OUR LATEST NEWS.

TAFISA and the African Union Sports Council (AUSC) are proud to announce that they have joined forces and will bring together a series of free webinars in the field of Sport for All in Africa in the coming months.  

The first webinar, taking place on November 12th, from 10:00 – 12:00 (UTC+1), will be held in partnership with the African Women in Sport Association, AWISA.  

On 8 October 2020, TAFISA Board Member Catherine Forde was invited as a speaker to join the 1st Congress on Active Cities in Guatemala  "Active, healthy, peaceful and happy cities" and delved into the topic of "The Importance of Physical Activity and Sport for All in Cities". 

TAFISA is proud to announce that its project proposal “International and European Sport Organisations Activate Citizens” has been selected by the European Commission and will be co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European union in 2021 – 2022. 

On 13-16 October, the Aspen Institute held its Project Play Summit 2020. This year the annual event was entirely virtual, for the first time since the Summit was launched in 2015. Over the course of four days, speakers addressed issues connected to engaging youth in sport and physical activity. 

As the 27th TAFISA World Congress will be held in Portorož, Slovenia, one year from now on 6-10 October, 2021, TAFISA Secretary General Wolfgang Baumann visited Slovenia for tour of inspection from 30 September to 1 October.

On Wednesday 16th September, TAFISA hosted the second meeting of the Europe in Action project online via Zoom. Launched in January this year and co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union, Europe in Action is undertaking an innovative and specialised approach to transfer fundamental and topical European key policy areas in the field of grassroots sport into priorities for practical action.

The 2020 Yokohama Sport Conference, initially scheduled in Yokohama, Japan on 8-12 September, has been held entirely online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Held under the theme "Contributing to a Sustainable World", the Conference featured keynotes, symposia and lectures with interventions from over 80 speakers on topics ranging from Sport and the Sustainable Development Goals, Women and Sport, Sports Tourism and Sport Development among many others. 

The FLOT Project Partners are delighted to take this opportunity to announce the successful candidates who have been carefully chosen to become the Female Sport for All Leaders of Tomorrow!
 
After a stringent recruitment process, 20 women from 13 countries in Africa and Europe have been selected to undertake a mentee position in the Female Leaders of Tomorrow (FLOT) project which is co-funded by the European Commission.

On 8 September 2020, the Council of Europe - Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS) Consultative Committee's plenary meeting was held in Strasbourg. In compliance with the current regulations for health and safety, most participants joined the event remotely online from their office or home.