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ISF Magazine #17 | March - June | 2018 Member Country Honoured p.11 - 12 New Zealand Inside ISF African School Sport Forum p.10 ISF & Youth Fun and Skills Infusion into the World of School Sport p.13 2 | ISF IN MOTION ISF IN MOTION | 3 ISF Magazine | MARCH - JUNE 2018 MARCH - JUNE 2018 | ISF Magazine 4 | SUMMARY RENDEZ-VOUS WITH THE PRESIDENT | 5 ISF Magazine "Rendez-Vous" #17 | March - June 2018 WITH THE PRESIDENT 2 | ISF in Motion 5 | "Rendez-Vous" with the President Let us pause and look back for a moment, to see recall what You 10 made possible, with your involvement, your contribution, and tireless 6 | World of school sport efforts, and as a result, witness the remarkable development of the ISF. Not only in terms of size, but also in terms of participation and 7 | educational development through school sport. We have welcomed new members, and organisers have engaged in a commitment to ensuring the value of education through sport is realised. In a mon- 8 | Food for thought th from now, we will experience the very first Gymnasiade on the African continent (page 10). We are grateful to have had heard from one of the Gymnasiade’s former athletes, Matteo Morandi, who deli- 9 | Facts and figures vered a very inspiring interview (page 15) 11 10 | Inside ISF We are going to continue these amazing efforts into the future, to open up opportunities of support and development to even more | African School Sport Forum countries, growing the ISF community of nations and cultures. One of the millennial members, New Zealand, which joined the ISF Fa- mily in 2001, is being honoured (pages 11-12). The more members, 11 | Member country honoured the broader the support for school sport. A very good example is 12 | New Zealand the upcoming Gymnasiade in Marrakesh with the participation of dozens of African countries This premier event enhances the seal of long-term corporation. 13 | ISF & Youth: Youth Council Fun and Skills Infusion into the World of School Sport Included in this issue we also have an insight of what happened at 13 the ISF African School Sport Forum. As the World Health Day is coming up, we also dedicate a part of 14 | Kinder+Sport the magazine to this event to highlight the important link between school sport and health. 15 | Interview Keep spreading the vision of school sport | Matteo Morandi Laurent Petrynka 16 | Miscellanous 15 World Health Day 17 | Agenda Follow us on 18 | Official Calendar ISF Magazine | MARCH - JUNE 2018 MARCH - JUNE 2018 | ISF Magazine 6 | WORLD OF SCHOOL SPORT WORLD OF SCHOOL SPORT | 7 World of School Sport New Agreement Between ISF and Confejes On December 5th, 2018, the ISF and CONFE- V2S - Volunteering in School Sport School Sport and JES (Conference of Ministers of Youth Olympic Movement and Sports of the Francophonie) signed a (Croatia) partnership agreement in Rabat, Morocco. The convention has been signed between the Secretary General of CONFEJES, Mr Bou- ramah Ali Harouna, and the ISF President, Mr Laurent Petrynka, in the presence of the Ministers of Education from Burundi, Benin, Senegal and the Republic of Congo. This partnership includes the following strategic actions, which are directly linked to the im- plementation of the ISF Vision 2030: Mobilise http://www.isfsports.org/towards-more-opportunities-youth-school-sport Government members of the Francophone network in Africa to strengthen school sport development, foster the gathering of the wor- On January 9-10, one year after the launch of Turkey), gained amazing experience on both ld of education and sport to develop sport in the “Volunteering in School Sport” (V2S) pro- a national and an international level and a schools and through schools, facilitate the ject, all partners ran an evaluation meeting special “Handbooklet” is on the way. This will participation of young athletes from African at the House of Sport in Brussels to officially be created to help develop volunteering pro- countries to compete in the School Summer http://www.isfsports.org/new-agreement-between-isf-and-confejes close the project. The project was brought grammes in the world of school sport. In ad- Games and promote the participation of Afri- to life to promote the participation of youth dition, the ISF also encourages new initiatives can countries in the ISF network and the next in school sports. The 24 young volunteers, by offering financial support to its members ISF General Assembly. coming from 6 different European countries on specific educational programmes in 2018. (Croatia, Hungary, France, Latvia, Malta and Corta-Mato Nacional Escolar de 2018 (Portugal) La Lycéenne (she runs) For the seventh year, the competition ‘School Sport and Olympic Movement’ will take place. It is orga- nised by the Croatian School Sport Association (HŠSS) in partnership with the Croatian Olympic Academy (HOA) and will take place from the 8th of March until the 19th of May under the name ‘Fairplay’. HŠSS and HOA organise a competition for the selection of the best fair play video on the basis of the rules established by the Agreement on Mutual Cooperation in the Implementation of http://desportoescolar.dge.mec.pt/noticias/mil-e-cem-atletas-participaram-no-corta-mato-nacional On 7th and 14th of March, 5000 young girls sport. The goal has been to raise awareness the Contest. There will be two categories: one for from 15 to 18 years old gathered for the se- of the benefits of regular physical activity du- elementary schools and one for high schools. The cond edition of ‘La Lycéenne MAIF Run’. In 5 ring a day filled with many activities, including videos will be of short duration; 10 to 30 seconds, major cities in France, (Lyon, Besançon, Caen, the long race. Estelle Mossely, Olympic boxing and in each category the first three will be awarded Bordeaux and Paris), the event took place. champion at the Rio Games and with Alison with prize money. The works will be shown at the Over 1000 young athletes participated in the sented. There are three phases, starting at were the Portuguese Athletics Federation, Organised by l’Union Nationale du Sport Sco- Pineau, world handball champion in 2017 end of the State Championships and published on 2018 National School Cross Country. This school’s level, then regional level, both lea- the University Sports Academic Federation, laire (UNSS) in partnership with MAIF, this were also present along with Lissandro Cuxi, the web pages of HŠSS and COO. The best works years’ event took place on 23rd and 24th of ding up to the national level, which was in and the Town Hall of Albufeira. Honoured event was an unforgettable experience for winner of «The voice 2017», who ended the will also be broadcast on Sport Television (SPTV) February at the Acoteias Circuit in Albufeira. Albufeira. Over 230.000 young students took attendants were the Secretary of State for all participants and even more for women in event in style. and will get an article in the magazine of the Olym- Athletes from all over the country partici- part in all these phases since the start of the Youth and Sports, João Paulo Rebelo, and pic Committee. pated in the event, including the Autonomous competition. The event was organized by the the Director General of Education, José Vítor http://unss.org/blog/marie-ange-daffis-la-lyceenne-maif-run-2018-sera-force-de-partage-dun-grand- Regions of the Azores and Madeira. Students Directorate-General for Education – School Pedroso. Thanks to everyone involved, the moment-sportif-entre-filles/ http://skolski-sport.hr/index.php/projekti/ with Special Educational Needs were this Sports Division and the Directorate-General event was a great success celebrating the http://unss.org/blog/cp-2eme-edition-de-la-lyceenne-maif-run-2018/ skolski-sport-i-olimpijski-pokret/ year, attending for the third time, well repre- of School Institutions. Important partners importance of school sport. ISF Magazine | MARCH - JUNE 2018 MARCH - JUNE 2018 | ISF Magazine 8 | FOOD FOR THOUGHT FACTS AND FIGURES | 9 Winning isn’t Gymnasiade Marrakesh The Gymnasiade will take place from the everything 2nd to the 9th of May 2018 but wanting to win is. 46 participating countries Vince Lombardi (athlete) Over 2600 young athletes participating 1st Gymnasiade hosted on the African continent 16 different sports Archery, Athletics, Boxing, Chess, Cycling, Fencing, Gymnastics (Artistic, Rhythmic, Aerobic), Golf, Judo, Karate, Pétanque, Surfing, Taekwondo, Tennis, Swimming, Wrestling Dozens of countries are supported by the ISF to stimulate development and gender equality in athlete representation. ISF Magazine | MARCH - JUNE 2018 MARCH - JUNE 2018 | ISF Magazine 10 | INSIDE ISF | AFRICAN SCHOOL SPORT FORUM NEW ZEALAND | MEMBER COUNTRY HONOURED | 11 Inside ISF A member country honoured African School Sport Forum New Zealand “Ahead of the game!” With more than 150,000 students pulling on a school jersey to represent their school in competitive sport in 2017, secondary schools in New Zealand are the primary setting for sport, particularly team sport, for 13 -18 year olds. This represents 54% of all students – one of the largest school sport representation rates in the world! Back in 2016, after the attribution of to their participation in the Gymnasiade 2018 pic and World Champions joined the event, the city of Marrakesh to host the Gym- - School Summer Games which will take either physically or through video support, to nasiade - School Summer Games place for the first time in Africa (Marrakesh, present the role that school sport, and sport 2018, the ISF and representatives 2nd – 9th of May) but also to seal long-term in school in general, play in youth develop- of the Ministry of Education and Ministry of cooperation to keep as many African coun- ment and therefore on society, globally.