Agitos Foundation Announces GSP 2018 Recipients

Projects from eight National Paralympic Committees (NPC) and one International Federation (IF) are the first-time recipients among the 30 grantees of the Grant Support Programme (GSP) in 2018. The list was announced by the Agitos Foundation on Wednesday (17 October).

In its sixth edition, the GSP has made available grants of up to EUR 40,000 for summer sports and winters sports projects which will have an impact on the growth and development of the Paralympic Movement around the globe.

Bhutan, Cameroon, Canada, Grenada, Latvia, Luxembourg, Sweden and Togo are the NPCs receiving grants for the first time while World Para Snowboard is the new IF awarded by the GSP (the full list can be found below).

Almost half of all IPC members have benefitted from the GSP since the programme was launched in 2013.

The initiatives supported by the development arm of the IPC include areas such as athlete development, sport technical education, awareness campaigns and equipment purchase.

"The Grant Support Programme is crucial to the development of the Paralympic Movement. With close to 180 projects funded in six years, the programme has provided support to almost one in every two IPC members and impacted thousands of people around the world through Para sports," IPC President Andrew Parsons said.

"This year we once again have projects from all continents being awarded, with more developing regions receiving grants. We welcome new initiatives while we also see the continuity of successful projects from previous years, reinforcing our commitment to make an organisation for all," Parsons added.

A total of 63 applications were submitted to the Agitos Foundation this year. Of the 30 recipients, 17 come from NPCs, 10 from IFs, two from Regional Organisations and one from an International Organisation of Sport for the Disabled (IOSD).

"We were highly impressed by the quality of the applications this year. It shows the importance of the Grant Support Programme and the impact this programme has had in the development of the Paralympic Movement," said IPC Governing Board member Rita van Driel, who chaired the GSP selection process in 2018.

List of funded projects

National Paralympic Committees

Angola – Training of Para athletics, Para swimming and wheelchair basketball coaches from 18 Provinces of Angola and athletics sports equipment

Bhutan – National Paralympic Day

Cameroon – Awareness for education to Paralympic sports in schools in Cameroon

Canada – Increasing and enhancing the participation of women in leadership roles in the Americas Paralympic Region

Chile – Talentos Para-Chile - Road to Santiago 2023

Colombia – Latin American school for the qualification of Paralympic sports - ImPARAbles

Greece – Paralympic education & development for refugees with disabilities III

Grenada – I'mPOSSIBLE Grenada – Moving forward together

Latvia – Para ice hockey development in Latvia

Luxembourg – I'mPOSSIBLE in Luxembourg

Malawi – I'mPOSSIBLE in Malawi

Peru – Taking awareness sport for all

Slovakia – Cooperation of Central and East European countries in Paralympic sports

Sweden - Winter Para sports development camps 2019

Togo – National awareness project for the detection of talent Para female athletes

Uganda – Increasing people with disabilities participation in Para sports at grassroots and representation at Paralympic Games

USA – The Caribbean Development Project (The CDP)

Regional Organisations

Americas Paralympic Committee – Strengthening Para sport development in the Americas

Oceania Paralympic Committee – Transitioning talent ID and coach development to a Tokyo 2020 outcome

International Organisations of Sport for the Disabled

International Federation for Intellectual Impairment (INAS) – Eligibility education and support to classifier training for intellectual impairment sport

International Federations

Badminton World Federation – African Para badminton legacy project

Boccia International Sports Federation (BISFed) – Boccia Development India

International Cycling Union (UCI) – UCI international classifier recertification workshop

World Para Alpine Skiing – Classifier technical education

World Para Athletics – How to organise a Para Athletics event: An educational tool for developing nations

World Para Ice Hockey – Technical delegate course

World Para Nordic Skiing – Technical delegate and Para biathlon referees technical education

World Para Powerlifting – She can lift: Women in Para powerlifting programme

World Para Snowboard – Development camp/Competition

World Para Swimming – Athlete Development Project Asia

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