PALEMBANG – On 11 December, 2014, the 2nd ASEAN University Sports Council International Conference (AUSCIC) was staged at the Auditorium Politeknik Sriwijaya. The AUSCIC is hosted in conjunction with the ASEAN University Games, also a biennial event. For the first edition, the AUSCIC was organized by AUSC. From this edition on, the AUSCIC will be organized by the local Organizing Committee. This edition of the AUSCIC was organized by the Indonesian Ministry of Sport and Youth, University Sriwijaya and Politeknik Sriwijaya, under the supervision of AUSC.
The main theme of this Conference is National Character Building through Sports. According to the statistics, 59 papers and posters was presented and more than 400 participants were presented.
Mr. Kenny CHOW, the AUSF Secretary-General and FISU Assessor was invited to make a presentation. He introduced the development of AUSF, including history, objectives, activities, future plan, calendar of 2015 etc. In 10 plus 1 AUSC member countries (Timor Leste is the associate member), 7 out of 11 have been AUSF member. But not all are FISU members yet. Therefore, Kenny Chow invited them to join AUSF and FISU, also to participate in AUSF and FISU activities. It was the first time for AUSF to attend this conference.
AUSF SG Kenny Chow meets with delegates from Timer Leste
After the conference, with the arrangement of AUSC President Anur and Secretary-General Hanif, Kenny Chow met with the representatives from Laos, Myanmar and Timor Leste. Through the meeting, it was known that Myanmar was working on the establishment of its NUSF, Timor Leste just completed the establishment of its NUSF this March, Laos was working on the permission of the government to join FISU and AUSF. But the main problem was that they had little knowledge on how to be affiliated to AUSF and FISU. Through the presentation and the meeting, they found the right and efficient way. Therefore, the best way to affiliate new members is to reach them.
(Source: AUSF Secretariat)