AEJeST – ASSOCIATION EUROPÉENNE DE JEUX ET SPORTS TRADIONNELS
(European Association of Sports and Traditional Games)
The AEJeST is an International NGO registered in France. It was created in April 2001, in Brittany, during an international event. 70 people were present at the constitutive AGM, from 37 different organisations from 18 European regions. This creation was the result of about 12 years of cooperation between an existing network of organisations.
It comprises sports or cultural federations, associations, educational institutions or companies whose aim is the management, the promotion and the safeguarding of traditional games and sports in Europe. It has three areas: the University network, the Federations and Confederations network and the Association network (museums, associations organisers of learning courses, etc.)
The aims of the AEJeST are to promote and to develop the practice of traditional sports and games in agreement with its members.
The practical tasks of the AEJeST are: – To represent the traditional sports and games in general, from the organisation members or not – To support the affiliated members by the creation of an information network – To support the setting up of other national or regional associations – To support the setting up of international meeting and conferences – To support study, research and the creation of inventories and educational play applications of traditional games and sports – To support research in the area of resource creation – To support the publishing of reports, booklets or books and the use of informational technology – To support any initiative or youth educational policy which improves the quality of life of the population in general. In 2015 the AEJeST has 67 organisation members, from 14 European countries, representing several hundred thousand regular players and thousand of clubs.
In 2009 the AEJeST participated in creating a world NGO in the field of traditional sports and games, the ITSGA, International Traditional Sports and Games Association. The members of ITSGA are continental or sub-continental organisations (see more on the website www.jugaje.com).
The activity relevant for this application is the organisation, in cooperation with the members, of gatherings, festivals, seminars, congresses, symposiums, projects of research, cultural exchanges, at a European regions, national and international level.
European Association of Sports and Traditional Games
Web page: https://aejest.com