IASI is a non-profit making organization whose aim is to stimulate, support and develop activities in the field of international documentation and information for physical education and sport. It brings together a worldwide network of scientists, documentalists, librarians, information experts and managers of sports information and documentation centers.

Mr. Jose Aquesolo, IASI Executive Secretary, C/o Andalusian Institute of Sport (IAD), Avda. Sta. Rosa de Lima, 5, E - 29007, Malaga, Spain, Tel: +34 951 04 19 00, Fax: +34 951 04 19 39, Email: jaker@uida.es

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In the continuing, co-operative relationship between IASI and IOC, and as an extension of the information supplied in Manual for a Sports information Centre (2000), Alain Poncet met with our partners at IOC headquarters on July 1. In attendance was Mr. Pere Miro Director of Olympic Solidarity and NOC Relations Department, Mr. Michel Filiau, Chief of the Administrative Service of NOC Relations Department, Mrs. Nuria Puig Director of the Olympic Studies Center in the Olympic Museum, Mr. Jerome Poivey assistant Mr. Filiau.

Two main topics were discussed. The first topic concerns the World Directory of Sports Information Centres and Experts. This database will be soon available on the NOC Extranet, by a link created from www.directory-iasi.org. In addition an announcement will be made to inform the NOC information centres about the existence of this new product. Included in the announcement will be an encouragement to register their NOC libraries/centres in the World Directory. In that way, we hope to have, in a very short time, a comprehensive database where a specific centre or expertise could be found from any part of the world.

The second discussion point concerned the program for developing countries and in particular for Africa. That is a recurrent question we discussed during our last ExCo meeting in Barcelona. Emerging from the meeting was the proposal for the future establishment and support for two main African sports information centres: one to serve the English speaking area; the second for the French speaking area. These centres, which would be supported by an existing NOC, would become the co-operative resource and foundation for sport information for all the NOCs in their respective linguistic area. With this infrastructure support, IASI would provide its expertise in the field of creating and developing a sports information and documentation centre.