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Beyond the Scoreboard Youth Employment Opportunities and Skills Development in the Sports Sector
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Offering insightful research from leading experts in the international, governmental and academic communities, this comprehensive collection examines how youth leadership and skills development can...
Offering insightful research from leading experts in the international, governmental and academic communities, this comprehensive collection examines how youth leadership and skills development can be fostered through sports today. In many parts of the world, sport has proven to be a powerful tool to promote education, health, development and peace - this volume focuses on its vital role in the social development and employability of young people. It considers what sport means for social and economic development and how it can be an innovative method of drawing attention to issues such as HIV/
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- Geneva : ILO Publications, 2006
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- 1 online resource (256 p.)
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- 9221179680, 9789221179696, 9221179699, 9789221179689, 9221179689, 128060431X, 9781280604317
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- ocn437222667, ocm72823083
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- Cover; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTENTS; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS; ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; PART I CHALLENGES IN THE SPORTS SECTOR; 1 KEY QUESTIONS FOR POLICY DECISIONS IN SPORT; 2 PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT SCIENCE: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES; 3 THE PARALYMPICS: RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE, RIGHT TO WIN; 4 WHAT DOES SPORT HAVE TO DO WITH HIV/AIDS?; 5 IMAGINING THE FUTURE: THE UNITED STATES SPORTING GOODS INDUSTRY IN 2010; PART II OPPORTUNITIES AT THE GLOBAL AND REGIONAL LEVEL; 6 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE SPORTS SECTOR: A REVIEW OF THE EUROPEAN SITUATION
- 7 THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL DIALOGUE IN SPORT8 PROMOTING SPORT IN AFRICA: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY'S SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; 9 SPORT AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN LATIN AMERICA: CASE STUDIES OF PERU AND EL SALVADOR; 10 THE DYNAMIC SYNERGY BETWEEN TOURISM AND SPORT, AND ITS EFFECT ON POVERTY REDUCTION; PART III THE CONTRIBUTION OF SPORT TO YOUTH DEVELOPMENT; 11 THE ATHLETIC COACH AS INVITATIONAL LEADER; 12 SAFE AND HEALTHY SPORT: A TRAINING PACKAGE FOR YOUTH; 13 THE ROLE OF SPORT IN THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY: THE YCSCA
- 14 IDENTIFYING JOBS, CORE AND SOFT SKILLS FOR EMPLOYABILITYANNEXES; 1 TABLE OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ACTION; II THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL SPORTS FEDERATIONS: A MIRROR OF SPORTS; III WOMEN, LEADERSHIP AND THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT; IV YOUTH INSERTION AND VULNERABILITY REDUCTION THROUGH SPORT IN MOZAMBIQUE; INDEX