Integration of Newly Arrived Migrants through Organised Sport (INAMOS)

Summary

"Integration of Newly Arrived Migrants through Organised Sport - From European Policy to Local Sports Club Practice" (INAMOS) seeks to enhance long term social inclusion and equal opportunities in and through sport, focussing on the engagement of newly arrived migrants into local sports clubs. INAMOS contributes to this objective through a research based work programme which analyses the impact of policy and programme interventions and provides tangible and targeted evidence to aid the development of future strategies and activities.
The long term social inclusion of newly arrived migrants is one of the biggest societal challenges facing the EU. Sport is recognised as playing a vital role in facilitating this process and providing a positive common ground for integration. However, a deeper understanding of the related policy implementation and the intended and unintended effects of such interventions is required.

Objectives

The INAMOS partnership will seek a holistic understanding of the following questions:

1. Which policies and strategies already exist in sport based integration for newly arrived migrants?
2. How are these policies rolled out to the level of local sports clubs?
3. What are the structural characteristics of voluntary sports clubs that affect their ability and willingness for integration?
4. How effective are sport-based integration practices?
5. How do these practices change the sports club as an organisation?
6. Is it possible, to generalise the project´s specific findings in order to explain in broader terms how efforts to tackle general societal problems through sport can be incorporated into the practice of voluntary local sports clubs effectively without overburdening or jeopardizing the existing structures of these clubs?

INAMOS, through comparative research provides recommendations regarding the impact of interventions from decision to implementation, providing the possibility to develop effective policy and ultimately, impactful practice.