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

http://www.icsspe.org/portal/bulletin-may2005.htm
Update on 2nd World Summit on Physical
Education
Christophe Mailliet, ICSSPE, Germany
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