From the 8th to the 10th of March 2010, the Global Sports Forum in Barcelone will be hosting professional athletes, businessmen, politicians and journalists to discuss and debate the challenges sport faces today.
This international forum is organised by Havas Sport Event for the 2nd year running. This year awards will be given to reward projects in 8 different categories.
The trophies are there to distinguish sports-related achievements that act as examples of the role of sport in each category. The selection criteria will be based on:
- Innovation
- Social impact
- Sustainability
- Distinction by a “challenge”
The ADD Academy, presented by Majestic Force was selected in 2009 by an assembly of experts was retained among the 24 nominees for 2010.
The ADD Academy is nominated in the category “Sports, Culture and Creativity”.
On February 15th the Global Sports Forum will announce the 8 winners. The awards ceremony will be held on the 9th of March during an official diner.
The winning projects will be promoted during the Forum, and after the event by the GSF and its partners. They will also be invited to participate in 2011th edition.
List of nominees by category:
Sport, Culture and Creativity
- project 02 – Football in Seven Climates for Seven Cultures and Civilizations (Seven-Style Consultants)
- project 03 – ADD Academy by Yamakasi (Majestic Force)
- project 41 – Sporting events during the Hospitalet Spring Festival (Hospitalet de Llobregat town council)
Sports Education
- project 04 – Hat-Trick Initiative (Coaches across Continents)
- project 08 – Play for Fun, Learn for Life (Play Soccer)
- project 46 – Kalim Football League (Kalim Sports Council)
Health and Sport
- project 16 – The A-league (APAID)
- project 19 – Test Your Team (Kick4Life)
- project 47 – Wash United (WASH United)
- project 48 – WhizzKids United (Africaid
Geopolitics and Sport
- project 11 – Street football Regional League Football Friends (Football Friends)
- project 12 – Twinned Peace Sport Schools (Peres Center for Peace)
- project 13 – Sport For Food Security – Agriculture (SEP Kenya)
Sports in the City
- project 34 – Development through Youth Sports (ACRO Ghana)
- project 35 – Let’s See What Football can do (Albion in the Community)
- project 37 – Village Football – a cornerstone for youth empowerment (Christian Home In Liberating Destitute)
- project 38 – GOAL – Reaching New Heights (IFNA)
Sport Business
- project 31 – ASDA Cricket (ASDA)
- project 32 – Les Ateliers du Sport (Eurosport)
- project 33 – Looney Tunes Active! (Warner Bros)
- project 36 – Barclays Spaces for Sports (Barclays)
Sports Philanthropy and Cooperation
- project 21 – Alive & Kicking (Alive & Kicking)
- project 23 – Football for Hope (FIFA and Streetfootball)
- project 29 – Slum Soccer (Krida Vikas Sanstha Nagpur)
Major Sport Events
- project 40 – The World Games 2009 (International World Games Association, Kaohsiung Organizing Committee)
- project 45 – Promotional campaign for the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona (Virgili)
