BIENNIAL2017-2018 REPORT
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E W H T E A E T R T R H H E E ParaVolley Europe Executive Board L F 8 President E O Branko MIhorko (SLO) T
1 R Vice-President E EPO S 0 Paul Harmsen (NED)
R Secretary General
2 Ivana Pavić (CRO) - Sports Director
7 Zdravko Hranić (CRO)
AL Development Director I 1 Richard Stacey-Chapman (GBR) Communications Director 0 N Isabelle Collot (FRA)
2 Marketing Director Guido Pasciari (ITA)
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I Athlete Commission Ivanova Tatiyana B Robert Wydera Jana Ferjan Karin van der Haar Federico Blanc Lukas Schiwy Referee Commissioner Anton Probst (GER) Classifier Commissioner
Education & Training Commissioner Una Dzalba (LAT) PVE Club Competitions Development Officer Ivan Ćosić (CRO) New Nations Commissioner Charalampos Sidiropoulos Youth Development Commissioner Jerome Dumas Beach ParaVolley Standing & Sitting Rich Stacey-Chapman Zoe Kosmoglou Raska Gyula Nello Calleja
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President's Welcome 4 8 The ParaVolley Movement & PVE 6 R General Assembly Agenda 8 T 2017/18 Executive Board Members Report 16
2017/18 Financial Report 33 Matters from Member Nations 34 Matters from the Executive Board 35 Strategic/Activity plan - 2020/23 Calendar 36 2020/21 PVE Fees 39 Executive Board Elections 40 *Vice-President Candidates *Sport Director Candidates *Marketing Director Candidates *Communications Director Candidates *Development Director
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President's welcome 2
- Dear Athletes, dear sports friends,
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AL Welcome to the 15th PVE General Assembly! I 1 One year ago, we had the first ever PVE Strategic Development 0
N Weekend as well as the 14th General Assembly where it was decided that ParaVolley Europe should become an organisation 2 more athlete-oriented and where major decisions were taken
EN regarding the future of our sports. Everything will be presented
I during the European Championship starting the day after our General Assembly. B European Paravolley is developing very fast and has a bright future. We have prepared a new frame for new kind of competitions and we are participating in the first EU project Erasmus+. This is a major turning point for our organization and it will pave the way for more projects. The new European championships system with groups A, B and C are almost ready to go, the New Nations tournament was carried out for the first time in France and inclusive youth championships will be tested in five countries. Our goal is to organise in Europe different levels of competitions – competitions for everyone and we hope that in 2020 we will start European club competition too. The focus in 2019 is on inclusion – inclusion for youth. The planned test event will show if we can include sitting volleyball into school programs and if we can promote sitting volleyball as a sport for everyone. We will try to convince European nations that are not our members yet far to join our family.
PVE Report 4 B I EN 2 N 0 We need all of you to 1 I
be more proactive AL and to cooperate 7
closely with the - 2 athletes, coaches, R
ITO’s, volunteers and 0 with the board. EPO We need organisers 1
at all levels and set 8 this challenge for
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I would like to thank Hungary for organising this general T assembly and the 2019 European Championships.
Last but not least, the last few months have been very busy and I would like to thank all the board members for their volunteering contribution. If you are prepared to work, do join us. Let’s not forget that we are here for the athletes and that they have many games to look forward to playing during this event and all future events.
PVE President Branko Mihorko
We are here for the athletes
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1 ParaVolley Europe (PVE) is the European
EPO Zonal Confederation of World ParaVolley, known as 0
R ECVD between 1993 and 2013 and renamed PVE in
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- 2013. PVE is operating as an autonomous Zone affiliated to World ParaVolley and represents the 7
AL largest Zone in WPV in numbers of member nations. I 1 0 N The PVE Executive new Board members elected at the
2 2017 PVE General Assembly identified important key points and proposed at the first PVE Strategy Dialogue EN
I Weekend in 2018 the road-map by which PVE can improve the development of Paravolley in Europe. B
The focus is on communication improvement and IT technology implementation which eventually will help raise the social awareness of Paravolley for disabled people and the whole community in a mutual integration.
The necessity of Paravolley experts in numerous fields was recognised as one of the key points for future development. Therefore PVE in co-operation with WPV would like to get more member countries involved and to host courses for classifiers, referees and technical delegates to create better conditions for the future competition calendar.
PVE Report 6 B I EN PVE promotes Paravolley as the unique sport activity
available for every person irrespective of any physical 2
disability. This led to a partnership with the EU and N 0 FIPAV and resulted in the Erasmus + project 1 I
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Prior to this, PVE signed a Memorandum of - 2
Understanding with the National Sitting Volleyball R
Training Base of China (NSVTBC). PVE also secured 0 EPO
partnership with the Website and Livestream provider 1 FURKISPORT as well as the travel company provider 8 BTRAVEL in order to meet the increasing demands of
behind the scenes requirements. R
The PVE Workplace platform was launched early in T 2018 in order to improve the communication between the European Paravolley stakeholders. It has resulted in a better overview of Paravolley competitions being run in Europe as members are able to register their own events. In one year Workplace recorded more than 40 different tournaments running across Europe (although the number is larger).
PVE has also started publishing a monthly Newsletter launching its first issue in December 2017. It is available on the newly updated institutional PVE website as well as on PVE social media.
The PVE Strategy Dialogue Weekend detected the key points for development: we are here for the athletes.
7 PVE Report AGENDA T PARAVOLLEY EUROPE
R GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2019 8 Date: 14th July 2019 1 Place: Budapest, Hungary EPO
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- 1. Opening by President Branko Mihorko
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1 3. Roll call of the delegates Check whether the General Assembly is 0 N quorate (Constitution §6.2). 2 4. Adoption of the agenda 5. Confirmation of the 2017 General EN
I Assembly and 2018 Extraordinary General
B Assembly minutes Matters arising from previous minutes 6. 2017/18 Report from the Executive Board members 7. 2017/18 Financial Report 8. Matters from the Member Nations 9. Matters from the Executive Board 10. 2020/23 Strategic / Activity Plan and Calendar 11. 2020/21 PVE Fees 12. PVE Executive Board Elections (Constitution § 9; Election regulations) 13. Any Other Business 14. Closing
PVE Report 8 B Minutes of the General Assembly I
on the 5th of November 2017 EN Poreč, Croatia, 9:00 am 2 N 0
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Executive Board Mr T. Thorkildsen, President AL
Mr B. Mihorko, Vice President 7 Mrs.I.Pavić, Secretary General Mr M. Chodzko-Zajko, Sport Director - 2
Mrs S. Blechschmidt, Development Director R
Mrs.I.Collot, Marketing Director 0 EPO Countries representatives with the mandate: 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, 8 Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine
R GA accepted to give the mandate to the reserve representative from Russia. T
Copy sent to - members of the PVE - member countries in the European Zone - WPV
1. Opening by President Toralv Thorkildsen Mr T. Thorkildsen, President, welcomes those present, welcomes WPV President Mr B. Couzner and Croatian NPC and European Paralympic Committee President Mr R. Kovačić.
2. Appointment of the polling commission Senad Helac (BIH) and Dariusz Jasinski (POL) are elected to the polling commission.
3. Roll call of the delegates 18 countries (out of 25) in the European Zone attend the PVE General Assembly, all with voting rights. a. the General Assembly is quorate (Constitution §6.2).
4. Adoption of the agenda Motion: The agenda is adopted. Voting: 18 in favour – 0 against.
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T R 8 5. Confirmation of minutes of the 2015 General Assembly, 1 Warendorf(GER) EPO Motion: The minutes are adopted. See Supplement 1. 0 Voting: 18 in favour – 0 against. R
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- 6. Report from members of the Executive Board for 2015-2016 Motion: The Activity report is adopted. See Supplement 1. 7
AL Voting: 18 in favour – 0 against. I 1 7. Financial report 2015-2016 0 N Motion: The Financial report is adopted. See Supplement 1. Voting: 18 in favour – 0 against. 2
8. Matters from the Member Nations EN Motion from France: to split Marketing Director into two roles; marketing and I sponsorships and communication.
B Motion from Italy: PVE HQ is proposed to move to Italy.
9. Matters from the Executive Board Motion to France: PVE found the motion from France positive. The GA submits the proposal for further investigation and incorporation in the Board's current positions. Any changes to the Constitution will be submitted to the GA in 2019. Voting: 18 in favour – 0 against. Motion to Italy: PVE registration is in Luxembourg. The official Headquarter is in Luxembourg at Rehazenter 1, rue André Vésale, L-2674 Luxembourg. Changing the Headquarter to Italy is according to the Constitution article 4.1 a decision by the PVE Board. The motion from Italy is rejected. Voting: 18 in favour – 0 against.
10. Strategic/activity plan and Calendar for 2018-2021 Motion: The Strategic/activity plan and Calendar is adopted. See Supplement 1. Voting: 18 in favour – 0 against
ParaVolley Europe General Assembly 2017, November 5th Poreč, Croatia PVE Report 10 B I EN 2 N 0 11. Award of Championships 2018-2021 1 Motion: Until the beginning of PVE General Assembly; 4 member nations are I awarded as candidates for 2019 European Sitting Volleyball Championships AL men and women; by alphabetical order: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, 7 Poland, Russia. - 2 a. Presentation of awarded candidates Presentation of an awarded candidate will be during Side Events conferences on R Tuesday, November 9th, 2017, in Albatros hotel, Alby club at 20.00 hours. 0 EPO
1 12. Budget for next two years, 2018 and 2019
See Supplement 1; the Report: PVE Biennial Report 2015-2016. 8 The budget is distributed before the meeting. The rates for 2018 – 2019 are included for information. Motion: The budget is adopted. R
Voting: 18 in favour – 0 against. T
13. Elections to the Executive Board (Constitution § 9; Election regulations) Motion from Italy: Before the start of GA, Italy withdraws Nomination of its candidate for President's position, and offered a lot of help in future in commissions (athlete, development, ….). Motion from PVE Board: The PVE Board accepted withdrawal and inform all member nations at GA who has voting rights about Italy’s decision. The PVE Board thanked Italy for offered help and wished Italy good cooperation with new Board in future. Therefore: The nominated candidates are: Position: outcome elections: President: Mr Branko Mihorko (SLO) elected 18 – 0 Vice President: Mr Paul Harmsen (NED) elected 12 - 6 Mrs Helena Skogström (FIN) not elected 6-12 Secretary-General: Mrs Ivana Pavić (CRO) elected 18 –0 Development Director: Mr Rich Stacey-Chapman (ENG) elected 16-0 Marketing Director: Mrs Isabelle Collot (FRA) elected 18 –0
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T R 8 14. Other business 1 Mr Zoran Ješić (SRB) pointed his awarding with PVE Golden Medal for special EPO contribution in PVE, for sitting volleyball, and it was missing in some previous 0 reports, as well as in last GA Minutes 2015. R
2 Motion: The PVE Board recognize this oversight, and thanked Mr Ješić on his - suggestion, with the decision that this should be noted in GA report.
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AL 15. Closing I 1 New PVE President Mr Mihorko in front of new Executive Board thanked the former PVE President Mr.Toralv Thorkildsen for his work in ParaVolley Europe 0 N as President, and also thanked Mrs Suvi Blechschmidt, former Development Director for contribution in ParaVolley Europe for the last several years and wish 2 them good luck for the future. Mr Toralv Thorkildsen received PVE Gold Medal during the closing ceremony and received the painting from Croatian artist. EN
I Supplement 1: PVE Biennial Report 2015-2016
B PVE General Assembly finished at 13:45 on Sunday, November 5th, 2017
Luxembourg November 20th, 2017 Ivana Pavić (CRO) Branko Mihorko (SLO)
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Minutes of the PVE I EN Extraordinary General Assembly
on the 21st October 2018 Sveti 2 N Martin na Muri, Croatia, 9:00 am 0 1 I AL 7 Present
Executive Board Mr B. Mihorko, President - 2 Mr P. Harmsen, Vice President R Mrs I.Pavić, Secretary General 0
Mr Z. Hranić, Sport Director EPO
Mrs H. Skogström, Sport Director 1 Mrs I.Collot, Communications Director Mr R.Stacey-Chapman, Development Director 8
Countries representatives with the mandate: R Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czeck Republic, England,
Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands, T Poland, Slovenia, Turkey
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1. Opening by President Mr Branko Mihorko Mr B. Mihorko, President, welcomes those present, welcomes WPV Sport Director Mr L. Torrecillas.
2. Appointment of the polling commission Jana Ferjan (SLO) and Lana Rosić (CRO) are elected to the polling commission.
3. Roll call of the delegates 14 countries (out of 25) in the European Zone attend the Extraordinary PVE General Assembly, all with voting rights. a. the General Assembly is quorate (Constitution §6.2).
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AL voting I 1 1. Competition system/national competitions/groups/European competition/divisions - proposal before 2019 GA, starting as of 1st January 0 N 2020;
2 Voting: 14 in favour – 0 against. 2. Competition system club competitions - proposal latest at the 2019 GA,
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I Voting: 14 in favour – 0 against 3. PVE Referee commission to propose a transparent process regarding B referee education, nomination, selection and evaluation before next PVE GA; Voting: 14 in favour – 0 against 4. PVE request to discuss with WPV Classification commission to be provided a transparent set of documents regarding classification handbook and classification process before next PVE GA; Voting: 14 in favour – 0 against 5. PVE request to discuss with WPV Classification commission to arrange classification to take place prior to official tournament start; Voting: 14 in favour – 0 against 6. All official international ParaVolley competitions should be split by gender Voting: 14 in favour – 0 against 7. ITO's fee: 35 € for all events ITO's effective as of 1st January 2019; Voting: 13 in favour – 1 against
Information a) Basic promotional material for paravolley to be provided to all member nations b) Creation of PVE manual for competition organizing c) PVE Executive Board appoints Mr Guido Pasciari (ITA) as PVE Marketing Director effective immediately, and to be confirmed/elected at the next PVE GA
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7. Closing R The PVE President Mr B. Mihorko in front of PVE Executive Board thanked 0 the present member nations for the hard work in the last two days through EPO
5 Workshops putting an effort to create new directions in PVE, suggesting 1 the changes, and supporting the development of PVE. 8 Mr Mihorko pointed out one more time that all of us are here because of
the athletes, development and increase of number of athletes in paravolley, R building new directions and quality in PVE.
The PVE President invites all member nations to send information about T their competitions, to use the digital tools PVE provided (PVE Workplace), to communicate together and exchange ideas, and to propose all who are willing to work for PVE.
Supplement: 1. PVE Financial Report 2016-2017; 2. PVE Strategy Dialogue Weekend Decisions
Luxembourg November 20th, 2018 Ivana Pavić (CRO) Branko Mihorko (SLO)
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2 - 7 AL I 1 0 N 2 The Vice President of PVE was elected during the General Assembly in October 2017 in Porec, Croatia. EN
I According to the PVE Regulation he has supported the President in his role. Special focus during the first full year of his function has been put on support
B of the organisational development and corresponding activities within the PVE community. To achieve this, a comprehensive set of activities have been initiated and are in the meantime implemented:
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In a first time ever Strategy Dialog in October 2018, above topics were - 2
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representation of the Nations. 0 During this first term the decision by the Executive Board was taken to move EPO the Marketing Function of the Vice President to a separate Board function, as it 1 will gain more focus in this way. 8 In development is still the decision of structure place of registration of PVE and the current Foundation. The Foundation “Stichting Promotie Volleybal voor de
Gehandicapen” was established in 1993 in The Netherlands with the aim to R support Paralympic Volleyball on a global level. As WPV and PVE have developed further since then and the operational and foundation work need a T
clear separation a new structure needs to implemented. Currently the concept is to register PVE in Luxemburg for its operational activities (e.g. competitions, marketing etc.) in preparation of a potential closer cooperation with CEV. Next steps will be to open a bank account there and have an external administrator to support PVE. The Foundation remains in The Netherlands and will cover promotion projects for Paravolleyball. Next steps: name change of the Foundation, actualize the statutes and open a bank account specific for the Foundation. In July 2018 the Vice President accompanied the President of PVE during some of the sessions organized by the WPV Board during the World Championships. PVE mission and vision, structure and plans were presented and discussed. In May 2019 the Vice President represented PVE at the General Assmbly of the European Paralympic Committee. PVE’s motion to include sitting volleyball for the 2021 EYPG and to jointly support the development of young paravolley athletes in the EPC member nation as well as sitting volleyball to be recognised as a standard sport in the programme of 2023 EYPG and going forward, was accepted by a majority vote.
Vice-President PVE Paul Harmsen
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- PVE organised the events below in 2017 2017 European Sitting Volleyball Championship Men & Women Poreč 7 (CRO) AL I 1 This event was organised by Croatian NPC and the Croatian Sitting Volleyball Federation 0
N The medalists in the Championship were Men: 2 Gold Final (55 mins) UKR 0:3 RUS (18:25 16:25 17:25) EN Bronze Final (60 mins) CRO 0:3 BIH I (21:25 16:25 18:25)
B Women: Gold Final (50 mins) UKR 0:3 RUS (11:25 14:25 10:25) Bronze Final (64 Mins) FIN 0:3 NED (18:25 16:25 23:25) The report on the event was published and circulated to members soon after the event. Beach There was no Beach activity in 2017.
The Future I had intended to step down as Sport Director at the General Assembly during the European Championships, due to growing commitments on my time. As much of the existing Board was also resigning at the same time, I agreed to continue in-post until the end of the year. At that time, I handed over to Helena Skogstrom and Zdravko Hranić.
PVE Sport Department Maciej Chodzko-Zajko Sport Director, 2017
PVE Report 18 2017-2018 Executive Board Members Report Sport Department B I EN 2 N 0 1 In 2017 new PVE Board was elected and appointed Mrs.Helena Skogstrom and I I as co-opted PVE Sport Directors in January 2018 after Mr. Maciej Chodzko- AL Zajko steps down for period 2018 – 2019. In October 2018 Mrs. Helena 7
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2018 PVE Sub-Zonal Championship in Sitting Volleyball Sub-Zone 1 1 (women)
This event was organized by the Finnish Federation at the Pajulahti Games in 8 January. 2 teams took part in a competition. Standing: R 1) Russia (PVE pts 250)
2) Finland (PVE pts 225) T 2018 PVE Sub Zone Championships in Sitting Volleyball Sub-Zone C (men) This event was organized by Latvian Sitting Volleyball Association in Riga in April. 2 teams took part in the competition. Standing: 1) Poland (PVE pts 250) 2) Latvia (PVE pts 225) 2018 PVE Sub-Zonal Championship in Sitting Volleyball Sub-Zone 2 (women) This event was organized by the Hungarian Volleyball Federation in Matrahaza (HUN). 4 teams chose to take part. In the same time was playing the Hungarian Open. The Netherlands women national team took part as the Hungarian Open participant. Standing Sub-Zonal 3 1) Italy (PVE pts 250) 2) Slovenia (PVE pts 225) 3) Hungary (PVE pts 203) 4) Croatia (PVE pts 183) Standing Hungarian Open: 1) The Netherlands 2) Italy 3) Slovenia 4) Hungary 5) Croatia
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T R 8 2018 PVE Sub Zone Championships New Nation – Men (Test Event) 1 This event was organized by the France Volleyball Federation in Tourcoing EPO
0 (FRA). 3 teams took part in the competition. Georgia took part in the French
R Open which was running parallel to Sub Zone New Nations.
2 Standing PVE Sub Zone New Nation Championship: - 1) Slovenia (PVE pts 250)
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2 3) Czech Republic 4) France During PVE Sub Zone Championship New Nation two WPV courses were EN
I running, WPV Referee course level 3 (6 attendees) and WPV Classifier course level 1 (4 attendees). All attendees successfully finished the courses.
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2019 2019 European Sitting Volleyball Championship - Qualification Tournament Men, Poreč (CRO) This event was organizing PVE in Porec (CRO) in February 2019. 7 teams took part in the competition. Standing: 1) Turkey (Qual 1) 2) Lithuania (Qual 2) 3) Slovenia (PVE pts 145) 4) Georgia (PVE pts 131) 5) Italy (PVE pts 118) 6) France (PVE pts 107) 7) Czech Republic (PVE pts 97)
The qualifier was well covered by Livestream through PVE official Fecebook site. The WPV Classifier level 1 Workshop was the side event of the qualifier with 3 attendees from Croatia, Germany and Turkey.
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Federation in Budapest in July 2019. 7 The event has 12 men teams and 9 women teams. I have had daily contacts with the host. PVE Sport Department was enforcing high standards in the - 2
organization following standards established during 2019 EC in Porec (CRO). R
0 My appointment in 2018 as PVE Sports Director brings a lot of challenges EPO established through PVE Executive Board meetings motions to produce the 1 number of forms and documents which will facilitate everyday Sports 8 Department working. PVE Secretary General help in technical support in formatting and producing all ideas to easier run or report competitions. Every produced document was tested during competitions in 2018 and will be a core R of documents for further competitions as well as PVE Generic Sports Regulations prepared. T
NEXT PERIOD - FUTURE During PVE Strategy Dialogue Weekend in Sv. Martin na Muri (CRO) in October 2018 present member nations through 5 successful workshops exchange ideas which built the routes for next period of competitions which are already announced through PVE website and social media; European Sitting Volleyball Championship Division A (for 12 best member countries); division B; potential division C (countries who are developing teams) and New Nations competitions as well. The plan is to know the host of next EC at least two years in advance, to educate at least 10 Classifiers in Europe, EC division A to run in odd years EC division B to run in even years to enable EC division A fulfill the last two slots of 12 teams (at least in men competition). The same structure shall be applied in women competition atthe time the number of women teams increase. Future to discuss and organize is the implementation of PVE European National League Men and Women, and PVE Champions League for which the Club Competition Commissioner was appointed in October 2018; Mr. Ivan Ćosić who closely cooperate with Sports Department in club competitions developing (previous Euro Cup).
Zdravko Hranić PVE Sport Director, 2018-2019.
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N · Youth development Commissioner- Jerome Dumas Each member is responsible for their own specific area of development and 2 for working with the other members to support the nations.
EN Beach Volleyball I World ParaVolley has identified standing beach volleyball as an area for
B development around the world, with the ultimate aim of having the sport included in the 2028 Los Angeles Paralympic Games. In Europe, members are keen to pilot different formats of beach volleyball and PVE are looking to work with nations to deliver competitions in standing and sitting beach volleyball. There is also work to be done to review rules of the disciplines and how competitions should be structured Beach Volleyball Working Group In order to support the development of beach volleyball across Europe, a working group has been established to discuss ideas and support nations looking to deliver activity. The members of the group are: · Rich Stacey-Chapman · Zoe Kosmoglou · Raska Gyula · Nello Callea The group is still open to new members who are interested in supporting this piece of work.
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· To work with new nations to support their development and identify what 0 EPO requirements they may have. 1 · To create a collection of youth/teacher resources by sharing existing
videos or coaching material. 8 · To explore the potential of standing and sitting beach volleyball and evaluate different formats of the game. R Training and Education/ Una Dzalba T There has been a selection of training and education opportunities taking place in Europe including refereeing level 3 and classifier level 1 courses in France at the 2018 PVE Sub Zone New Nations.
2019 A WPV classifier level 1 workshop at the Men’s European Championship qualifier event in Croatia in 2019 pooled potential candidates for classifier level 2. There are also refereeing, classification and technical delegate courses planned for the 2019 European Championship in Hungary for which WPV Medical Classifier level 1 is confirmed, and Training and Educational Commissioner is working to establish the conditions for Classifier level 2 and Refereeing level 2 course for Hungary.
New Nations & Support ParaVolley continues to grow across Europe with new nations becoming more involved. France and the Czech Republic competed in their first competition whilst other nations are engaging with PVE to establish, re-establish or develop activity in their countries. Armenia, Belgium, Greece, Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Austria are all hoping to increase their activity over the next few years.
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Richard Stacey-Chapman PVE Development Director, 2017-2019
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important one when it comes to promotion and awareness of the ParaVolley 2 disciplines. Without communication about the events and the actions of the R
National Federations, the sport cannot really evolve. 0 EPO
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off for long period of time, a lot of work is required to start promoting the sport 8 in an effective manner. It is also important to point out that the Federations/Clubs have been used to doing their own promotions for a long time and should realise that their effort R can be shared with ParaVolley Europe in order to reach out to a wider T audience, not only in Europe but also Worldwide.
The aim of the department is to equally promote the sport in the various European countries by the means of social media mainly.
Marketing As per the last biennial report, the focus of the department has been mainly communication as it was decided in 2017 that the function of Marketing Director would change to Communication Director under the new Board.
Communication The main focus of the role has been on communication and on spreading the word in Europe about ParaVolley disciplines, mainly Sitting Volleyball and Sitting Beach Volleyball. The tools favoured have been social media as these are easily managed and can reach a wide audience in a very short time. The website was revamped and relaunched on 10th September 2018 after some extensive work done in cooperation with Furki Sport.
In the next few pages, you will find some details about the social media used by ParaVolley Europe and some analytics to give you an idea of how these have been increasing the awareness of the sport and institution.
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Workplace is a communication platform aimed at facilitating exchange between stakeholders and open to anybody involved in sitting volleyball. It is like Facebook for “work” and allows people to share their activities and information only with other minded sitting volleyball athletes, coaches, classifiers or anybody involved in developing and promoting the sport. So far, we have: · 190 members · 18 groups Thanks to this platform, PVE has been able to get a better idea of national competitions happening since people are now sharing their events through this site. It has also helped some commissions coordinate their work in a more effective manner.
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B ParaVolley Europe still need to work closer and together with National Federations and Clubs in order to spread out information about our disciplines. Together we are stronger!
Isabelle COLLOT Marketing/Communication Director - 2017-2018 PVE Marketing/Communication Department
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2 UKRAINE - 7 AL I 1 0 N 1. The rule #4.9.1 (Lifting is permitted in the back zone when playing the ball in a defensive action if the contact is made when the ball is not entirely higher than 2 the top of the net. ) should be adjusted.
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2. The rule #19.1.1 (Each team has the right to designate from the list of players up to two specialist defensive players: Liberos) should be adjusted.
The coach should have the right to appoint a libero for each match. It will allow coaches to fully use the skills of players and to build new strategies.
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B Development Director Una Dzalba (LAT)
Communications Director Isabelle Collot (FRA)
(confirmed until 1st July 2019- candidate's Nomination and CV shall be delivered at PVE Forum and by mail)
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2019 PVE General Assembly Budapest (HUN) 14th July