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We thank UNESCO for the opportunity to participate in its Social Impact of Sport Report: Unlocking the potential of sport to drive social transformations. Drawing on insights and evidence from a wide range of academic and policy documents, the report presents a comprehensive analysis of the social value of sport across eight dimensions: health and well-being, equality and social inclusion, education and labour outcomes, youth empowerment and civic engagement, economic development, security and violence prevention, peacebuilding, and environmental sustainability. It provides compelling evidence of sport’s cost-effectiveness and its profound benefits on individuals and society, notably as a platform to achieve the SDGs. A team from C230 Consultores, led by Raul Abreu Lastra and Marco Lopez-Silva, coordinated by Helena Martinez Pardo-Salas and assisted by Arturo Ramírez, participated as lead authors, under the direction of UNESCO. The report is available at UNESCO's website: https://lnkd.in/ep5PvRfZ

Yesterday marked the closure of our #ChangetheGame Global Sports Conference, organized under the leadership of DG Audrey Azoulay, but investment and programmes to capitalize on the #socialimpact of sports are just beginning! Ahead of #Paris24, UNESCO organized a high-level event to develop the tools to advance #wellbeing through the positive social impact of sport. This conference followed the launch of our #Fit4Life Alliance, engaging partners worldwide who believe the crisis of inactivity, #inequality and #mentalhealth must be addressed, and who recognize sport as a space that can drive this change. ➡ Day 1 of the conference marked the launch of our ‘Social Impact of Sport’ report, a crucial step in building the business - and government - case for sport as a low-cost, high-impact solution for delivering #sustainabledevelopment that deserves impact investment. 💡 Here are some key takeaways from our findings: -🏅 Sport for development programmes generate up to 20% higher rates of school attendance and can increase labour supply by 10%; - The social return on sports can be over three times the amount of its investment; -🏡 Adolescents who play sports are shown to more often help their families, neighbours and relatives, meaning sport fosters #communityengagement 💪 ; -🚴♀️ Sports have a positive impact on the environment: cyclists’ impact on CO2 emissions is 84% less in a life cycle approach. These results, coupled with the conclusions from our ‘Global State of Play Report’ and ‘Recommendations on Quality Physical Education (#QPE)’ draw a quite dramatic picture. QPE plays a key role in fostering lifelong physical activity, improving #youth mental and emotional well-being, and developing critical life skills. However, the report reveals that only 1 in 3 secondary school students #worldwide meet the minimum requirement of physical activity per week as per #UNESCO ’s Guidelines. Sports also remains one of the worse sectors for gender inequalities ❗ : girls are 42% more likely to drop out because of negative experiences in sport. Many women and girls feel unsafe, with 21% of females (compared with 11% of males) reporting having experienced some form of sexual abuse at least once as a child in sport. This is unacceptable. ➡ Day 2, The Ministers’ Forum, saw the engagement of almost 50 ministers of sport from around the world 🌍 , discussing the role of the government and actions to put in place to ensure the benefits of sport and physical activity are accessible and enjoyable by everyone in society, free from discrimination and abuse. I want to thank all the ministers that so ardently participated in the discussions. After this very successful event, it is now time to turn the programmes and policies discussed into actions. The change must start now. We must begin to recognize and draw investments into the #powerofsport.

I am most grateful to UNESCO for the opportunity to address Sports Ministers and partners at the Global Sport “Change the Game” Conference today, at UNESCO’s Headquarters in Paris. Gustavo Merino and I spoke about UNESCO’s Social Impact of Sport report, which will be published in the next few days. Our participation followed the initial remarks by Mmes. and Mm. Gabriela Ramos (UNESCO), Muhammad Yunus (Yunus Sport Hub), Anne Hidalgo (Paris) and Rémy Rioux (AFD).

“We are eager to support the continued growth of C230 Consulting Group as a leader in monitoring, evaluation, and learning—and we are just as eager to learn from its experience working across Latin America,” says Jeff Bernson. Learn about a new partnership to expand the use of evidence-driven programs and policies around the world:

One of the first endeavors I was asked to support when joining Mathematica almost a year ago was exploring ways to expand our partnership with the impressive team at C230 Consulting Group. I'm excited to see these efforts materialize with the launch of a strategic joint-venture expanding our teams work across LATAM to support policies advancing the rule of law, governance, democracy, economic development, public health and more! Only great things to come. https://lnkd.in/ewrDTxiq

C230 Consulting Group y Mathematica lanzan un Joint Venture estratégico bajo el Programa Mentor-Protégé de la Administración de Pequeñas Empresas de los Estados Unidos. Esta colaboración aprovecha la experiencia de C230 en implementación y fortalecimiento de capacidades en América Latina, junto con la capacidad de Mathematica para proporcionar evidencia basada en datos a nivel global. Juntos, ofrecerán servicios de monitoreo, evaluación, análisis avanzado de datos y fortalecimiento de capacidades locales, impulsando la implementación de programas y políticas basadas en evidencia a nivel mundial. Conoce más aquí: https://lnkd.in/eM-nMCxH 

C230 Consulting Group and Mathematica launch a strategic Joint Venture under the U.S. Small Business Administration Mentor-Protégé Program. This collaboration leverages C230's expertise in implementing and strengthening capabilities in Latin America, alongside Mathematica's capability to provide data-driven evidence globally. Together, they will offer services in monitoring, evaluation, advanced data analysis, and local capacity strengthening, driving evidence-based program and policy implementation worldwide. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/e4gn_HuC

Interested candidates are invited to submit their CV/resume to recruitment@c-230.com. Please include "DCOP/USAID Guatemala" in the subject line.

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En C230 Consultores estamos buscando Analistas. Si cumples con el perfil envía tu CV a reclutamiento@c-230.com, mencionando la posición en el asunto del correo.