Asian German Sports Exchange Program
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The Asian German Sports Exchange Program (AGSEP) is a non-commercial non-governmental organization that has set itself the task of helping to shape the peace process , especially in Sri Lanka, through the motto "connecting sportspeople".
Intercultural communication
The goal is to connect people through sport. In this sense, sport is a form of social communication that overcomes language barriers and prevailing conflicts.
For more than 15 years, friendlies with back and forth between Asian ( Sri Lanka , Thailand , Vietnam , Maldives ) and mainly German sports clubs in various areas such as table tennis, badminton, volleyball, soccer, hockey, martial arts or dancing have been played.
The organization is a partner of two ministries and a sports tour operator.
Sri Lanka
In Sri Lanka the organization works u. a. as an advisory NGO for the Ministry of Rehabilitation. This ministry was created against the background of the peace process initiated a few years ago and the reconstruction of the northern regions (under LTTE control) of Sri Lanka. Especially the Wanni area has been damaged by years of military conflicts in the last 20 years very affected and the reconstruction of infrastructure is needed.
The organization (with Consultative Status with Ministry of Assisting Wanni Rehabilitation) supports z. B. through its own programs measures in the refugee camps in Puttalam and initiated sport programs for the internally displaced persons living there . AGSEP interns were engaged in the Ministry for Rehabilitation, Refugees and Resettlement up to and including December 15, 2003. AGSEP maintained a permanent office in the ministry.
Since then, the focus of the exchange has been on the intercultural aspect within Sri Lanka, in particular on the south / north exchange, as there has been almost no youth exchange between the northern regions and the south of the country in the past 20 years.
Tsunami
After the earthquake in the Indian Ocean in 2004 , both emergency aid actions (aid transport, construction of water treatment plants) and long-term projects (helping people to help themselves) were launched. These include u. a. the establishment of trauma relief centers for children and adolescents in the affected coastal regions, the introduction of a manually operated early warning system, the planning, implementation and evaluation of nationwide surveys on actually experienced help after the tsunami to assess the work of NPOs and NGOs in Sri Lanka, the construction of sports schools and children's playgrounds.
International Master Games in Sri Lanka
The organization organized the International Master Games , in which competitors from 30 countries took part from September to November 2011. The athlete was between 30 and 70 years old.
The sports were: ( table tennis , badminton , soccer , handball , beach soccer ). The Master Games took place in cities like Negombo , Kandy , Trincomalee , Galle , Marawila, Puttalam and Hambantota.
Teams from the following countries competed against each other: Germany , France , Italy , Norway , the Netherlands , Belgium , Luxembourg , England , Austria , Switzerland , Sweden , Scotland , Finland , Denmark , Poland , Russia , Ireland and Japan , China , Malaysia , India , Pakistan , Maldives , Taiwan , Sri Lanka , Hong Kong , Singapore , Indonesia , South Korea and Vietnam .
literature
- Rajkumar Kanagasingam: German Memories in Asia , AuthorHouse, 2007, ISBN 978-1434315823 . The author tells what he experienced with German employees of the organization in Sri Lanka. He explores his childhood on the embattled Jaffna Peninsula in the northern part of the country, reflects on the critical time he spent working for an American NGO in parts of the country controlled by the LTTE, and remembers the relief operations he was involved in after the 2004 tsunami German university students organized.
Web links
- Official website AGSEP
Individual evidence
- ↑ Micro plastic in bottled drinking water . In: Daily FT . Wijeya Newspapers. December 3, 2018. Accessed December 20, 2018.
