2013/2 2014/1 www.fairplayeur.com THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE EUROPEAN FAIR PLAY MOVEMENT We wish everyone working for Fair Play a happy and fruitful New Year. May 2014 bring good health and happiness to you all! A group photograph of EFPM Members at Olympic House after the 19th Congress in Istanbul Istanbul Congress builds bridges of friendship EFPM News let ter l Speakers and participants The EFPM bring a new perspective to EFPM Jag to Jy in Riga in 2014 looks Fair Play at the 19th Congress forward to ISTANBUL- Istanbul, a historic city which is unique in that it spans two continents and 2014 with which was the venue for the very rst Fair optimism Play Congress in 1995, hosted the EFPM’s 19th Congress in the spring of 2013. The Erdoğan ARIPINAR Congress, held under the auspices of the Na - Vice President, EFPM tional Olympic Committee of Turkey (NOCT), hen our organisation was met with much appreciation from both the Wfounded in Zurich in 1994, we speakers and the audience. The theme was had only a small number of members. ‘The Olympic and Paralympic Movement – Today, the EFPM is going from An Alliance for Fair Play’. The Congress en - strength to strength with 40 members joyed the support of Prof. Dr. Uğur Erdener – the great majority of the countries (who in addition to being President of the NOCT is also an IOC Executive Member and of Europe. Our much-loved and In the General Assembly, the EFPM ag was handed over jointly by Mr. Erdoğan President of the International Archery Fed - greatly honoured Presidents and Com - Arıpınar (Chairman of the Organising Committee for the Istanbul Congress), by eration), of Neşe Gündoğan (NOCT General mittee members ensured that as we Mr. Murat Faruk Özbay, (Chairman of the Turkish Fair Play Committee) and by Dr. Secretary), of the General Di - entered our twentieth year, we were Bilge Donuk (Chairwoman of the Scientic Committee for the Congress), accom - rectorate of Sport and of the standing on firm foundations and panied by EFPM President Mr. Christian Hinterberger, to Mr. Raimonds Bergma - Greater Municipality of Istan - were a dynamic and well-respected nis (representing the Latvian Olympic Committee) and Mrs. Baiba Veisa (member bul. Hosting the Congress organisation. of the Organising Committee for the Riga Congress). 2014 will be a year of reorganisa - and General Assembly were tion and restructuring. From now on, Erdoğan Arıpınar (EFPM Vice- the headquarters of the EFPM will be Uğur ERDENER President) and his team: historic Vienna, once the centre of a Murat Özbay (Chairman of Number of EFPM Associated great European empire. It is here that the NOCT Fair Play Commis - our office, our bank and our archive sion) and Asst. Prof. Dr. Bilge Members growing every day will be located. All our efforts will be Donuk (Chairwoman of the Scientic Committee for the VIENNA- The EFPM continues to carry out an extensive programme of activities directed towards the successful from its centre in Vienna. Agreements are being signed with various European sports achievement of this reorganisation. Congress). In addition to 24 EFPM organisations, and the scope of our co-operation with bodies of this kind is being Shortly we will have our own office Neşe GÜNDOĞAN Members, the 19th General expanded. Assembly was also attended Continued on page 15 The 10th EPC (European by representatives of many of Paralympic Committees) the EFPM’s Associated Mem - Conference and Together with this edition of ‘Play bers - the CIFP (also a Corpo - General Assembly, held in Dublin, Fair’ magazine you will nd the rate Member), CSIT, ISCA, EPC was attended by EFPM 11th edition of and EUSA-plus Corporate Murat ÖZBAY President Christian Hinterberger. our Academic Members UEPS and ENGSO. From left to right: Maria Rauch-Kallat The speeches given at the Supplement, (President of the Austrian NPC - Istanbul Congress by all the which contains National Paralympic Committee), Turkish and foreign speakers articles by leading Christian Hinterberger (EFPM will be published in the Con - academicians and President), John Petersson gress booklet-which will thus men of science and (EPC President), Petra Huber be a valuable contribution to is our contribution (EPC EC Member). to the literature Bilge DONUK the literature of Fair Play. of Fair Play. Details of the Congress will be found on Page 3 Continued on page 15 Nickolai Dolgopolov becomes new See you in Riga in 2014! Prof. Zofia Zukowska passes away aged 81 An award for Prof. Carlos Gonçalves Chairman of Russian Fair Play Committee The venue for the EFPM’s Congress in 2014 WARSAW- Prof. Zoa Zukowska, who The CIFP celebrated its 50th an - Following the death of Prof. Vladimir Rodic- will be Riga, the Latvian capital - European Cap - dedicated years of her life to the propaga - niversary at the UNESCO Head - henko, a former EFPM Executive Committee mem - ital of Culture for 2014. Important discussions tion of the ideals of Fair Play and Olymp - quarters in Paris. The Fair Play ber who was the founder and leader of the Fair Play on Fair Play will thus be held for the second ism in Poland (a founding and Awards for 2012 were distributed movement in Russia, Nickolai Dolgopolov has been time in the Baltic States (the first time having highly-respected member during this cere - elected to ll the vacant Chairman - been in Lithuania). The theme for the Congress, of the EFPM), has passed mony, at which the ship of the Russian Fair Play Commit - to be held between 8th and 11th away at the age of 81. The Willi Daume Trophy tee. Mr. Dolgopolov, a well-known October, will be ‘Fair Play Values – EFPM and the National was presented to journalist and Vice-President of AIPS, a Bridge between Sport and Cul - Olympic Committee of long-serving for - has on his team as General Secretary ture for a Europe without Discrim - Poland have issued mes - mer EFPM Presi - Alexander Kontanistov (an expert on ination’. Riga is already fully sages of condolence on dent Prof. Carlos Fair Play who has represented Russia prepared to host the event. this sad occasion. Gonçalves. at all the EFPM’s Congresses). Con ti nu ed on pa ge 10 Con ti nu ed on pa ge 5 Con ti nu ed on pa ge 2 Con ti nu ed on pa ge 2 2 The workings of the EFPM Executive Committee Patrick Hickey elected EOC President for a third term The 42nd General Assembly of the EOC New EOC Executive Committee elected ROME - The 42nd General Assembly of the EOC took place in Rome on 21st- 24th November 2013 under the The EFPM EC’s rst meeting in Vienna, where its new headquarters is to be located chairmanship of its President, Patrick Hickey. Guest of Ho - Reorganisation at the EFPM: nour was IOC Presi - dent Thomas Bach, Vienna to be our new headquarters who had chosen Eu - rope for his first continental meet - he newly-elected The EFPM ing. A particularly TEFPM Executive EC’s Committee began work meeting large number of after the 18th EFPM Con - in Istanbul guests from the (From left to right): Mario Pescante (Honorary President of the EOC), Giovanni Malago gress in Verona. Three before the Olympic Community (President of CONI, the Italian NOC), Patrick Hickey (re-elected as EOC President) meetings were held dur - 2013 ing this time – two in Is - Congress tanbul and one in Vienna. At the rst meet - ing in Istanbul in the spring of 2013, the main topics on the agenda The dinner were the 19th Congress given by ASKÖ for (which was to be held in the EFPM Istanbul) and the reor - EC in ganisation of the EFPM. It Vienna was decided that from Hasan Arat (Turkey), one of the newly-elected mem - now on the EFPM would bers of the EOC Executive have a permanent head - Committee quarters, and that this EFPM President Hinterberger meets ofcials from the Austrian NOC: headquarters should be A plaque is Con ti nu ed on pa ge 14 President Karl Stoss and Secretary-General Peter Mennel located in Vienna; it was presented to further decided that the CSIT organisation’s bank ac - President counts should be moved Harold Bauer New Chairman for Russian to Vienna and that its as a token of statutes should be modi - gratitude for RUSSIAN ed in accordance with the meal in FEDERATION Fair Play Committee appointed the move. The EC also re - Vienna provided by MOSCOW- In accordance with a deci - Editor-in-Chief of ‘Rossiyskaya Gazeta’. Con ti nu ed on pa ge 13 the CSIT sion by the Executive Board of the Russ - He is also Vice-President of AIPS and ian Olympic Committee dated 25th President of the October, Nickolai Dolgopolov has been Federation of Long-serving former EFPM President Prof. Carlos appointed Chairman of the Russian Fair Sports Journalists Play Committee. of Russia. As one Nickolai Dolgopolov, a well-known of the leading Gonçalves receives World Fair Play Trophy Russian journalist and writer, is Deputy Russian specialists PARIS- The CIFP (Inter - in the eld of Fair national Committee for Play, he has for Fair Play - a body recog - many years been nised by the IOC) cele - taking part in the brated its 50th anniversary promotion of eth - at the UNESCO headquar - ical values in sport ters in Paris on 18th Sep - and honesty in all Alexander KONTANISTOV Prof. Carlos tember 2013. The sporting activities. Gonçalves presentation of the 2012 He has been a member of the Russian World Fair Play Awards and Fair Play Committee ever since its estab - the IOC President’s Prize for Youth also took lishment in 1992.