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AEJST – ETSGA
Association Européenne des Jeux et Sports Traditionnels
European Traditional Sports and Games Association
A movement of civil society? Between
sport and culture
- International NGO registered in France
- About 60 active members amounting to
several hundreds of thousands of members

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Some examples

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Goals …
 1. Join forces in order to organize festivals and
meetings, conferences and seminars.
 2 – Gather the results of our work: books, brochures,
videos, etc ... to nourish other projects & research
and to be a source of inspiration for our societies in
terms of culture, socialization, education.
 3. Support the establishment of new associations
and extend the European network.
 4. Provide a single point of contact for European and
international institutions in order to be more visible
and to make these institutions aware of the values of
traditional games and sports.

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… and the philosophy of AEJST
Some key elements
 Traditional games and sports are entertainment,
socialization, education and culture.
 Encourage and support:
 *the development and the practice of the traditional
sports and games
 *the recognition of the values contained by the
traditional sports and games in general.
 No vertical decisions.
 Discover and respect other (play) cultures.

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Internal organization
 Non-pyramidal organization. Different backgrounds and skills
are assets.
 In this sense, an organization of 100,000 members and one of
500 members have the same voting rights.
 There are no limits for members of the same country.
3 kinds of members:
a - Confederations and federations
b - Cultural associations related to traditional games, training
organizations and museums.
c - Academic institutions and organizations dealing with
school education.

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Examples of activities
 NGO consultative member of CIGEPS-UNESCO (Inter-governmental
committee for physical education and sport).
 Participation in festivals, workshops, seminars around the world
 NGO advisory committee member of the Unesco Intangible Heritage
section
 NGO consultative member of the global platform of traditional games
 Founder of ITSGA (International Traditional Sports & Games
Association), whose members are (sub)continental organizations
 Various projects ...

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Intercultural project
« Play with your hart,
share your culture ! »
European culture in the light of
Traditional sports and games
Realized with the support of the
Culture 2000 program of the European Union
(November 2005 - October 2006)
Realization of various projects

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Actions programmées dans le projet
- Inventory of traditional games still practiced by adults
- Inventory of existing publications (books, films, websites)
- Creation of a database describing the games
- Scientific analysis (with socio-educational criteria) of these games
- Realization of footage of the games
- Realization of a DVD summarizing the different movies
- Publication of articles in several scientific journals
- Organization of a final symposium
- Publication of the proceedings of the symposium and the project
- Organization of a traditional games festival with 75 different games
- Creation of a web portal making discover many games

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Partners
- AEJST - Association Européenne des Jeux et Sports Traditionnels
- FILC - Fédération Internationale des Luttes Celtiques
- Consejo General de Colegios Officiales en Education Fisica y Ciencias de la
Actividad Fisica y el Deporte de España, Madrid (Spain)
- Vlaamse Traditionele Sporten (Flanders - Belgium)
- Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife – (Canary Islands - Spain)
- Universidad de Las Palmas, Grand Canaria – (Canary Islands - Spain)
- Colegio de Profesores de Educación Fisica de Cataluña (Catalonia – Espagne)
- Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego (Poznañ - Poland)
- Instituto de Educación Secundario de Val d’Aran (Catalonia-Spain)
- CTS national des quilles de huit, (Aveyron - France)
- Museo de Tárrega , (Catalonia - Spain)
- Federaxon Esport Nohtra Tera (Val d’Aosta - Italy)
- Asociación Galega do Xogo Popular e Tradicional (Galicia - Spain)
- Universidad de Murcie - Facultad Ciencias de la actividad física y el deporte.
- Universidad Católica de Murcia (Murcia - Spain)
Co-organizers
Museo de Juegos Tradicionales (Campo – Aragon/Spain)
Institut Nacional d’Educació Fisica de Catalunya (Spain)
Centro de promoción de la cultura popular i tradicional catalana (Catalonia)
Federación Cántabra de Bolos (Cantabria - Spain)
Confédération FALSAB (Bretagne - France)
Sportimonium (Flanders - Belgium)
Fédération des Foyers ruraux du Gers (Midi Pyrénées - France)
Federación Catalana de Bolos (Catalonia - Spain)
Odiana - Associação Para o Desenvolvimento do Baixo Guadiana (Portugal)

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http://www.jugaje.com