The overall objective of the project “Sport Welcomes Refugees – Social inclusion of newly arrived migrants in and through sport” is to enhance the social inclusion and participation of newly arrived migrants on different levels of sport through training, awareness-raising and capacity-building of sport stakeholders. The project is designed to achieve the following specific objectives: • Facilitate grass-roots sports participation of refugees, asylum seekers and other migrants • To generate evidence-based knowledge about the needs of sport organisations and sport multipliers• To develop a European framework for quality criteria regarding inclusion of refugees and migrants in sport clubs • To capacity-build and empower migrants and refugee initiatives to challenge exclusion and discrimination and harness the role of migrants as volunteers in sport clubs • Develop educational tools and raise awareness among sport stakeholders Measures include the Development of Quality Criteria and Good Practice (1), Training and Qualification of Sport Educators and Clubs (2), Campaigning and Raising Public Awareness (3), Capacity building of Sport Initiatives with newly arrived Migrants (4) and European Networking and Policy Development (5).Background:In 2015, more than 1.2 Million first time asylum seekers applied for international protection in the EU. Civil society was welcoming those who fled the civil wars. However, the refugees crossing into Europe also sparked a European crisis: Mass media and politicians call for an end of the "Culture of Welcoming Refugees" and attacks on refugee centres are on a rise. Against this backdrop, the sport movement, who provide sport and leisure activities to the newly arrived migrants engage need support, capacity-building and training to cope with the new realities. Sport initiatives feel left alone, since the public sector and the mainstream sport structure only lend limited support. The SWR project is addressing this gap.