Delegates from practically 200 Nationwide Federations have gathered in Porto, Portugal to honour President Dr Ary S. Graça F°’s legacy and form the way forward for volleyball
The Thirty ninth FIVB World Congress formally commenced on Saturday with an inspiring opening speech from FIVB President Dr. Ary S. Graça F°. It marked one in every of his closing addresses as the top of the worldwide Volleyball Household.
Practically 200 Nationwide Federations have gathered in Porto for the Thirty ninth World Congress
President Graça, who has served as FIVB President for 12 years, obtained a glowing reception from the worldwide Volleyball Household following his opening speech, which outlined his legacy underneath the mandate of “Innovation and Alternative.” A particular video message from IOC President Thomas Bach praised the expansion of the game throughout President Graça’s tenure and highlighted the power of the volleyball group.
IOC President Thomas Bach had excessive reward for FIVB President Dr Ary S. Graça F° and the worldwide Volleyball Household
The President of the Portuguese Volleyball Federation and Portugal’s Secretary of State for Sport additionally addressed the delegates, welcoming them to the area for the celebrated event.
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The Congress adopted with a speech from the President of the Portuguese Nationwide Olympic Committee Dr Artur Lopes who mentioned the facility of sport in driving peace. He said: “Solely in sport and with sport can we obtain what we want a lot for our world…peace.”
He added; “Sport is a social good and that should be absolutely built-in.”
President of the Portuguese Nationwide Olympic Committee Dr Artur Lopes mirrored on the facility of sport in bringing individuals collectively
Following that, Government Director of the FIVB Volleyball Basis Elizaveta Bracht, FIVB Basic Director Fabio Azevedo, Volleyball Basis Board Member and Secretary Charles Joye, and the FIVB Controller Olivier Zysset took to the stage to offer a complete replace on the work the Basis is doing to uplift communities worldwide and serve the world by volleyball.
Thereafter, a collection of key studies and displays commenced, together with the 2022-2023 FIVB Monetary Stories offered by FIVB Controller Olivier Zysset, Finance Director Yves Eymann, Associate Audit and Assurance Deloitte SA Annick Jaton, and FIVB Finance Fee’s Essa Hamzah Al-Failakawi. These studies detailed monetary efficiency for 2022-2023, exterior audits, discharge of the Board of Administration and the appointment of inner auditors for 2024-2028.
President Graça and Fabio Azevedo additionally offered the organisation’s funding technique and outlined the FIVB budgets for 2025-2026.
As well as, displays from FIVB Head of Authorized Steve Bock and Authorized Fee President Rogerio Oliveira highlighted developments in good governance. In what was a transparent demonstration of the transparency and good governance ideas applied all through President Graça’s mandate, it was introduced that the FIVB’s governance evaluation rating, evaluated by the Affiliation of Summer season Olympic Worldwide Federations (ASOIF), has practically doubled in power during the last 12 years.
FIVB Head of Authorized Steve Bock highlighted the FIVB’s vital achievements in good governance
The Congress additionally featured inspiring updates on the FIVB Volleyball Empowerment and Improvement programme, an initiative launched to assist nationwide groups and athletes attain their full potential and obtain their targets on the nationwide stage. The FIVB Volleyball Empowerment Fee President Vladimir Grbić, President of the Improvement Fee Mushtaque Mohammed, FIVB Head of Technical and Improvement Steve Tutton, and FIVB Supervisor of Technical and Improvement Hitesh Malhotra highlighted the transformational work carried out throughout 201 nations.
The Congress additionally heard from the coordinators and beneficiaries of the FIVB Volleyball Empowerment and Improvement programme
Recipients of the Volleyball Empowerment programme additionally shared their distinctive experiences, showcasing the transformative impression of FIVB assist of their respective nations. Audio system included representatives from everywhere in the world, together with Cape Verde, Chile, Czech Republic, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Mozambique, Nepal, Paraguay, Philippines, Qatar, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, Ukraine and Canada.
Later within the afternoon, CEO of Volleyball World Finn Taylor supplied a complete replace on the industrial success of Volleyball World, highlighting its function in constructing a “world hub for volleyball” with a “related group of over 20 million followers”. Mr Taylor additionally referenced ongoing discussions with doable hosts of the 2029 and 2031 FIVB World Championships. The Congress then obtained updates on the hosts of a number of the main upcoming occasions, together with the FIVB Ladies’s World Championship 2025 in Thailand, the FIVB Males’s World Championship 2025 within the Philippines, and the Seaside Volleyball World Championships in Australia.
Volleyball World has related over 20 million followers worldwide
Because the Congress strikes into its second day, delegates will forged their votes to resolve the long run management of the FIVB, together with the election of a brand new President and a number of other key governance positions, such because the Board of Administration and representatives.
For dwell updates, tune in through the related hyperlinks beneath:
FIVB World Congress 2024 – Day 2 (16 November) https://youtube.com/dwell/7fyRcPEyrvk?characteristic=share
International Volleyball Summit (17 November) https://youtube.com/dwell/kGmPv0esiBw?characteristic=share
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