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General Alex McLin and FEI Legal Counsel Francisco Lima;
- Reported confi rmation that the Pan American Sport
Organization (PASO) and its 42 members’ National Olympic
Committees would recognise and fully support the Pan
American Equestrian Committee (PAEC), composed of Groups
IV, V and VI;
- reported that a high number of National Federations from
Groups V and VI represented equestrian sport at the South
American Regional Games in Medellín, Colombia;
- held several Level 1 and 2 Coaching System Courses in different
countries from the Group. The fi rst Level 3 Coaching in the
world took place in Ecuador with remarkable results;
- worked closely together to obtain for South America the
allocation of the 2011 Endurance World Junior Championship.
GROUP VII
- Discussed the advantages and disadvantages of the Arab
League;
- formed the Advisory Group for FEI Regional Group VII i.e.
the Technical Committee, which had suggested various
recommendations as a result of several meetings held
during 2009;
- divided the Arab League into Sub-Leagues (between Middle
East, North Africa and the G.C.C);
- discussed qualifi cations to the WEG 2010 for Endurance &
Jumping;
- discussed Veterinary Issues in terms of import-export
formalities, vaccinations and issues;
- reported that the Arab League FEI World Cup Jumping
Season is back to normal – starts in Sept and ends in
January;
- discussed qualifi cations for the Youth Olympic Games
2010, Singapore;
- discussed qualifi cations for the Olympic Games 2012,
London, Great Britain;
- discussed encouraging the top and promotional league
FEI Nations Cup Series within FEI Geographical Group VII
countries;
- discussed the implementation of the new Endurance Rules
in 2009 and their impact;
- discussed procuring invitations for Qualifi ed Arab League
Riders to participate in Europe before the FEI World Cup
Final;
- discussed enacting the Regionalisation procedure with
the help of the OIE, to enable free horse movement over
borders and to consider the Arab Countries to be Free of
Disease countries;
- discussed a Uniform Health Certifi cate for Arab Countries;
- established a fi nancial fund to support the major
championships in the region;
- discussed the Tent Pegging development activity led by the
NF Oman;
- discusssed encouraging more varied age group competitions
in the region;
- discussed the compulsory rest period for horses set by the
FEI in endurance ride championships organised in the G.C.C
and the Middle-East.
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GROUP VIII
- Reported strong opposition from AUS, JPN, TPE, KOR and
SIN NFs to the Jumping Committee’s proposal to realign
the nations in the Qualifi cations Procedure for the 2012
London Olympic Games. They consider that the proposed
merger of the 28 nations from Europe’s Group C with the
18 nations in Asia & Oceania Group G to form an overall
qualifying group of 48 nations with a European qualifi er is
unfair, unbalanced and disadvantageous to non-European
and developing nations:
- reported that AUS NF acknowledged the soundness of the
underlying notion of the Olympic Games Qualifi cation
System (ie. That every country has two opportunities
to earn a place to the Olympic games – WEG and their
individual qualifi er) but pointed out that analysis reveals a
signifi cant imbalance of equality;
- reported AUS NF’s suggestion that the Technical
Committees has a defi ned mechanism for allowing greater
contributions and debate from NFs, athletes and organisers;
- reported TPE NF’s surprise that FEI did not propose to
organise Group C and Group F qualifi cations together;
- reported KOR NF’s observation that for the London
Olympic Games, Group G has only two team quotas and
two individual ones in amalgamation with Group C, which
it considers unfair and disadvantageous to Group G. At the
Athens Olympic Games, there were three team Quotas and
fi ve individual ones for group G and F;
- reported the AEF Dressage Committee’s strong opposition
to the 2012 London Olympic Qualifi cation Procedure
proposal. The Committee considers the proposal favours
European nations and is contradictory to the principles of
Olympism – the universality and equality of sports – as well
as to the FEI development policy;
- discussed a proposal from AUS NFs for a regional coaching
and riding development programme for riders, judges and
technical delegates and an event management exchange
programme. The programmes would enable participants to
assist with and learn from the planning and organisation of
events in the region.
GROUP IX
- Reported that a successful Regional Meeting was held
in July. Twelve of the thirteen members were present or
represented, in addition to the President and The Secretary
General. Communication and cooperation within the
Group is consistently improving and the increased pace
of development in almost all disciplines is clearly evident.
Representation from the Group at the WEG is expected to
double in terms of disciplines and athletes;
- discussed the fact that the small sizes and fi nancial
constraints of the majority of the NFs in the Group seriously
hinder its evolution. Decided more effort must be made to
broaden support bases and use available expertise in the
Group to improve the situation. The appointment of two
Regional FEI Tutors will be of great assistance to improving
coaching and training systems;
- discussed the need for more education and promotion in