The International Sport and Culture Association (ISCA) is an organisation bringing together sport, culture and youth organisations from across the globe. ISCA believes that everyone should have the chance to participate in international activities such as festivals, exchanges and sports tournaments. We call this Sport and Culture for All. Sport is not just about competition and exercise, but also involves having a good time and making friends. Moreover, sport regulates social behaviour and creates a feeling of belonging – which in turn leads to a strengthening of democracy.
ISCA President points out the lack of relation. French research on the financing of the EU sport structure illustrates that the top and the base of the pyramid tends to dissociate from each other. Read more »
Are you looking for a partner working with health, environment, facility management, gymnastics, badminton, youth, children or seniors? Then you should know more about the ISCA thematic networks. Read more »
This year’s EYSF demonstrated how young people put the words of the European Commission’s White Paper on Sport into practice. The EYSF 2008 further delivered a set of recommendations through the EYSF2008 Pink Paper. Read more »
ISCA wants to take an active role in environmental protection in regard to sport and set-up the second step in the collaboration with the UN Environment Program.
“We are aware that practicing sports is closely connected to nature and our sports facilities, events and activities have an huge impact on the environment”, says Anders Bülow, former ISCA President. Read more »
The World Congress on Active Cities: Sport, Health and Citizenship will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark from 21-24 October 2009. Make your reservation now and benefit from preferential congress free offers. Read more »
Take part in the Future ! You are invited to participate in the Balkan Youth and Sport Forum 2009 - BYSF ‘09. The forum will gather over 45 participants from across the Balkan region to discuss the role of youth in sport. Built around the current youth agenda in south-east Europe, the forum will put forward its perspectives on the role of youth in sport. Read more »
The 1st European "Languages meet Sport" conference will be held on October 16 & 17 in the city of Trieste, Italy. The aim of the conference is to highlight how sport can play an important role in language learning and intercultural dialogue.
The festival is the largest sports event in Denmark with tournaments, shows and workshops in close to 20 different branches of sport. In recent years the number of festival participants has varied from 15,000 to 45,000. At the festival in Holbæk we expect 20-25,000 Danish participants and a few hundred foreign sportsmen and women.
The International German Gymnastics Festival 2009 (Turnfest 2009) takes place in Frankfurt Am Main 30 May - 5 June 2009. More than 100.000 members and visitors are expected at the world’s biggest leisure sports competition festival in 2009.
The ISCA Health Network welcomes 33 persons from 9 countries at the DGI-ISCA Children's Fitness Seminar. The seminar is being held in Copenhagen on 18-19 September. The purpose of this seminar is to create awareness and the foundation for future strategies in Sport for All on the topic of children’s fitness. Presentations of the seminar can be downloaded here.
