Dansk Skoleskak Danish Scholastic Chess Federation (DSCF) Mads Jacobsen, Secretary General,...

Dansk SkoleskakDanish Scholastic Chess Federation (DSCF)

Mads Jacobsen, Secretary General, mads@skoleskak.dk

London, 8th December 2013

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Model for Scholastic Chess in Your Country?

DSCFDansk Skoles

kak

300+ schools

15 super voluntee

rs

700Teachers

5 in the Board

20.000children

6 full-time

employees

Your organisati

on

Mission Money

Analyse

The best

Strategy

Step-by-Step

Who are you

A chess organisation, a scholastic organisation or...

?

Chess-in-Schools

1. Chess organisation

2. Teaching by chess players from outside (not the school)

3. Goal: To create better chess players and help children

Scholastic-Chess

1. Scholastic organisation – not a chess organisation

2. Organised by teachers in their school – paid by the school

3. Help children do better in school – chess as a method

Mission

What is your mission? What challenge do you

address?

Mission

Help children, parents, and societyby making children more concentrated and focusedso that they can perform better in school.

Analyse

What is the current challenges in your country?

… and is your agenda relevant?

Analyse

In Denmark there is a big focus on education, integration and including children that are challenged in school life. The schools use 2 billion EUR out of a 6 billion EUR budget on challenged groups.

The bestWhich organisation would you like to be

as successful as?

The best

We communicate with many organisations and ask for advice. Our ambition is to be the most professional social youth organisation in Denmark.

MoneyHow do other organisations get funding? Can you do the

same?

MoneyThere is very little support for chess in Denmark but different organisations support social projects. We are a scholastic organisation with a clear social profile.

Strategy

What is your plan? Do you need to rethink?

Strategy

We try to run DSCF as a professional organisation.Despite being a small organisation our ambition is to be a serious partner for the Ministry of Education. We brand “Skoleskak” as a method that helps children perform better in school.

FriendsWho support your

agenda?

FriendsSchools, parents, and society have major concerns related to children performing bad in school – particularly boys – due to lack of concentration. We try to help solving this problem, and we get goodwill, media attention and more friends.

Step-by-step

Network and knowledge from other organisations are

valuable.

Step-by-Step

In 2009 we got our first large-scale project with a social/integration framework. Yet, we still need to fundraise 90% of our budget every year. However, things are getting better year by year.

DSCFFunding

Membership schools

Public funding

Education of

teachersEquipment and advice

Private funding

Companies

Checkmate!Skoleskak.dk / mads@skoleskak.dk