdorf and published a statement on their website and through flyers. The banner will travel with the club throughout the season and will also be displayed at men’s matches to raise awareness as to the intersectionality
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OZ Futbal nas spaja Slovensko from Slovakia organised a match between a team of local Roma and the Slovakian club ŠK Tempus Rimavská Sobota. An after-match open debate had participants plan ways to open up access to sport to Roma from the area of Gemer.
concepts of stereotyping and prejudices which contribute to intolerance and racism through. of sexism and homophobia. The women’s Bundesliga club SC 07 Bad Neuenahr and others have pledged their support and will promote it throughout the season.
Informal Youth Group Svilajnac, Serbia This youth group from Svilajnac in Serbia saw a two-day activity for elementary and secondary schools of the area. A workshop Everyone Equal – Everyone with the same rights was held on the premises of the Red Cross Svilajnac and introduced the teenagers to
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A seven-a-side tournament followed the next day held under the motto “Be A Pal – Play Futsal” in front of locals who were attracted by announcements in the local TV and radio stations. Other amateur clubs that contributed to the Football People Action Weeks: Club De Accionariado Popular Ciudad De Murcia, Spain; Club Sportiv Supersport, Romania; Crewe United, Northern Ireland; Esquilino Football Club, Italy; Hérouville FC, France; KFF Kacanikasja, Kosovo; Klub Sportowy Delta Warszawa, Poland; Sheriff Tiraspol, Moldova; Sport Club Unia Kolonowskie, Poland; Telstar Ijmuiden, Netherlands; Tennis Borussia Berlin, Germany.
Football People in numbers Over 500 separate activities Activities in 44 countries
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44
professional leagues dedicated a match day to the message
Media mentions in 79 countries
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small grants distributed
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500
Active support from European FAs
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games as part of UEFA CL and EL
5,000
t-shirts and captains armbands disseminated
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national co-ordinating organisations
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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AND UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
In 2012 European football’s governing body supported the Football People Action Weeks by underlining a Respect Diversity message at all 40 Champions League and Europa League matches taking place during the period. The elite clubs in both competitions took part by transmitting a message to millions of fans inside stadiums and through televisions across the globe that discrimination has no place in football. The activities at match day 3 of the group stages involved team captains wearing Unite Against Racism armbands, players accompanied onto the pitch by young people wearing branded T-shirts and a Respect spot on the Jersey Exchange theme shown on giant screens.
UEFA President Michel Platini offered his support: “UEFA is committed to tackling discrimination in football, and we encourage football fans to join us in our efforts to value respect for players, officials, opponents and fellow supporters of all nationalities, religious backgrounds, sexual orientation and ethnic origins. For over ten years, we have worked alongside the FARE network and will continue to strive towards unity in football.” Fixtures at which the UEFA activities took place:
Champions League Dinamo Zagreb v Paris Saint Germain Spartak Moskva v Benfica Lisbon FC Barcelona v Celtic Glasgow Galatasaray Istanbul v CFR Cluj Manchester United v SC Braga FC Nordsjaelland v Juventus Turin Shankhtar Donetsk v FC Chelsea Bate Baryssau v FC Valencia
OSC Lille v Bayern Munich Zenit St Petersburg v RSC Anderlecht Málaga v Milan Ajax Amsterdam v Manchester City Borussia Dortmund v Real Madrid FC Porto v Dynamo Kyiv Dinamo Zagreb v PSG FC Arsenal v FC Schalke 04 HSC Montpellier v Olympiacos Piräus
Europa League Rubin Kazan v Neftçi Baku Internazionale Milan v FK Partizan Sparta Praha v H. Kiryat Shmona Olympique Lyon v Athletic Bilbao Panathinaikos Athen v Lazio Rom NK Maribor v Tottenham Hotspur Trondheim v Metalist Kharkiv SK Rapid Wien v Leverkusen Helsingborg IF v Hannover 96 Levante UD v FC Twente Enschede Videoton FC v FC Basel
KRC Genk v Sporting Lisbon FC Liverpool v Anzhi Machatschkala BSC Young Boys v Udinese Calcio Atlético v Académica de Coimbra Hapoel Tel-Aviv v Viktoria Plzeň Mönchengladbach v Marseille AEL Limasol v Fenerbahçe Istanbul Newcastle United v FC Brugge Marítimo Funchal v Bordeaux Steaua Bucharest v Molde FK VFB Stuttgart v FC København PSV Eindhoven v AIK Solna
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PROFESSIONAL CLUBS, LEAGUES AND NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
The participation of the professional game, at both a club and league level, is an important element to the FARE Action Weeks. Alongside the work undertaken by FARE national partners, a number of other European clubs and leagues showed their support by sending out messages to their supporters or asking players to make statements. Eight European Football Associations directly supported the activities by sending a statement of support and a photo of a player in a FARE T-shirt – these were Cyprus, Denmark, Germany, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Northern Ireland, Slovakia. Through the work of national partners 13 Professional Leagues a match day to the Action Weeks. These were: Austria, Bundesliga; England, Premier League, Football League; France, Ligue 1 and 2; Greece, Superleague; Northern Ireland, Irish Premier league; Switzerland, Swiss Football League; Wales, Premier League and Welsh League; Scotland, Scottish, Premier League; Malta, BOV Premier League; Poland, Ekstraklasa; Slovakia, Corgonliga.
Malta FA The Malta Football Association showed their support by publicising statements of support on their website and hosted a series of activities on the pitches of the island. T-shirts were distributed to all teams and referees of the BOV Premier League and worn before matches. Anti-discriminatory messages were displayed on LED score-boards and at the start of games team captains read out anti-racist messages. The activities of Malta were widely publicised and supported throughout its territory. The FA has pledged continued support through various measures in the future.
Major League Soccer (MLS) in the United States issued a statement of support for the first time through their MLS Works Programme.
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“It is important for the football family to come together to support FARE and to increase public awareness of racism and exclusion in our sport.” Kelly Bailey, Northern Ireland Womens International
Irish Football Association (IFA), Northern Ireland The IFA pro-actively hosted a number of activities throughout the period. The impressive list of initiatives addressed professional players, supporters, administrators and community participants. Events included an IFA internal learning seminar about racism, a song writing workshop for young people, activities during Irish Premier League’s games, several anti-discriminatory themed matches, activities amongst community groups and a tournament for disabled people. The campaign was backed by players of the Northern Ireland international squad. The IFA hosted a Love Music Hate Racism Song Writing Workshop for twelve young people from Belfast to come together and practice their creative skills on the subject of identity in a musical context. Two projects, Football for All and Teenage Kickz, came together in support of the Action Weeks in Derry City Council’s Shared Future Centre for
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a cross- border cross-community event. Ireland Manager Michael O’Neill supported the event and spent time talking with the youths and their leaders and having pictures taken with all the groups. As an internal learning exercise the IFA Community Relations and Technical department gathered for a two-day seminar to learn about the practicalities of dealing with racist or sectarian incidents in football. World United, an anti-sectarian team supported by the IFA and UEFA, marked the occasion by playing a 5-a-side match against NI Assembly members at Stormont. DUP and Sinn Fein MLA’s took part in the lunchtime friendly. The IFA concluded their events with a 5-a-side disability football tournament on October 27th.
Raiffeisen Super League and the Challenge League, Switzerland, and Dynamo Dresden, Germany In Switzerland and Germany some clubs designed and wore specific shirts for their Football People matches. In Switzerland the Football League supported BSC Young Boys, FC Basel 1893, FC St. Gallen, FC Vaduz, FC Winterthur in carrying specific messaging on their shirts, and in the German Second Bundesliga Dynamo Dresden produced special shirts to wear during matches.
Dynamo Dresden has in recent years has put some effort into tackling discrimination. On the initiative of a fan group ‘1953international’ the club supported the weeks and auctioned six of the players Love Dynamo – Hate Racism jerseys afterwards. The proceeds of €3,000 were donated to organisations supporting victims of far-right attacks in the region.
The AEK players Emilio Furtado and Joseph Agyiriba pledged their support to the campaign and posed in FARE t-shirts for articles in the match day programme.
Mickaël Poté, a striker for the club who only weeks before was target of racial abuse during a match, said that taking part in the FARE Action Weeks “is a very important message to send out for Dynamo Dresden and the Second Bundesliga overall, we all know there have been incidents in German football this season. These incidents make a commitment to fighting discrimination important.”
AEK FC, Greek First Division club AEK FC hosted a series of activities, the club invited children from migrant families to the stadium and invited a group of youngsters from the greater Athens area to their home game against Platanias FC. To mark the occasion the club produced a video with current and former AEK FC minority players which was shown before the match and can be viewed on the club’s official Youtube channel. Throughout the Action Weeks, the team’s official website and its Facebook page were dedicated to promoting anti-discrimination and tolerance.
BSC Young Boys Bern, Switzerland, spelled the message out on their jerseys.
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 Evaluation survey  As part of a monitoring and evaluation process we conducted an online survey of key actors involved in the period to take feedback and guide our planning for the future. A total of 188 people from 45 countries completed the survey. Some of the key questions and responses were:
Will you take part in future Action Weeks activities?
10,7%
11,40%
What do you most like about the Action Weeks?
18,6%
(Pick as many as you would like) 80,0%
How was your interaction with the FARE staff?
78,6%
70,7%
88,60% 67,1% 43,6%
Using football to get Making a stand across a social message against discrimination
Being part of a wide European (and increasingly global initiative)
How could the Action Weeks be improved?
Reaching a wide audience
Yes Maybe
Very good No complaints Could be better
What do you think of the Football People theme?
Did you follow the Action Weeks on Social Media?
3,7%
46,30%
24,5% 7,9%
29,90%
96,3%
13,7%
71,9%
15,70% 8,20% Better publicity
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National co-ordinators 2012 Eleven national partners and one transnational partner supported the event by co-ordinating and organising activities within their own countries. All partners are established campaigners who have been working within
Bündnis aktiver F ußballfans e.V
(Germany)
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FARE for many years. During the Action Weeks they support national level initiatives and work in partnership with professional leagues and national football associations to increase activities. The FARE partners for 2012 were:
Black European Women’s Council
(Greece)
Colectivo de Prevención e Inserción Andalucía (Spain)
FARE Netzwerk Switzerland
(Switzerland)
(Austria)
(United Kingdom)
Kick It Out
Ludia proti rasizmu
Never Again Association
SPOLINT – Sport Policy International Institute
Ligue Internationale Contre le Racisme et l‘Antisémitisme
Unione Italiana Sport Per Tutti
European Gay & Lesbian Sport Federation
(Slovenia)
(France)
(Slovakia)
(Italy)
(Poland)
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Our thanks to all of the groups taking part (that we know of ): Bündnis gegen Homophobie und Sexismus beim FC St. Pauli, Germany | 1953 International, Germany | 59 “Dimitrie Sturdza” School, Romania | A.S.D. Balon Mundial Onlus, Italy | A.S.D. La Tana del Folletto, Italy | A.S.D. Liberi Nantes, Italy | A.S.D. None FC, Italy | A.S.D. Oasi San Feliciana, Italy | A.S.D. Polisportiva San Precario, Italy | AEK FC, Greece | African Care RY, Finland | African Center, Ukraine | AG Stimmung Roter Stern Leipzig, Germany | Allentati Fasabo 1988, Italy | Alliance Against Nazism, Latvia | Ambrela, Macedonia | Ancona Social Club, Italy | AO INFOTERRA, Moldova | ARGE-TOR (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Tribüne ohne Rassismus), Austria | ASK Erlaa Frauen, Austria | Asociación Deportiva LGTB del Sur, Spain | Assemblea Giovani al Centro (Roma), Italy | Associação Portuguesa de Adeptos (desporto), Portugal | Association Avenir, France | Association GTW, Poland | Association of Citizens Project Wloclawek, Poland | Association of socially significant partnerships, Russia | Association Orhideja Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Associazione onlus Gli Amici di Pablo, Italy | Associazione Polisportiva | Dilettantistica Socrates, Italy | Associazione Sportiva Mustakì, Italy | Atlantis FC, Finland | Austria Fans gegen Rechts, Austria | Austria Santos International, Austria | BAAP, several countries in the Balkans | Badkurve Block F 1903 „VFC Plauen“, Germany | BiBeriS – Bildung & Beratung im Sport, Germany | Black and Asian Coaches Association, England | Bratislavska liga v malom futbale, Slovakia | Bremen – Caillera, Germany | Bridge of Friendship Kartlosi, Georgia | Brigadas Amarillas, Spain | Bunt Kickt Gut, Switzerland | Canvas, Russia | Center for development and Education, Serbia | Center of Intercultural Studies, Athens University, Greece | Center for Support and Protection of the Rights and Interests of Indigenous Roma, Moldova | Child and Environmet, Georgia | Children Alliance for Development, Bulgaria | Chrzaszczyki, Poland | CJD Nienburg e.V. & Sprotte e.V., Germany | Club 11, Austria | Club De Accionariado Popular Ciudad De Murcia, Spain | Club Sportiv Supersport, Romania | Colega-Almeria, Spain | Colega-Jaen+ Jaen Acige+ Sinando Kali, Spain | Colega-Motril, Spain | Colegas-Guadix, Spain | Colegasur-Granada + Hazlo Por Todos, Spain | Colega-Torremolinos, Spain | Colegiul Tehnic de Transporturi Brasov, Romania | Complex Youth Theatre, Ireland | Congress of National Minorities of Ukraine (CNMU), Ukraine | Cooperativa Sociali Famiglia Ottolini, Italy | Cork City FC, Ireland |
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Council for Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency – SPPMD, Macedonia | Cream-TeamCologne, Germany | Crewe United, Northern Ireland | Danske Fodbold Fanklubber, Denmark | Dare to be different, Italy | Derby and Derbyshire Race and Equality Commission, England | DIH, Slovenia | Discover Football Club Kreuzberg, Germany | Drivhuset, Norway | Dublin Devils FC, Ireland | Dynamo Dresden, Germany | Eagles Wings Youth Club, Ireland | East European Development Institute, Ukraine | Equilibrium, Moldova | Esquilino Football Club, Italy | Evroalternativi 21, Bulgaria | FAC Team für Wien, Austria | Familias Por La Diversidad, Spain | Faninitiative Innsbruck – Verein zur Förderung der Fußball-Fankultur, Austria | Fanprojekt Duisurg e.V. / Kohorte Duisburg, Germany | Fanprojekt Liberec, Czech Republic | Fanprojekt Plauen – Vogtland e.V., Germany | FC Paris-Arc-En-Ciel, France | FC Polska, Austria | FFC Kundrat 02, Austria | football state, Israel | Forum Afrika e.V., Germany | Forum dla Zagłębia Dąbrowskiego, Poland | Forum mladi i neformalna edukacija, Montenegro | FOUL, Greece | Foundation House of Peace/ Fundacja Dom Pokoju, Poland | Foundation of Subjective Values, Hungary | FreundInnen der Friedhofstribuene, Austria | Fundacja dla Wolnosci, Poland | GAN Leszno, Poland | GAN Pila – Grupa Anty Nazistowska Pila, Poland | Ganja Volunteer Union, Azerbaijan | GI GLOBAL, Macedonia | Gimnazjum K.K.Baczyñskiego w Poczesnej, Poland | Gioventù in Fiore, Italy | Gloria, Moldova | Gloucester City Supporters Trust, England | GNK Dinamo Zagreb, Croatia | Greek council for refugees, Greece | Gruppo Andrea Verrina 2003, Italy | GTVS Aspernallee, Austria | HalbZeit – Gemeinsam gegen Rassismus, Switzerland | Handifanclub Olympic Marseille, France | Hearts 4 Children, Austria | Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Georgian National Committee, Georgia | Hérouville FC, France | Hic Sunt Leones Football Antirazzista Bologna, Italy | Hope Association, Bulgaria | IFFAS, Sweden | Infoklick Kinder- und Jugendförderung Schweiz, Switzerland | Informal youth group-Svilajnac, Serbia | Initiative Group “Ravnovesie”, Moldova | Initiative youth group Zgvisubani (Sea District), Georgia | Insaka AFC, Ireland | Integracyjne Stowarzyszenie Kultury Fizycznej “Daj Szanse”, Poland | Intelektualet e rinj, Shprese, Albania | International Friends Lounge (IFL), Ireland | International school of Athens, Greece | Israfans – Israel National Supporters Organization, Israel | JobPlus Agency to promote social inclusion, Slovakia | Journalists
against racism, Hungary | JP League, England | Just A Ball Game?, England | KFF Kacanikasja, Kosovo | Kharkiv University of Humanities “People’s Ukrainian Academy”, Ukraine | Klub Sportowy Delta Warszawa, Poland | Klub Sportowy Orliczek, Poland | Klub studentske omladine Kovacica, Serbia | Kolectivo Sur, Spain | Kossuth Lajos Grundschule, Hungary | KS Kontra, Poland | Kulsport, Montenegro | KVO Róma, Slovakia | La Resistente, Italy | Lambeth Rovers, England | Lesben- und Schwulenverbandes Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany | Liikkukaa! Sports for all! Finland | Lokomitv Zapata Polisportiva Popolare Dilettantistica, Italy | London Titans FC, England | Lviv Commercial Academy, Ukraine | Macedonian Center For Culture and Development, Macedonia | Mahatma Gandhi Human Rights Organisation, Hungary | Mffv Askö 23, Austria | Mifalot – Education and Society Enterprises, Israel | Mondial Stars Ry, Finland | Moore Development Consultancy, England | Mundo Solidaio Sport, Spain | MyROMA, Italy | National alliance for volunteer action / NAVA/, Bulgaria | National Roma Centrum, Macedonia | New Communities Partnership (NCP), Ireland | New Israel Fund – KIO Israel, Israel | Nieformalne Stowarzyszenie Baba Jaga, Poland | NK Olimpija Ljubljana, Slovenia | Nogometni Klub Carda Martjanci, Slovenia | NRG Women Sports Club, Ukraine | OJF “The Door-Albania”, Albania | Organisation of Fresh Ideas (FRIGO), Hungary | Osztényi Leander Basic School, Slovakia | Out in Slovenija, Slovenia | OZ Futbal nas spaja Slovensko, Slovakia | OZ Stara skola Kanas – Veľký Šariš, Slovakia | Polisportiva Antirazzista Assatra Shakur Ancona 2001, Italy | Polygram-Plus, Russia | POM ISKRA Piotrowice, Poland | Preservante Sportive Roannaise, France | QFF – Queerfootballfanclubs, Switzerland | qSPORT, Croatia | Queerpass Sankt Pauli, Germany | Red Deporte y Cooperación, Spain | Respect Project, Northern Ireland | RFC Lions Ska Football Club Caserta, Italy | Riazor Blues, fans Deportivo Coruña, Spain | Robotniczy Klub Sportowy ‘’Sarmata’’, Poland | Roma Youth Centre, Macedonia | Roter Stern Berlin e.V., Germany | Rude Lions Copenhagen, Denmark | Š.E.J.P, Slovakia | S.S. Virtus Monopoli a.r., Italy | Sacred Sports Foundation, St. Lucia | SAFE, Ukraine | Salaam Peace, England | Samodzielne Koło Terenowe nr 218 STO, Poland | SC New African Football Academy (NAFA), Austria | SC Wiener Viktoria, Austria | Schalker Fan-Initiative e.V., Germany | School youth movement “Vmeste”, Russia | SENT zavod za razvoj športa in srène kulture, Slovenia | Sheriff Tiraspol, Moldova | Show Racism the Red Card, Germany | Show Racism the Red Card, Ireland | Show Racism the Red Card, Scotland | Show Racism the Red Card, Norway | SKV Altenmarkt, Austria | Slovene Philanthropy – Association for the
Promotion of Volunteering, Slovenia | SOS Racisme F- Comté, France | spartak lecce, Italy | Special needs boarding school for children with intellectual difficulties, Moldova | Sport Against Racism Ireland (SARI), Ireland | Sport Club Unia Kolonowskie, Poland | SPORTIKUL – Serbian center for development of culture and sport, Serbia | Sportive Africa Suisse (OSAS), Switzerland | Sports Campaign Against Racism (SCAR), England | Student parliament of faculty of philology, Macedonia | Supporters Crew 05, Germany | SV Rapid Lienz, Austria | Swiss Minorities Sports Culture & Integration (Swiss Minors), Switzerland | Teamplay@NAC, Netherlands | Telavi group of civil initiatives, Georgia | Telstar Ijmuiden, Netherlands | Tennis Borussia Berlin, Germany | The Organization of Women of Sveti Nikole, Macedonia | Thornaby Football Club, England | Tiligul-Tiras, Moldova | Tivoli Nord, Austria | TJ Družstevník Podzámèok, Slovakia | Trialog Institute, Austria | Trimaran, France | Tskhinvali Youth parliament, Georgia | U.C. Sampedoria Rude Boys & Girls 1987, Italy | U.S. Acli Comitato Provinciale Aascoli Piceno, Italy | Uisp Comitato Provinciale Varese, Italy | Ummah United, England | UNION of NGO “BABYLON”, Macedonia | Union of professional football players of Slovenia, Slovenia | Union Vienna Türkgücü SKV, Austria | Unione Sportiva Acli Comitato Regionale Marche, Italy | VIKING, Poland | Vitality, Moldova | Volksparkjunxx, Germany | White Angels Zagreb, Croatia | Whitechapel Women, England | Wiener Sportklub Frauenteam, Austria | Work in Progress, Serbia | World organization of Roma in the battle against racism, poverty and discrimination, Croatia | YMCA Macedonia – Skopje, Macedonia | Youth Association DRONI, Georgia | Youth Forum Bitola, Macedonia | Youth Organization “Drujba narodov”, Ukraine | YWCA Macedonia, Macedonia | Zakladna Skola S Materskou Skolou Moravany, Slovakia | Zakladná škola s materskou školou Závadka nad hronom, Slovakia | Zaloga 62100, Poland | Zespół Szkół we Wrzosowej, Poland | Zilverstad Polska, Poland | ZILVERSTAD POLSKA, Poland | Zimbabwe Newport Volunteering Association, Wales | ZS a MS Koskovce, Slovakia
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