THE APPOINTMENT. On Friday, May 29, at the University of Bergamo, a meeting on safeguarding, child protection, and educational responsibility in sport.
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There is a part of sport that has remained silent for too long: that of abuse, psychological pressure, wrong relationships, and underestimated educational responsibilities. This will be the core of the meeting “Safe Sport – protecting those who play, educating those who accompany,” scheduled for Friday, May 29 at 2:30 PM in the Sala Galeotti of the University of Bergamo, at the via dei Caniana campus, as part of the third edition of the Time | Out sport festival.
Safe Sport at the University of Bergamo
The event will be dedicated to safeguarding, an increasingly central theme in Italian and international sport, with testimonies, scientific contributions, and operational tools aimed at managers, coaches, educators, and families.
Among the guests will be Paul Stewart and Vincenzo Fuoco. Stewart, a former English footballer with over 500 appearances in the Premier League and Football League, was among the first professionals to report sexual abuse suffered as a child by his coach. Today he is involved internationally in training and child protection in sport.
The testimonies of Stewart and Fuoco
Alongside him will speak Vincenzo Fuoco, technical director of the FIGC Youth and School Sector and Lombard delegate for child protection. His testimony on the abuses suffered was also included in the docufilm “Cattivi Maestri,” presented at the Rome Film Festival.
Opening the seminar will be Stefano Bastianon, Professor of European Union Law at the University of Bergamo, Rocco Briganti of the social cooperative Specchio Magico Onlus, and Marco Donadoni, president of HServizi S.p.A. During the meeting, the guide “Safeguarding in Sport” and the international volume “Protecting the Beauty of the Game” will also be presented.
The discussion with institutions and sports organizations
The day will conclude with the panel “What can we do, immediately?”, with institutions, law enforcement, associations, and sports clubs. Speakers will include Marco Cadeddu, Deputy Commissioner of Bergamo, Maura Modanesi, Giorgia Marchesi of Volley Bergamo 1991, Marzia Terragni of Terre des Hommes, and Manuel Garattini of CSI Bergamo.
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