Kazan, July 7 2017 – Day five of the inaugural FISU Volunteer Leaders Academy
provided participants with a look ahead to future events, focusing particularly on
the Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter Universiade.
Executive Director of Krasnoyarsk 2019 Maxim Urazov presented the Siberian
city’s plans for the event and highlighted the importance of volunteers in
ensuring a successful competition.
"The Winter Universiade isn’t the finishing point for my city hosting large sports
events, it’s only the start", he said. "Krasnoyarsk represents a new region for the
sports world to discover. The most significant part we learned from Kazan is that
we should do the absolute maximum we can. If you’re organizing an event such
as the Universiade, you have to go into it with the mentality that you will host the
best one yet.
"Our volunteers will have new experiences and make new friends. You will go
back to your countries with new knowledge and expertise", Urazov added.
With Kazan now seen as the sports volunteering capital of Russia, FISU brought
110 delegates from 91 different countries together for a weeklong event to help
train, network and invest in volunteers from every continent. The Krasnoyarsk
2019 Winter Universiade will require over 5,000 volunteers, some of whom have
been taking part in the Academy.
In his closing remarks FISU President Oleg Matytsin spoke passionately about
the organisation’s commitment and investment in university students, helping
them become the leaders of tomorrow.
"I am very happy with the quality and depth of your questions", he said to the
participants. "You might be young, but this demonstrates your ambition and
professionalism. We need to take advantage of your knowledge, your experience
and your ambition. We want to build a long-term relationship with all of you to
develop you as young leaders."
Next month the focus of university sports will centre on Taipei and the 2017
Summer Universiade, where the best athletes from institutions all over the world
will compete. Over 19,000 volunteers will play a fundamental role in making the
event a success.
The FISU Volunteer Leaders Academy 2017 international forum is hosted by the
Volga State Academy of Sport and Tourism and will conclude on July 8.
For more information:
Contact: Anna Manuelian
Email: anna@jtassocs.com
Telephone: +41 (0) 78 630 6127
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Founded in 1949, FISU stands for Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire
(International University Sports Federation). FISU was formed within university
institutions in order to promote sports values and encourage sports practice in
harmony with and complementary to the university spirit. Promoting sports
values means encouraging friendship, fraternity, fair-play, perseverance, integrity
and cooperation amongst students, who one day may have responsibilities and
even key positions in politics, the economy, culture and industry.
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the upper age is still 28), FISU’s events consist of Summer and Winter
Universiades and the World University Championships. Universiades are
multisport events staged in odd-numbered years, while the World University
Championships are single-sport events, staged in even-numbered years. Besides
its sporting events, FISU stages educational events, such as the FISU Forum on
University Sport, the FISU World Conference on Development through Sport, the
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(UNESCO) proclaimed the International Day of University Sport to be celebrated
on 20 September, and the Anti-Doping Textbook and teaching materials were
developed with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
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