Cross Cultures and the Moldovan Football Federation have agreed on a new collaboration implementing the Open Fun Football Schools + School Sport Police project in Moldova from 2021-2023 with support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. The primary objective of the project is to contribute to the promotion of inter and intra-community relations and […]
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The start of our new education programme in Tunisia and Morocco
In the beginning of the year, Cross Cultures looked into restructuring our education programme to create a more coherent education that could provide more structure and learning so the participants could gain more advanced competencies for their current or future employment. As Cross Cultures recently received a TIBU Sport-4-development award in the category “Best Sport […]
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Cross Cultures recieves award for education programme
Yesterday, Cross Cultures received a TIBU Sport-4-development award in the category “Best Sport and Education Program in Africa 2020-21”. The founder and director of Cross Cultures, Anders Levinsen, writes: I Am proud to receive the TIBU Sport-4-Development Award for the “Best Educational program in Africa 2020-21”. Thank you to Tibu and the honorary […]
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Looking back at 2020 – challenges and results
2020 has been a very unusual and challenging year for Cross Cultures due to the global Covid-19 pandemic, and it has impacted the association’s activities and basic idea at all levels. Originally, the year began as planned. In March 2020, however, the Covid-19 pandemic led to a wave of draconian restrictions and lockdowns around the […]
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Cross Cultures Georgia fights back
This story is written by Mamuka Kvaratskhelia, regional coordinator for the Open Fun Football schools programme in Georgia. In January 2020 the Georgian Football Federation and Cross Cultures composed and scheduled the activities for the coming year; all Caucasus partner countries should participate in a 3-day leadership seminar in Batumi and 13 Open Fun Football […]
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Preventing and responding to sexual harassment in sports
On the 21st of November Cross Cultures conducted an advanced training and lessons learned seminar on the topic of Safeguarding children in sports. Coaches and safeguarding focal points from Jordan and Tunisia participated in the seminar along with Hanne Lund Madsen, Global programme director and safeguarding focal point for Cross Cultures. The advanced seminar discussed […]
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South Sudan conducts 3 days coach seminar and childrens festival
Cross Cultures has, in partnership with the South Sudan Football Association, implemented the Open Fun Football Schools project and Youth on Economic Aspects of Business project in South Sudan and on the 26-10-20 conducted a three days coach seminar and children’s festival in Torit. In total, 50 coaches and 160 children aged 6-12 participated in […]
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Continuing the Open Fun Football Schools in Ukraine
During this season of Open Fun Football Schools, there have been ongoing challenges regarding Covid-19 and restrictions. However, this September, Cross Cultures Ukraine arranged 4 Open Fun Football School-festivals to benefit the children. All necessary precautions and restrictions were taken into consideration, following both Cross Cultures Corona-guidelines and the local guidelines in the 3 regions: […]
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Gathering youths virtually across borders
As we are facing challenges in fulfilling our vision of “bringing people together” physically due to the corona situation, the parnership consortium under the Cross Cultures Project Association umbrella, has developed new ways of organising our activities. Cross Cultures partner organizations from Serbia, North Macedonia, Kosovo and Montenegro, are organizing the YOUTH DEMOCRACY DIALOGUE PLATFORM project, […]
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Volunteers start training at OFFS in Ukraine
On August 17, a training seminar with volunteers at the Open Fun Football Schools was held in Zaporizhia, Ukraine. The program helps, among others, internally displaced children (IDP) from Donbass and Crimea, with the support of the European Union. On August 17 to 23 further 3 seminars were held where representatives from 9 regions (Donetsk, […]
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