PARIS – On January 12th, a FISU delegation composed of Pedro Dias, FISU Assessor Vice- Chair of the Development Committee; Alison Odell, FISU Assessor Vice- Chair of the Education Committee and Kolë Gjeloshaj, Director of Educational and Development Services, Chief of Staff to the President met with the head of Sport section of UNESCO, Golda El-Khoury and her assistant for sport Nancy Mclennan.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss a platform for cooperation between both institutions. As there are evidently many common aims related to education in particular physical education and sport, the purpose of the meeting was to discuss the priorities and opportunities to this partnership that can be beneficial to both FISU and UNESCO. With its Universiade every two years, the championship programmes the other years and the educational events, many FISU activities may already be an interesting platform to deliver common messages. Developments in order to strengthen the strategic orientations have been mentioned as well.
(Source: Pedro Dias & Kolë Gjeloshaj)
