MOVE Congress 2021 presentation by Karine Teow (ITTF Foundation) in the workshop 'Restart: Towards an EU Sport Diplomacy beyond 2021' on 18 November.
https://www.movecongress.com/
5. Ashleigh Huffman, US Department of State
Karine Teow, International Table Tennis Federation Foundation, Germany
J. Simon Rofe Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, UK
Speakers
10. Plural Level Diplomacy:
1. High level based on history: High level discussions,
Ambassadors, MA presidents, Athletes, opportunity.
• WTTC in Huston, USA
• WTTC in Chengdu, China
2. NEW: Grassroot level: Accessible to all
• World Table Tennis Day 2022
• Promoters Initiative – Open to anyone
• Advocacy Live Stream – Continental Federations
• Ping Pong Diplomacy Toolkit
12. WTTD
Create dialogues, reduce violence
Find common solutions, agreement to differences
Bring people together
Unite
Reconcile
Mediate
Key message
Table tennis for peace-making and conflict transformation on both state and grassroots level.
13. WTTD
Promoter Initiative
25 Promoters across the globe to
promote WTTD and organise Ping
Pong Diplomacy themed events
Aim: Address local conflicts using
table tennis
Table tennis as a tool for peaceful
communication and conflict
transformation
16. PPD
Toolkit E.1 Module I - Mediate: Identities and the subject - Me myself and I
- Activity 1.1 My name
- Activity 1.2 Hope in the air
- Activity 1.3 Plural identities ball
- Activity 1.4 What influences me and my beliefs
- Activity 1.5 Me as an actor of change
E.2 Module II - Reconcile: Building bridges between me and “the other” or us and “them”
- Activity 1.1 Let´s flip it together
- Activity 1.2 What does respect look like
- Activity 1.3 Listening for Dialogue
- Activity 1.4 Get in line
- Activity 1.5 Conflict and violence
- Activity 1.5 Communication
- Activity 1.6 Non-violent communication
E.3 Module III - Unite: Working together towards an “Us”
- Activity 1.1 Around the table
- Activity 1.2 Tables pause violence
- Activity 1.3 Dreaming the future
- Activity 1.4 Let us build something together
E.4 Module IV - Practical: Where to start? Planning, research and understanding
- Planning & Research the first step towards diplomacy