National Board Press Release, funding to the Federations for 2016 now finalised
At 5:55 pm, on 9 November, at the end of the National Council, the Board meeting was resumed, after having been suspended at 1:10 pm on the same date because decisions needed to be taken by the National Council on the 2016 budget.
After a few resolutions that were administrative in nature, the Board confirmed for 2016 the same funding as 2015 for the National Sport Federations, both for sport activities, and for covering costs relating to Human Resources and to spaces such as offices and sport facilities . The resolution was approved with a majority vote, with the abstention of Abete. The Board closed its meeting at 6:15 pm.
National Council press release
The CONI's National Council No. 241 met this afternoon, at 4 pm, at the Foro Italicco, to discuss the following agenda:
1) Approval of the minutes of the 2 July 2015 meeting: the minutes were approved unanimously.
2) Report from the President: Malagò started by highlighting the important results achieved by Italian athletes in the last four months, mentioning at the same time the lead figures connected to the sport world who were deceased over the same period. The President then spent some time discussing the relationship with the Government, which has indirectly confirmed, once again, the critical role played by sport, rewarding its integrity, by confirming the funding for 2016. The importance of the recognised specificity of the competitive sport arena was also stressed, a specificity that lies behind the lack of inclusion of Federations in the National Statistics Institute (ISTAT), through the "milleproroghe" Decree.
Malagò then highlighted that the Government was made very aware about the issue of defibrillators, concerning its penal and implementation aspects. The ANOC 20th General Assembly was then discussed: CONI's top management and the Committee for the Promotion of Rome 2024 were in attendance, promoting the image of Italian sport, as in Washington 106 Countries and 54 IOC members were present.
The President then went on to thank the team of qualified professionals that worked on the reform of the Sports Justice Code: 13 amendment requests were included, which indirectly confirms the soundness of the Code's foundations. Malagò then praised the Procurator General, Enrico Cataldi, for his extensive work: 2833 provisions implemented since the day he started his position. It was announced that two associated Disciplines, bowling and twirling, will be placed under administration, and, with regards to organisations for the promotion of sport, news relating to the register for the recognition of sport clubs was announced: registration changes from self-certification to a digital census procedure, supervised by a pool of experts under the leadership of the Secretary Roberto Fabbricini, whose role it is to verify the correctness of enrolment. In relation to the recognition of new entities in the Federal and Associated Disciplines system, also in the light of the changes introduced by IOC, further studies need to be carried out to evaluate possible variations to the general framework.
Thereafter, the analysis of revenues was presented by the Marketing Department, with an increase in earnings from 3.744 million in 2013 to 12.460 million in 2016, a near quadruplication with important future implications, connected also the modification of the 2020 IOC agenda.
Malagò then stressed the importance and the success of the visit of the 26 team managers and technical federal representatives to Rio de Janeiro, in advance of the Olympic Games planned for August, a visit lead by Carlo Mornati, Vice Secretary and Head of Olympic Preparation. After having communicated the imminent distribution to the Federations, and then to athletes, of the prizes relating to the European Games at Baku, the President made his compliments to the territorial organisation, represented also by members of the Board, Sturani and Talento, for the success reaped by the second edition of the CONI Trophy, won by Piedmont. 23 November will see the celebration of the 60 years of the Bruno Zauli Centre for Olympic Preparation at Formia, while on 15 December the Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, will participate in the ceremony to deliver the Golden Collars, which, in addition to rewarding the 2015 champions, will celebrate also all living Olympionic athletes who have not received the honour, instituted in 1995. Again on 15 December there will be the integration of the Walk of Fame, followed by the Holy Mass for Sportsmen in the San Peter Basilica, while on 16 December a delegation of Italian athletes (Olympic, Paralympic and non-Olympic) will be received at the Quirinale by Mattarella, President of the Republic.
Comments on the report by the President were made by: Giovanni Petrucci (Basketball), Bruno Molea (Representative of the Organisations for the Promotion of Sport), Ugo Claudio Matteoli (Sport Fishing and Underwater Activities), Ernfried Obrist (Target Shooting), Renato di Rocco (Cycling), Vincenzo Manco (Representative of the Organisations for the Promotion of Sport),Luciano Rossi (Skeet Shooting), Ugo Salines (Representative of the Organisations for the Promotion of Sport), Angelo Binaghi (Tennis), Riccardo Agabio.
3) FSN-DSA-EPS activities:the following resolutions were unanimously approved: integration of the Sporting Code regulation, Distribution of extracomunitarian athletes (from 1,190 to 1,185 units), approval of the placement of the Twirling and Bowling Federations under administration, recognition of the Kickboxing Muay Thai Savate Federation as effective Associated Sport Discipline. At the same time, the guidelines for the 2016 CONI Trophy were presented.
4) Territorial Organisation: extension until 15 December 2015 for loading the data required by the Regulation of the Organisations for the Promotion of Sport in the dedicated portal and for the new regulation of the territorial organisation.
5) Administrative Affairs and Budget: in parallel with the 2nd restructuring of the 2015 Budget, the Council, after the approval of today's Board, approved the CONI budget for the 2016 financial year, with an economic performance resulting in an overall balance. Taxes set by the State are closely in line with 2015 (403 million, to which one must add the specific charge of 2.4 million for the organisation by the Federations of a few international sport events in Italy). The Budget presents, compared to the previous financial year, more expense requirements: to participate in the Rio 2016 Games and for the candidature of Rome to the Olympic and Paralympic Games of 2024, which are covered mostly by the reduction in the extraordinary portion of the sum issued to the Federations (while the recurring ordinary part has been kept constant overall), together with the savings requested to Coni Services, to be applied to the value of the amount for the service contract. Other financed entities (EPS, DSA, AB, FF.AA.) have seen their allowance kept the same, overall. With no other matters arising, the proceedings were closed at 05:50 pm.
National Board Press Release
This morning at the Foro Italico, meeting no. 1040 of the CONI National Board took place, and it started by approving the minutes of the previous meeting on 13 October. In his report, President Malagò started by complimenting Valentino Rossi for the excellent world championship performance and then briefed the Board on the recent ANOC executive council meeting in Washington, where Luca di Montezemolo made his first appearance as President of the Committee for the Promotion of Rome 2024, gaining much popularity and the attention of the international sport community.
The Board then acknowledged the present qualification of 114 athletes to the Rio Games, and showed its satisfaction for the positive visit of a delegation of Team Managers to Brazil, lead by Carlo Mornati. The Board then examined the report presented by Carlo Tavecchio in relation to the latest events connected to the publication of some declarations against which the Figc President has taken legal action. Carlo Mornati was confirmed as CONI representative for the Board of Directors of the Mutual Fund (Fondo per la Mutualità). In the light of the outcomes arisen, the Board then decided to place the Italian Bowling Federation under the administration of Francesco Purromuto (seconded by Alvio La Face and Antonello De Tullio). The analysis of revenues presented by the Marketing Department, was then examined: it showed an increase in earnings from 3.774 million of 2013 to 12.460 million of 2016, a near quadruplication. On the proposal by Leonardo Gallitelli, President of NADO in Italy, Daniele Masala, twice Olympic pentathlon champion, was nominated President of the Anti-Doping Control Commission.
Prof. Giulio Napolitano intervened at the Board meeting and outlined the amendments to the Sport Justice Code, which was approved with a significant majority. The deadline for loading data on the portal of the Organisations for the Promotion of Sport was pushed forward to 21 December 2015. A work group, lead by the General Secretary, Roberto Fabbricini, will then operate the necessary controls and inspections. The resolution to be presented to the National Council for the second restructuring of the 2015 CONI budget was approved, and so was the 2016 budget. The Board also approved the resolution on the subdivision of intake of extracomunitarian sportsmen, reducing the number from 1,190 to 1,185 units. After having examined a long series of other organisational and administrative issues, and having formulated the necessary resolutions, the Board suspended the meeting at 1:10 pm, adjourning the meeting to the afternoon, after the National Council, to finalise the allocation of funding to the National Sport Federation for 2016.
Visit of the coaches. Tomorrow rehearsal of Casa Italia at the Costa Brava Club
The inspection in Rio in advance of the Olympic Games has gained unanimous approval by the Coaches of the various National Sport Federations involved. It was an intense three-day visit, but very effective and productive, and provided each coach with a complete and comprehensive overview of the places where the competitions will take place, the training grounds and the various logistical arrangements within and outside the Olympic Village.
Carlo Monati, Deputy Secretary General of CONI and Head of Olympic Preparations, illustrated, together with Anna Riccardi and his staff, all the specifics of this competition away from home, with the related issues, which always exist in occasion of such great events. The Coaches really appreciated the clarity of the information and, especially, what was set up to ensure that the Italian team can be put in the best conditions to face the Olympic Games.
During these days, each Coach in attendance had the opportunity to meet the "sport manager" of his discipline at the headquarters of the Committee for the Organisation of Rio 2016 and then to visit the facility hosting the competition (some of which obviously not yet complete).
This evening, the Italian delegation will be the guest of Riccardo Battisti, the Italian Consul in Rio, while tomorrow morning, before going back to Italy, it will visit the Costa Brava Clube, the location chosen by CONI to set up its "Casa Italia".
IOC reaching young audiences with the Winter Youth Olympic Games
Marking 100 days to go, the International Olympic Committee today announced its latest social media campaign asking athletes to share their love of sport and get active with the #iLoveYOG hashtag as they gear up to the second Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway, this February.
Kicking off this campaign is one of the biggest and most inspirational names in winter sport, South Korean Olympic figure skating champion, Yuna Kim. Also known as “Queen Yuna”, the skating legend and YOG Ambassador got behind the campaign by opening her official Instagram account using the hashtag, which has already gained over 80,000 followers.
Following the success of #YOGselfie last summer in Nanjing at the second Summer edition of the Games, which saw 58 million people posting their “sporty selfies” on social media, the IOC aims to engage young athletes and fans in this latest campaign and ultimately get people active and involved in the YOG.
During Games time, between 12 and 21 February 2016, printing stations will be available around Lillehammer for people to print their pictures posted on social media. Collectively, these thousands of images will create a giant mosaic - a piece of artwork that will then be donated to Lillehammer as part of the legacy of the Games.
In line with Olympic Agenda 2020, the Youth Olympic Games aim to engage with fans and young people around the world to encourage them to get active and enjoy the benefits of sport. The IOC sees social media as key to the success of this mission, and as outlined by Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO of WPP, the world’s largest marketing communications group, the IOC is striving “to use these Games as an incubator, as an accelerator and as a way of understanding what young people want.”
Supporting these social media efforts to engage and inspire fans, the IOC has also teamed up with other winter sports stars: US Alpine skier Lindsey Vonn, Norwegian Alpine skier Kjetil Jansrud, Norwegian slopestyler Silje Norendal and Norwegian ice hockey player Mats Zucarello. Collectively, these YOG Ambassadors reach millions of young fans through their social media accounts and support the IOC and Lillehammer 2016 in their campaigns to raise the profile of the forthcoming YOG.
Malagò and Montezemolo meet the sheik Al Sabah
This afternoon in Washington, at the end of the XX ANOC General Assembly, the President of CONI, Giovanni Malagò, and the President of the Committee for the promotion of the Rome 2024 Olympics, Luca di Montezemolo, had a private meeting with the President of ANOC, the sheik Ahmad Al Farhad Al Sabah.
The meeting, which lasted more than forty minutes, helped bring into focus the current state of the international sporting scene and update the President of the Association of National Olympic Committees on the state of progress of the Rome 2024 candidature.
Summit between Malagò, Montezemolo, Pescante & Bach, to check the status of bid
The President of the Rome 2024 Olympic Bid Committee Luca Cordero di Montezemolo met with the International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach in Washington DC today to update him on the status of Rome’s strategic plan to host the Olympic Games.
Mr Montezemolo, joined by the President of the Italian Olympic Committee Giovanni Malagò and the Italian IOC member Mario Pescante, pointed out the main principles of the plan. Luca Montezemolo said: “Mr Thomas Bach appreciated our decision to share the whole project with the Green Organizations, our social approach, the main focus on the athletes, technology, sustainability and the legacy. Rome 2024 has a unique chance to modernise the whole city and to stimulate growth for the whole Italian nation”
UN General Assembly approves Olympic Truce for Rio 2016
The 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly today approved a resolution for observance of the Olympic Truce for the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro next summer. The resolution was supported by 180 out of 193 UN member states. Speaking to the General Assembly in New York on Monday, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach reiterated the important role that sport and the Olympic ideals can play at the service of society by promoting peace, fair play, tolerance and understanding.
“The Olympic Games are the time when the values of tolerance, solidarity and peace are brought to life. This is the time when the international community comes together for peaceful competition,” said the IOC President. “In the Olympic Village, we see tolerance and solidarity in their purest form. Athletes from all 206 National Olympic Committees live together in harmony and without any kind of discrimination. This is the true spirit of ‘Olympic Unity in Diversity’ – athletes from every corner of the world, living together under one roof,” he added.
The resolution calls for the Olympic Truce to be respected from seven days before the start of the Olympic Games until seven days after the Paralympic Games. During his address to the General Assembly, the President also appealed for help from the member nations to identify top-level athletes who are currently refugees.
“At present, none of these athletes would have the chance to participate in the Olympic Games even if qualified from the sports point of view because, with their refugee status, they are left without a home country and National Olympic Committee to represent,” he told them. Announcing that the International Olympic Committee will invite the highest qualified refugee athletes to participate in the Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, President Bach added, “having no national team to belong to, having no flag to march behind, having no national anthem to be played, these refugee athletes will be welcomed to the Olympic Games with the Olympic flag and with the Olympic anthem. They will have a home together with all the other 11,000 athletes from 206 National Olympic Committees in the Olympic Village. This will be a symbol of hope for all the refugees in our world, and will make the world better aware of the magnitude of this crisis”.
The resolution, entitled “Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal,” was formally submitted to the General Assembly on behalf of the Olympic Movement and Brazil by the Organising Committee of the Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, led by its President, Carlos Nuzman. President Bach underlined that the Organising Committee is working to deliver an inclusive Olympic Games. “The values of tolerance, solidarity and peace are a central part of Rio de Janeiro’s legacy for the Brazilians. These will be inclusive Games – and a unique opportunity to showcase sport as a key tool for peace, social inclusion and tolerance, and in the fight against racial, ethnic or gender discrimination. Through the Olympic Games, the Brazilian people will remind the world of their unique combination of passion and efficiency.” President Bach said. The Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro will take place from 5 to 21 August 2016 and be followed by the Paralympic Games from 7 to 18 September 2016.
Lillehammer 2016 have revealed the route for the Torch Tour
Lillehammer 2016 have revealed the route for the Youth Olympic Torch Tour. It will ignite 21 cities across Norway, far and wide, starting from January 2016. Pictured here is the stunning view of Stryn, the 7th city on the tour (Ole Eltvik's picture). In 113 days, the 2nd edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games will be held in Lillehammer from 12 to 21 February 2016.
Malagò and Pancalli meet the directors of EUR Spa: synergy for the candidature
Today, at the Foro Italico, the CONI President Giovanni Malagò, together with the President of the Italian Paralympic Committee and Vice President of the Committee for the Promotion of Rome 2024, Luca Pancalli, met the President of EUR Spa, Roberto Diacetti, and its Managing Director, Gianluca Lo Presti.
During the meeting a synergy plan was drafted in relation to the Rome 2024 candidature, to promote the strong sport vocation of the facilities at Eur, already protagonist of the 1960 Olympic Games, and to share the use of the Pentagon, thanks to the New Conference Centre "La Nuvola", a convention and exhibit node that from 2017 will be one of the players in the organisation of major international events.
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