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Final Report: I Came To Play; Peace Education ProgramLetenka, Novi Sad; Serbia (20.07.-30.07.2008)“I came to play” – Basketball Camp- ReBuilding “Bridges” and Transcending Boundaries through Power of Sport and Play -

Vision: Instilling values and connecting identities through power of sport and play

Mission: Raising public awareness and improving the lives of children in the region – Using sports as the common language for peace, friendship and sportsmanship

Values: - Fair Play, teamwork, respect - Commitment, compassion, leadership - Optimism, joy, integrity

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“I CAME TO PLAY”WWW.ICAMETOPLAY.ORG The camp was designed to bring together a group of young people whose love of sports/bas-ketball transcends the recent histories of the region. Positive messages about working (and living) togeth-er, leadership and leading a healthy, drug-free life were infused into the basketball instructions.Afternoon sessions of the camp included motiva-tional speeches and interactive games intended to

reinforce these messages. The camp also included daily workshops and seminars designed to promote leadership, conflictresolution and living a healthy lifestyle.Seminars demonstrated the capacity of sport to tran-scend boundaries and bring people together while teaching good messages to the campers such as the importance of education, tolerance and understand-ing. Through the inspiration, sportsmanship and structure of play and competition proposed peace education program mounted a serious effort to make a difference in the lives of the young people in the region, promoting a certain sense of respect for the game, for the rules, the body and the opponent.Using the sport of basketball, program intended to help the campers in developing fundamental life skills like learning to better understand and respect diverse cultures and religions that make up their lo-cal communities; and by working together to solve problems, overcome obstacles and accomplish com-

mon goals.Camp schedule was designed for 10 days.

Sports and Youth Humanitarian Organization “Play” is founded in May 2008 by Mihajlo Delic and it aims at using sports as a universal instrument for social change while promoting ethical behavior and good sportsmanship. It sets goals of using sports

to inspire, unite and educate the young people; by forming posi-tive relationships and develop-ing leadership skills help them to bridge the divides in their communities, lead healthy-constructive lives and conse-quently improve their futures.Aims:• Education through sport(multiculturalism, tolerance, youth empowerment etc.),• Popularization(sport,socialvalues, environmental care, public debate etc.),• Research & Publications(sportethics,peace&conflictresolution, etc.),• Promotes and provides is-sues within socially respon-sible role of sport,• Promotes sport ideals andeducates in thespiritofEuro-pean Citizenship,• Usessportasa tool toad-

dress social dilemmas (seminars, workshops, round tables etc.),• Provides formal and non-formal educationprogrammes in multiculturalism, social inclusion, an-ti-discrimination etc. for the civil society, youth work-ers, multipliers etc.

To connect the identities of the young people of Former Yugoslavia and provide them with the op-portunity to meet each other to play, learn and prac-tice;FairPlay,Tolerance,EducationandMulticultur-alismbeingkeyqualifications. To use the game of basketball and sports in general to raise public awareness and improve the lives of children in the region; To encourage individ-ual growth and the development of human potential in young individuals, who will act as potential bridges and tolerance agents in their respective communi-ties.

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Selection of the camp venue and the pro-gram participants was done during the months long studious process and administrative preparations which included weekly travels and observatory visits to various youth organizations in the region (basket-ball clubs, youth and sports resorts, schools, NGO’s, etc.). The campers from Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia and Kosovo were than selected in close cooperation with their teachers and coaches, based on theirs edu-cational, athletic and societal skills. Program activities included: Two basket-ball practices per day, plus the morning footing and stretching exercises and daily academic lectures and situational workshops designed to deal with issues like Fair Play, importance of education, teamwork, tolerance, reconciliation, commitment, compassion, leadership, integrity, healthy and substance abuse free lifestyle. Camp activities were designed to pro-mote the desired qualities not just in sports but in life in general. Drawing from the examples from their own experiences the campers were encouraged to understand the above mentioned issues in the wid-er context of life. That way, from one point we use sports to learn about life, and from another, we take a more critical look at sports and encourage the ques-tions that ponder on the camper’s lives and tackle issues outside sports. In line with project’s goals relating to the impacts of sport and the importance of education on youths, tolerance and peace building in the re-gion, the camp hosted special guest lecturers from variousfieldssuchasdistinguishedacademicsandpractitioners infieldsofsportsandeducation,con-flictresolution,high-profileprofessionalcoachesandathletes, various policy makers, youth agenda organi-zations,etc.Entireprojectstaff,consistingofbasket-ball coaches and promoters, academic lecturers and workshop facilitators was carefully selected through professional networks of the camp organizers and were handpicked based on their extensive profes-sional references.

• CharlesWebel,Ph.D.;UniversityofCalifor-nia at Berkley, Senior Fulbright Specialist in Peace andConflictResolution:ImpactsofSportonConflictResolution in the Global Political Context• MarijanaToma,Mphil.Hist.;InternationalOr-ganization for Migration: Reconciliation and Transi-tional Justice• Miklos Biro, Ph.D.; University of Novi Sad,Faculty of Psychology: Psychological Causes of Con-flicts• Milan Hosta, Ph.D.; University of Ljubljana,Faculty of Philosophy of Sport: Social animation and

ethical sensibilization through moral dilemmas in sport• Yorghos Leventis, Ph.D.; University of theUnited Nations in Tokyo: Regional Cooperation in the postconflictBalkanPeninsula

• Fair Play - Milan Hosta, Ph.D.; Institute ofFairPlayandToleranceinSport;Ljubljana,Slovenia.• Discrimination-MilanHosta,Ph.D.;InstituteofFairPlayandToleranceinSport;Ljubljana,Slove-nia.• Team Work & Leadership - Milan Hosta,Ph.D.; Institute of Fair Play and Tolerance in Sport; Ljubljana,Slovenia).• GroupCommunication-FilipPavlovic;NGOFractal; Belgrade, Serbia.

• Social Responsibility - Filip Pavlovic; NGOFractal;Belgrade,Serbia&MihajloDelic,Mphil.Polit.Sci.;SportsHumanitarianOrganization„PLAY“;NoviSad, Serbia.• Harmful Substances - Petre Mrkev, Ph.D.;Council for Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency; Sko-pje, Macedonia.• Healthy Lifestyles - Petre Mrkev, Ph.D.;Council for Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency; Sko-pje, Macedonia.• YouthCulture&SportsValues-MihajloDel-ic, Mphil. Polit. Sci.; Sports Humanitarian Organiza-tion„PLAY“;NoviSad,Serbia.• Education for Tolerance - Nebojsa Vujkov;Regional Institute of Sport; Novi Sad, Serbia&Mi-hajlo Delic, Mphil. Polit. Sci.; Sports Humanitarian Or-ganization„PLAY“;NoviSad,Serbia.• LifeWithoutSport-NebojsaVujkov;Region-alInstituteofSport;NoviSad,Serbia&MihajloDelic,Mphil. Polit. Sci.; Sports Humanitarian Organization „PLAY“;NoviSad,Serbia.

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• ZeljkoLukajic;BasketballCoach;Vrsac,Ser-bia(ExCoachofPartizanBelgrade,HemofarmVrsacand U21 National team of Yugoslavia, currently the head coach of Surgut in the top Russian league)• Boban Stojanovic; Banja Luka, Bosnia andHerzegovina (Former Yugoslavia National U18 na-tional team member; Bosnia, Organizer of annual “Three Point” Basketball camp at Jahorina mountain resort, currently the head coach of Slavija Sarajevo in the top league of Bosnia and Herzegovina)• MarioPrimorac;Maribor, Slovenia (Ex cap-tain of Bosna Sarajevo and Former Yugoslav National Basketball Team Member, currently the head coach of Maribor and the owner of the “Mario Primorac” bas-ketball school in Slovenia)• Miodrag Veskovic; Basketball Coach; Ce-sena, Italy (Olympic ViceChampion at 1988 SeoulOlympicsasacoachofYugoslaviaWomen’sNation-alTeam,EuropeanChampionwith“Bosna”Sarajevo,headcoachofmanytopEuropeanteamsinItalyandRussia)• NemanjaDanilovic;BasketballCoach;NoviSad,Serbia(CoachofVojvodinaNoviSadBasketballTeam, ex professional basketball player in Turkey, Portugal, Russia, Czech Republic, Yugoslavia, etc., currentlytheassistantcoachofVojvodinafromNoviSad)• Zoran Djosic; Basketball Coach; Cuprija,Serbia (Basketball coach specialized for working with younger selections, regular member of the Serbian Basketball Association’s youth camp at mountain Zlatibor)• Janez Cmer; Basketball Coach, Celje, Slo-venia (Basketball coach specialized for working with younger selections, regular member of the Slovenian Basketball Coaches Association)• DavorDogan;BasketballCoachOsijek,Cro-atia (Croatia, U21 national team coach)• Jovan Zdravkovic; Professional basketballplayer(Ex-YuU21teammember,recentlygraduatedfrom the Serbian Coaches Academy)• Goran Savanovic; Professional basketballplayer (ex Partizan and Red Star, Belgrade)While basketball instructions focused on improvingthe individual basketball fundamentals, teamwork and team building among the campers; focal point of workshops and academic lectures was concentrated on introducing the camp participants to the impor-tanceofissuessuchas:Leadingahealthylifestyle,ImportanceofEducation,SocialResponsibility,Theability to communicate, To deal with conflicts con-structively, Leadership qualities,Appreciation of ef-fort, The ability to lose and to win, Cooperation and Planning, etc.

Evaluation of the projectwas done accord-ing to the reports of the coaches, lecturers and work-shops facilitators. This report is based on their daily accounts. General success of the project is and will be measured by the follow up actions and the continu-ance of the network of camp participants and organiz-ers activities upon the completion of this project. Practical indicator of the project success is the international and regional cooperation between the various stakeholders for the creation of this proj-ect. Both Individual and organizational efforts sin-cerely contributed in successfully establishing such a valuable youth project (Individuals, NGO’s, Bas-ketballFederations,Variousgovernmentalorganiza-tions,Educationalinstitutions,Corporations,etc.).

Verymuchinlinewiththeproject’sexpectedvision, mission, goals and values; the camp’s success was greatly based on the anticipated connection of the campers identities and their tremendous abilities to absorb instructions and through lectures, practices and constant interaction mature as a group. These 10 days have provided them with the opportunity to focus on and develop their individual potential while learning about Fair Play, tolerance and importance of education. “I CAMETOPLAY” project used every op-portunity to stress and celebrate the multiculturalism among its campers and to use diversity to promote tolerance, compassion and respect. Lecturesandworkshopshavedistinguished“ICAMETOPLAY”fromanyothercampof itskindin the region. These were especially motivating and while increasing interaction among the campers, lec-tures and workshops have provided them with the open avenue for discussion and learning. It was an extremely exhilarating experience watching the campers wholeheartedly take part to discuss and tackle issues like prejudice, responsibility, commit-ment, integrity and education(among others), using every opportunity to learn from their teachers and more importantly from each other! Basketball practices were second to none, individual commitment of the coaches to all camp-ers on a personal level was extremely noticeable and coupled with the athletic dedication of the campers it produced high quality of practices and games. It was theintentionofthe“ICAMETOPLAY”tomakesurethat every child leaves the camp as a better basket-ball player and the camp staff methodical approach to practices, both team and individual, was instrumental in this regard. As programs progressed, observant was change in behavior of the campers and their commit-ment to emphasize the elements like compassion and

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understanding to help each other and act responsi-bly in lectures and practices. These newly acquired perspectives towards if each other have allowed them to grow together as a group and have served as a mechanism of improvement of the camps pro-gram itself! In reviewing the evaluation sheets of the campers, Responsibility, Respect, TeamWork andFair Play stand out as the main values learned at the camp. Moreover, in initial year camp “I Came to play” accommodated group of forty children, age from12to17yearsold.Weareproudthatwithinourfirstyearwemanagedtogatheranadequateamountof donations for this preliminary group of campers. Wearehoppingthatinyear2009wewillbeabletogather even more donations so we could organize several groups of campers and more young people could enjoy in the “I Came to play” camp.

Arrival of participants started early in the morning with boys from Montenegro at 5:30am, fol-lowed by the rest of the participants from Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Slovenia and Kosovo.

The arrival of participants from Slovenia at 14:00 concluded the arrival of camp-ers. Upon arrival, and the procedural formalities, coaches and the camp staff have introduced the campers to their accommodation arrangements. In-tended to improve the communication and socialization among the campers, accommodation was done by the prin-ciple that the kids from all of the former republics will live together in randomly mixed rooms for the whole duration of the camp. This was done in order to ini-tialize and reinforce the contact among the campers from the start of the project, as the interaction amongst the campers was deemed the integral part of the proj-ect.

Lunchwasat14:30,followedbysomefreetimeuntilthe“official”openingofthecampproceed-ings scheduled for 17:00. At 17:00, everyone was welcomed by the camp’s project manager Mihajlo Delic, who shortly introduced the coaches, associates, trainers, lectur-ers, workshop moderators and the kids; After intro-duction the campers received their sporting kits (con-sisting of three shirts, turnable sports jerseys and shorts)andfirstbasketballpracticetookplace. 17:30-18:45 First practice: The kids were di-vided into two groups according to their age, main focus of the practice was put on the evaluation of the campers basketball skills and was of corrective character. All basketball practices during the camp have been designed to follow the pre-arranged coaching schedule which studiously corresponds to the age and the skill levels of the campers. All coaches that have been selected to work with the campers were carefully screened and have extensive professional basketball coaching experiences (pls. refer to the list of coaches for their names and professional basket-ball references). After the practice, campers had a short break for refreshments (which included free bottled water and juices for the whole duration of the camp); Dinnerwasservedat19:30pm.Duringthedinner,inthe informal conversations with the campers, camp staff has concluded that the food and accommoda-tion are more than satisfactory for the children, and that there were no complaints concerning the room and board of the campers.

After dinner, at 20:35, short basketball shooting competition and free-throws competition took place. Shooting teams were divided according to the sleep-ing arrangements.At 21:00, an outdoor movie theater at the main bas-

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ketball court played the documentary movie “Hoop Dreams”.Hoop DreamsBy Roger Ebert Oct 21, 1994A film like “Hoop Dreams” is what themovies arefor. It takes us, shakes us, and make us think in new ways about the world around us. It gives us the im-pression of having touched life itself.

“Hoop Dreams” is, on one level, a documen-taryabouttwoAfrican-AmericankidsnamedWilliamGates and Arthur Agee, from Chicago’s inner city, who are gifted basketball players and dream of some-day starring in the NBA. On another level, it is about much larger sub-jects: about ambition, competition, race and class in our society. About our value structures. And about the daily lives of people like the Agee and Gates families, who are usu-ally invisible in the mass media, but have a determination and resilien-cy that is a cause for hope.

The movie spans six years in the lives ofWilliam andArthur,starting when they are in the eighth grade, and continuing through the firstyearofcollege.Itwasintendedoriginally to be a 30-minute short, butasthefilmmakersfollowedtheirtwo subjects, they realized this was a much larger, and longer story. And so we are allowed to watch the subjects grow up during the movie, and this palpable sense of the passage of time is like walking for a time in their shoes.

One image from the film:Gates,who livesin the Cabrini Green project, and Agee, who lives on Chicago’s South Side, get up before dawn on cold winterdaystobegintheirdaily90-minutecommutetoWestchester.Thestreetlightsreflectoffthehardwinter ice, and we realize what a long road - what plain hard work - is involved in trying to get to the top of the professional sports pyramid. Other high school students may go to “career counselors,” who steer them into likelyprofessions.ArthurandWilliamareworking harder, perhaps, than anyone else in their school - for jobs which, we are told, they have only a .00005 percent chance of winning.

“Hoop Dreams” contains more actual in-formation about life as it is lived in poor black city neighborhoodsthananyotherfilmIhaveeverseen.“Hoop Dreams,” however, is not only a documenta-ry. It is also poetry and prose, muckraking and ex-pose, journalism and polemic. It is one of the great

moviegoing experiences of my lifetime. The movie enjoyed great reviews and dis-cussion among the campers and camp staff. After themovieitwastimeforbed;Lightsoutat22:30.

6:30 Wake up; 6:45 Morning footing; 7:30Breakfast; 8:15-9:30Morningbasketballpractice;Par-ticipants were divided into two groups corresponding to their age, the practice was conduced on the two upper basketball courts. Older group was coached

byBobanStanojevicfromBanjaLukaandtheyoung-ergroupbyZoranDjosic.Practicefocusedonbas-ketball dribble and techniques. Upon completion of the morning practice, campers had an hour and a half of leisure time un-til the start of the Fair Play workshop scheduled at 11:00. 11:00-13:00 Fair PlayWorkShop was heldby Milan Hosta, Ph.D.; Institute of Fair Play and Tol-eranceinSport;Ljubljana,Slovenia. Workshopsatthecamphadbeendesignedto deal with issues like Fair Play, importance of edu-cation, teamwork, tolerance, reconciliation, commit-ment, compassion, leadership, integrity, healthy and substance abuse free lifestyle. For example, Fair Play is the desired quality not just in sports but in life in general. Drawing from the examples from their own experiences the campers will be encouraged to understandallWorkShopissuesinthewidercontextof life. That way, from one point we would use sports to learn about life, and from another take more critical look at sports and encourage the questions that pon-der on their (campers) lives and experiences, and by doing so, tackle important issues outside sports. 13:00Lunch;14-16:00Mandatoryrest;Fol-

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lowed by leisure time for the campers before the sec-ond basketball practice which started at 17:15. 17:15-18:45 Second basketball practice; Practice was conducted at the central court and the participants were warming up while divided into two groups, each using the half of the court. The main goal of the practice was “basket-ball techniques in resolving situations 1 on 1”; After thepractice,firstroundof“1on1”tournamentwasconducted. Dinnerstartedat19:30,andat20:15two45min. basketball games took place. Lightsoutforthecamperswasat22:30.*Coaches made the inspection of the rooms and found minor examples of untidiness which was than cleared. After dinner, at the camps staff report, it was noted that due to the colder weather special attention was needed to make sure that the kids are dressed in warmer clothes in the evening hours.

7:10,Wakeup;Duetotheheavyrain,bothmorningfooting and basketball practice were cancelled; 7:30 Breakfast. Leisuretimeforthecamperswhichentailedsetting up “Sony Play Station” tournament until the start of the discrimination workshop scheduled for 11:00. 11:00-12:30DiscriminationWorkShop, washeld by Milan Hosta, Ph.D.; Institute of Fair Play and ToleranceinSport;Ljubljana,Slovenia. 13:00Lunch;14-16:00Mandatoryrest;Fol-lowed by leisure time fore the campers before the second basketball practice which started at 17:15.17:15-18:45 Basketball practice; emphases was on corrective running and offensive and defensive bas-ketball techniques in cooperation between the differ-ent guard and post player positions on the court. 19:00Dinner; 20:00-22:30 Projection of the movie “Peace-fulWarrior”tothecampers,withfollowingdiscussionmoderated by Milan Hosta, Ph.D. from the Institute ofFairPlayandToleranceinSport(Ljubljana,Slove-nia). Discussion after and during the movie fo-cused on the points made concerning the psycho-logical dimensions of sports training and emphasized the notions of an athlete not comparing himself to the outside criteria but seeking his best potential from within and the ways an athlete realizes that potential through competition. 22:30Lightsout!*Camp staff reported no complaints during day three, although one of the campers from Bosnia and Her-zegovina had a slightly higher fever, condition which was taken care by the camp doctor on site.

7:10Wakeup;Duetotheheavyrain,morningfootingwas cancelled; 7:30 Breakfast. Because of the continuing heavy rain show-ers, camp manager has decided to move the basket-ball practices to the indoor Gym in the city of Novi Sad. Transportation is organized and the two mini vans will be driving the campers to the city for bas-ketball practices while the rain continues. 9:30departuretobasketballpractice;10:30- 12:30 Basketball practice, because of the shift in the daily schedule lunch was scheduled for 13:30, followed by the mandatory rest for the campers from 14:00 until 16:00. 16:00-17:30Lecture;CharlesWebel,Ph.D.;University of California at Berkley, Senior Fulbright SpecialistinPeaceandConflictResolution:ImpactsofSportonConflictResolutionintheGlobalPoliticalContext.17:30-19:00TeamWork&LeadershipWorkShop,was held by Milan Hosta, Ph.D.; Institute of Fair Play andToleranceinSport;Ljubljana,Slovenia.19:00Dinner;20:00-21:30Lecture,MarijanaToma,Mphil. Hist.; International Organization for Migration: Reconciliation and Transitional Justice.Leisuretimeforthecampersuntil22:30whenitwastime for bed!

7:10Wakeup;Duetotheheavyrain,morningfootingwas cancelled; 7:30 Breakfast. Once more, because of the continu-ing heavy rain showers, camp manager has decided to move the basketball practices to the indoor Gym in the city of Novi Sad. Transportation is organized and the two mini vans will be driving the campers to the city for bas-ketball practices while the rain continues. 9:30 departure to practice; 10:30-12:30Basketball practice, because of the shift in the daily schedule the lunch was served at 13:30. 15:00-16:30 Group Communication Work-shop, was held by Filip Pavlovic; NGO Fractal; Bel-grade, Serbia. 16:45-18:00 Second basketball practice; Be-causetherainhasfinallystopped,secondbasketballpractice was held at the main court. 18:15-19:15 Social Responsibility Work-shop, Filip Pavlovic; NGO Fractal; Belgrade, Serbia &MihajloDelic,Mphil.Polit.Sci.;SportsHumanitar-ianOrganization„PLAY“;NoviSad,Serbia. 19:30Dinner. 20:00-21:30Lecture,MiklosBiro,Ph.D.;Uni-versity of Novi Sad, Faculty of Psychology: Psycho-logicalCausesofConflicts.Leisure time for thecampersuntil bed timesched-uled at 22:30.

22.07.2008. [DAY THREE]

23.07.2008. [DAY FOUR]

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6:30 Wake up; 6:40-7:00Morning footing; 7:30 Breakfast. 8:15-9:30 First basketballpractice, followed by leisure time for thecampersuntilLunch. 13:00Lunch,followedbyman-datory rest for the campers from 13:30 until 15:30. 15:30-16:30Meet&GreetwiththecampguestsfromtheUSEmbassyin Belgrade and arriving media journal-istsandTVcrews. Settingupof theday’s itinerary. 16:30-17:00 Friendly game between the camp participants and the US embassy team. 17:00-17:30 First basketball game; mixed teams,guests,campers,etc.(“red”Vs.“white”) 17:30-18:00 Second basketball game; mixed teams,guests,campers,etc.(“black”Vs.“blue”) 18:15-18:30 “1 on 1” game between the youngest camp participant (Arijan Jovanovic from Osijek, Croatia) and the US embassy team captain. 18:30 Address of the US Deputy Ambassa-dor to Serbia (Jennifer Brush) to the camp partici-pants. 18:45 Dinner for the guests; Followed by the address to the campers and the demonstrational basketball practice held by the basketball coach Mr. MiodragVeskovic,withthefocusoncreativity,bas-ketball passing and on the court intuition (18:45- 19:30) 19:30DepartureoftheUSembassyguests. 19:40Dinner. 20:45-21:15 1st Basketball game among the campers. 21:15-21:45 2nd Basketball game among the campers. 23:00LightsOut!*Expectantlysomeofthecampersareunderalightmuscle ache due to the increase of the daily sporting activities, but all are healthy and able to follow the planned training process. It is the general consensus of the camp staff that the meeting and visit of the US embassy guests was extremely well organized, they extend their congratulations to the project manager!

6:30Wakeup;6:40-7:00Morningfooting; 7:30 Breakfast. 8:30 Due to the surprising rainfall morning practice was cancelled and the campers have moved indoors where the “Soccer Sony Play Station Tourna-ment” organized earlier by the camp staff took place.9:00-12:30“PlayStationTournament-ProEvolutionSoccer 2” 13:00Lunch. 13:30-16:00 Mandatory rest for the campers; As the rain has stopped the second basketball prac-tice was held on time as scheduled. 17:15-19:00Basketballpractice,followedbythecontinuing1on1tournamentuntilthesemifinalround. 19:00Dinner. 19:30-20:15 Harmful Substances Work-Shop, Petre Mrkev, Ph.D.; Council for Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency; Skopje, Macedonia. 20:15-21:15 Lecture, Milan Hosta, Ph.D.;University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Philosophy ofSport: Social animation and ethical sensibilization through moral dilemmas in sport.Leisuretimeforthecampersuntilthescheduledbedtime for the campers at 22:30.*NikiPravdicformSloveniahadasmallerinflamma-tion of skin around his right eye which was taken care by the camp doctor on site. Muscle aches from the day before were not an issue today as the coaches had no complaints.

6:30Wakeup;6:40-7:00Morningfooting; 7:30 Breakfast. 8:15-9:45Firstbasketballpractice;followedby the camp staff meeting which concluded that all

26.07.2008. [DAY SEVEN]

25.07.2008. [DAY SIX- GUESTSFROM US EMBASSY]

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of the campers are healthy and coping well in adjust-ing to the busy schedule of both basketball practices and designated workshops and academic lectures. Also the camp staff discussed the preparations for the barbecue, which is planned for the afternoon for the campers, staff, camp guests, friends, etc… 11:00-11:30 “Play Station Tournament - Pro EvolutionSoccer2”-FINALGAME(FilipbeatsNijazin a tightly contested “nerve wrecking” game) 11:45-13:00Semifinalsandfinalsof the“1on 1” basketball competition (Martin beats Benjamin inthefinal)

13:00Lunch;followedbythemandatoryrestfor the campers (13:30-15:00)At around 13:00 visitors and camp guests started to arriveforthebarbecue,andourfriendNebojsaVu-jkov, Director of the Regional Institute of Sports from NoviSad,slowlystartedtopreparethefiesta. 15:00-16:00 Healthy Lifestyles WorkShop,Petre Mrkev, Ph.D.; Council for Prevention of Juve-nile Delinquency; Skopje, Macedonia. 16:00-17:00 Lecture, Yorghos Leventis,Ph.D.; University of the United Nations in Tokyo: Re-gionalCooperationinthepostconflictBalkanPenin-sula. 17:00-19:00Secondbasketballpractice;firstpart of the practice was done at the two upper courts and than at 18:00 campers moved to the central court where they played the scrimmage games. 19:00-20:00Barbecuetimeforthecampers 21:00-22:00 Campers were divided into teams of three, and played “three on three” half court games, following the winning team stays on the court rule. 22:30Lightsout!*AtthecampstaffmeetingitwasreportedthatZvoni-mir form Croatia has had some abdominal pains, after a check up by the camp doctor he was taken to the children’s hospital in Novi Sad where he was examined and appendicitis was established; His par-entsarenotifiedandtheyhavereportedthisasboy’sprecondition. He was taken to Osijek general hospi-tal the next day and has recovered well. Boy’s par-ents expressed great gratitude to the camp’s staff,

doctor and project manager for handling the situation professionally and responsibly taking care of the boy the best way possible.

6:30Wakeup;6:40-7:00Morningfooting; 7:30 Breakfast. 8:15-9:45Firstbasketballpractice;followedbythecampstaffmeeting(9:45-10:15). 9:45-12:00 Leisure time for the campers(Play Station, Individual basketball practice, etc.). 12:00-13:00YouthCulture&SportsValuesWorkShop,Mihajlo Delic, Mphil. Polit. Sci.; SportsHumanitarianOrganization „PLAY“;NoviSad,Ser-bia. 13:00Lunch;followedbythemandatoryrestfor the campers (13:30-15:30). 17:15-18:45 Second basketball practice. 19:00Dinner. 20:00-21:00 Individual Basketball practice; designed to improve individual skills of the campers; working on improving on basketball weaknesses that have been noted by coaches so far; working on im-proving the dribble, shooting, rebounding, and other individual aspects of the game of the campers. This type of practice involved one on one talks with the coaches and demonstrational exercises designed to helpcampersimproveonthespecificbasketballele-ments. 21:00-22:30 Projection of the movie “Any Given Sunday” to the campers; Oliver Stone’s expose of the ambition, greed and cor-ruption that is eating away at the core of the Ameri-can Sports industry. Any Given Sunday places the audience on the pitch, at the very heart of the action. Hand-held cameras capture every bone-crunching shoulder-charge, everymalicious foul. The blood, the sweat and the glory: you experience it all. 22:30LightsOut!

6:30Wakeup;6:40-7:00Morningfooting; 7:30 Breakfast. 8:15-9:45Firstbasketballpractice;followedbythecampstaffmeeting(9:45-10:15) 10:15-10:45Education forToleranceWork-Shop, Nebojsa Vujkov; Regional Institute of Sport;NoviSad,Serbia&MihajloDelic,Mphil.Polit.Sci.;SportsHumanitarianOrganization„PLAY“;NoviSad,Serbia. 11:00-12:30 Basketball Competitions; Three point shooting, Mid range jump shots, Free throws and dribbling skills test competitions took place until thefinalrounds.

26.07.2008. [DAY SEVEN]

27.07.2008. [DAY EIGHT- BARBECUE]

28.07.2008. [DAY NINE]

29.07.2008. [DAY TEN- GUESTS – BASKETBALL PROFESSIONALS]

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12:30-13:30 Demonstrational practice and address to the campers by the basketball coach Mr. ZeljkoLukajic,withthefocusonfastbreaksituations,corrective running, and cooperation between the var-ious positions on the court. 13:30Lunch;followedbythemandatoryrestfor the campers (14:00-16:00). 16:00 Special guests arrive to greet and talk to the campers (Professional basketball players and coaches, Savanovic, Danilovic, Zdravkovic, Vukas,Curovic,Veskovic,Dogan,etc.). 16:30-17:30 Camp Competition Finals: One on One (winner: Martin), Three points shooting (win-ner: Rok), Mid range jump shots (winner: Martin), Free throws (winner: Dusan P.). 17:30-18:30 Basketball games (“fiveonfive”):Camp-ersVs.Thecoaches;Guests Vs. TheCampers; Journalists Vs.Thecampers. 18:30-19:00Informal closing cer-emony, address of the project manag-er to the campers, camp staff and the guests. Presenta-tions of awards, med-als and diplomas to camp participants. 19:00 Din-ner. 20:00-21:00 Individual Basket-ball practice; de-

signed to improve individual skills of the campers; working on improving on basketball weaknesses that have been noted by coaches so far; working on im-proving the dribble, shooting, rebound-ing, and other individual aspects of the game of the campers. This type of prac-tice involved one on one talks with the coaches and demonstrational exercises designedtohelpimproveonthespecificbasketball elements.21:00-22:30Leisure timefor thecamp-ers (Play Station, Individual basketball practice, etc.)22:30 Bed time!

8:00Wakeup8:30 Breakfast; followed by another short address of the organizers to the camp participants thanking them for all the hard work they have put in into the project!9:00-17:00 Packing, Leisure (FUNN) time andDe-parture of the campers!

30.07.2008. [DAY ELEVEN]

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As the author and a person responsible for this project, I enthusiastically conclude that this year’s “ICAMETOPLAY”goalswereoverachievedineveryaspect.Wearelookingforwardtonextsummerand the sustainable continuation of this program as we try to make it larger and reach even more children with our actions. I proudly thank the campers, the camp staff and all our partners for all their hard work in makingsuchavaluableyouthprogrampossible.EspeciallyIwouldliketothanktooureminentguestsfortaking time from their busy schedule to visit camp and campers.Sincerely, Mihajlo Delic

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