APC Executive Board Elections Candidate Booklet Asian Paralympic Committee Dubai, United Arab Emirates Tel. +971 65 561 222 www.asianparalympic.org [email protected] December 2018 Table of Contents This information was compiled from the candidate nomination forms. Where a question was not answered, the response box has been left blank. Further information on the candidates, can be found in the appendix. Candidates presented in alphabetical order with nominating NPC in brackets. 1. Nominees for President Page 1.1 Mr. Majid Rashed (NPC UAE) 3 2. Nominees for Vice President 2.1 Ms. JANG Hyang Sook (NPC Korea) 6 2.2 Mr. Keng Chuan Ng (NPC Malaysia) 10 2.3 Mr. Masayuki Mizuno (NPC Japan) 13 2.4 Mr. Satya Parkash Sangwan (NPC India) 16 2.5 Mr. Tariq Mustafa (NPC Pakistan) 20 3. Nominees for Chairperson of Women in Sports Committee 3.1 Prof. Fatemeh Rakhshani (NPC Iran) 23 3.2 Mrs. Nasanbat Oyunbat (NPC Mongolia) 26 3.3 Mrs. Sara Alshawi (NPC Bahrain) 29 4. Nominees for Member at Large 4.1 Mr. Abdulraheem Al Sheikh (NPC Saudi Arabia) 32 4.2 Mr. Keng Chuan Ng (NPC Malaysia) 35 4.3 Mr. Khademudin Allahyar (NPC Afghanistan) 36 4.4 Mrs. Nighat Imran Shami (NPC Pakistan) 39 5. Appendix: Candidate CVs APC Executive Board Election: Candidate Booklet 2 1.1 Majid Rashed Name: Mr. Majid Rashed Date of Birth: 24 August 1976 Nationality: United Arab Emirates Nominating NPC: United Arab Emirates Nominated for the position of: - President 1. What are your major contributions to the Paralympic Movement and/or what specific experience do you have in the Paralympic Movement or with Para sport? I’ve been a Para Athlete myself for many years and became involved in administrative work and management of Para Sport Clubs, Organising Committees and Federations. 2. Have you been an athlete in Paralympic sport? If so, please list the sport and in which years you have competed on an international level. You may wish to add relevant results. Para Athletics and Para Table-Tennis since 1989. 3. Have you served on any board/committee/commission (or similar) relevant to Paralympic sport or the Paralympic Movement previously? If so, please list in what organisation and in what position. 2014 – present: President Asian Paralympic Committee 2009-2014: Vice President Asian Paralympic committee 2012 – present: Vice President UAE Disabled Sports Federation 2012 – present: Vice President UAE NPC 4. Have you served as an administrator in Paralympic sport? If so, please list in what organisation and in what position. I’ve been the Executive Director of Althiqah club in Sharjah and Dubai club for People of Determination since 2000. APC Executive Board Election: Candidate Booklet 3 5. Why do you wish to be elected to the APC Executive Board? As President of the Asian Paralympic Committee since end of 2014, I have noticed that the Paralympic Committees of the region are facing many difficulties in many areas that need to be addressed with short term and long terms plans. Asia has a low representation in the Paralympic Games in spite of having the biggest population of people with disability in the world, so for that, I’m working together with my team to support the development of athletes and NPCs in the region. 6. What do you feel are the greatest attributes you would bring to the APC Executive Board? I have an extensive knowledge of the Asian region, its capacities, its challenges, its people, etc. I will be able to defend the interests of the region. I am an active person, who speaks his mind and like to put words into action. 7. What is your vision for the APC? What do you see as strategic priority for the next years? The Paralympic movement has been growing at a fast speed in the past years, especially since London 2012. In order to keep growing while building a sustainable model that will bring legacy for the future, we need to focus on the empowerment of less developed nations. The gap between the highly developed nations and the poorer ones seems to get wider, while the Paralympic movement as a whole is growing. We need to make sure that all nations are included and that this gap reduces in the next years – we want more athletes from all over the world to have the possibility to participate in the highest level of competitions, but this starts with competitions at the local/national level. We need to identify ways to support the smaller nations to be able to have the same opportunities as the all-times medal winners. 8. What do you value most about the Paralympic Movement? I value the magic of the Paralympic Movement in transforming the life of people with impairment in supporting them to become more independent and productive individuals in their respective communities. 9. What is your definition of ‘being athlete centred’ as an organisation? Having the athlete at the centre of our preoccupations means that as an organisation we focus on providing him with the best conditions to perform to the best of his capacities. It means that we provide him with the support he needs in all areas to develop as best as possible. That includes from grass-root level to ensure that his family supports him, that he has a space and equipment to train, that his NPC supports him. It also means at a wider level that we APC Executive Board Election: Candidate Booklet 4 support the NPC to provide the best environment for him, to send him to local, national, regional, international competitions, to educate and train him further, to provide him with skilled, trained and experienced coaches, etc. 10. Have you advocated for inclusion and diversity in the past? Please describe. I have participated as lecturer in many conferences and forums about raising awareness of people with an impairment. I’m member of Dubai Government accessibility commission and working on making Dubai city as the most accessible city in the world for Disabled. APC Executive Board Election: Candidate Booklet 5 2.1 Ms. JANG Hyang Sook Name: Ms. JANG, Hyang Sook Date of Birth: 03 February 1961 Nationality: Republic of Korea Nominating NPC: Republic of Korea Nominated for the position of: - Vice President 1. What are your major contributions to the Paralympic Movement and/or what specific experience do you have in the Paralympic Movement or with Para sport? Organizational Activity Athletes Delegation • Advisor, Korea Paralympic Committee ( • Chef de Mission of Unified Team KO KPC) 2016~ REA(COR) Delegation, Indonesia • Member at Large, PyeongChang Organi 2018 Asian Para Games 2018.10 zing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & • Team Leader of Team Korea, Beijin Paralympic Winter Games 2005~2011 g Joint Training 2018.9 • Member at Large, International Paraly • Chef de Mission of Team Korea, Du mpic Committee 2009~2013 bai 2017 Asian Youth Para Games • Member at Large, Bidding Committee 2017.12 for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Win ter Games 2005~2011 • President, Korea Paralympic Committee (KPC) 2005~2009 I can proudly state my legacy as the president of KPC, I laid down various administrative and institutional groundwork, and launched the KPC Incheon training Centre, where our national athletes from other regions of Asia can train in professional and barrier free area. Moreover, I made an official visit to Pyeongyang which enabled the communication and exchange of information with DPRK and contributed to their application to become IPC and APC members as well as their international appearance since then. APC Executive Board Election: Candidate Booklet 6 2. Have you been an athlete in Paralympic sport? If so, please list the sport and in which years you have competed on an international level. You may wish to add relevant results. None. 3. Have you served on any board/committee/commission (or similar) relevant to Paralympic sport or the Paralympic Movement previously? If so, please list in what organisation and in what position. • Advisor, Korea Paralympic Committee (KPC) (2016~present) • Member at Large, PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Oly mpic & Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) (2011~2013) • Member at Large, International Paralympic Committee (2009~2013) • President, Korea Paralympic Committee (KPC) (2005~2009) 4. Have you served as an administrator in Paralympic sport? If so, please list in what organisation and in what position. None 5. Why do you wish to be elected to the APC Executive Board? While I was serving my term in the IPC Governing Board, under representation of voice of Asia was always my biggest concern. Asian region makes up 60 percent of the global population and I would like, now to see more influential leaders coming from the Asian region. Paralympic Movement has been and still is evolving around western regions, including Europe and North America. Along with APC Secretariat and other Board members, I would like to put our efforts and capability into spread of Paralympic Movement in the region and influence of Asian in the Movement. Through that, I believe that we can unite everyone within Asia under the same goal and vision, peace and inclusion. APC Executive Board Election: Candidate Booklet 7 6. What do you feel are the greatest attributes you would bring to the APC Executive Board? As a human rights activist, social activist, and politician, I dedicated my entire life to fight for the rights of the minorities, involved in various entities, including nongovernmental organizations, National Assembly, public organization, and international governing body, and to make this world a better place. While working in National Assembly, I made it unlawful to discriminate against a persons with impairment, in many areas of public life, for the first time ever in Korea, by passing the Disability Discrimination Act in 2007.