Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Berlin hosts 2013 UNESCO Conference of World Sport Ministers-Match fixing, corruption on agenda

With one of the key themes, being "Preserving the Integrity of Sport"- in light of 1) values of sport 2) fight against match fixing 3) doping and 4) corruption in sport, the, the fifth UNESCO World Sport Ministers Conference began in Berlin starting 28 - 30 May 2013. 

The programme is jointly organised by the Federal Ministry of the Interior, UNESCO and the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education.
Other agenda would be a) implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
b) to encourage more girls and women to participate in sport.
c) Investment opportunity in sports/physical education also to encourage discussing standards for large-scale sporting events.
"I am delighted that we won the bid to host the World Sport Ministers Conference next year," said Federal Minister of the Interior Hans-Peter Friedrich.  


The Federal Ministry of the Interior will convene national working groups made up of experts from government and non-governmental organizations, sport federations and the research community as well as practitioners from the world of sport in order to prepare Germany's policy positions on the conference topics.
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