FIAS joins United Nations Alliance of Civilizations campaign Tuesday, 22 December 2020
The International Sambo Federation (FIAS) has signed up to the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) One Humanity campaign.
The FIAS has joined the Global Association of International Sports Federations and a number of International Federations in signing up for the campaign, which calls for solidarity, compassion and unity in the face of discrimination and division.
It has been launched by UNAOC, which works to achieve a number of sustainable development goals including no poverty, zero hunger, reduced inequalities, good health and well-being, and peace, justice and strong institutions.
Through the campaign, the FIAS will demonstrate its commitment to a peaceful and inclusive society through a series of initiatives, and video messages.
Leading representatives of the Olympic movement met over the weekend for the 9th Olympic Summit to discuss key subjects, including the games in Tokyo next year and the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022.
Challenges facing sports federations
Dr. Raffaele Chiulli was a participant and is also the president of SportAccord and the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF). We talked to him about the main challenges that needed to be addressed. We have common challenges. And I am going to be very direct on this, just to mention a few; lack of access to training facilities, athlete mental health, not only physical health, mental health, the issue of the fight against doping - and also the travel restrictions which are continuing and so forth. So it is more important than ever that we do our job in sharing the key lessons and shining a spotlight of best practice, Dr. Raffaele Chiulli said, adding that these are challenges shared by all in the sports community as it conti
Olympic Quest, HQ Move - FITEQ General Assembly 12/13/20
(ATR) “You are shaping the future, not just for your country but for the Olympic Movement,” FITEQ chairman Viktor Huszar told 79 members of the fledgling federation at its first virtual annual assembly Dec. 12.
Developing the sport and gaining IOC recognition are the main goals for FITEQ he says.
Teqball was developed just over 10 years ago. In November it was granted full status at GAISF, the Global Association of International Sports Federations, an umbrella body of sports organizations. It is the first step on the path to Olympic recognition.
Near the end of the assembly Huszar discussed what he called a “clear and straightforward objective” for the coming year Olympic recognition and its requirements.
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Official seat of FITEQ moved from Lausanne to Budapest during General Assembly Saturday, 12 December 2020
The International Federation of Teqball (FITEQ) General Assembly approved the transfer of the governing body s official seat from Lausanne in Switzerland to Hungarian capital Budapest.
In total, 79 of out the 89 registered national bodies attended the virtual FITEQ General Assembly.
The transfer of the official seat was approved alongside the inclusion of Hungarian as an official language of FITEQ.
English and French were already official languages.
The FITEQ head office is currently based in Lausanne, the location of the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee and numerous other International Federations.