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Newsletter
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Edition:
TAFISA e-Newsletter - October 2009
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Dear
Colleagues,
It
is my pleasure to present to you the first TAFISA
e-Newsletter since our very successful 21st TAFISA
World Congress on Taipei, and my election as the
2009 to 2013 TAFISA President. I am honoured to
accept this position, and personally very excited to
be a part of the new TAFISA Board who I know will
work hard over the next four years to strengthen and
grow TAFISA, and provide our members with an even
greater depth and breadth of services.
Additionally,
the TAFISA Board not only accepts but embraces that
ours is a very special role and responsibility. Not
only are we representing and working for TAFISA, but
we are representing and working for the worldwide
Sport for All and physical activity movement. As the
leader in this field, we must set a positive, strong
and productive example, for others around the world
to follow, so that we can move together along the
path toward an active world!
I
hope you enjoy this e-Newsletter, and find the
contents informative and interesting.
Yours
sincerely,
Dr.
Kang-Too Lee, TAFISA President
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Content
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21st
TAFISA World Congress – Aiming for An Active World
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TAFISA
extends its sincere gratitude to all who
participated in the 21st TAFISA World
Congress from 3rd to 7th
September in
Taipei
. With over
45 presentations, 10 poster displays, 2 workshops,
panel discussions,
opportunities for networking and experience sharing
and a fantastic social program, TAFISA feels the
Congress was a huge success! Of course, our
deepest thanks go to the Chinese Taipei Olympic
Committee, lead by Mr. Thomas Tsai, for all their
hard work in preparing for and hosting the Congress.
Key
outcomes from the Congress follow.
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New
Trading Name
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From
now on, TAFISA will trade under the name ‘The
Association For International Sport for All’,
which TAFISA feels reflects is vision, position and
mission more closely than the previous trading name
of ‘Trim And Fitness International Sport for All
Association’. Of course, the acronym TAFISA
will remain.
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2009
to 2013 TAFISA Board of Directors
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As
part of the Congress, TAFISA held its 2009 General
Assembly including election of the 2009 to 2013
TAFISA President and Board of Directors. TAFISA is
pleased to announce the new BOD as follows
President
- Dr Kang Too Lee
, Korea
Vice
Presidents -
Dr Ewa Suska, Poland
Mr.
Jianzhong Feng, China
Mr.
Leonard Thadeo, Tanzania
Prof.
Rodolfo Valgoni
, Argentina
Treasurer
- Hon. Brian Dixon, Australia
Secretary
General: Mr. Wolfgang Baumann
Members
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Mr.
Jorma Savola, Finland
Mr.
Wim Florijn, Netherlands
Mr.
Herzel Hagay, Israel
Mrs.
Mitra Rouhi, Iran
Dr.
Yasuo Yamaguchi
, Japan
The
new Board is pleased to advise that Prof. Ju-Ho
Chang will continue in his position as Special
Advisor to the Board.
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TAFISA
Jürgen Palm Awards
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During
the opening of the Congress, TAFISA announced the
recipients of the first TAFISA Jürgen Palm awards.
These awards are highly exclusive and in recognition
of the awardees significant contribution to the
field of international Sport for All. Our
congratulations go to:
- Prof.
Dr. Gudrun Doll-Tepper,
Germany
, ICSSPE Honorary President
- Mayor
Hur
Nam
Sik
,
Korea
, Host of 4th TAFISA Busan World Sport
for All Games
- Prof. Walther Tröger
,
Germany
, Chairman IOC Sport for All Commission
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TAFISA
Honorary Members
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The
TAFISA members also elected TAFISA Honorary Members
in recognition of their substantial contribution to
the development of TAFISA as a professional and
successful organisation. Our congratulations
go to:
- Dr.
Shang-Hi Rhee,
Korea
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Mrs.
Comfort Nwankwo,
Nigeria
- Dr.
Thomas Huang,
Taiwan
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Mr.
Russ Kisby (posthumously),
Canada
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Mr.
Isaac Braz,
Israel
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TAFISA
Innovation Awards
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The
first round of TAFISA Innovation Awards were
presented at the Congress Farewell Party to
recognise and encourage the development and
successful implementation of new interventions in
the field of SAPA by an organisation. Our
congratulations go to:
- Deutscher
Turner Bund (German Gymnastics Association),
Germany
, for ‘Turnfest’
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Social
Service of Commerce – SESC SP,
Brazil
, for ‘Challenge Day’
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Australian
Sports Commission,
Australia, for ‘Active After School Communities’
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Disabled
Handball Association,
Nigeria, for ‘
Para Soccer’
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Ministry
of Sport and Tourism, Republic
of
Poland
, for ‘My Pitch – Orlik 2012’
Again,
thanks to all Congress organisers and participants,
and TAFISA supporters, for enabling another
fantastic TAFISA event!
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Host
for 23rd TAFISA World Congress, 2013
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TAFISA
also extends its congratulations to NISB for being
elected to host the 23rd TAFISA World
Congress in 2013 in Arnhem, Netherlands , over four other highly commendable candidates.
We are sure this will be another success in the
history of World Congresses!
The
date for the 22nd TAFISA World Congress
in Melbourne, Australia , has been decided as 19th to 23rd
November, 2011.
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TAFISA
World Walking Day 2009 Attracts 10.2 Million Participants!
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TAFISA
World Walking Day 2009 attracted over 10.2 million
people in over 674 separate events in 26 countries!
The official weekend for the events was October 3rd
and 4th, however some countries requested
participation on a later date which means there are
even more participants to come! TAFISA extends
its congratulations and gratitude to all those
involved in World Walking Day events, particularly
event organisers. With rates of participation
ever increasing in events such as this, together we
can achieve our aim of an active world!
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IOC
and TAFISA Presidents Meet in Copenhagen
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TAFISA
President, Dr. Kang-Too Lee, met IOC President, Dr.
Jaques Rogge, in
Copenhagen
on the occasion of the IOC Congress. During
the meeting, at which Prof. Walther Tröger was also
present, Dr. Rogge emphasized the significant role
TAFISA is playing in the international world of
Sport for All and physical activity and
congratulated Dr. Lee for his recent election as the
TAFISA President. TAFISA is officially
recognized by the IOC and has enjoyed a
longstanding and excellent relationship between the
two organizations.
In
a second meeting, TAFISA Secretary General,
Wolfgang Baumann
, and IOC Sport Director, Christophe Dubi, discussed
fields of future cooperation between IOC and TAFISA.
There is agreement on both sides to strengthen the
bonds and focus on a selected number of practical
projects for the promotion of Sport for All
worldwide.
President
Lee took the opportunity to meet other personalities
of the Olympic Movement during his visit of the
Copenhagen Congress.
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TAFISA
and UN to Join Forces
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On
the occasion of the IOC Congress, the TAFISA
President also met with the United Nations Secretary
General, Mr Ban Ki-moon, and his Advisor, Mr
Wilfried Lemke. It was agreed to strengthen
the bonds between the UN and TAFISA by identifying
joint areas of activity, particularly with respect
to a Sport for All Development Project in Africa.
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3rd
TAFISA World Forum, Seoul, a Great Success!
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The
3rd TAFISA World Forum was held in
Seoul
,
Korea
on 9th October 2009 under the theme
‘Sport for Peace and Development: New Learning and
Understanding to Current Challenges’. With
speakers from 10 different countries presenting
perspectives on how sport and the Sport for All
movement has enabled integration, socialisation,
cultural awareness and development and ultimately
the promotion of peace, over 150 forum participants
and demonstrations of traditional and new Korean
Sports for All, those involved have reviewed the
Forum as a great success.
TAFISA
extends its sincere and warm thanks to the Forum
hosts, the Korea Council of Sport for All, and hosts,
Sport for All Korea Association, and in particular
TAFISA President, Dr. Kang-Too Lee, TAFISA Special
Advisor, Prof. Ju-Ho Chang and Forum Organiser Dr.
Hyun-Kun Shin for presenting such a wonderful event.
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TAFISA
Board Meeting with Special Guest: Honorary President, Prof.
Man-Lip C
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Following
the 3rd TAFISA World Forum, TAFISA
President, Dr. Kang-Too Lee, and the Korea Council
of Sport for All hosted the first meeting of the
2009 to 2013 TAFISA Board of Directors following the
TAFISA World Congress in
Taipei
. The meeting was very productive with many
new initiatives and developments passed that will
benefit TAFISA’s members into the future.
One
such development was the appointment of Mr. Preben
Staun as a TAFISA Commissioner for Target Groups.
TAFISA welcomes Mr. Staun and looks forward to a
fruitful partnership.
The
TAFISA Board was also delighted to welcome special
guest, Prof. Man-Lip Choy, President of the
International Assembly of National Associations of
Sport (IANOS), who will become Honorary President of
TAFISA following the formal dissolution of IANOS and
subsequent integration into TAFISA at the end of
this calendar year, as approved by the 2009 TAFISA
General Assembly. TAFISA is looking forward to
welcoming the members of IANOS to the TAFISA family
and working productively with Prof. Man-Lip Choy in
the coming years.
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Sport
StadiaNet Awarded Innovation Award
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Developed
as a private partner to the communities, Sport
StadiaNet AG designs, builds, finances and manages
sports facilities. SSN is based in
Germany
and has made a commitment to promote sports and make
a valued contribution to society in
Germany
, and is now looking to expand internationally.
In
recognition of their innovative concept for
developing sports facilities, TAFISA awarded Sport
StadiaNet the TAFISA Innovation Award during a
recent visit to
Lithuania
. Congratulations Sport StadiaNet!
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TAFISA
Training Leaders in Malaysia and Iran
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Due
to their success to date and demand from around the
world, TAFISA is running two Certified Leadership
Courses in Sport for All in the coming months, with
details as follows:
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Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, from 2nd to 8th December 2009.
Host: MARFIMA
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Tehran,
Iran, from 29th January to 4th February 2010.
Host: Iran Sport for All Association.
TAFISA
Certified Leadership Courses were developed to train
and qualify national Sport for All leaders around
the globe. Courses run for 5 working days, enjoy
fantastic educational, sports, social, sightseeing
and networking program. Typically, TAFISA aims to
host one course in each of its four regions, Europe,
Africa, Asia/Oceania, and the Americas each year.
For
more information about the coming Certified
Leadership Courses and registration forms, visit
www.tafisa.net or contact us at info@tafisa.net.
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Award
Winning Active Launceston under TAFISA Patronage
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TAFISA
is proud and delighted to announce the success of
Active Launceston in Tasmania, Australia, at two recent awarding ceremonies. Active
Launceston won the Heart Foundation Award in the
Healthy Weight Category, and at the Premier’s
Physical Activity Council awarding ceremony, Active Launceston won not just one but two awards,
in the categories of Partnership and Collaboration
and Over All Program award.
TAFISA
extends its congratulations to the Active Launceston
team, especially program coordinator Lucy Marshall,
and thanks to TAFISA Board Member Brian Dixon for
his ongoing involvement with the program.
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TAFISA
Calendar
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Upcoming
TAFISA Events:
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2
– 8 December 2009: Certified Leadership Course,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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13
– 14 December 2009:
International Workshop on ‘Active Cities for City
Administrators’,
Helsinki
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Finland
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January to 4 February 2010: Certified Leadership Course,
Tehran, Iran
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19 23 March 2010: TAFISA Board Meeting and ASFAA Congress,
Tel-Aviv, Israel
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May 2010: International Challenge Day May
2010
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Service
& Imprint
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