Southeast Asia Sport and Youth Crime Prevention Initiative

💻 A final reminder to join us for SYCP Webinar #7 this Friday 14 August: 'Youth Leading Youth: Different Contexts, Common Aspirations, Navigating Our Future Together for Safer and More Inclusive Communities'.

✨⛹🏾‍♀️ We'll be celebrating International Youth Day and ASEAN Youth Day 2026 through youth leadership, innovation, sport and regional collaboration. Register now 👉🏾 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSejfrcWTelan4NIECTVaeyx4RHpnCoDNVPZyufjtmb0Tbd39Q/viewform

🖼️ To truly bring a youthful vibe to the webinar, we are introducing the 3-WORD VIRTUAL BACKGROUND CHALLENGE! Create an artwork that expresses your vision for a safer, more inclusive and connected future through sport – in three words. Top three virtual backgrounds will receive prizes! Upload your entry through the online webinar registration form. Join the webinar on Friday and use/display the same virtual background you submitted during the webinar. Create it, show it, and inspire others!

➡️ This webinar forms part of the Southeast Asia Sport and Youth Crime Prevention (SYCP) Initiative. The SYCP Initiative is a regional programme established to build safer and more resilient communities through sport. Initiated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Agence française de Développement (AFD), the SYCP Initiative is being delivered in collaboration with national, regional and international partners across Lao PDR, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. The implementation of the programme is supported by a consortium coordinated by the Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice (AoS).

📬 In your latest SYCP newsletter we look forward to ASEAN Day on August 8 and International Youth Day on August 12, and look back on a month in which SYCP partners have conducted a series of national and regional network meetings to review collective action and strengthen cross-sector partnerships. These meetings have served as a fantastic reminder of what is possible when partners come together around a shared purpose! 💥 Read the newsletter 👉🏾 https://mailchi.mp/allianceofsport.org/power-of-sport-newsletter-14213165

⚽ “We have been doing this work for many years, but the Sport and Youth Crime Prevention Initiative has provided a framework that has helped the different elements fall into place" - Edward Hayco of the Philippines Sports Commission chaired our Philippines National Network meeting. [ Insights by Edward Hayco]

🏸 Dr Suwanna Silpa-Archa, Vice President of the National Olympic Committee of Thailand, chaired the Thailand National Network meeting and workshop. She told attendees: "This network represents an important opportunity to bring together organisations from across sport, education, justice, health and community sectors around a shared commitment to supporting young people."

🏀 Representatives from health, sport, education, justice, policing and international organisations came together in Hanoi for the second meeting of the Vietnam National Network. The meeting was co-chaired by Le Thi Hoang Yen, Deputy Director General of the Vietnam Sports Authority.

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🎥 WATCH short film from A Child's Trust Is Ours to Nurture - ACTION Inc. on the SYCP development workshop and peer learning visit in Olongapo City, Philippines. Discover how the 'Beyond the Game' Project uses karate, mentorship and community to help prevent youth crime and transform lives.

➡️ Read the newsletter 👉🏾 https://mailchi.mp/allianceofsport.org/power-of-sport-newsletter-14213165

The Southeast Asia SYCP Initiative was initiated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and AFD - Agence Française de Développement (AFD), and is being delivered by the Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice in collaboration with Laureus Sport for Good, Upshot and a wide range of regional and national partners.

💻 Join us for SYCP Webinar #7 on August 14: 'Youth Leading Youth: Different Contexts, Common Aspirations, Navigating Our Future Together for Safer and More Inclusive Communities'.

✨⛹🏾‍♀️ We'll be celebrating International Youth Day and ASEAN Youth Day 2026 through youth leadership, innovation, sport and regional collaboration.

📝 Register now 👉🏾 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSejfrcWTelan4NIECTVaeyx4RHpnCoDNVPZyufjtmb0Tbd39Q/viewform

SYCP Initiative: Vietnam National Network highlights growing cross-sector commitment to preventing youth crime through sport - Alliance of Sport Representatives from health, sport, education, justice, policing and international organisations came together in Hanoi for the second meeting of the Vietnam National Network, highlighting the country’s growing cross-sector commitment to using sport as a tool to prevent youth crime and strengthen ...

Sports Insights by Edward Hayco This is At the Heart of the Game — beyond the wins, beyond the game.

🌏🏀 The Southeast Asia Sport and Youth Crime Prevention Initiative has taken an important step forward following a Thailand National Network (TNN) workshop which explored inter-agency collaboration and secured alignment on strengthening the role of sport in building safer and more resilient communities.

The workshop, which was attended by cross-government and sector partners, provided an opportunity to reflect on the role of the network, identify shared priorities and begin shaping the next phase of capacity-building activities in Thailand. Partners explored how sport and physical activity can be used more intentionally as part of wider approaches for prevention, youth development, community safety and social inclusion.

The discussion also reinforced the importance of connecting investment, policy, partnerships and evidence if good work is to grow beyond individual projects and contribute to lasting change.

🔶🔶 Nicolas Tateossian, Deputy Director for Southeast Asia, AFD - Agence Française de Développement said: “Preventing youth crime through sport is a cross-cutting effort. It brings together sport, justice, education, youth development and community safety. Building working relationships between these institutions takes time. This is what the Thailand National Network is for: to create the connections that allow policies to hold together over time."

🔶🔶 At the workshop it was agreed that Dr Suwanna Silpa-archa, Vice President of the National Olympic Committee of Thailand, will chair the TNN. She commented: “I am honoured to serve as Chair of the Thailand National Network and grateful for the trust placed in me by our partners. This network represents an important opportunity to bring together organisations from across sport, education, justice, health and community sectors around a shared commitment to supporting young people."

✨ Initiated by the International Olympic Committee – IOC and AFD - Agence Française de Développement the SYCP Initiative is being delivered in collaboration with a wide network of national, regional and international organisations in Lao PDR, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. The implementation of the programme is being supported by a consortium co-ordinated by the Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice.

🔶🔶 Alliance of Sport CEO James Mapstone said the workshop was "a powerful reminder of why collective action matters". He explained: "The discussion quickly moved beyond what organisations can do together, to what difference a network can make when it is aligned around a shared purpose. There was real energy in the room, with partners exploring how sport and physical activity can be used more intentionally to support young people."

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