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START TO TALK CAMPAIGN
Country: International
Organisation responsible: Council of Europe
Main topic addressed: Combating gender-based violence
Type of resource/practice: Awareness-raising initiatives / materials
Discipline: Multi-sport
Target group(s): Public authorities, the sport movement and other stakeholders
Timing: Since 2018
Language: English
Brief description of the practice:
“Start to Talk” is a Council of Europe call for action to public authorities, the sport movement and other stakeholders to take the necessary prevention and protection measures to stop child sexual abuse. By joining this call, governments, sports clubs, associations and federations, as well as athletes and coaches, pledge to take concrete measures to prevent and respond to abuse. “Start to Talk” is about adults breaking the silence and lending children a voice. Start to Talk was launched by the Council of Europe as a follow-up to the two successful Pro Safe Sport projects (in 2014 and 2017) co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and run by the Council of Europe’s Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS).
The objectives of the initiative are:
1. to draw attention to the prevalence and impact of child sexual abuse in sport;
2. to recall the international standards that must be applied to prevent abuse, protect children and fight impunity;
3. to provide guidance on how to concretely implement those standards through:
a. the strengthening of legislations, policies and services
b. capacity building, awareness raising and training
c. exchanges of good practices from public authorities and the sport movement;
4. to mobilise public authorities, the sport movement and the media triggering action and partnerships at international, national and local levels.
Several instruments were created to support the initiative, such as the training kit “To prevent and react to situation of potential sexual violence against children and young people in sport”, a video clip and an Action Page.
Further information: https://www.coe.int/en/web/sport/start-to-talk
Contact person: Michael Trinker, Council of Europe, [email protected]
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