INSTYTUT ROZWOJU SPORTU I EDUKACJI/Institute for the Development of Sport and
Education
Instytut Rozwoju Sportu i Edukacji /Institute for the Development of Sport and Education/ (IRSIE) has been operating since 2011, focusing mainly on education, physical culture and culture. It has based its activity on cooperation with non-government and higher education organisations, associations, clubs, schools, universities.
Our experience includes publishing activities (publications related to sports, physical activity) and
organizational (conferences, seminars, trainings).
The Foundation is a member of European Traditional Sports and Games Association (ETSGA)/ Association
Européenne des Jeux et Sports Traditionnels (AEJeST) and International Sport and Culture Association
(ISCA). Foundation IRSiE is a partner of the Krajowa Sieć Obszarów Wiejskich (National Rural Network). The Foundation publishes the Journal of Sport and Recreation (http://www.sportinstytut.pl/artykuly,journal-of-
sport-and-recreation.html).
Foundation members deal with many aspects of sport and recreation. They are among us people who are
specialists in the field of sports psychology, communication and media in sport, recreation and sports
activities, marketing and management in sport. We also have experience in working with children, adults,
people with disabilities.
Foundation members have project experience (eg. Erasmus, Cosme, Structural Funds, Norwegian Funds).
Foundation carried out projects with national funds, Norwegian Fund, Erasmus Plus program.
Projects:
1) IRSIE is providing training services in the project “Short forms of teacher training in terms of
alternative forms of physical education classes” (Leader: State school of Higher Professional Education in
Wałcz, 360 hours of theoretical and practical classes).
2) Raising funds from the Ministry of Sport and Tourism for swimming lessons for primary school children in Wałcz (in cooperation with the Foundation for the State Higher School in Wałcz). The project covered by the support was 300 children from class III primary schools, which under the care and supervision of trainers and swimming instructors procure swimming skills in at least two styles. Each child during the 10 classes at the swimming pool was familiar with the safety stay above water as it was prepared for this, so you can safely spend the holiday period on numerous lakes located along the Wałeckie Lakeland.
3) The project entitled. “Sports activities for players of UKS Volley”. The project has received funding from the Physical Culture Development Fund of the Ministry of Sport and Tourism. The project has created an additional 2 Class groups volleyball children from classes I-III school, preparing “fry” volleyball for sports classes.
4) Institute is the leader of project: “Handball for Playground” 2015-2017. The project targets children (7-13) threatened by exclusion and demoralisation in Płock. Street workers will facilitate activities that suit the needs of local children and famous in Poland Wisła Płock sports club coaches will run handball and other sports coaching sessions. Handball training sessions will teach children fair play, positive ways of relieving tensions and venting off aggression. The respect enjoyed by the Handball Section of the Wisła Płock sports club in the community will help attract children. We will develop and disseminate a local model for involving sports clubs in children and youth initiatives.
5) Project “STEP ONE-Sport Traditions Educate Players Of New Europe”, in the Erasmus Plus Program (Grant Agreement N o 2017-2760/001-001); Leader Comitato Territoriale Terni-UISP (IT). Project wants to create opportunities for the sharing of best practices at European level to favour the cross-fertilization and internationalization of the activities and internal organization of small recreational football clubs and
traditional sports’ associations, to promote participation and intergenerational cooperation in recreational
and traditional sports and the participation to the European Week of Sport 2018.
6) Project Antidoping Green Seal proposal under the Erasmus+ Sport call. (N.reference 590430-EPP-1-2017-1-ES-SPO-SCP), Program: Erasmus + Sport, 1.01.2018-31.12.2019. Lider: Agencia Española de Proteccion de la Salud en el Deporte (Spain). The main objectives of the Project Antidoping Green Seal are to: Define of consistent and agreed understanding of which doping substances are used in the context of recreational sport, Develop the comprehensive preventive programme to conduct a raising-awareness campaign in six EU countries (Spain, Poland, Belgium, United Kingdom, Italy and Croatia). Establishment of the Ethical Code and the granting of Green Seal to recreational sports settings committed with the rules of the Ethical Code. The European network of “Green”, free of doping sport centres.
7) Project: Traditional Settlements, Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Development, 1.09.2016-31.08.2018, Programe: Erasmus +, Key Action: Cooperation for Innovation and the exchange of good practices. Project Leader: Kentro Perivallontikis Ekpedefsis Filiaton (GR). The transnational implementation of this project will enhance the exchange of knowledge, ideas and good practices for the adult education in activities which might be developed in the traditional settlements- villages, all over Europe, providing professional solutions to the relevant with this field jobs.
8) Project: A BETTER EUROPE – Be-Eu, Programme: Europe for Citizens – Programme Guide 2014-2020 / 2.2: Network of Towns, symbol: 594941-CITIZ-1-2017-2-DE-CITIZ-NT, 2018. Project Leaders: Municipality of Wiernsheim (Germany), Focus Europe (Italy-Belgium). The objectives of the project are: Promote the EU funding principle of Solidarity between member states and overcome national egoisms; Debate on the future of the EU; Debate on the European Policies and strategies; Reflect on the understanding of Euroscepticism, explaining the benefits of the EU integration and the cost of no Europe; Promote, through the involvement of the European Solidarity Corps (youth people), the commitment of citizens; Debate on the European crises and identify a common approach.
9) Diabetics Runners and Cyclists for more sport for all in Europe – SportGiveChance – Lider: Commune di Spoleto.
10) Using Sports For Preventing Peer Bullying In Schools, 1.10.2018 – 30.09.2020, nr Agreement 2018-1-PT01-KA201-047282, Coordinator: Agrupamento de Escolas de àguas Santas (PT); In this project our aim is to prevent violence and bullying among teens by engaging them in sports activities as an alternative to delinquency and bullying.
11) Playing Sport for Social Inclusion, Leader: Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica M.R. Sport dei Fratelli Marconi (Italy); The project sees the creation of a course designed to train socio-cultural operators, to learn methods and approaches aimed at using sport as a means of social inclusion and participation;
12) Project: Bike Encounters; Leader: Federazione Italiana Tempo Libero (IT); Topic of the project: Encourage social inclusion and equal opportunities in sport;
13) Project: Enhancing Mentoring Skills Of Sport Coaches; Coordinator: Fondazione Laboratorio per le Politiche Sociali – LABOS; The main objective of the project is to improve training of sport coaches with a focus on developing mentoring skills. With this aim the project addresses the topic “Promote
education in and through sport with special focus on skills development”;
14) Project: CheckMATE! (Check Meet Action Team Europe); Coordinator: Cooperativa Sociale “Il Mosaico” (Italy); Objective: To create an international opportunity in the city of Vicenza and in the province about the building of a unified society using the game like a tool;
15) Project: DU MOTION – collaborative partnership, Coordinator: Dubrovnik sport association – DSA (Dubrovački savez športova) Croatia; Topic: Promote voluntary activity in Sport;
16) Project WOW FESTIVAL; Coordinator: Centro Sportivo Italiano (IT); Topic: Encourage participation in sport and physical activity especially by supporting the European Week of Sport;
17) Project Medieval Activities Grow International Cooperation in Sport; Leader: Varkapitany Lovagi Torna Egyesulet (HU); Topic: Promote European traditional sports and games.
Conferences:
1) Sport & Tourism: Administration and Development STAD 2014, International Conference, Kaliningrad 11th December 2014; Спорт и Туризм: Администрирование и Развитие СТАР 2014,Международная Конференция, Калининград 11 декабря 2014 г. Organizers: Immanuel Kant University in Kaliningrad, Institute for the Development of Sport and Education; Warsaw School of Tourism and Hospitality Management. Term: 11 December 2014.
2) Play with us about the future of children – sports club and NGO and social problems on the example of the project “handball on the yard”, Organizers: Institute for the Development of Sport and Education (IRSI) – The leader, Grant Fund for Plock, Section Handball WISŁA PŁOCK SA. Term: 18.04.2016; 3) Co-organized the Third Conference of Psychology in Sport “We train the human body is not”; Main organizer: topWyszkoleni; Term: 17.02.2017;
4) IRSiE Foundation Media Patronage and Co-organiser of International Symposium on Social Inclusion and Volunteering in Sport Clubs organized by the Department of Organisation and History of Sport at Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw. The theme of the symposium is volunteering and social inclusion in sports clubs; 16.09.2017;
5) Organiser of International Conference: Doping in Recreational Sport, Meeting date: 26h – 27th June 2018 with Agencia Española de Proteccion de la Salud en el Deporte (Spain), Institut de Haute Formation aux Politiques Communautaires asbl (Belgium), Riječki Sportski Savez (Croatia), Fondazione Giovanni Paolo II Per lo Sport (Italy), Parent Community Sports Trust (UK) and Polish Anti-Doping Agency (Poland);
6) Co-organizer of the conference: V-Всеукраїнська студентська науково методична конференція з міжнародною участю under the title «Неолімпійський спорт: історія, проблеми, управління та система підготовки спортсменів»; Date: April 5, 2019; Organizers: МІНІСТЕРСТВО ОСВІТИ І НАУКИ УКРАЇНИ, Спортивний комітет України Управління молоді і спорту Дніпропетровської обласної державної адміністрації Придніпровська державна академія фізичної культури і спорту, Instytut Rozwoju Sportu i Edukacji (Poland), International Scientific, Educational and Training Center (Estonia), Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (George);
7) International seminar “Management of a sports club in a local environment”; 11.05.2019, Płock, Poland; Organizers: Instytut Rozwoju Sportu i Edukacji, Wydział Zarządzania Szkoły Wyższej im. Pawła Włodkowica w Płocku, SPR Handball Płock;
8) International seminar “Using Sports For Preventing Peer Bullying In Schools”; 22.11.2019,
Płock; Organizers: Szkoła Wyższa im. Pawła Włodkowica w Płocku, Agrupamento de Escolas de Aguas
Santas (Portugalia), Instytut Rozwoju Sportu i Edukacji;
Publications e.g.:
1) Andrzej Wartecki, Management in sports business, IRSiE, Warsaw 2014;
2)Symposium on Social Inclusion and Volunteering in Sport Clubs, Book of abstracts, Scientific Editors: Monika Piątkowska & Sylwia Gocłowska, Publisher: Institute for the Development of Sport and Education, Warsaw 2017;
3) Możliwości współfinansowania aktywności społeczeństwa obywatelskiego przez Unię Europejską w
latach 2014-2020, Punkt Informacji Europejskiej Europe Direct Białystok, Fundacja Instytut Rozwoju Sportu i Edukacji, Białystok 2017;
4) M. Koskowski, K. Waluch, The Role of Tourism in Sustainable Heritage Management [in] Traditional Settlements, edited by János Palotás, Foundation Of Knowledge, Hódmezővásárhely 2017;
5) J. Koprowicz, Ł. Szczucki, The role of a sports manager in career management of professional athletes (Rola menedżera sportowego w zarzadzaniu karierą zawodowych sportowców) [w] Stefania Jurek-Stępień, Joanna Koprowicz (red.), Współczesny menedżer, wybrane problemy decyzyjne, Oficyna Wydawnicza Szkoły Wyższej im. Pawła Włodkowica w Płocku, s. 71-88, Płock 2017;
6) Piątek M., Gocłowska S., Praktyki ambush marketingu jako wyzwanie dla współczesnych organizatorów i sponsorów wielkich imprez sportowych, Instytut Rozwoju Sportu i Edukacji, Warszawa 2018
Trainings e.g.:
1) Training for Federazione Italiana Tempo Libero – FITEL (4-8.12.2017) on: Sport and social inclusion;
2) 18-22.11.2019 training as part of the Using Sports For Preventing Peer Bullying In Schools project for teachers from Poland, Slovenia, Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania. The training concerned the use of sport as a tool to counteract peer aggression at school.
Cultural heritage came into the orbit of our activities as a consequence of our personal interests and
experience. Kazimierz Waluch PhD and Michał Koskowski PhD have an array of contacts, membership and
cooperation experience with various NGO entities. The initial context in which the Institute for the
Development of Sport and Education got involved in cultural heritage was sport and its cultural aspects, especially with regard to young people education, and the crossing of traditional boundaries in the fields of sport, culture, heritage and education, which the Institute has been committed to in its 5 years of operation.
The Institute has participated in culture-related projects in partnership with AMICUS association in Białystok, which specialises in teacher coaching, environmental education and cultural bridge building founded on an EU-centered ethos of cooperation. Additionally, our personal and professional relations and memberships include: European Cultural Tourism Network (ECTN), Europa Nostra, Forum UNESCO
University and Heritage, Association of Critical Heritage Studies, Universities of Rijeka (Croatia), Barcelona
(Spain), Florence (Italy), Newcastle (England), Highlands and Islands (Scotland), Goerlitz Silesian Museum
(Germany), municipalities of Vidzeme (Latvia), Veneto (Italy), Volos (Greece), and Klis (Croatia).
The Institute assisted the AMICUS association in the creation of a creative industries cluster Creative Poland, designed as a development and educational platform for the creative sector. The Institute has also launched a sporting initiative in Płock (a judo competition) which triggered an unprecedented interest in the culture of Japan, resulting in an official endorsement of the event by the Embassy of Japan and a series of workshops by, amongst others, calligraphy tutors and other artists from Japan, as well as a varierty of Japanese culture-themed meetings, talks and film screenings in the city of Płock.
We were involved in the Project: Traditional Settlements, Cultural Heritage and Sustainable
Development; Project Date: 1.09.2016-31.08.2018; Duration: 24 months; Programe: Erasmus +; Key Action:
Cooperation for Innovation and the exchange of good practices; Leader: Kentro Perivallontikis Ekpedefsis
Filiaton (GR).