Stockholm: Save the Dream and Global Child Forum (GCF) have announced a strategic partnership to safeguard children in sports.
GCF, a leading platform for the promotion and advancement of children’s rights, will collaborate with Save the Dream on initiatives to address children’s rights and sports at a global level.
The agreement, signed at the 2015 GCF at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, will act as a starting point for cooperation between both organisations and lead to better understanding and mapping of sport-related risks children face in different countries and regions.
The partnership follows Save the Dream’s ongoing collaboration with Unicef to protect children from misconduct which may occur in sport and threats to children associated with the organisation of major sporting events.
“The Save the Dream initiative is globally active in child protection and we praise GCF for its work around children’s rights.
“GCF’s leadership and vision to promote a sustainable world where children’s rights are respected and supported by all stakeholders in society is one that aligns with our ambitions of a safe and secure future for children participating in sport.
“The International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS), Save the Dream and GCF share a commitment to support the fulfilment of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and act in the best interest of children.
“By setting up this framework for cooperation, we hope to be able to facilitate a collaboration, which will see us play a more active role in driving best practice in child protection in sport globally,” said Mohammed Hanzab, Founder, Save the Dream, and President of Qatar-based ICSS.
“GCF aims to promote and facilitate cross-sector partnerships to further the rights of the child,” said Ulf Karlberg, Chairman, GCF.
“We are proud and honoured to join hands with ICSS and its programme Save the Dream on initiatives to address the situation of children’s safety in sports.”
Also present at the forum were the Swedish royal family, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Chairman, Nestlé Group; Irina Bokova, Director-General, Unesco; Yoka Brandt, Deputy Executive Director, Unicef; Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director, Oxfam International; Swedish Prime Minister Stefan L?fven and some 400 international delegates and speakers.
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