The closing of the MOVE2009 saw panelists Walther Feldman (City of São Paolo), Rene Kural (Center for Sport and Architecture), Mogens Kirkeby (ISCA), Randy Rzewnicki (European Cylists’ Federation) and Ian McKenzie (Union of International Architects) debate the findings of the congress.

Inspired by moderator Jens Sejer Andersen (Play the Game) and apt questions from the audience, the panelists summarized som key topics of the conference to be:
  •  Political momentum for Active Cities
  •  Inviting for cross-cutting partnerships
  •  Re-thinking Active Cities and physical activity

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If you are looking for some pictures and memories from the MOVE2009 World Congress then have a look at the MOVE2009 Photo galleries. The galleries are both hosted on the MOVE2009 website and the social media platform Picasa.
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If you did not have the chance to participate in the MOVE2009 World Congress, or if you would like to revisit some of the presentations made by the numerous speakers, you now have the possibility to download the presentations on the MOVE2009 website.
Find 26 presentations in an uncomplicated download grid that provides you with exactly the presentation you are looking for. Please note that not all presentations are available due to copyright provisions.
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The MOVE2009 is happy to announce that a number of videos from key speakers of the MOVE World Congress on Active Cities are available online. The video channel will be extended  further over the next couple of weeks and new videos will be made available.
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On behalf of the MOVE2009 Congress Consortium, ISCA would like to thank the international Congress partners,
European Confederation Sport and Health (CESS)
International Union of Architects Sport and Leisure Programme - UIA S&L
European Cyclists' Federation (ECF)
Streetfootballworld

the national congress partners
The Danish Foundation for Culture and Sports Facilities (LOA)
Centre for Sports and Architecture, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Realdania

and last but not least the congress donors
City of Copenhagen
Sport event Denmark
Danish Year of Sport 2009
The European Commission's Directorate Education and Culture "Europe for Citizens" programme
The Danish Foundation for Culture and Sports Facilities (LOA)
Realdania
Sport Event Denmark
Danish Cancer Society
Scandinavian Airlines

forjoining forces and their outstanding contributions to the success ofthe MOVE2009 World Congress on Active Cities: Sport, Health andCitizenship.

Further the MOVE2009 Congress Consortium would like to thank all participants, speakers, contributors, facilitators and panelists for their excellent contributions.
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On the 24th of October 2009 the General Assembly of the International Sport and Culture Association adopted a political statement oulining the challenges of Sport-for-All in time of global finacial downturn.

Human Powered commitment
After more than a year with a dramatic global economic stagnation, it is clear that the economic structures and mechanisms in a globalized world are challenged. The economic structures, as central elements in a globalized world, have shown their limitations and weaknesses. The result is economic stagnation, with direct effect on many sectors of our societies.
 
However, not all sectors are de-motivated and less active during this financial downturn. The voluntary sector is not less active or less productive, compared to one year ago. The voluntary sector continues to produce and deliver ‘human capital’ locally, nationally and internationally. The reason is clear!
 
The voluntary sector is not driven by financial motivation. The voluntary sector is driven by human motivation and ‘human powered’ commitments. And the motivation and human commitment in the civil society sector are intact, also in period of economic downturn.

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The ISCA General Assembly featured elections for the Executive Committee, which is the organisation’s highest authority between the General Assemblies.

For the position of Vice President,
  • Herbert Hartmann (German Gymnastics Federation) was reelected.

For three positions available, three candidacies had been announced, and were elected for the coming term:
  • Sæmundur Runolfsson (Icelandic Youth Associations) – reelection
  • Liliana Ortiz de la Cruz (Fundacion pro Deporte y Recreacion para todos, Colombia) - reelection
  • Rado Cvetek (Sport Union of Slovenia) – new member of the Executive Committee

Further, in order to create a dynamic and accessible political structure, the General Assembly accepted the suggestion from the Executive Committee to make election periods of two years instead of four. Thus, the whole Executive Committee will be on election every second year from now on.

Finally, the Executive Committee and the ISCA General Assembly thanked Jaap Bisschop for his long service at the ISCA Executive Committee and invited him to become an ISCA Ambassador.

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During the ISCA General Assembly, a new working structure for ISCA in Europe was adopted. The new structure involves all European members of ISCA and is governed by a steering group of three people. One Chairperson and two steering committee members.

For Chairperson (with no further nominations received) was elected

For Steering Committee membership there was a very close election among the nominated candidates, and the following candidates were elected

With the closure of the MOVE2009 congress and the ISCA General Assembly, it is time to look ahead. The Executive Committee of ISCA has granted the host role of a congress and the ISCA General Assembly 2010 to the German Gymnastics Federation - DTB, Germany, to host the events in their newly built facilities in Frankfurt. The dates have tentatively been set to 21-24 October 2010, and all ISCA members and stakeholders are invited to reserve those days in their calendar already now!