Sport and Sustainable Development Observatory (OSDD) has been created in 2006 as a result of the fourth national meeting on “Sustainable Development” in Nantes, France. Our mission is to support and promote sustainable sporting practices and to display the Agenda 21 program within the French and European sport community.

In December 2006, a data Bank www.sport-durable.com was elaborated in order to achieve favorable results. It now opens the access to qualitative informations about sporting practices that lead to sustainable development, and to several official documents (action plan of the Agenda 21 program, deeds of conferences, etc…)

The OSDD wish to favor the collaboration between the numerous agents working in that multidimensional but unique main sphere connecting sport, environment and economies.
Such collaboration can help spread the benefits of sustainable development. Indeed it will favor the creation of new analysis tools and will lead to a better understanding of all dimensions.

The OSDD aims to unite, inform and assist people in order to harmonize the relationship between sport and sustainable development

Our actions

Combine and promote eco responsible actions
• A data bank www.sport-durable.com

Increase public awareness and training from school to campus: School, College, University and youth associations*

Help sustainable develop take root in water sports
• First edition of the research paper about water sports and sustainable development: “Environment, solidarity, employment: water sports and the 21st century”
Free download on: http://demandeguide.nautisme21.osdd.fr/
• Operational Method “Toward Agendas 21 for water sports”
http://www.sport-durable.com/Reporter/spip.php?article162
Objectives of the method:
o Operational Tools for the water sports industry.
o Diagnostic, sensitize, dynamize (DSD)
o Identify core issues for each agent
o Identify agreements and disagreements
o Combine knowledges and experiences
o Writing a directory of partners and good practices
o Elaboration of a method using inductive and deductive reasoning.
Our method is based on sociologic, politic and economic works to define and run sustainable projects (Agenda 21) differently and with better efficiency.

• Use of water for sports activities: what kind of legitimacy?
http://www.sport-durable.com/Reporter/spip.php?article161
Objective: use of water, who, why? This is a burning issue because uses are numerous (agriculture, fishing, hobbies, water sports, hydroelectricity, industrial needs, etc.). A global collaboration between all the stakeholders can lead to the creation a real governance for the access of water. Our method uses the sociology results that enable to analyze the same situation from different points of view, for example the use of water by sportsmen.

Help sustainable development take root in sporting practices

• 4 articles about the integration of sustainable development within sporting practices
Free download on: http://www.sport-durable.com/Reporter/spip.php?rubrique88

Take part of woring groups
• After the “Grenelle Environnement”, french ministers Jean-Louis Borloo, Michel Barnier, Xavier Darcos, Valérie Pécresse et Roselyne Bachelot decided to implement a working group for sustainable development education (GTEDD*) and a program of actions which aims to integrate sustainable development education (EDD*) within physical and sport education at school (EPS*).
http://www.sport-durable.com/Reporter/spip.php?rubrique88

• The french Minister Jean-louis Borloo assigned to Catherine Chabaud an investigation about water sports and sustainable development and the OSDD has been approached to take of part of the project.

Our projects:

Training:
• CNFPT Training, sport and sustainable development (March 2009, Toulouse)
http://www.sport-durable.com/Reporter/spip.php?rubrique90

Publication of guides:

• Water sports and Sustainable Development, second edition
• Physical and sport Education (EPS) and sustainable development
• Mountain and sustainable development
• Sports firms and sustainable development ( audit of the relationship client/distributor/provider by the environmental, social and economic analysis)
• Sports meeting and sustainable development
• Sporting goods and sustainable development

Networking:
Organize meetings to deal with sport and sustainable development issues

Suggest educational tools:
• Promote sporting and sustainable actions: create challenges to increase awareness and share experiences.
• Games about sport and sustainable development
• Exhibitions
• …

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