UEFA builds Balkan bridges
Monday, August 4, 2008
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UEFA-backed youth activities in the Balkans are helping to challenge intolerance.
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Matches and workshops
BAAP's activities in 2008 got under way with a tournament in the Serbian town of Kragujevac this weekend, when youth teams from Serbia and Bosnia took on a Roma community team from Slovakia. The event continues on Monday with a game between a multi-ethnic XI and a women's team from Kragujevac. Workshops and discussions on Tuesday also offer an opportunity for a more detailed exchange of views on racism and nationalism.
Youth camp
On Thursday, the event will move to Cetinje in Montenegro where, with the support of the Football Association of Montenegro, a youth camp will be held until Saturday. Teams from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro will celebrate a festival against racism, chauvinism and intolerance in the Balkans. In addition to the youth camp, a tournament with other teams from the Balkans is also being organised in Cetinje.
Information brochure
To accompany these youth events, BAAP has produced a FARE information brochure containing statements by leading players against racism and nationalism in the Balkans that will also be used in school workshops.
For further information, visit the FARE website www.farenet.org
