Dr Jan C' Fransoo

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Building local communities through a mixed gender
team sport

• Dr Jan C. Fransoo
• President
• International Korfball Federation IKF
• President
• Association of the IOC Recognized International
  Sports Federations ARISF
• Council Member
• General Association of International Sports
  Federations AGFIS

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• The International Korfball Federation is one of
  87 International Sports Federations within AGFIS
• Large and small, from football to fistball, many
  IFs contribute to the objectives shared by Peace
  Sport
• This is an example of one of them

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Korfball

• Cooperation is necessary to score
• Mixed gender teams are compulsory

• Korfball can be played anywhere
• Korfball develops all-round physical and mental
  skills

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UN Millennium Development Goals

• End Poverty and Hunger
• Universal Education
• Gender Equality
• Child Health
• Maternal Health
• Combat HIV/AIDS and Malaria
• Environmental Sustainability
• Global Partnership

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Importance of local communities

• In areas that have been damaged by natural
  disasters, war, or other misfortune, communities
  play a key role in redevelopment

• Traditional local communities include
  neighborhoods, districts, villages, and churches
• What about sports clubs?

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• Sport
• Brings together people
• In a structured environment
• To play and compete without any discrimination

• Moreover, korfball
• Brings together boys and girls, men and women
• No scoring without cooperation

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What do we do?

• Introduce korfball(bring people together)
• Build a korfball club (offering education and
  training) - specific attention for role of women
  and management
• Develop a sports supply (building a local
  organization) - local equipment manufacturing
• Build a sustainable multifunctional Community
  Sports Center (offering people infrastructure)
  add other sports
• Offers its own structural and sports management
  and care creating independence

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Key success factors

• Long-term commitment
• Zimbabwe (since 2003)
• Malawi (since 2005)

• Local leadership
• Strong collaboration partners
• ICCO (developing countries expertise and funding)
• Spirit of Sport Foundation (sports management
  expertise)
• International Federation (korfball technical
  expertise)
• National Federation and National Olympic
  Committee (local sports structures knowledge)

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Conclusion

• Korfball can play a key role in building
  communities in which women and men play an
  equally important role
• Long-term planning and execution is crucial
• Governments need to provide the right legal
  structure that does not hinder these development
  consistency is crucial
• Enabling local leaders leads to sustained
  presence of sports in everyones lives

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Interested to learn more?

• jan.fransoo_at_ikf.org

www.korfball.org