Message of the President
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As 2005, the United Nations International Year of Sport
and Physical Education begins, ICSSPE looks forward to welcoming new Board
members who were recently elected at the General Assembly in Thessaloniki
on August 6th. We again extend our thanks to all outgoing members of ICSSPE’s
Executive Board and Associations’ Board, and we are looking forward
to continued collaboration as we work on world-wide activities with regard
to sport, physical education and sport science.
One of the highlights of activity in 2004 has been the "Role of Physical
Education and Sport in Education" (SpinEd) project. Under the leadership
of Prof. Dr. Richard Bailey and funded by the International Olympic Committee
(IOC) a world-wide project was carried out which studied the importance
of sport and physical education in education. The results are highly interesting
and very encouraging. I recommend to all of you to take note of these
findings and share with us your comments and recommendation. The full
report will be published in the May issue of the Bulletin.
Another project of ICSSPE, also funded by the IOC, is the history of the
Paralympic Movement, written by Dr. Steve Bailey. The full manuscript
will be published in 2005, to be another milestone document many of us
have waited for so long.
Following the UNESCO World Conference of Ministers and Senior Officials
responsible for physical education and sport (MINEPS III) in 1999 in Punta
del Este (Uruguay) and the Ministers’ round-table in 2003 in Paris
(France), MINEPS IV was held in Athens from December 6-8. Important issues
were discussed, including new initiatives in the fight against doping
and how to ensure quality physical education in all parts of the world.
The recommendations from this event can be found in the Partners and Events
section of this Bulletin.
Since the General Assembly of the United Nations proclaimed 2005 as the
International Year of Sport and Physical Education, ICSSPE and its over
260 member organisations and institutions have been involved in the preparation
of initiatives and events for 2005. We do this in close cooperation with
Mr Adolf Ogi, the Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General, Mr Kofi
Annan, for sport for development and peace. We all have a great responsibility
for taking this unique opportunity to contribute to this special year
and we must make sure that the important role that physical education
and sport can play with regard to education, health, development and peace
is made better known in the general public and that our efforts in this
respect will lead to new and sustainable developments on international,
national and local levels. I encourage you all to develop and implement
plans and to share with us many of the examples of good practice.
Finally I would like to thank Tamara Devine who has been working at the
ICSSPE office in Berlin as ICSSPE’s Publications and Scientific
Affairs Manager. It was a great privilege to have such a competent and
committed expert with us and we hope to continue collaboration with Tamie,
although in a different way.
As I advised in my previous Bulletin message, at the end of 2004 the Chair
of ICSSPE’s Editorial Board, Prof. Dr. Jan Borms, completed his
term. We extend our most sincere thanks to him for his continued support
over nearly forty years, his hard work to identify relevant topics for
ICSSPE’s publications and for leading the Editorial Board in such
a brilliant and empowering manner. We warmly welcome Prof. Dr. Darlene
Kluka, who commenced as the new Editorial Board Chair on January 1st and
who will undoubtedly step up to the challenge with all her competence,
vibrancy and enthusiasm.
Prof. Dr. Gudrun Doll-Tepper
President, ICSSPE
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Message of the President - English
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