Development strategy of Roma sports as a tool of sport integration

Abstract

According to the National Roma Self-Government Hungary (NRSG) and the Government of Hungary framework agreement, NRSG undertake and the Government supported the implement to involve in the community and personality shaping sports activities with starting the Roma youth sports program of 30,000 young Roma people. Conceptual development of the sport in 2012, the NRSG launched the sport integration project, which is ongoing to extend the national level. Hungary was the first to set up sports integration program that develops through boxing of the young Roma people and disadvantaged people skills and help the completion of the integration process. Researches related to sports and education have been reported trend, in which the positive effect of physical activity on achievement of the studies are demonstrated. The main component of the sports integration project is to develop at the same time the progression of the study and the sports skills, mastery of healthy lifestyle habits. Mentor teachers help of the young people in education and in the appropriate studies progress, while in the sport the experts hand over the characteristics of boxing. The NRSG expand the sports integration program on regions of Hungary, where live mainly Roma minorities people and disadvantaged young people. The effectiveness of sports programs already today reflected but we can report about the outcome after 2–7-year period. According to the concept, sports training and education takes place at the same time that a complex influence on the development of skills in learning the social norms and the acquisition of literacy. NRSG sports programs run multi-threaded through the integration of high socialization activities lined with sports programs managed by the Local Government schools sports programs until the grass-roots organization sports programs. The sports programs are essential elements in the development of skills in the field of physical and mental activity. We want to offer a life course model of the Roma minorities and of the disadvantaged young people, showing the directions that give them an opportunity to break out from negative social medium. The integration of sports programs can be effective of 8–18 year old children whom is still ongoing the medium of socialization, behavior development. NRSG provide an opportunity to catch up on the most vulnerable young people through sport with the nationwide, three-level sports integration projects across the country.