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Description
The situation in Latin America concerning the area of SDP has been evolving over the last couple of years. The focus on this continent brought also more and broader topics into the SDP research. Similarly, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda has been one the most visible frameworks in the field of SDP. The Advanced Olympic Research Grant Programme helped us to collect data about the situation in specific SDP projects in several Latin American countries (Brazil, Uruguay, and Colombia). The proposed presentation will discuss the general relation of SDGs to the observed SDP area and, at the same time, the relevance and role of specific SDGs for specific organizations and projects. The SDGs number 3, 4, 5, 8, 11, and 16 proved to be the most significant for the work of the local organizations. The data was gathered through qualitative research methods – mainly interviews and focus groups – during the pandemic in 2020 and 2021. The whole research was done through the use of online tools as the pandemic did not allow for personal encounters. Thematic analysis using deductive and inductive approaches was mainly used in the analysis of the data. Therefore, the relation to the selected SDGs will be depicted and the different approaches of the organizations towards the pandemic and their operations in the field will be discussed.
