HISTORICAL PARTNERS
UNESCO
“ Safeguarding and promoting Traditional Sports and Games (TSG) as sports practices and intangible cultural heritage is key for future development of sport and societies.” Write UNESCO...
Leaders of ITSGA are collaborating with UNESCO since the 1990’s on behalf of the FIDEPS and then the CIGEPS. In 2004, the first president of ITSGA wrote the French version of the Sports & Games World Encyclopaedia (of Liponski) planned in the Punta Del Este plan of 1999. In 2006, we were present at the first Collective consultation aimed at creating an international platform for the promotion and development of traditional sports and games. Later we participated at many meetings for the promotion of Physical Education in general, promoting the use of TSG in the school curriculum.
In 2009, we had a strong delegation at the 2nd Collective consultation to promote and develop Traditional Sports and Games which was held in Tehran, Iran, 16 -20 January. The object was to set up the ACTSG or Advisory Committee for Traditional Sports & Games, and to write a definition of what are traditional games.
Definition written in Tehran 2009: “Traditional games are motor activities of leisure and recreation, which can have a ritual character. Deriving from regional or local identity they are part of the universal heritage diversity. Practised in an individual or collective manner, they are based on rules accepted by the group which organise activities, competitive or no. Traditional games have a popular character in their practise and in their organisation, yet if turned into sport tend to become uniformed and institutionalised.”
After numerous other meetings, the 3rd Collective consultation to promote and develop Traditional Sports and Games was held in Paris in two times: July & December 2017. Then the 4th and last UNESCO Collective consultation to promote and develop TSG was held in Istanbul, Turkyie, in August 2018, with an end to the UNESCO international working group at a dead end.
ITSGA working
group is now collaborating with the organizations members of the ONG Forum. The
ICH NGO Forum is a platform for communication, networking, exchange and
cooperation by and for non-governmental organizations accredited to provide
advisory services to the Intergovernmental Committee in the framework of the
2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
The International Festival is managed by the AGA Verona, or Associazione Giochi Antichi, Italy
AGA Verona was founded
in 2002 with the aim of researching, safeguarding and promoting traditional
sports and games (TSG) all over the world. Over the years, AGA has undertaken
numerous actions in these fields. They include:
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Research, both at regional and national level, on game communities that play
TSG, which AGA views as expression of popular culture and as part of the
intangible cultural heritage (ICH). A result of this work is the encyclopaedia
book “Giochi tradizionali d’Italia; viaggio nel Paese che gioca” published in
2015.
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Safeguarding and dissemination of TSG, especially at the local level, with
organized clubs.
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Organization of exhibitions, events and cultural initiatives that promote TSG
and support the re-use of public spaces.
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Since 2005, collaboration with the Veneto Region for the realization of
educational courses on TSG.
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Inauguration, in 2007, of the first research centre in Italy dedicated to TSG (Casa
Colombare in Verona).
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Relationships with municipalities, universities, schools and other
organizations in order to introduce TSG in educational programs and public
activities.
- Participation and organization of numerous
national and international conferences.
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