Symposium on parasport in Indjija

In Indjija, a symposium was held within the framework of the “Social integration through parasport – Parainspired!” project, which is being co-financed by the European Union under the IPA II Cross-border Program Serbia-Bosnia and Herzegovina 2014-2020.

The symposium “Opportunities for Social Integration through Parasport” was opened by Vladimir Batez, Provincial Secretary for Sports and Youth, emphasizing how important it was to create conditions for increasing the participation of persons with disabilities in sports activities and for making sports infrastructure more accessible to those persons.

“The success and strength of our Paralympians should be a motive for others to start playing sports, to get as many young people with disabilities involved in sports activities and to regard sports as an environment that creates winners every day. The importance of this project is reflected not only in the achievement of the right to equality of persons with disabilities for physical activity and sport, which is the goal, but also more broadly, in motivating and engaging in social movements, stimulating tourist and cultural events, as it all contributes to awareness raising, acquiring knowledge and skills and developing attitudes that are essential for embracing diversity”, Batez said in Indjija. He added that the best example of successful inclusion of persons with disabilities in sports in our province was among the table tennis players, winners of the highest European and world medals.

Batez reminded of the fact that the funds for the implementation of the project “Social integration through parasport – Parainspired!” project, which was being implemented by the Provincial Secretariat for Sports and Youth together with partners – the Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Municipality of Indjija and European Affairs Fund of AP Vojvodina, amounted to EUR 263,914.43, of which the EU co-financing was EUR 224,327.27.

The president of the municipality of Indjija, Vladimir Gak especially thanked for the support and participation of the Provincial Secretariat for Sports and Youth in the project implementation.

“Thanks to this EU project, fifteen children with disabilities from this Srem municipality have engaged in sports activities, which is the best example of the effects of this project, which other municipalities and cities in our province can join”, Vladimir Gak said.
Our celebrated Paralympics Borislav Perić Ranković and Zlatko Kesler presented their experiences in sports and opportunities in our Paralympic sport.

“Social integration through parasport – Parainspired!” project, in which the Lead Beneficiary is the Provincial Secretariat for Sports and Youth, whereas the partners are the Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina, European Affairs Fund of AP Vojvodina and the Municipality of Indjija, encompasses a whole range of activities that began in June this year and its implementation lasts 15 months in total.