EUR 3,00 Edition 1/17 news International Workers and Amateurs in Sports Confederation 5th CSIT WSG Riga - Latvia 08 MAMANET Worldwide Fever 20 CONGRESS RIGA BRUNO MOLEA CSIT President 5 SPORT, PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL WORKER SPORT 1913–2013 Sport is a fascinating social phenomenon in Festschrift book describes the 100 years This book is a necessary read not only for society. Sport is seen to play an important development, the current state and the the members of the CSIT but also for eve- role as a promoter for peace and social in- future international sports partnerships of ryone interested in the multidimensional tegration in different geographical, cultural the International Workers and Amateurs in functions of sport in society. and political contexts. Has sport prevented Sports Confederation (CSIT). It also predicts conflicts and tensions? The answer is no, that women might be the future of sport. “SPORT, PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT - INTER- because it is not sport that can do so; it is This book tells us how and why the world NATIONAL WORKER SPORT, 1913 - 2013” us, writes Dr. Marion Keim, Professor at organization having more than 208 million Editor Olin Kalevi, published by CSIT the University of the Western Cape and an registered clients and members in 44 mem- edition Sportverlag Advocate of the High Court of South Africa. ber organizations from 34 countries has ISBN 978-3-9503593-1-2 Worker sport movements are a part of the grown to a player in sport for all movement order: [email protected] above mentioned social phenomenon. This in Europe, Americas, Africa and Far East. price EUR 25,– news | EDITORIAL Thank you for your trust in me. I am aware that we will win only as unity. All the best for 2017. ear sport friends in CSIT, D to the search of new cooperation partners and sponsors, useful Sport is a vehicle of dialogue, a tool of social integration and to collect new resources, to be used in the development of CSIT communication: educating young people to the sport values means activities. raising them in physical and social wellbeing. I want to start my job as President of CSIT from young and together with young. According to these visions, the CSIT World Sports Games should become our brand, as a tool to attract sponsors, thinking about With the presidency of Harald Bauer I shared all projects and those games as our “Olympics”: an occasion that has increasingly aims: my presidency will be in the sign of continuance of the last become more and more a huge world-wide multi-sport event and years policies of CSIT. I want to continue in the marked direction, less a mere associative context, to attract more sponsors for CSIT. trying to re-launch it, but also considering new challenges. Furthermore I believe that time has come to create within the There are three issues on which I want to pay my attention and World Sports Games a section for athletes with disabilities: eve- assure my commitment: communication, young leaders and the ryone has the right to socialize, to participate and to compete. Our re-launch of the Games to attract more sponsors. role and our history of men and women dedicated to the promotion of sports for all asks us now to act actually considering the needs I believe that internal and external communication should be en- of all. couraged, strengthened and re-launched. We can do this through enhancing a relevant role for CSIT young leaders, who should To do that, I need the support of all members. I am aware that represent our future and the continuance of our Confederation. we win only as unity: if divided, we cannot achieve our common Through them, we can invest in new challenges and make a bigger objectives. Thank you and good luck with your work then. use of new technologies, so to improve our efficiency inside and our potentials outside of the Confederation. Through young lead- ers we could get new members, broaden the movement and make Bruno Molea it more universal and stronger. Moreover we have to pay attention CSIT President CSITnews | 3 news 5 20 EDITORIAL 38th ORDINARY CONGRESS 3 12 IN RIGA CONTENT CSIT IS GROWING 4 16 NEW MEMBERSHIPS BRUNO MOLEA 1st INTERNATIONAL SELF-REFEREED 7-PLAYER FOOTBALL 5 NEW CSIT PRESIDENT 18 THANK YOU, HARRY! MAMANET 6 A TURNING POINT FOR CSIT 20 WORLDWIDE FEVER CORDIAL THANKS INDET – 44th WORKERS SPORT AND RECREATIVE NATIONAL GAMES 7 HARALD BAUER RESIGNES 22 WORLD SPORTS GAMES 2017 AFWSI – COOPERATION AGREEMENT 8 RIGA – LATVIA 24 WITH ECO CULTURAL INSTITUTE CSIT SENIORS 11 FORMATION COURSE Editoral Director: Raimund Fabi, F.A.B.I. Medienagentur • Contributors: Roberto Vecchione, Bruno Molea, Raimonds Akmens, Palle Thomsen, Wolfgang Burghardt, Raimund Fabi, Marion Chaizemartin, Ruth Vázquez Pérez, AFWSI • Production Agency: SHW – Stephan Hiegetsberger Werbegrafik-Design GmbH • Photos: CSIT, CSIT member organisations Contact Details: CSIT-Office, 1230 Vienna, Steinergasse 12, Austria; Phone: +43 676 847464-25; E-Mail: [email protected]; Internet: 8 18 www.csit.tv 4 | CSITnews news news THE LIFE OF THE NEW CSIT PRESIDENT BRUNO MOLEA HAS ALWAYS BEEN CENTRED ON THE FOUNDING THEMES OF CSIT - SPORT PROMOTION AND RELATIONS BETWEEN COUNTRIES AND MEMBER ORGANISATIONS. by Roberto Vecchione BRUNO MOLEA THE NEW CSIT PRESIDENT runo Molea was born in His sporting commitment moved received in 2009 a medal of merit of Tripoli (Libia) in 1955. soon from the playing fields to the the Italian Republic and the Gold Star Since 1970 the new CSIT institutional representation. From to the sportive merit from CONI. In president is living in Forlì, 1990 to 1998 Molea was President 2013 he received the international in the northern part of of AICS Committee of Forlì-Cesena. award by the Order of the Knights of BItaly, were he graduated as surveyor. 1998 he was President of AICS Emilia Malta as peace attorney. Molea is married with Catia and has Romagna until 2006 and then desig- 2013 Molea was elected within a civic one daughter, who recently gave him nated as National President of AICS. list in the Italian political elections: two grandsons. AICS, chaired by Molea, is not only he was second in his constituency The career of Bruno Molea in the recognized by CONI as a sport pro- (Emilia Romagna). Now he is deputy last four decades is very impressive. motion agency, AICS is also recog- member of the XVII Italian legis- Actually he is the National President nized by many Italian ministries as lature. He is vice president of the of AICS, the Italian Association of institution for social policies, as well Culture Commission in the Chamber Culture and Sport, a no-profit or- as a voluntary and civil protection of Deputies and secretary of the ganisation dealing with sport and organization. For these reasons, in Supervisory Committee of RAI, the culture promotion, member of CSIT representation of the association Italian television. and recognized by CONI (Italian that now has 900.000 members, Olympic Committee). He is member Molea is member of the national of the National Committee of CONI executive committee of the Third and Deputy Member of the Italian Sector Forum. Parliament. The 6th February of 2013 Molea was From 1975 Molea has been surveying elected as member of the National advisor of the municipality of Forlì, board of the Italian National Olympic where he was involved in foreign Committee. From 2009 he was the vice markets sector. But his passion for president of ISTO, the International sport (President Molea was federal Organization of Social Tourism. His football referee) led him, since he commitment within AICS to sup- was young, to deal in sport train- port culture and sport as wellbeing ing as technician, as director within means was crucial, meaning them as AICS and as leader in the sport club tool able to promote social cohesion volleyball of Forlì. He founded values and inclusion, operating for AICS Volley Forlì of which he was the development of social promotion President until 2009, leading the club and for the moral and social growth and his first team to the B1 Women’s of the Association, enhancing forms Championship, and gaining the pro- of active citizenship. Journalist with motion into A2. a past in the Socialist Party, Molea CSITnews | 5 news THANK YOU, HARRY! by Bruno Molea hen my predeces- to date. Always available to inter- sor, Harald Bauer actions, under his presidency we spoke to me for signed strategic protocols with other the first time about organizations and re-launched the his new working Confederation as a more open and Wcommitments and about the need to well-known platform. leave the CSIT as President, I thought I actually believe that this strategic the Confederation would have lost a policy is proper for an Confederation, balanced and organized guide, able to with its 100 years, which now faces forge institutional and international the need of a new way to commu- relations, equipped with a forward- nicate and to develop itself taking thinking perspective for sport pro- into considerations new world chal- motion. lenges. Together we have been able I was really proud when Harald to reach important goals: I hope that I Bauer spoke to me about the possibil- can continue to count on his contribu- ity that I am the person that is able to tion to face new challenges. I hope to replace him as President of the CSIT. continue the work undertaken by my I would like to thank Harald Bauer predecessor, to whom I give my best for what he has done during his presi- wishes for the new challenges of his Harald Bauer during the Opening Ceremony dency: he represented a relevant life.