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Timothy Shriver Dr. as UNESCO appointed at IT Chairholder Tralee Dr. Timothy Left: UNESCO Shriver, below: Mary Photo CEO of Special Davis, Olympics and International Murphy, Oliver of IT Tralee, President the Marseille signing Declaration Chairholder The UNESCO Chair was proud to announce the appointment of Dr. Timothy Shriver as the UNESCO Chairholder. Dr Shriver has been a part of an amazing team at Special Olympics that has created exciting new programmes in athlete leadership, cross-cultural research, health, education, and family support. Commenting on his appointment Dr Timothy Shriver, chairman of Special Olympics International, said he was “honoured” to take on the role as UNESCO Chairholder Tralee further saying “Special Olympics has always had a great relationship with IT Tralee and this appointment gives us the opportunity to join our efforts to build a world that accepts and provides for diversity as a norm”. This year is a important one for UNESCO. In July they very government ministers from [convened] the world, along with senior officials around sport, in Kazan, Russia to seek of Inaugural Visit commitments for the establishment of a comprehensive vision of inclusive access for In January 2018 the UNESCO Chair all in physical education, physical activity and sport. As Chairholder, I fully support this will welcome Dr Shriver to IT Tralee in celebration of his appointment as agenda. Our Chair in Tralee, together with Special Olympics International and all other UNESCO Chairholder. Click the icon partners of the Chair, will be at the forefront of supporting inclusive access to health and for a message from Dr Shriver. wellbeing, communities, education, economy Stay tuned for further details and society aligning with the UN Sustainable Development Agenda 2030” . U N E S C O C h a i r I T T r a l e e N e w s l e t t e r | p g 2
UNESCO Chair IT Tralee MINEPSVI The International Conference of Ministers and Senior Officials Responsible for Physical Education and Sport Kazan, Tatarstan, Russian Federation, July 13th-15th <strong>2017</strong> At the World Economic Forum in Davos <strong>2017</strong>, The MINEPS forum worked towards Pavel Kolobkov Minister of Sport of the achieving consensus on the most critical Russian Federation and Irina Bukova, issues facing physical education, physical Director-General of UNESCO signed a hosting activity and sport, determining an action agreement, affirming Kazan as the venue for plan for addressing these at government MINEPSVI under the auspices of UNESCO. levels and affirming commitment for member states with regard to taking policy Kazan in the Republic of Tatarstan, ‘the place action. of the Tatars’ was an exceptional backdrop for MINEPSVI, the sixth MINEPS gathering About 630 delegates, including heads and since 1976. Widely accepted as Russia’s sports representatives of sports-related executive capital Kazan has been host to many authorities from 117 member states of prestigious national and international sports UNESCO, as well as other international events, and for these days of MINEPS Irina bodies and major sports organisations, came Bukova, Director General of UNESCO together for the event. bestowed upon it the title of the ‘sports capital of the world’. A title most fitting to UNESCO's International Charter of Physical this gathering of governments, Education, Physical Activity and Sport, and intergovernmental organisations, the sport Declaration of Berlin, adopted by MINEPS V movement, academiaand specialised NGOs. in 2013 set the contextual areas of priority for One hundred and seventeen countries were international sport through MINEPSVI. The represented by their Ministries. The welcome Kazan Action Plan has emerged as the extended from the Republic of Tatarstan and MINEPSVI outcome. It is available in the six the Russian Federation was outstanding. official UN languages. The english version is available here. This common framework is U N E S C O C h a i r I T T r a l e e N e w s l e t t e r | p g 3
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