Frank van Eekeren

Frank van Eekeren is a Senior Consultant at Utrecht University (School of governance) and Programme Manager in Sport & Development at Netherlands Olympic Committee * Netherlands Sports Federation (NOC*NSF).

He’s been involved in Sport & Development since 1997 and is committed to (managing) Sport & Development by conducting research, publishing and consulting in the field. His main areas of interest are education, child development and peace-building through sport.

Frank van Eekeren's contributions to the e-Debate are listed below. Just follow the links below to access his comments during the e-Debate.

''...without the fun of the game the message will not be heard.''

Frank van Eekeren keeps its simple when looking into some of the core questions in Sport & Development. Find out what his reactions were to the questions in Round 1...
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''...the use of sport in these programs is almost useless.''

Frank van Eekeren cites the limits of using sport to create behaviour change in specific contexts. Read his comments in Round 2...
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''..open debate depends on the nature of power relations between the parties involved.''

Frank van Eekeren places power relations at the centre of his comments on current attitudes towards open discussion of mistakes and of 'learning' in S&D. Read his comments in Round 3...
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