SAD Shares Good Practices

The Swiss Academy for Development (SAD) has released a report entitled Sport & Development - A summary of SAD`s experiences and good practices.

In this report, SAD document their experience and learning from four of their projects that were held in Iran, Lebanon, Sri Lanka and Nepal and examine the use of sport as a tool for reaching development and humanitarian objectives. Three projects are from post-conflict settings, while the fourth was conducted in post-disaster context.

While SAD does not recommend a ‘one size fits all’ approach to sport and development projects, their experience has shown that three key aspects should be considered when designing projects:

• The central role of the coach, facilitator or leader of sports activities must not be overlooked;
• Participation of the project implementers and beneficiaries in the design, implementation and assessment of the project is crucial;
• Use of an integrated M&E system allows for further outcomes (intended or unintended) to be revealed more easily.

To read the full report, please click here