Valimotie 10
00380 Helsinki
Finland
- Youth and education
The Finnish Multicultural Sports Federation FIMU was founded by immigrants and Finns in 1999. The aim of the organization is to promote sports opportunities for immigrants and people of an immigrant background, and to safeguard the interests of all immigrant associations. Fimu comprises 64 sports clubs and multicultural associations throughout Finland, many of these realizing local projects for promoting equality, solidarity and anti-racism.
150.000-300.000€
Sources of funding: Ministry of Education, EU, Foundations
Modalities of action: anti-racism media campaigns, sports events, seminars and projects promoting inclusion in sports
Main partners: Suomen Olympiakomitea, Boards of Sports of the metropolitan cities, Oikeusministeriö (ETNO), SETA, Allianssi, Ihmisoikeusliitto, Vammaisfoorumi, Jalkapallon pelaajayhdistys, PLAN Suomi, Monaliiku ry, Jyväskylän Yliopisto, TUL ry, Opetushallitus
The Finnish Multicultural Sports Federation's aims are:
- To increase general awareness of multicultural sports and exercise in Finland.
- To ensure equal opportunities for sports and exercise for all immigrant people.
- To provide immigrant people with information and with the opportunity to learn from
one another.
- To support the FIMU´s multicultural member associations.
- To use sports as a tool to promote immigrants' integration and inclusion into the
Finnish society
Projects: Red Card for Racism, Discrimination Free Zone, Mamanet Sports for Immigrant women, Sports for Sustainability, P.L.A.Y! Peer Education, Leadership, Action, Youth - Promoting grassroots sport for educational success and social inclusion
FIMU has 64 associations - either founded by immigrants or multicultural associations as members. One of the main goals of the federation is to promote integration and good ethnic relations in the Finnish society through sports. FIMU has long-standing projects, such as Red Card for Racism and Discrimination Free Zone, with which to work towards those goals. With its member assocations, FIMU will be able to contribute to dialogue between cultures and other activities of the Anna Lindh Foundation and bring its experience and knowledge of being a civil society actor in the sports field to the network.
FIMU wants to strengthen its networks and its co-operation channels for working on democratic, pluralistic, and multilateral values. FIMU is also interested in Euro-Mediterranean exchanges.