The Summer Sesc (Sesc Verão) is a project which, since its creation, has been introducing concepts, innovative ideas and the practice of sports to the Brazilian society, through a program organized by Sesc Centers. The program is based on three pillars: Knowledge, Practice and Show. Additionally, all the Sesc São Paulo Centers plan their sportsRead more
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Designed to support members’ projects that further the development of leisure as a means to enhance the human condition, this programme awards SPGs of $10,000 (USD) on average per project supporting leadership, advocacy, research, education, and engagement initiatives which promote socio-cultural development, encourage sustainable economic growth, or improve people’s quality of life. From World LeisureRead more
WLO Chief Operating Officer (COO), Dr. Cristina Ortega, is an active member of the UNWTO Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Support. WLO COO presented the Field School as a case study of community development through leisure, at the Expert Meeting on Tourism and the SDGs: Case Studies by the UNWTO Affiliate Members, celebratedRead more
The 30th Brazilian National Recreation and Leisure Meeting was held in Curitiba from the 14th to the 16th November. Attended by more than 200 participants, the event counted with official WLO endorsement. Dr. Antonio Bramante, member of the WL Board of Directors, represented the WLO in this important event. The main theme of the 30th Brazilian NationalRead more
The 3rd China (Beijing) Leisure Conference is the last annual conference in preparation for the 2020 WL Congress in Pinggu-Beijing. WLO Chairman, Dr. Roger Coles, WLO legal advisor, Mr. Jack Agrios, and WLO Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Cristina Ortega, participated in the event in representation of the WLO. Taotao, the official mascot of the 2020Read more
WLO is very happy to present you our new website, with which we hope you feel comfortable as community members and users, whatever the device you are navigating with! We have updated the information that was already available (our main events, programs, a webpage containing the different WL News issues), but we have also createdRead more
The WLO announces that Laixi, Qingdao, in China, is joining our WL Communities of Excellence network. This Chinese community has shown a remarkable institutional and political commitment for the promotion of leisure as a means to improve their citizen’s quality of life, as proven by the two successful and city life-changing WL Games hosted byRead more
From WLO, we are delighted to announce that the 2024 WL Congress will be organized by the World Leisure Center of Excellence (WLCE) at Breda University of Applied Sciences (BUas), in cooperation with the Centre of Expertise in Leisure, Tourism and Hospitality of the Netherlands (CELTH) and other partners. Under the overall theme of “LeisureRead more
The Seminar on Leisure Sports and Social Development held at Hangzhou Normal University, China, on the 14th October, started with a round table discussion around the potential development of a China Leisure Sports City Evaluation Index. Different questions were posed, such as the understanding of the concept “sports city”, how should leisure sports cities beRead more
Students and members of the WLO Board of Directors were welcome by Jane Zhou and Cehn Weiying, deputy director of the Office of Global Engagement at Zhejiang University (ZJU). The College of Education at ZJU, organizing the Forum, attaches great importance to internationalization, as proved by the college recently joining World Leisure Center of ExcellenceRead more
Supporting Organization signatory party of the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism
