President's Message
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I would like to extend my best wishes to all members and
partners of ICSSPE for a peaceful and happy 2007 and thank you for your
support and co-operation during 2006, which was again an exciting year
for us.
One of the highlights of our activities in 2006 was when ICSSPE representatives
from more than 25 different countries gathered in Berlin for a series
of meetings that were rounded off with the 22nd General Assembly on September
1. It was the second time in 10 years, since the beginning of my term
as ICSSPE President, that the Executive Board had met in Berlin, but it
was the first time that the General Assembly had ever taken place in the
German capital city.
These events highlight a special ICSSPE anniversary: Berlin has been now
host to the ICSSPE Executive Office for 10 years! In January 1997, the
ICSSPE office moved from Jyväskylä, Finland to Berlin and since
then, ICSSPE has tried to intensify activities on the international, national
and regional levels. Our international network is steadily growing and
we are always happy to welcome international and national organisations
and institutions as new members. This is clearly an indication of the
growing importance of international co-operation and collaboration, and
it also presents challenges to us all. We still have to strengthen our
efforts towards implementing our global aims, with a focus on ensuring
high quality in physical education for all. Offering access to research
findings related to health and sport, professionalisation in sport, physical
education and sport science are other issues which are very high on our
agenda.
At this point I would like to take the opportunity to thank all of you
who have made a contribution to ICSSPE’s work, for your dedication,
vision and enthusiasm during the last 10 years!
I take this opportunity to not only reflect on what
has been, but also at what will be. ICSSPE will commence 2007 by sending
two publications to all our members in February. Perspectives Volume 7,
titled “Sport for Persons with a Disability”, is a collaborative
project of ICSSPE and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), which
includes a wide range of topics, sports, regions and fields of study.
It highlights some of the most current and topical issues in the world
of sport for persons with a disability in practice and theory. The second
publication is the fourth edition of the Directory of Sport Science, which
again offers fundamental information about the wide range of sport science
disciplines and facilitates differentiation within sport science whilst
promoting the integration of various branches.
We also look forward to 2007 as a year full of important
international events in sport, sport science and physical education, including
some of our own activities; eg. in September we will again have a symposium
in co-operation with our partner DKB-ISTAF on “Sport Schools”
and in Autumn we are planning a week long training program for psychological
and physical rehabilitation in the context of disaster relief. This program
will train volunteers to offer supportive options to overcome trauma,
and provide examples of rehabilitation after physical and psychlogical
injuries as well as innovative ways to go back to everyday life through
sport. It is a follow up to our two seminars on Sport and Reconstruction
in October 2005 and January 2006. You will of course receive more information
via the ICSSPE news and the May Bulletin.
I would like close by extending my sincere thanks
to all outgoing members of ICSSPE’s Executive, Editorial and Associations’
Board. Although you have completed your terms, we look forward to a continued
collaboration as we are developing world-wide activities with regard to
sport, physical education and sport science.
Prof. Dr. Gudrun Doll-Tepper
President, ICSSPE
President's Message - English

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