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Master in Sustainable Peace through Sport

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Why a Master in Sustainable Peace through Sport?

Peace building, peace promotion and peace education are long term and multifaceted endeavors.

Building sustainable peace requires specific skills in diplomacy and conflict resolution, but it also implies implementing ambitious educational processes for future generations.

Promoting sustainable peace involves teaching, learning and transmitting a set of values that help transcend political, social, racial and religious differences that, today, are often at the origin of conflicts.

It is crucial in complex environments to keep a pragmatic approach and act at the heart of vulnerable communities where tensions are latent, peace is fragile and social cohesion is weak.

In order to be effective, international organizations, governments, and the world´s decision-makers need to develop innovative strategies and deploy means that are inspiring to tackle social issues whilst adequately meeting the needs of specific local environments.

Sport represents an appropriate response to these requirements as it is a universal language based on a unique set of rules. As such, sport can be used as a catalyst for dialogue, brotherhood and respect and enable fostering peace at two levels:

• An inter-state level through "sport diplomacy" and transborder reconciliation policies

• An intra-state or community level, where sport creates bridges between people and groups

The Master in Sustainable Peace through Sport (MSPS) has been designed with the contribution of individuals and experts from the worlds of peace, sport and academia. This innovative program will lead to the genesis of a body of "Engineers for Peace through Sport" capable of making peace through sport become a reality.

The below diagram describes the vision shared by the three institutions that have conceived this program:



Peace and Sport, L’Organisation pour la Paix par le Sport, is:
• A neutral and apolitical organization
• Acting in 5 continents through a cooperation platform
• A partner with more than 50 institutions from the worlds of sport and peace
• Reaching over 60,000 people since 2007
• Supporting field programs in 8 countries

Please watch this brief video to learn more about Peace and Sport.

The University for Peace:
• A United Nations-mandated graduate-level university
• Counts 108 full-time faculty and staff members
• Has campus in Costa Rica and offices and programs in New York, Geneva, Addis Abeba, Manila, Belgrade, Bogota and Montevideo
• Has 30 years of existence
• Regroups 20,000 alumni from programs worldwide

The Master in Sustainable Peace through Sport program is a multidisciplinary program which seeks to educate and train an elite group of "Engineers for Peace through Sport", able to harness the potential of sport as a strategic tool dedicated to building and promoting sustainable peace across the globe.

Designed for students and executives, this innovative Master program combines solid academic knowledge and practical skills, such as:

• Developing and maintaining operational competencies in designing and implementing peace-building, peace promotion and peace education programs through sport
• Understanding and leveraging diplomacy through sport
• Teaching and promoting the values of sport as a tool for social cohesion and peace education
• Advising decision makers and political leaders in creating concerted sports policies for sustainable peace
• Benefiting from solid skills in the field in various environments such as post-conflict areas, areas of extreme poverty and regions suffering from a lack of social cohesion
• Intervening in impoverished and vulnerable communities
• Designing sport programs to address social issues involving international and national sport governing bodies
• Activating international organizations, NGOs, civil society and local players
• Creating cooperation between actors and promoting strategic partnerships
• Designing, implementing, developing, and monitoring a program until it becomes self-sufficient
• Fund-raising to promote initiatives
• Empowering human capital and training field-workers and staff

• Full MSPS Course Descriptions

...To Practice

At the end of the academic year, students will have the opportunity to engage in a six-month internship and get professionally immersed into local, non-governmental, governmental, or international private organizations.

This work experience can serve as a spring board for accessing attractive job opportunities. IUM and the INSEEC Group have separately developed extended networks that together represent for students invaluable resources for both personal development and career advancement. Alternatively, students may complete a research thesis (on a subject that matches the student’s career interests or one of the program partners) during which they work under the guidance of an academic advisor.

In addition, throughout the academic year, students work in partnership with the Career Services Office as part of IUM’s commitment to helping each student realize his/her career potential. These activities include training for resumé enhancement, marketing techniques, mock interviews, or personal assessment. Career events and services include in particular the Career Days and the preparation and publication of CV books for hundreds of recruiting firms and partners.

The Master in Sustainable Peace through Sport offers graduates a wide range of career opportunities in the world of sport, peace education and in public and private sectors.

After having successfully completed the Master program, "Engineers for Peace through Sport" will have the skills and competencies to implement concrete and adequate actions to promote sustainable peace through sport.

Various Positions

Graduates will acquire a broad range of skills that will enable them to apply for various positions such as:

• Project management and operations
• Talent development and coaching
• Sales, marketing and new media
• PR, communication, event management
• Fund-raising, sponsorship and corporate relations
• Sporting goods brand management

Various Institutions

Graduates will be able to apply for vacancies at the various institutions:

• National, Continental and International Sports Federations
• International and National Olympic and Paralympic Committee
• Professional Sports Club
• Governments and International cooperations
• Non-Governmental Organizations and Non-Profit Organizations
• United Nations organizations
• International, Regional and National public institutions
• Communication, event & marketing for public & private sport entities
• Private sector enterprises

Examples of internships

• "Peace and Sport" and its network
• National, Continental and International Sports Federations
• International and National Olympic and Paralympic Committee
• Professional Sports Club
• Governments and International cooperations
• Non-Governmental Organizations and Non-Profit Organizations
• United Nations organizations
• International, Regional and National public institutions
• Communication, event & marketing for public & private sport entities
• Private sector enterprises