Catalogue of measures
On this page you will find a wide range of measures and best practices to help you plan and implement your event sustainably. Use the filter options to select specific measures that match your action areas and targets.
Target Catalogue
On this page you will find a wide range of measures and best practices to help you plan and implement your event sustainably. Use the filter options to select specific measures that match your action areas and targets.
Proceed according to the KISS principle (Keep it short and simple). Formulation clearly structured, short and unambiguous. Use everyday language and avoid foreign words or long, convoluted sentences. Practical examples, pictures or pictograms can help to ensure that information is easily understood.
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Action area Accessibility - Target: Design information and communication platforms for the sporting event to be accessible.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Illuminate the car park and use level, firm and non-slip surfaces with a gradient of less than three percent. Provide a sufficient number of signposted and accessible large parking spaces for cars, minibuses and special transport services for loading and unloading wheelchairs as well as support staff. Guarantee that if there are more than 60 visitors, five percent of the parking spaces will be accessible.
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Action area Accessibility - Target: The barrier-free accessibility of all event venues is a goal.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Action area Traffic - Target: Ensure accessible arrival and departure. => Accessibility (AA9)
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Create accessible information and communication platforms for the sporting event in accordance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and the Accessible Information Ordinance (BITV).
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Action area Accessibility - Target: Design information and communication platforms for the sporting event to be accessible.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Visibly list the contacts for requests for accessibility support when promoting the sporting event.
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Action area Accessibility - Target: Offer support services for accredited persons and visitors early and proactively.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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Enable registration and the purchase of tickets via various communication channels (e.g. by telephone, e-mail, website, on site).
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Action area Accessibility - Target: Offer support services for accredited persons and visitors early and proactively.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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Make trained people visible at the sporting event. The people can be recognised, for example, by uniform clothing and sufficiently large name tags (including special abilities such as language skills and sign language).
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Action area Accessibility - Target: Offer support services for accredited persons and visitors early and proactively.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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Target your recruitment campaigns at diverse groups (e.g. by advertising on specific online platforms, targeting inclusion initiatives, joint recruitment events).
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Action area Commitment from society - Target: Awaken willingness to volunteer and activate actual involvement in the sporting event.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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Introduce a lesser-known sport/discipline to the supporting programme.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Contribute to securing and further developing the structures of participating sports clubs and associations.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Make diversity visible to the outside world and live it within the organisation.
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Create and use images and videos that show people of different diversity dimensions (e.g. age groups, genders, sexual orientation, ethnicities, religion, disabilities).
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Make diversity visible to the outside world and live it within the organisation.
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Involve local or regional sports clubs in the supporting programme of the sporting event.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: People are encouraged to exercise and do more sport.
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Action area Commitment from society - Target: Participation and involvement of the (local) population is facilitated.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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Plan inclusive programmes with local clubs, university sports facilities and other institutions and initiatives.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Contribute to securing and further developing the structures of participating sports clubs and associations.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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Design your job advertisements in such a way that many target groups feel addressed and make it clear that diversity is encouraged.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Make diversity visible to the outside world and live it within the organisation.
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Include competitions for different age groups (e.g. children's races, different age groups) in the competition programme and adapt the rules accordingly if necessary. This is only possible if you as the organiser have the opportunity to do so and the association is not the decision-maker.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Significantly promote anti-discriminatory behaviour, dismantle discriminatory structures, and seek the maximum protection of those affected.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Contribute to securing and further developing the structures of participating sports clubs and associations.
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Set up anti-discrimination code words or phrases that can be used in the workplace or on the event site, for example, to discreetly signal for support or help. Make sure that the code words are simple and unobtrusive, but are not immediately recognised as an indication of discrimination. Consider whether you need multiple code words to address different types of situation or support.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Significantly promote anti-discriminatory behaviour, dismantle discriminatory structures, and seek the maximum protection of those affected.
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Put up posters on the event site with contact details (e.g. QR code, telephone numbers) for people who have experienced or witnessed discrimination.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Significantly promote anti-discriminatory behaviour, dismantle discriminatory structures, and seek the maximum protection of those affected.
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Keep those affected informed about the progress of their complaint and explain the measures taken.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Significantly promote anti-discriminatory behaviour, dismantle discriminatory structures, and seek the maximum protection of those affected.
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Protect all persons from physical, psychological and sexualised violence.
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Offer discounted tickets for older people.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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Action area Accessibility - Target: Offer support services for accredited persons and visitors early and proactively.
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Offer discounted tickets for people with disabilities.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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Action area Accessibility - Target: Offer support services for accredited persons and visitors early and proactively.
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Offer discounted/free tickets for children and young people.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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Action area Accessibility - Target: Offer support services for accredited persons and visitors early and proactively.
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Offer a free participation programme.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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Seek advice from specialist organisations in order to plan an accessible event site.
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Action area Accessibility - Target: Design event venues to be as accessible as possible.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Action area Sports facilities and infrastructure - Target: Design event venues to be as accessible as possible. => Accessibility (AA9)
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Develop projects that help to communicate knowledge about diversity to stakeholders.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Make diversity visible to the outside world and live it within the organisation.
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Conduct rigorous background checks on all staff and volunteers who come into direct contact with participants, especially minors or vulnerable groups. This includes checking police background checks and references.
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Protect all persons from physical, psychological and sexualised violence.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Significantly promote anti-discriminatory behaviour, dismantle discriminatory structures, and seek the maximum protection of those affected.
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Ensure that those affected have immediate access to psychological support and legal counselling.
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Protect all persons from physical, psychological and sexualised violence.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Significantly promote anti-discriminatory behaviour, dismantle discriminatory structures, and seek the maximum protection of those affected.
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Clarify with the sports clubs involved that they offer reduced membership fees or similar incentives for the first year or a few months to stakeholders in the sporting event.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Contribute to securing and further developing the structures of participating sports clubs and associations.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Together with the participating sports clubs, create flyers and other information that specifically address people with a migration background. It is best to write these in the respective national language.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Contribute to securing and further developing the structures of participating sports clubs and associations.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Organise workshops or other participation formats together with local or regional associations to develop content for people with disabilities, older people, people with a migration background, children or people from socially disadvantaged backgrounds.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Contribute to securing and further developing the structures of participating sports clubs and associations.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Set up all-gender changing rooms and showers. Bear in mind that open changing rooms and showers offer little privacy, which makes many people – whether cis, trans* or inter* – feel uncomfortable or unsafe. It is therefore particularly important to ensure that there is sufficient protective space with individual changing rooms and showers.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Significantly promote anti-discriminatory behaviour, dismantle discriminatory structures, and seek the maximum protection of those affected.
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Action area Accessibility - Target: Design event venues to be as accessible as possible.
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Work with civil society organisations [e.g. disability (sports) associations] that support marginalised groups. Develop programmes together to facilitate access to sporting events for marginalised groups.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Significantly promote anti-discriminatory behaviour, dismantle discriminatory structures, and seek the maximum protection of those affected.
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Offer information in several languages to reach people with different linguistic backgrounds.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Make diversity visible to the outside world and live it within the organisation.
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Action area Accessibility - Target: Design information and communication platforms for the sporting event to be accessible.
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Relabel existing toilets (e.g. "All gender toilet" or "Toilet for all genders"). In any case, the following must apply: Inter* and trans* people may also continue to choose toilets for women or men if they identify as women or men respectively. Toilets for people with disabilities should also be reserved for them.
There are a variety of options for new/renovated buildings to install both all-gender single-user toilets and facilities with lockable multiple cubicles, each equipped with sitting toilets and/or urinals and, if necessary, their own washbasins and mirrors.
You can also install toilets that offer additional protection against assault. For example, former men's toilets can be rededicated as "toilets for all genders" and some former women's toilets as toilets for women, inter*, non-binary and trans* people, from which cisgender and endosexual men are excluded.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Make diversity visible to the outside world and live it within the organisation.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Significantly promote anti-discriminatory behaviour, dismantle discriminatory structures, and seek the maximum protection of those affected.
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Action area Accessibility - Target: Design event venues to be as accessible as possible.
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Ensure that recruitment teams themselves are diverse (e.g. by age, gender, nationality, ethnicity).
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Make diversity visible to the outside world and live it within the organisation.
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Regularly train your employees on diversity issues and diversity, unconscious prejudices but also, for example, on similarities despite different origins.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Make diversity visible to the outside world and live it within the organisation.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Allow employees to take time off on religious holidays or take them into account in the duty rota.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Make diversity visible to the outside world and live it within the organisation.
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Offer meals in canteens or at internal events that meet religious dietary requirements, such as kosher, halal or vegetarian food.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Make diversity visible to the outside world and live it within the organisation.
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Develop a personal statement against discrimination with the athletes, in which they publicly commit to actively opposing discrimination and working towards a respectful, inclusive environment. Ensure that this commitment is communicated to the public (e.g. before every match, in adverts or social media posts).
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Significantly promote anti-discriminatory behaviour, dismantle discriminatory structures, and seek the maximum protection of those affected.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Make diversity visible to the outside world and live it within the organisation.
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Develop an anti-discrimination policy, actively disseminate it to all stakeholders and via the media and implement it. The policy should include the applicable values, the understanding of discrimination, the scope of application, behavioural guidelines, reporting systems, sanctions and information on support for those affected and on responsibilities.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Significantly promote anti-discriminatory behaviour, dismantle discriminatory structures, and seek the maximum protection of those affected.
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Work together with organisations affected by discrimination and other civil society organisations that campaign against discrimination (e.g. anti-racism initiatives or LGBTQ+ associations) to make use of their expertise and develop joint programmes.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Significantly promote anti-discriminatory behaviour, dismantle discriminatory structures, and seek the maximum protection of those affected.
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Choose sponsors and partners who are clearly committed to anti-discriminatory behaviour and share similar values.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Significantly promote anti-discriminatory behaviour, dismantle discriminatory structures, and seek the maximum protection of those affected.
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Appoint athletes or celebrities as ambassadors who publicly speak out against discrimination.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Significantly promote anti-discriminatory behaviour, dismantle discriminatory structures, and seek the maximum protection of those affected.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Make diversity visible to the outside world and live it within the organisation.
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Set quotas for the proportion of visitors from certain diversity dimensions (e.g. 20 % children, 5 % people with disabilities, 10 % people from socially disadvantaged backgrounds).
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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Set quotas for the proportion of volunteers from certain diversity dimensions (e.g. 50 % women, 30 % with a nationality other than German, 10 % people with disabilities, 20 % older people).
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Make diversity visible to the outside world and live it within the organisation.
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Set prize money regardless of gender.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Significantly promote anti-discriminatory behaviour, dismantle discriminatory structures, and seek the maximum protection of those affected.
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Set competition times and playing times regardless of gender and create equal conditions for all participants.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Significantly promote anti-discriminatory behaviour, dismantle discriminatory structures, and seek the maximum protection of those affected.
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In cooperation with public transport operators and other mobility partners, ensure that (multilingual) announcements are made at stations/stops and on public transport.
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Action area Accessibility - Target: The barrier-free accessibility of all event venues is a goal.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Action area Traffic - Target: Ensure accessible arrival and departure. => Accessibility (AA9)
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Support the sports clubs involved in creating or opening up programmes for people with disabilities (e.g. opening up the basketball group for wheelchair basketball).
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Contribute to securing and further developing the structures of participating sports clubs and associations.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Support the sports clubs involved in creating or opening up programmes for people from socially disadvantaged backgrounds (e.g. by paying the membership fee for tennis clubs).
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Contribute to securing and further developing the structures of participating sports clubs and associations.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Support the sports clubs involved in creating or opening up programmes for children (e.g. ball school).
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Contribute to securing and further developing the structures of participating sports clubs and associations.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Support the sports clubs involved in creating or opening up programmes for people with a migration background (e.g. coaches with a migration background can make it easier for people to join).
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Contribute to securing and further developing the structures of participating sports clubs and associations.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Offer sports clubs the opportunity to organise an open door event on the grounds of the sporting event. Think of marginalised groups.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: People are encouraged to exercise and do more sport.
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Action area Commitment from society - Target: Participation and involvement of the (local) population is facilitated.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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