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A great success
The ISCA International Badminton Festival 2007
The 2007 ISCA Badminton Festival offered 4 days of badminton competitions, social and cultural events. It took place for the 3rd time on the Easter weekend from the 5th to the 8th April in Copenhagen Denmark, hosted by the Danish Gymnastics Federation (DGI).
Over 350 participants from Scotland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, Czech Republic and Denmark came together during these days to enjoy doing sport together and exchanging with other people.
The concept of this festival focused on creating an atmosphere of intercultural exchange and cooperation; participating players can participate in single, doubles and in mixed international team competitions.
The 2007 ISCA Badminton Festival has been a great success. ISCA would like to thank all participants and the Danish Gymnastic Federation for the great support and hosting of this event.
Please visit the ISCA news to find some impressions of this event and statements from participating players, please visit as well our event section for information about the next ISCA International Badminton Camp, August 2007 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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International Seminar on Health and Sport
Barcelona April 2007
60 participants from 10 European countries participated in the International Seminar on Health and Sport in Barcelona 19-21 April 2007. Speakers representing the corporate sector, universities, municipalities and sport for all organisations presented practical and newly launched “Health Sport” programmes and projects.
These national programmes represent a new trend within the sport for all organisations. Sport for all organisations are increasingly aware of and are responding to the current needs of their members within the field by offering health-oriented activities and projects.
"We see new partnerships like the example from Germany, where the health insurance company AOK, works together with the German Gymnastics Federation on Health Sport programmes. And I believe we will see much more of such programme and partnerships in the future”, says ISCA Secretary General Mogens Kirkeby.
The event is organised in cooperation between:
CESS - European Confederation Sport and Health
ISCA - International Sport and Culture Association
Within the educational platform of International Academy for Sport for All - IASFA
The presentations and descriptions of presented “Health Sport” programme will be available online the 15 May.
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Agenda 21
French UFOLEP adopts Agenda 21 objectives of sustainable development
The French sport for all organization UFOLEP takes the Agenda 21 objectives of sustainable development into account. The Agenda 21 builds on three pillars of sustainable development (social, environmental and economic). UFOLEP publish its measures to integrate the concept of sustainable development in the sporting policies. The sustainable development is by definition to be taken into account by the whole of the organization as well as the organization implements specific actions in the field of education in environment and ethics.
For more information please contact UFOLEP board member Jean-Claude Besnard.
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Congress - Sport in a Global World
Past, Present and Future - 31 July – 5 August 2007, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
The International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport (ISHPES) and the International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA) invites to the world congress, entitled “Sport in a Global World: Past, Present and Future”
Some of the topics will be:
· Sport and globalisation – processes, causes and effects
· Sport ideologies and practices in various societies
· Media and media sports
· Global sport and its impact on gender, race and social class
· Sport and the transformation of spaces, cities and countries
· Body and movement cultures in a changing world
See full programme and contact details at Sport in a Global World.
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Health - UK schools
Sport and healthy eating back on the menu
Something of a revolution has been taking place in Britain’s schools. Not only is sport making a comeback, but school meals are improving too!
By Marcus Hoy
At the end of 2004, British Prime Minister Tony Blair surprised many by announcing that he was to set aside a total of GBP 500 million to improve school sports and tackle childhood obesity. Specialist teachers were to be employed to teach such diverse subjects as martial arts and yoga, and “competition managers” would be engaged to arrange schoolbased festivals and national tournaments. By the year 2010, he pledged, every child aged between five and 16 would be guaranteed at least four hours of school sport a week. Read more >>
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YOURCE Conference
Web 2.0 FOR NGOS
The International Sport and Culture Association is delighted to announce
the "1st YOURCE Conference" on Open Source Youth Networking in September 2007.
ISCA understands the developments of modern information technologies,
especially of open source concepts and Web 2.0 communication models, as a chance for innovative impulses in the NGO scene, leading to extends of interaction and win of additional strength and power for all involved parties.
The 1st YOURCE conference on open source youth networking addresses youth and youth worker in European NGOs, who are willing to use these chances AND stakeholders of the Web 2.0 and the open source movement, motivated to transfer and adapts these concepts in a "real-life" environment and dimension.
ISCA invites everybody, regardless if volunteer, professional, pro or amateur, organisation or company interested in our approach to join this process for developing a Web 2.0 future for NGOs.
Please find more information in the YOUTH section of our webpage and contact ISCA´s YOURCE Officer Tobias Martens tm@isca-web.org.
Please find more information during the next weeks in the news section on our new homepage.
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Coming events
for more events please see ISCA Events
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| Walking Fest 16-20 May, France |
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Walking, nature and culture enthusiasts are invited to a walking fest in France in May 2007. French organisation UFOLEP invites you to join the nature of LE BLANC, main city in the Regional Nature Park of “la Brenne”. Also known as the “Thousands Lakes area”. See full programme at ISCA Events or contact UFOLEP board member Jean-Claude Besnard for further information. |
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| THE INTERNATIONAL GYMNASTIC COURSE for young gymnastic leaders |
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Organiser: The Czech Youth Committee run by the Czech Association of Sport for All, responsible Martina Zídková – chairwoman of the Czech Youth Committee
Date: 12th – 18th August 2007
Programme: Lessons of gymnastic led by the Czech and foreign leaders with specialisation either on acrobatic gymnastics or rhythmic gymnastics, practical ideas for gymnastic lessons, trip on mountain bikes to the surrounding of Žinkovy, swimming, social activities, one-day trip to Prague. |
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| Intercrosse World Games come to Germany! |
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For the first time since the start in 1987 the intercrosse World Games will be organised in Germany. Ratingen is named as the host city for this event conveniently located in the center of Europe outside Düsseldorf.
World Games is not a tournament of traditional teams but rather a social tournament where the teams are composed of players from different countries. Male and female players must be aged 17 or older. Registrations are only accepted from official FIIC members or specially invited nations.
More information about the FIIC Intercrosse World Games can be found below or on the official website http://www.wg2007.de/ or via email info@wg2007.com. |
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| ISCA International Badminton Camp |
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The 2007 ISCA Badminton Camp for players from 14 -18
years offers 4 days from the 5th -9th August 2007 of badminton training and coaching, of social and
cultural events. The ISCA International Badminton Camp is organised and
hosted by DGI-Badminton Denmark in Copenhagen.
Our offer:
• Badminton and other activities in DGI-Byen
• Accomodation in Dan-Hostel – 500 m from DGI-Byen
• Breakfast, lunch, fruit and dinner
• Camp T-shirt
Please find more information in the events section of our new wepgage
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Gymnastics coaches
Tender your group unforgettable experiences, participate in an international gymnastics festival!
Thousands of gymnasts around the world are now getting ready for what is most likely going to be one of the best experiences in their lives, as the date of World Gymnaestrada 2007 is in less than 80 days.
If you are not participating in Gymnaestrada, the world’s biggest sports festival this time, there are also many other possibilities to take your team abroad. International gymnastics festivals around the world give foreign guest groups the opportunity to perform, see new places and meet new people.
We have collected some information about international gymnastics festivals on our website.
Please click here to find more information about the festivals.
If you know other international possibilities for gymnastics groups, we would be happy to add more events on the website. In case you have another gymnastics festival in mind, please send your information to sss@isca-web.org
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| Raphaël Bouju |
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Intern from the University of Lyon 1 (France), Raphaël BOUJU will stay with ISCA during the next 5 months, until the end of August. He is 20 years old and comes from the French mountains close to Chambéry. Graduate in Sport and Environment management, he will support the process of ISCA’s environment and tourism project.
Some main project tasks in that field will be the edition of a report on ISCA member activities in the field of Sport and Environment to the United Nations Environment programme (UNEP). This report will include web-site articles, guidelines, readers and organisational policies.
Raphaël will also contribute to and develop the concept of sport and tourism activities.
In France, he is on the way to become mountain guide and he is a supervisor with the French Alpine club. He also volunteers in environment protection projects with UFOLEP. |
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| Saara-Sofia Sutela |
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European Volunteer Saara-Sofia Sutela started as an EVS Officer in the ISCA secreteriat in the beginning of March. She is a 20 year-old gymnastics volunteer from Finland and will be working for ISCA for seven months through the European Voluntary Service. She will be guiding the process of ISCA becoming a coordinating organization of EVS within the large framework on sport, youth and social activities.
Back in Finland Saara-Sofia is active with several positions of trusts within youth and sport in Finnish sports organizations and the Finnish Gymnastics Federation. In the beginning of January she was elected again as the president of Finland’s national youth committee. Saara-Sofia also works as a gymnastics coach for a local club and studies international business in Turku School of Economics. |
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ISCA
Secretariat: Tietgensgade 65, DK1704 Copenhagen, Denmark
Tel.: +45 33 29 80 26
Mail: info@isca-web.org
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