The International Canoe-Kayak Federation (ICF) is in turn looking into the problem of peace through sport. She announces that she has concluded a partnership agreement with Peace and Sport, the organization based in Monaco. It was signed by the president of the ICF, the Spaniard José Perurena, and the president and founder of Peace and Sport, the Frenchman Joël Bouzou. Under the terms of the partnership, the two parties undertake to combine their resources to “ spread the message that sport can be a decisive tool for building lasting peace between communities”. For Jose Perurena, the president of the ICF, canoeing is “ more than a sport, a philosophy of life. In these difficult times, we need an agreement like this with the return of social activity in many territories. » Peace and Sport, whose field programs concern a dozen countries around the world, including Burundi, Jordan and France, had already set foot in the world of canoeing. The organization counts two Olympic medalists in the discipline among its hundred "Champions of Peace": Tony Estanguet, the triple gold medalist in C1 slalom, also vice-president of the ICF, and Benjamin Boukpeti, bronze medalist in the same discipline at the 2008 Beijing Games, first Olympic medalist in the history of Togo.
