TRUST CONFERENCE
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
Location: Croke Park Virtual Studio – https://vimeo.com/event/1372416/ad9ac2f3a5
Date: Friday 10th December 2021
Time: 14.30pm Irish time
TRUST stands for The Rights Understanding in Sports Toolkit and our resources aim to bridge the gap between human rights and the sports sector. Maybe you haven’t thought of yourself as a human rights worker before, and we’re here to tell you that you are! Come join us to hear more about your important role in fulfilling the human rights of others.
TRUST – Sport as it Should Be is an online learning platform and multi-media resources of interest to sports stakeholders around the world, from sports coaches & trainers, PE teachers, 3rd level educators, club administrators and volunteers, and sports-policy developers.
Partners from Ireland, Portugal and the Netherlands will join guests and funders, the Council of Europe and the European Union, in launching the resources on International Day of Human Rights from the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) headquarters in Croke Park in Ireland.
Agenda Items
14.30 – 15.00
Session 1
Opening & Welcome: Miss Geraldine McTavish – Gaelic Athletic Association
Moderator: Miss Geraldine McTavish, GAA
Mrs. Snezana Samardzic Markovic, Director General Council of Europe
Mrs. Catherine Carty, Project manager UNESCO Tralee
Mr. Colin Isham, Associate Director – Chrysalis Research UK
15.00– 15.30
SESSION 2
Partners
Moderator: Mrs. Maria Machado, National Olympic Committee of Portugal
Mr. Mazen Eltess, Refugee Team Netherlands,
Miss. Ger McTavish, Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA, Ireland
Mr. Joaquim Videira, National Olympic Committee of Portugal
Mrs. Catherine Carty, Project manager UNESCO Tralee
15.30 – 16.30
SESSION 3
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Mr. Matthias Verkerk Coach Eindhoven Refugee Team
Mr. Gerard Masdeu Yelamos, UNESCO, MTU Researcher
Mr. Nick Sore, Senior Refugee Sports coordinator, UNHCR
Mr. Ken Mc Cue, cultural Planner Sport Against Racism Ireland SARI
Mr. Mazen Eltess, Manager Refugee Team16.30 – 16.40
Break
16.40 – 17.10
SESSION 4
Road Map to the future
Moderator: Miss Ger McTavish, Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA, Ireland,
Miss Sarah Carney, TRUST Higher Education, UNESCO Tralee Sport & Human Rights Researcher
Mr. Ken McCue, TRUST Ireland Project
Mr. Pat Daly, Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA, Ireland
17.10 – 17.30
Session 5
Closing Address
Moderator: Mrs. Catherine Carty
Mr. Owen Ward, Traveller Education Officer, National University of Galway
Mr. Zak Moradi, Human Rights Activist, Leitrim GAA Hurler
Miss. Amina Moustafa, Programme Manager, Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation
Additional information
TRUST Project- The Rights Understanding in Sports Toolkit will bridge the gap between human rights and the sports sector. TRUST – Sport as it Should Be is an online learning platform and multi-media resources of interest to sports stakeholders from Sports Coaches & Trainers, PE Teachers, 3rd level Educators, Club Administrators and Volunteers, and Sports-Policy Developers. Partners from Ireland, Portugal and the Netherlands will join guests and funders, the Council of Europe, and the European Union, in launching the resources on International Day of Human Rights from the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) headquarters in Croke Park in Ireland.
