Programme management

The programmes are managed and further developed by Christoph Burkart, Head of Coubertin meets Dunant and Nora Steiner, Head of Refugee Athlete Programmes.

Our team is committed to ensuring that sport has an inclusive and empowering effect, regardless of gender, origin, or social status. The programmes help young people become self-confident personalities and succeed in the long term.

«Sport can create a global, unifying language of dialogue: Building up the flagship programs of the Coubertin meets Dunant with strong partners and passionately developing them further is a meaningful task and fills me with great satisfaction.»

Christoph Burkart, Head of Coubertin meets Dunant

«With the Refugee Programme, young people who have fled have the same opportunities as their Swiss sports colleagues. On the one hand, the exchange opens a window to the world for our Swiss young people and, on the other hand, gives young refugees a framework to develop their potential.»

Nora Steiner, Head of Refugee Athlete Programmes