International Workers and Amateurs in Sports Confederation

The CSIT - International Labour and Amateur Sports Confederation (French: CSIT - Confédération Sportive Internationale Travailliste et Amateur, CSIT) is an international multi-sports organization. The organization was established as the successor to Socialist Workers' Sport International and as such celebrated its centenary in 2013. The core principles of contributing to physical activity and sports have stayed in its action policy: it is a right of man and woman to practice sport by his/her own conditions. The key concept of the CSIT's sport policy has always been in sport for all. – The policy stems from the historic ideas of the international worker sport movement.

CSIT - International Labour and Amateur Sports Confederation
Founded at10.5.1913 in Gent, Belgium
PurposeSport for All
Location
  • Vienna, Austria
Secretary General
Wolfgang Burghardt
Websitewww.csit.tv

Nowadays, the main activities that the CSIT is organizing are the major and small sports events, more precisely Sport for All - games for amateurs and workers, competitive and non-competitive, for young and old, men and women from all over the world. Sports events are considered as festivals of friendship, cultural exchange, events promoting awareness of tolerance, respect, sustainability and fair play in sport environment addressed to unlimited size of participants; all those major and small events welcome the CSIT members, other non-member organizations, cooperation partners, governmental bodies, trade unions and business companies with sports activities for employees and amateurs worldwide.

Within the world of international sport, the CSIT maintains its support for everyone to benefit from sporting activities regardless of their qualifications, talent, nationality, age, sex and social circumstances.

Objective

The relevance of the CSIT sport policy is growing with importance, especially when commercialization and the lack of facilities and economic resources are reducing sports participation to passive entertainment for the vast majority of people. The CSIT is an organization, which aims at promoting and broadening workers' and amateurs' sport activities and thus developing into a world-wide movement. All activities pursue aspirations for democracy, solidarity and improvement of the quality of life through sport. The movement should encompass all sports federations and hence it would be possible to provide better opportunities for varied physical exercise for all citizens.

As stated above the CSIT stands for promotion of tolerance, respect, fair play, friendship, intercultural dialogue and integration through sport. A “Zero Tolerance” - Policy towards violence, fanatic behaviour and racism is pursued accurately.

Fields of activity

As listed the fields of the CSIT activities are as follows:

  • Sports Championships from young to seniors The championships are not games for professional top athletes, but for all workers and amateurs from different countries and cultures all over the world. Not only organizing competitions is in the foreground, but also organizing a huge festival with the objective of gathering sports friends as a worldwide family to advance the making of lifelong friendships, the exchange of information and experiences.
  • Sports for All Activities: Sports for Elderly People (Seniors 55+) The task is to organize events also for elderly ones by gathering them to the following experiences: to practice and discovery of specific sports and physical activities, the exchange of training programs and knowledge relating to these and the exchange about culture, tourism and way of life of each country.
  • Young Leaders Platform The purpose of the Younger Leaders Platform is to share projects, events and camps, diffuse ideas and innovations, give information about different organizations, strengthen networks and ways of collaboration, learn to know better each other and develop a mutual support by sharing the expertise.

Relevant activities and experiences

The achievement of the following aims is the most important task of the CSIT:

  • to bring together workers and amateur sports organizations of the entire world and to promote the foundation of new organizations,
  • to co-operate with international organizations with the same goals and values,
  • to support member organizations with their tasks and activities in all the fields of sport and physical culture, also through agreements with international organizations and authorities,
  • to promote all activities that aim to improve the practice of sports by human beings of two sexes considering their age and their physical aptitudes in order to protect and improve their health;
  • to achieve the aims by respecting the amateur status of athletes, the values of amateurism and the educational values of sport,
  • to encourage to practice sport and physical activity in nature while considering the protection of the environment,
  • to use sport as a means to promote peace and mutual understanding among people and to contribute to development of the world of social associations at any level,
  • to sustain cultural advancement and to improve health including psychophysical conditions of the member unions as well as its individual members.

Pillars

The objectives of the CSIT are conducted in praxis by clearly defined pillars. They are the CSIT World Sports Games, the CSIT Single Championships, the International Tournaments, the International Festivals, the Sport for All-activities, the International Projects and the Health, Recreation and Fitness Activities.

Members

The CSIT has the following members:[1]

Country Member Membership
 Algeria Federation Algerienne Sport et Travail Full or associate
 Americas Confederação Pan-Americana de Desporto do Trabalhador (Sub)-continental
 Angola Union Nationale des Travailleurs Angolais Full or associate
 Austria Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sport und Körperkultur in Österreich Full or associate
 Belgium Association Francophone du Sport Travailliste Belge Full or associate
FROS Multisport Vlaanderen vzw Full or associate
Vlaamse Vechtsport Associatie Candidate
 Bulgaria Bulgarian Workers' Federation "Sport and Health" Full or associate
 Cameroon Association Sportive Travailliste du Cameroun Candidate
 China China Workers' Center for International Exchanges Full or associate
 Croatia Health Life Academy Candidate
 Cyprus Pancyprian Worker's Sport Club of Cyprus Full or associate
 Denmark Dansk Arbejder Idraetsforbund Full or associate
 Estonia Estonian Sports Association 'Jõud' Full or associate
Estonian Sports Association Kalev Full or associate
 Finland Suomen Työväen Urheiluliitto Full or associate
 France Fédération française du sport travailliste Full or associate
Fédération sportive et gymnique du travail Full or associate
 Germany Rad- und Kraftfahrerbund "Solidarität" Deutschland 1896 e.V. Full or associate
 India Worker Sport Federation of India Candidate
 Iran Federation of Amateur & Workers Sports of Iran Full or associate
 Iraq Iraqi Companies Sport Federation Candidate
 Ireland Athletic Association of Ireland Full or associate
 Israel Hapoel Sport Association Full or associate
 Italy Associazione di Cultura Sport e Tempo Libero Full or associate
Associazione Italiana Cultura Sport Full or associate
Centro Nazionale Sportivo Libertas Candidate
Centro Sportivo Educativo Nationale Candidate
 Kosovo Kosova Workers Sports Federation Candidate
 Latvia Latvian Sport for All Association Full or associate
 Lithuania Lithuanian Sports Society "ZALGIRIS" Full or associate
 Malta Malta Sports For All Candidate
 Mexico Instituto del Deporte de los Trabajadores Full or associate
 Netherlands Nederland Culturelle Sportbond Full or associate
 Portugal Fundação INATEL Full or associate
 Russia Russian Sport Association "Atom-sport" Full or associate
 Slovenia Union of Amateur and Workers Sports of Slovenia Full or associate
 South Korea Korea Office Worker Sports Committee Candidate
 Spain Unió de Consells Esportius de Catalunya Full or associate
  Switzerland Schweizerischer Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportverband Full or associate
FederSwiss - Sport for all Candidate
 Tunisia Organisation Nationale Culture Sport et Travail Full or associate
Fédération Tunisienne Sport et Travail Candidate
 Turkey Turkish Sports for All Federation Full or associate

Partners and networks

CSIT World Sports Games - A New Brand of the CSIT

The "World Sports Games" are the main highlight and a new Brand of the CSIT. It is a unique major sports event for thousands of workers and amateurs every two years where the incomparable "Spirit of CSIT" can be experienced. This experience started in 2008. The CSIT World Sports Games are the successor major sports events of the International Workers' Olympiads.

Edition Year City Country
1 [2] 2008 Rimini  Italy
2 [3] 2010 Tallinn  Estonia
3 [4] 2013 Varna  Bulgaria
4 [5] 2015 Lignano  Italy
5 [6] 2017 Rīga  Latvia
6 [7] 2019 Tortosa  Spain
2017 Medal Table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Austria15812786371
2 Netherlands767262210
3 Russia449457
4 Israel364438118
5 Brazil274231100
6 Iran2691045
7 Finland24253887
8 France20353489
9 Mexico19111343
10 Italy1712938
11 Belgium173222
12 Latvia13262766
13 Ireland103518
14 Belgium271019
15 Bulgaria2305
16  Switzerland2237
17 Slovenia2002
 Tunisia2002
19 France1416
20 Portugal1045
21 Estonia1001
22 Estonia0437
23 Spain0325
24 Great Britain0213
25 Denmark0123
26 Cyprus0112
27 Algeria0101
 Benin0101
29 France0011
 Great Britain0011
Totals (30 nations)5004473881335
Source: [8]
  • some of country have more than one team.

Sports (2017)

15 official CSIT championships and 8 demonstration sport:[9]

Individual Sports

Team Sports

Demonstration Sports
  1. O-Sport
  2. Bowling
  3. Wheel Gymnastics
  4. YOU.FO
  5. Street Workout
  6. Crossminton
  7. Darts
  8. Streetball (3 on 3)
  • others : Spikeball, Kubb, Body Art, Zumba, Capoeira, Arm wrestling, Table hockey, Kendo, Lacrosse, Croquet, Archery, Novuss, Orienteering, Karate (All Style), Sambo.
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gollark: They aren't very good but the CG site's light.
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gollark: For a week, though?
gollark: Why not? Do you already secretly know the challenge and language list?

References
  1. "Member Unions / Unions Membres". CSIT. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  2. Rimini 2008
  3. Tallinn 2010
  4. Varna 2013
  5. Lignano 2015
  6. Rīga 2017
  7. http://www.csit.tv/en/newsshow-thank-you-riga-see-you-in-tortosa
  8. "RESULTS – World Sports Games 2017". wsg2017.com. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-12-28. Retrieved 2017-08-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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