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CONFERENCES

September 14th 2007

Greece

The 2007 EPC Conference - "Developing Young Paralympic Athletes in Europe" - was held in Crete, Greece, on Friday September 14th, the day before the General Assembly.

Hosted by the Hellenic Paralympic Committee, the conference focused on identifying the best way to introduce new sports events for young Paralympic athletes in Europe. Presentations were given by organisations with experience in organising events for young people, and the afternoon sessions included an open round table aimed at finding the best model for Europe and an open forum with the EPC Executive Board.

For more information visit www.europaralympic.org/2007ga.html.

16th-19th April 2007

Ukraine National Centre for Paralympic and Deaflympic Training and Rehabilitation, Ukraine

Under the auspices of the European Paralympic Committee. The conference is aimed at Eastern European countries interested in further developing the sport and will be conducted in Russian.

Contact:

Ukrainian Nat. Com. of Sport for Disabled

Esplanadna Street 24
Office 812-813
01023 – Kyiv

Tel.: + 38 044 289 43 30

Fax: + 38 044 289 43 18

Email: ukraine@paralympic.org.ua

Invitation and schedule Table Tennis Confernece

24th June 2005

Dubrovnik, Croatia

The EPC conference was attended by representatives from 35 members, including all four IOSDs. In addition to a number of distinguished guests representing the IPC and the Croatian Ministry for Science, Education and Sports, the EPC Sports Co-ordinators for Archery, Cycling and Swimming also participated in the conference.

In opening the Conference, the EPC President indicated that all three topics have real significance to both the EPC and to IPC. Two of the conference topics cover some of the priority areas for the movement to address, namely what can be done to increase the number of women and athletes with a severe disability in sport.

Reference was made to the strategic review conducted by the IPC and the changes that had resulted from it. The third topic therefore provided an opportunity to reflect on the future role of the EPC and in particular the services that members are expecting from it.

On each of the topics a presentation was made by keynote speakers which provided the background for further discussion and debate.

2005 EPC Conference report

Monday 29th September 2003

Athens, Greece

	CONFERENCE AGENDA Athens, Monday 29th September 2003 Session One: 09:00-10:30 IPC’s Strategic Review …………….…. Phil Craven, IPC President Session Two: 11:00-12:00 Sports Independence and its Impact Xavi González, IPC Interim COO on IPC/EPC Championships ………….. Karl Quade, EPC Technical Officer Session Three: 12:00-12:30 Draft IPC development policy John Teunissen, IPC Treasurer Session Four: 14:00-15:15 IPC’s Fundraising proposals Sergio Furman, IPC Fundraising Director Session Five: 15:45-17:00 Relations with the European Union … Enrique Sanchez-Guijo, EPC Secretary General IPC Support for NPCs …………… Sabine Mikulas, IPC Membership Services Manager Session Six: 17:00-17:30 Open Forum …………………………… Bob Price, EPC President (and Panel of Experts)
		Presentation Mr Gonzalez
		Presentation Mr Craven
		Presentation Mr Teunissen
		Presentation Mr Furman

April 26th - 27th 2003

Bollnäs (Sweden)

	EPC holds conference in Bollnäs, Sweden, to discuss its future relations with the European Union. 27 participants, representing 10 European countries and 7 international organisations () attended a conference organised by the EPC on 26 – 27 April 2003 to discuss future relations with the European Union and other European Institutions. This Conference on EU related matters was once again hosted by Bollnäs, Sweden, which has also lend its name to two earlier agreements reached by NPCs from EU member states, in the year 2000 and 2001. In his opening statements the EPC President, Dr. Price, identified three goals for the Conference, namely to exchange information, to provide opportunities for discussion, and to use the experience of the past and the present which will enable to determine policies and a strategy for the future. () Conference attendees represented: NPCs from Azerbaijan, Croatia, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, IPC, IBSA Europe, INAS-FID, EDF, EU Sports Unit, EU-office of German Sports.
		Presentation Ms Jahnke
		Conference Report

August 30th 2002

Bratislava, Slovakia

	Bratislava hosts EPC Conference on critical issues for the Paralympic Movement In offering the advantage of combining attendance to the EPC Congress for Harmonisation of Doping Policies and Procedures, held on August 31 and September 1st, 2002 and funded by the European Union, the EPC held a successful Conference on August 30 on three issues that are considered critical for the further development of the Paralympic Movement EPC Secretary General Enrique Sanchez welcomed around 40 delegates from 15 countries, who listened to presentations made on the topics: Sports for Athletes with Severe Disabilities, Women and Paralympic Sport and IPC Marketing Opportunities. Under the guidance of Dr. Gudrun Doll-Tepper, who had accepted EPC’s invitation to moderate the Conference, delegates were encouraged to enter into broad and open discussions on these topics. The attendance of members of the IPC Sports Council Management Committee in the first two sessions allowed very balanced discussions with contributions from both nations and sports.
		Conference Report
		Presentation Mr Schoenemann
		Conclusions


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