Feature
No.44
May 2005
 
    

Update on 2nd World Summit on Physical Education,
3-4 December, 2005, Magglingen, Switzerland
Christophe Mailliet, ICSSPE, Germany
 

To be held in conjunction with the 2nd International Conference on Sport and Development II, 4-6 December, 2005, Magglingen

The proposal to hold a second World Summit on Physical Education in conjunction with the 2nd International Conference on Sport and Development was welcomed by Mr Adolf Ogi, Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. In the following we aim to briefly outline a concept for this event.

Rationale
The first World Summit on Physical Education (Berlin, 3-5 Nov. 1999) stood at the beginning of a broad international debate on the current state of physical education world-wide, which included not only its sometimes precarious situation within educational systems, but also its contents, objectives and role in the context of increasing public health and social problems. The results of the first Summit were reflected in several international documents (cf. MINEPS 3 & 4, UNESCO Round-Table, etc.), however it has become necessary to review the developments of the past five years, and to develop suitable strategies to secure and develop physical education world-wide. The scientifically recognised benefits of quality physical education contribute "per se" to the achievement of the goals defined by the UN in the context of sport for development and peace, and to the goals of the International Year of Sport and Physical Education 2005. Physical Education is the most effective and reliable means to lay the foundations for an active, healthy and well-balanced lifestyle through the practice of sport and physical activity in today's children and youth.

Goals and expected results
  • Review of the status of physical education today, presentation and analysis of positive and negative developments since 1999
  • Reflection on the intrinsic role of physical education in education, and its potential to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), based on current research results
  • Development of quality standards and benchmarks for physical education, which are based on scientific evidence, and which contribute particularly to personal and social development
  • Development of effective and modular strategies to secure and further develop physical education as an essential component of education (e.g. Lobbying-Toolkit), and to the introduction of high-quality and culturally sensitive physical education world-wide (for example quality standards or benchmarks)
Participants
Participants from the areas of science, politics, sports, and education: members and partners of ICSSPE, competent ministries, specialised organisations, media, sport federations, UN-agencies, NGOs (in co-ordination with OC Magglingen II) are expected. There is a great overlap with the participants of Magglingen II.

Publication of results
Via ICSSPE's publications programme (including Website) and network, in co-ordination with OC Magglingen II.

Format, Time and Place, Number of Participants
All to be confirmed and in co-ordination with OC Magglingen II.




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