POLITICARES & SPORTCARES
Consultancy services with competence, experience and insight. We offer analysis and guidance in an increasingly complex policy environment of a fast-forward world. Team up with us – a partner that cares.
About
Aim
Transferring policy theory into hands-on practice in modern society is at the core of our consultancy. As a service provider, the Cares Project strives to deliver highest quality output to respond suitably to our clients’ needs. An informed contribution to the evolution of smart policy just like its case-specific implementation is our objective.
Services
PolitiCares and SportCares offer consultancy services in political affairs and sport policy. Our focus areas are sustainability and human rights. Based on thorough policy analysis, we identify the needs of all of our clients in an open and trustful environment.
Origins
The Cares Project (PolitiCares and SportCares) was first established as a consultancy service provider in 2009. Our services are based on in-depth experience in the international and German policy arenas. They are rooted in the conviction that we need a world that cares.
Founder and Director
Jonas Burgheim is a European and international lawyer (LL.B., LL.M.) with a focus on human rights, public policy and foreign trade. He heads the Cares Project as its Founder and Director.
After working with the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP) and for the UN Under-Secretary-General between 2009 and 2012, he performed services for governments, international organisations, business and civil society actors in the context of his early consultancy firm Sport Cares. He then worked in the Secretary-General’s office of Volkswagen Foundation, Germany’s biggest private research funder, before re-joining UNOSDP as Deputy Head of Office responsible for human rights policy and projects.
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Mr Burgheim has repeatedly published on human rights, sports, and cultural-political themes in English, French and German languages. Since August 2020 he is the founding president of the German NGO Zentrum für Menschenrechte und Sport e.V. (German Centre for Human Rights and Sport).
An avid football coach and team player who cares, Burgheim’s interest lies in finding the best solutions on and off the pitch.
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From the archive
Cares Project Sparks Human Rights Progress
Tangible human rights progress has been sparked through and informed by Cares Project content contributions. Here are some of the most recent examples.
Radio Feature on Human Rights in Sport
Jonas Burgheim contributes to half-hour national radio feature on human rights in sport.
Events
As moderator, partner, contributor and participant, we regularly participate in specialised fora and events with a focus on business and human rights just like on sustainability.
Cares Project Partakes in BMZ Due Diligence Forum
Cares Project founder and former BMZ senior policy officer, Jonas Burgheim, partakes in Due Diligence Forum hosted by German ministry.
DFB Hearing on Political Statements by Players
German football federation hosts hearing in reaction to the recent increase of political statements by players in the context of professional football matches.
ILO Forum on Decent Work in the World of Sport
Cares Project founder and director participates in first-time formalised tripartite international negotiations on workers’ rights in sport.