Policy Advocacy in Sport and Society (PASS) Toolkit

Policy advocacy is crucial as it provides a bottom-up, civil society-led contribution to the formation of relevant policies and helps make vital, relevant information available to key stakeholders who may influence public policy. Despite these calls, there is limited understanding of or support for policy advocacy connecting sport and social development within Europe. The Policy Advocacy for Sport and Society (PASS) project seeks to address this gap by developing a comprehensive set of tools and resources to raise awareness and capacity for policy advocacy within the crucial and growing sport and social development sector.

As such, the PASS project will support (European) sport and social development actors so that they can increase their participation and engagement in democratic life, and enable them to use that engagement to sustainably promote education and equality in and through sport. In other words, this project aims to improve civic participation and engagement in democratic life within the field of sport and social development, and in turn use this increased engagement to advocate for and support education, equality and shared values within European communities.