International Day of Sport for Development and Peace PLAY INTERNATIONAL Committed to DEvElOPMENT And peace From its pioneering projects developed in emergency contexts in the early 2000s in Kosovo and Afghanistan to the EJO project which will benefit 80,000... Tuesday 6 April 2021
international women's day PLAY International is committed to women's rights! From its pioneering projects developed in emergency contexts in the early 2000s to the #Ejo project, which will benefit 32,000 girls aged 8 to 15, PLAY... Friday 5 March 2021
Cardiobrainstorming #Playlab #cardiobrainstorming DISCOVER cardiobrainstorming ! Cardiobrainstorming is based on the benefits of physical activity and brainstorming methods to facilitate ideation. In fact, several studies* have shown that the main effects... Wednesday 3 March 2021
Sport, refugees and social inclusion in Ile de France, the network is growing! #Playlab #Réfugiés Within the framework of the European program promoting the social inclusion of refugees through sport, PLAY International, together with Sport et Citoyenneté, leads a network of actors working with asylum... Wednesday 24 February 2021
Bootcamp incubator playlab West Africa #Playlab #Sénégal #Incubator #afrique de l'ouest The 1st bootcamp OF Playlab's accompaniment program in West Africa at the beginning of this year; The intensive training week bringing together the 5 West African Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) Denro,... Wednesday 10 February 2021
Best wishes 2021 PLAY International teams wish you a happy new year 2021 under the sign of solidarity and social innovation through sport. Thank you for your encouragement, your support and your mobilization which... Wednesday 6 January 2021
Annual report EJO 2019-2020 #EJO PLAY International is pleased to share with you its activity report for the Ejo project after a year of achievements. Find the key figures for the year 2019-2020, 3 testimonials and the outlook for the... Tuesday 17 November 2020
Change the Game not the Girl #Playtogether #mixité Sport should not separate girls and boys. And since team sports are often reserved for boys, it is up to the sport to become co-ed and not up to the girls to adapt. PLAY International and its partners... Sunday 11 October 2020
The Playlab West Africa project leaders #Playlab #Incubator #Sénégal #afrique de l'ouest The Playlab's mission is to bring out and support the development of projects that use sport for education and inclusion. Following the call for projects aimed at Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in... Thursday 17 September 2020
2019 annual report #living together #Erasmus+ Discover in figures and key dates the progress of the PLAY'In Together project over the past year. download the pdf Tuesday 25 August 2020
PLAY presents its 2019 annual report found out about the action and impact of play international in 2019 in our last annual report PLAY International's 2019 annual report is now available ! A throw-back to this anniversary year, celebrating... Thursday 9 July 2020
PLAY'In Together Phase 2 #living together #Erasmus+ On February 4th & 5th PLAY International together with its partner the Bulgarian Sport Development Association organized and hosted the second steering committee for the Erasmus+ Sport funded project... Wednesday 5 February 2020
Launch of a research-action program #France #digital education Wednesday 29 January 2020. Press Release. PLAY International launches action research program. Play International is launching a new initiative to create new collective solutions to the challenge of... Tuesday 28 January 2020
Volunteering experience in PLAY Kosovo – Lena Thobie-Gorce #Kosovo #Sport4Youth We are both facing each other, and Maida has just completed her activity with the children of her village, Novi Pazar in Serbia. Maida has been described to me as a very shy girl but whose experience as... Monday 27 January 2020
Sporting World Pledge Support for Refugees #Playlab #Réfugiés PLAY International have today joined the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Olympic Committee in pledging sporting support for refugees, ahead of next week’s Global Refugee Forum. Over... Tuesday 10 December 2019
A progress snapshot of “Play’In Together” #Erasmus+ #living together #Inclusion The Erasmus+ Sport project, funded by the European Commission, PLAYIn Together, has started early this year and progresses unflappably since then. The project aims to encourage European societies towards... Monday 9 December 2019
20 years. Highlights of the celebration PLAY International celebrated 20 years of commitment to social change through sport this year. From September to November, a sequence of 4 events punctuated this celebration: the breakfast conference at... Wednesday 27 November 2019
20 years of impact From the Women's Garden project in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban, to the Playlab sport and refugee incubator to support 7 European project leaders; From the Sport4Youth program in Kosovo to... Wednesday 18 September 2019
2nd launch committee of Play'in Together #Europe #Erasmus+ #Disabilities This week, PLAY International led the second launch committee of the European project “PLAY’In Together”, financed by the Erasmus+ Sport Program of the European Commission. 6 of the 9 consortium... Friday 13 September 2019
PLAY Kosovo celebrates 20 years of success! #Kosovo #socio-sport To mark 20 wonderful years of work in education and peace through sport, PLAY Kosovo wanted to organize a wide range of activities to reconnect with and thank all of our stakeholders. The goal: to celebrate... Thursday 5 September 2019
Summer Camp Kosovo 2019 #Kosovo #Inclusion #Sport4Youth #socio-sport Although the war has been over for 15 years now, tensions between the different communities are palpable. The Sport4Youth programme brings together Albanian, Serbian, Ashkali, Bosnian, Turkish and Roma... Wednesday 7 August 2019
Sport4Youth Diploma ceremony #Kosovo #Sport4Youth On 27 June, volunteers from the 2018-2019 cohort of the Sport4Youth program had the opportunity to participate to their diploma ceremony! Almost a year and a half after they joining the program, 33 of... Thursday 27 June 2019
PLAY fights against physical inactivity #inactivity #France #Active school Sedentary living is the 4th leading risk factor for death worldwide and responsible for 3 million preventable deaths. Faced with this alarming situation, PLAY International, with the support of Publicis... Monday 17 June 2019
Gala PLAY 2019 at the Shangri-La #gala #Événement PLAY International and the Shangri-La Hotel, Paris, are looking forward to seeing you on Tuesday 19 November 2019 for the prestigious gala organised to benefit the association on the occasion of its 20th... Wednesday 5 June 2019
After Vertigo 2019 #vertigo #France #Événement Thursday, May 16, from 5pm to 9pm, 1,150 runners attacked First Tower, France's tallest building with 954 steps. While some had the objective of beating Piotr Lobodzinski's stratospheric record in 4'42''... Thursday 16 May 2019
Process of co-creation #Playlab #playdagogy #socio-sport For 20 years now, PLAY International has been creating and implementing awareness and prevention programs using sports games and debate as educational vehicles. To do this, the NGO is committed to a resolutely... Monday 6 May 2019
International Volunteers Day #Kosovo #Sport4Youth #Inclusion #socio-sport On 5 December every year, the world takes time to recognise the amazing efforts that volunteers make to change the lives of those around them. In Kosovo, PLAY International is privileged to work with... Saturday 8 December 2018
Gala PLAY 2018 #gala #Événement On Wednesday evening, 246 champions, companies and donors attended the 7th PLAY International Gala. An evening of grace and business, foundations and sportsmen present, PLAY International to collect 116... Wednesday 21 November 2018
Disability inclusion #playdagogy #France #Disabilities PLAY International is committed to changing representations and behaviours regarding disability. In France, about 12 million adults and children (18.5% of the population) are affected by at least one disability... Wednesday 31 October 2018
Celebration of sport with Radio France #vertigo #Événement #France On Sunday 23 September 2018, the Radio France group and PLAY International joined forces to celebrate the sport. For the 4th edition, 2,613 participants were able to discover a round house transformed... Sunday 23 September 2018
1 year birthday of AMEP project #AMEP #Schooling #Burundi On 29 March 2017, the first steering committee of the "Education for All : Access to and Maintenance of the School for Burundian Children through Advocacy" (AMEP) took place after one year of deployment.... Tuesday 24 July 2018
Bootcamp sport and refugees #Playlab #Incubator #Réfugiés From 18 to 22 June 2018, 7 projects from 7 European countries benefited from a week of intensive support at Insep Paris and Playlab as part of the Sport & Refugees incubation programme. The Playlab... Monday 18 June 2018
Playdagogy in Mayotte #playdagogy #Mayotte #living together #Education On Tuesday 13 March 2018, PLAY International and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) de Mayotte signed a partnership agreement to set up and distribute the "Playdagogy" programme in Mayotte. ... Tuesday 29 May 2018
Playground 2017 #Playlab #Innovation #playdagogy #Active school On 17 and 18 October 2017 - under the patronage of the Ministry of National Education and the sponsorship of the City of Paris - PLAY International organised the third edition of the Playground dedicated... Friday 20 October 2017
Playlab opening #Playlab #Innovation PLAY International opens the first collaborative space dedicated to social innovation through sport and games: the Playlab. A place of co-creation, sharing and support, this system aims to enable sport... Monday 25 September 2017
Anti-discrimination day in Kosovo #Kosovo #Inclusion #socio-sport #Sport4Youth On Saturday, October 1, PLAY International's Kosovo mission organised an anti-discrimination day to highlight the importance of inter-community dialogue. More than 300 people participated in this event,... Friday 14 October 2016
PLAY with Burundian repatriate #Burundi #Inclusion Since April 2015, PLAY International has been present in 4 Integrated Rural Villages (IRVs) in southern Burundi. VRIs are villages, often located in remote areas, created especially to accommodate repatriated... Wednesday 5 October 2016
Providing answers to sedentary #Playlab #inactivity #Active school This generation is undoubtedly the most inactive in our history. According to the World Health Organization, only 11% of girls and 25% of boys aged 11 practice the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity... Tuesday 14 June 2016
Agreement with Ministry of National Education #France #Education #playdagogy The Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research and PLAY International sign a framework agreement. Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, Minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research,... Wednesday 13 January 2016
Fight Against Human Trafficking in Kosovo #Kosovo Human trafficking is modern slavery. People use force, lies, and other forms of pressure to take advantage and control someone. The victim does unwilling work, but does not get paid enough or paid at all... Monday 20 July 2015
Playdagogy in Bujumbura prisons #playdagogy #Burundi #Insertion Since 2008 in Burundi, the PLAY International team has placed the themes of violence, living together, children's rights and HIV at the heart of sports activities. Its action affects both schoolchildren... Wednesday 25 February 2015
New Explorers on Canal + #Burundi #playdagogy The New Explorers in the Great Lakes Region! In the episode New Explorers, broadcast on Canal + on November 30, 2014, Manuel Herrero introduces us to the sports culture of three countries in the Great... Monday 24 November 2014
PLAY wins the Beyond Sport Awards 2014 #Kosovo #Sport4Youth #socio-sport #Inclusion Since 2009, Beyond Sport trophies have been awarded annually to the best international projects that promote the use of sport as a positive vehicle for social change. Among the 350 pre-selected projects,... Thursday 30 October 2014
Introducing rugby to Burundi #Burundi #living together #socio-sport From 26 to 30 May 2014, two rugby ambassadors, Pierre Rabadan (Stade Français) and Salim Tebani (US Oyonnax), visited Burundi with our teams. They participated in the training of our local animators in... Monday 26 May 2014
