International Inspiration is the international legacy programme of London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Its objective to provide high-quality and inclusive PE and sport for young people in 20 developing countries across the world through and beyond 2012. On Monday 25 July 2011, Lord Coe, famous British Olympian and chairman of LOCOG, announced that 12 million children and young people worldwide had actively participated in sport, physical education and play as a direct result of International Inspiration – many for the first time in their lives.

Delivered through partnership between British Council, UNICEF, UK Sport and LOCOG (London Organizing Committee of the Games), activities include:

• in-service training for teachers and youth sports leaders
• PE curriculum development
• school partnerships with the UK
• study tours to the UK for policy makers
• consultancy and networking seminars for policy makers

International Inspiration will be launched in Egypt in 2012.

On TV
Celebrating Women’s International Day, the British Council in partnership with TV host Zaven Kouyoumdjian of Future TV, organised a show to talk about the Women at Work project.
The show’s purpose was to encourage young women in the region to explore different career options in the panel discussion were influential women namely; a woman judge from Lebanon, a police officer from Jordan, a woman architect from Morocco, and a business entrepreneur from the UK.

Upcoming events

Do you want to be informed or involved?

If you would like to find out more information or would like to be involved in one of the projects activities please contact us at general.enquiries@lb.britishcouncil.org