The MOVE2011 special edition of ISCA's newsletter features newspieces around the MOVE2011 World Congress // Think gobal, move local:

# Innovation and cross-sector cooperation // From the opening event

# It's all about participation // Ms Shellie Pfohl

# Making the Canadians the most physical active people in the world // Ms Kelly Murumets

# Promoting active citizenship through physical activity // Mr Eric Favey

# Canadian Minister of health promotion and sport addresses the MOVE2011 congress // Ms Margarett Best

# ISCA Annual report 2011 released

# ISCA Secretary general launches invitation for the SportVision2012 conference

# Closing debate of the MOVE2011 // Partnership and data

# ISCA General Assembly 2011 - a world of sport for all

In his welcome address the President of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee Mr. Denis Masseglia underlined the significance of grassroots sport for the global sport sector. "Popular sports, health sport and physical activity for well-being have today more than ever a role to play with regard to young people in general and populations with fewer opportunities in particular."

Initiatives that foster physical activity, joyful playing and well-being are bridge-builders in today's society, might this be through sports practice in clubs or in a non-organised context.

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The first keynote address was delivered by Ms. Shellie Pfohl, Executive Director of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition (PCFSN), USA. The council has been recognized as a wonderful physical educator working with grassroots as much as national international sport stars. Ms. Pfohl stated that the widespread epidemic of obesity is today the fourth-leading risk factor for global mortality. The dramatic development within western societies requests resolute actions to achieve a turn-around in that statistic. "In the US population 1 in 3 kids and 2 in 3 adults are overweight or obese." Obesity and overweight produce immense health costs, economic costs and even severe costs in national security, as 70% of applicants do not pass the physical exam for the military, due to their physical condition.

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Second up was the President and CEO of ParticipAction, Ms. Kelly Murumets sharing her thoughts and experience in igniting a national movement for physical activity and sport in Canada. Kelly successfully ran a publicly traded Telecom entreprise in Canada and retired at an early age to run a not-for-profit organisation, namely PartipAction, to change the world and to take-up the fight against obesity and sedentary lifestyle.

Murumets' vision and ambition is to make the "Canadians the most physical active people in the world." She noted that "sport is a part of our culture and we need to get folks of the couch", through initiatives such as Canada's National Sports Day partnering with national CBC broadcasting channel, that united more than 1.28 million participating people in participating in physical activity.

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Mr. Eric Favey, Deputy Secretary General emphasized that "citizenship education is at the very core of our work at La Ligue de l’Enseignement as it is here were we build the turf of our collective playing field." Favey identified six drivers that advance the demand for a new societal contract as the structure of today's society is challenged by

# globalisation as a driver of cultural diversification

# the limitations of our world as a driver for sustainability

# the acceleration of knowledge as a driver for innovation

# inequality as a driver for societal disconnectivity

# individualization and autonomy as driver for choice and consumerism

# increased lifetime as a driver for demographic challenges

As our society is changing and the commercialization of the human domain is sincerely challenged by global economy, Favey calls for a collective effort to improve the quality and diversity of educational offers.

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Ms. Margarett Best, Minister of Health Promotion and Sport of the Province of Ontario presented the efforts of her government to promote healthier lifestyles in the province of Ontario. She underlined that the foundation of a well-functioning society are healthy populations, as they benefit government, business and society at large.

Best asserted that "health must be seen as a resource for everyday life. Therefore the fundamental goal is to empower Ontarians to make healthy lifestyle choices at any stage of their life."

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At the occasion of ISCA’s General Assembly 2011, ISCA’s Annual Report 2011 has been officially released. The report provides a comprehensive insight to ISCA’s work, both with respect to political priorities, achievements and the numerous international projects that have been implemented throughout the past year. Furthermore, the report features the President’s address and financial pointers regarding the organisation’s financial development.

The report is available in print and online. Request your copy at jlf@isca-web.org or download the Annual Report 2011 below.

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ISCA Secretary General Jacob Schouenborg launches the invitation for the SportVision2012 conference in Copenhagen, that will take place within the framework of the Danish Presidency of the European Union. The conference will be your opportunity to benefit from state-of-the-art examples ofpromotion of volunteering in sport for all, novel initiatives in the fight against fitness doping, creative samples on financing and health in sport for all, high-level political debate and agenda-setting, and excellent networking and partnership opportunities, and unique study tours.

The European SPORTVISION2012 Conference will address the present challenges in Sport for All through a varied programme that will allow us to ask the difficult and critical questions and to explore answers and solutions.

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The final debate of the MOVE 2011 World Congress on Sport for All discussed newpathways to a healthy, active life?

The panel identified two issues to be of defining nature to the future of physical activity and health initiatives around the globe, namely partnership and data. Sharing knowledge and resources through partnerships between NGOs, public institutions, and private businesses is the single most important feature of the solution. Ms. Lori Sloate from the WHO underlined that "as resources are scarce, but the mission and ambitions are converging, we need more pooling of resources in order to make a better use of the scarce financial resources."

Economics of prevention require data on how improved health condition will contribute to savings in the public budgets. Therefore, the sport and health sector need to provide hard fact and clear figures that demonstrate this correlation.

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The ISCA General Assembly 2011 was held on Saturday 22 october 2011 in Paris, France in extension of the MOVE2011 World Congress. The General Assembly addressed and decided on the organisations strategic priorities 2012-2013, as much as it apoted the accounts and bugdet of the organisation.

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The ISCA General Assembly adopted 18 new member organisations and elected its new Executive committee, that is now composed by:

President:

# Mogens Kirkeby (nominated by Danish Gymnastics Associations, Denmark)

Vice-Presidents:

# Herbert Hartmann (nominated by Deutscher Turner Bund, Germany)

# Maria Luiza Souza Dias (nominated by Servico Social Comercio, SESC sp, Brazil)

Members (in order of longest serving, followed by date of nomination):

# Jean-Claude Arnaud (nominated by Union Sportive de l’Enseignement de Premier Degré USEP, France)

# Liliana Ortiz de la Cruz (nominated by Compensar, Colombia)

# Rado Cvetek (nominated by Sport Union of Slovenia)

# Sin Yin Cheung (nominated by The Gymnastics Association of Hong Kong, China)

# Toni Llop (nominated by Unio Barcelonina d’Associacions Esportives, UBAE Catalonia

Continental chairpersons

# Elizabeth Paoliello (UNICAMP, Brazil) Latin America

# Filippo Fossati (Unione Italiana Sport per Tutti, Italy) Europe

# N. Shanmugarajah (South East Asian Gymnastics Confederation, Malaysia) Asia

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