The International Alliance For Youth Sports (IAYS) was established by the National Alliance For Youth Sports (NAYS) to provide a forum for youth sports administrators, educators and others worldwide to convene and discuss pertinent topics and research related to organized out-of-school sports and activities for children.

* Nepal - Sita Pandey- President, Women in Sports
* South Africa - Lateef Amusa – President African Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance
Zambia - Clement Chileshe - Executive Director, Sport in Action
* Russia - Dr. Nikolai Borokov - Deputy Director General, Moscow City Sports Association
Portugal - Rui Lanca - Chief of Sports Programs, INATEL
New Zealand - Debbie Longhurst - Olympic Program Manager, New Zealand Olympic Committee
* Dominica - Hon. Loreen Bannis-Roberts – Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Education
Egypt - Dr. Hossam Eldin Mostafa Saad - Secretary General, African Sports Confederation of Disabled
Greece - Maria Eleftheriou - Section Manager, Olympic Youth Camp, Olympic Games
Haiti - Guy Joachim – President, National Volleyball Federation of Haiti
Honduras - Jorge Mejia - Sports Director, Ministry of Culture, Arts and Sports
Israel - Dr. Ronnie Lidor - Head Motor Behavior Laboratory, The Zinmen College
* Morocco - Said Lamrini - National Technical Director, Ministry of Youth and Sports
* Costa Rica - Allan Mosquera Vargas – Director, Institute for Sport and Recreation
Barbados - Adrian Donovan - Program Director, National Sports Council
Australia - Susan Headley -Deputy Editor, Australian Clearinghouse
Cambodia - Sok Yanimol – Secretary, National Olympic Committee
Cayman Islands - Dalton Walter – Director, Department of Youth Sports and Community Development

One of the many activities that the Advisory Board will undertake is to advise NAYS on the 2004 International Youth Sports Congress, which has the theme ‘Uniting the World Through Youth Sports.’ Registration for the Congress has begun and brochures are available for promotion. Visit www.nays.org or email yscongress@nays.org for additional information.

Fred Engh, CEO/president of the National Alliance For Youth Sports, will give the opening keynote at the National Conference on Youth Sport, Physical Education & Development in Lusaka, Zambia, on May 16-18, 2004. The objectives of the National Conference are to give delegates an understanding of sport, physical education and development and allow them to realize opportunities, strengths and challenges facing stakeholders of sport, physical education and development in Zambia. Dr. Michael Gray, vice president of IAYS, will give a session on athletic performance. In addition to the opening keynote, Engh will present a session on the value of youth sports. "The issues affecting children in sports remains a major concern throughout the world, as evidenced by the upcoming National Conference in Zambia," Engh said. "Clement Chileshe has assembled an outstanding program addressing issues like mass participation and learning versus performance and competition, the concept of sports and its value, and the challenge of fighting HIV/AIDS through sports, among many other issues.”

Engh will also present at the Pre-Olympic Congress in Thessaloniki, Greece, which will be held August 6-11, 2004. The IAYS will be presented at this Congress. Engh will address changing the culture of children’s sports by focusing on the early development of the skills and knowledge of the game, as well as recruiting educated volunteers to assist in the administration and coaching that are necessary to ensure positive and safe sports for all our children.