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The Global Sport for All Movement, under the lead of TAFISA, came together in Tokyo, Japan, as the 26th TAFISA World Congress gathered over 600 participants from 78 countries on 13-17 November, 2019. The Congress featured a historic Joint-Event Day with the Smart Cities & Sport Summit, bringing both organisations' networks and stakeholders together. 

Organisations and stakeholders from all over the world came together in Tokyo to meet, exchange, and discuss ideas and strategies to better use and promote Sport for All to create a better world. On 13-17 November 2019, the 26th TAFISA World Congress gathered a record-breaking 600 participants from 78 countries across all continents, becoming the most attended TAFISA World Congress ever hosted. 

On 15th November, during the 26th TAFISA World Congress in Tokyo Japan, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between TAFISA and the Sports for All Federation (SFA) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. As the driving force of Sport for All in Saudi Arabia, the Sports for All Federation is working towards creating more opportunities for all segments of society to increase sport and physical activity participation for all citizens.

Applications are open for the IOC Sport and Active Society Development Grants. 

In alignment with the IOC's continued support to sport and Olympic Agenda 2020, the IOC Sport and Active Society Commission offers the following development grants. 

On 28 September, the International Table-Tennis Federation Foundation (ITTF Foundation) inaugurated its headquarters in Leipzig, Germany. 

On 25 September, TAFISA attended the 1st Multiplier Event of the “InSport - Sport Inclusion: Full Participation in Sport by Persons with Disabilities” project, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme: Sport Programme of the European Union. This event was hosted by Almada Seixal Cerebral Palsy Association (APCAS) and Portuguese Institute of Sport and Youth (IPDJ) in Lisbon and was attended by national and international participants from all over Europe.

For its 5-year anniversary, the European Week of Sport was kicked off in Espoo, Finland on September 23. The event started at the Leppävaara Sports Park where thousands of Finnish children experienced the fun of sports and physical activity for the #BeActive School Action Day.

TAFISA was proud to join the European Network of Sport Education’s (ENSE) Forum for the very first time, on 26 – 27 September 2019 at the University of Vienna’s Institute of Sport Science in Austria.

Physical inactivity across Europe is stagnating and even declining in some countries, with a negative impact on people’s quality of life, as well as on the economy. According to the European Commission, the proportion of people who never exercise or play sport is worryingly high at 35%! Girls are more likely to do less exercise or sport than boys.

The 1st TAFISA World Martial Arts Festival celebrated the diversity and benefits that Martial Arts can bring to society as delegations from all around the world presented their Martial Arts to 20,000 spectators through performances, demonstrations, clinics, master classes and connected events in Ulyanovsk, Russia.