Sports for Social Impact podcast: How sport builds inclusion and resilience across the Asia-Pacific

Team Up is one of several programs and activities driving the Australian Government’s implementation of the Sports Diplomacy 2032+ strategy that support sporting organisations, athletes, and the Pacific community through sport. It delivers on one of the key priorities of the strategy by using sport as a tool to strengthen communities across the Asia-Pacific. Team Up works closely with ⁠the Australian Government’s elite sports program, PacificAus Sports ⁠.

Team Up is a sport for development program comprising more than 35 partnerships across the Asia-Pacific that are working towards three outcomes:

1. Sport programs attract and retain women, girls, and people with disabilities, as well as men and boys
2. Sport organisations are safe, inclusive, and accessible
3. Australia and Asia-Pacific partners use sport to strengthen relationships and build closer collaboration

These three outcomes all contribute to Team Up’s overall goal: Australia-Asia-Pacific sport partnerships support all people to realise their full potential through sport.

Andrew Lepani is the Team Leader and is a firm believer in the power of sport as an enabler for human development and as a common platform to facilitate friendship. Andrew has been lucky enough to be involved in sport and sport for development work in various capacities as an athlete, administrator, volunteer, and educator.

His professional career has allowed him to be exposed to the work of development partners and the global sporting movement, which has increased his appreciation for human and environmental rights and their intersection with sport.

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