OUR LATEST NEWS.

The Female Leaders of Tomorrow (FLOT) Mentees have been working hard over the past seven months to bring together their learnings and experiences to design their very own individual projects relating to Sport for All. The mentees had the option to undertake their project individually or as a joint effort with their co-mentee within their trio, with the guidance and support of their mentor.

On Wednesday 7 July, TAFISA hosted the 7th Europe in Action project partner meeting via Zoom. This meeting presented an opportunity for the partners to come together during a pivotal half-way point of the project. All 9 partners were in attendance and remain committed and motivated to fulfil the intended outputs of the project, even with the disruption occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Following the success of our previous Workshop on Active Spaces, we are happy to announce that our next Workshop will be hosted on 22 July 2021, 13:00 - 15:00 (UTC +2). Save the date!

The INTERACT Consultation Workshop and partners meeting, hosted by the International Fistball Association (IFA) and TAFISA in Linz, Austria and online on 28 – 29 June 2021, gathered some 24 International Sport Organisations that shared their Sport for All initiatives and experiences with each other – enabling the INTERACT partners to further define the direction that the project is taking.

Due to COVID-19, many international sports events were cancelled or postponed. In this situation, online interaction become one of the new trending solution to break through this difficult time. Thus, Chinese Taipei invites host cities of international sports events (held in 2018-2020) to join the Online Popularity Contest. The Deadline is July 16, 2021. 

On Thursday 17 June 2021, TAFISA Business Development and Fundraising Manager Keri McDonald had the privilege to participate in the Launch of the Guidelines for Gender-responsive Sports Organisations, initiated by UN Women within the framework of HeForShe. The Guidelines are an excellent resource which translate the UN Women’s Sports for Generation Equality Principles into an easily adaptable step-by-step guide for global sport stakeholders.

On Thursday 10th June 2021, 13 FLOT mentees from 6 countries undertook an examination and were presented with a certification on the completion of the IOC-supported TAFISA Certified Leadership Course (CLC) in Sport for All. The international programme provided knowledge and training on key components of the Global Sport for All Movement to assist the mentees on their journey to become the next women leaders in Sport for All.

The TAFISA Board of Directors has just issued an official communication on the revised bidding process of the hosts for the next TAFISA Flagship events. 

This concerns the 29th TAFISA World Congress 2025, 9th TAFISA World Sport for All Games 2028 and 2nd TAFISA World Martial Arts Festival 2023. 

TAFISA is honoured to have been invited by the Pacific Regional Sports Taskforce, which led the Oceania Olympic Committees (ONOC), regional UNESCO and WHO representations, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, University of the South Pacific and national governments of the region, to join the Pacific Regional Sports Reference Group.

Registration is now open for the Global Design Challenge 2021!

You can now enter this FREE challenge to design innovative ways of increasing participation in sport and physical activity in an inclusive, sustainable and fun way! 

The best 7 submissions have the chance to win development funding of up to €10,000 as well as mentoring and access to partners to incubate ideas. More information is attached and can be found on the website.