“Challenge for the Best”
A Platform
The Organizing Committee has completed its Master Plan and is ready for the first inspection tours
Mr. Yoon-Suk Kim, Vice-Chairman and Secretary-General of the Gwangju Universiade Organizing Committee giving the Gwangju Universiade Master Plan to George E. killian, FISU President, Photo Christian Pierre
The 2015 Universiade will take place in Korea, in Gwangju specifically. This city in the south of the country has every asset for hosting our 28th Universiade. Korea is meeting the challenge for the third time, after Muju-Chonju in the Winter of 1997 and Daegu in the Summer of 2003, with a very ambitious program. Mr. Yoon-Suk Kim, Vice-Chairman and Secretary General of the Gwangju Universiade Organizing
Committee, took advantage of his visit to the last FISU Form in Vigo (see page 77) to remit the “Master Plan” to FISU President Mr. George E. Killian. This impressive, extremely detailed document will be used for the next few years as the blueprint for the whole Gwangju Universiade. FISU will be monitoring the progress of preparations for this event very closely, and will soon be scheduling a whole series
of inspection tours for our technical delegates. As you know, our delegates now have more time to establish close contacts with the Universiade organizers, since the games are allocated earlier than in the past. To reduce the environmental impact of the infrastructures, Gwangju will only build new sports facilities when this is absolutely indispensable and will continue to use them after the games. Renewal of the existing sites will be the key word, but this will not prevent Gwangju from proposing an impressive 91 sites in all for competition, practice and backup. Among these, 39 will be on university campuses. In addition, the city will do its utmost to concentrate the facilities in a minimum area to reduce time lost in transport. For example, the Athletes’ Village will be just a few minutes from the main stadium (on foot) and 15 minutes from the airport (by car) – it will take no more than 30 minutes at most to reach the farthest sites. Capacity of the Village will be up to 12,200 persons.
Le comité d’organisation a bouclé son Master Plan et est prêt pour les premières visites d’inspection L’Universiade de 2015 se tiendra en Corée et plus précisément dans la ville de Gwangju. Située au Sud du pays, la ville de Gwangju possède tous les atouts pour accueillir notre 28e Universiade. Après Muju-Chonju en hiver 1997 et Daegu en été 2003, la Corée relève pour la troisième fois le défi et propose à nouveau un programme très ambitieux. Mettant à profit son passage au dernier Forum de la FISU qui se tenait à Vigo (voir page77), M. Yoon-Suk Kim, vice-président et secrétaire général du comité d’organisation de l’Universiade de Gwangju a remis le « Master Plan » au président de la FISU M. George E. Killian. Cet énorme document extrêmement détaillé constituera la base de travail 76
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de tout le CO de Gwangju durant les prochaines années. La FISU sera très attentive à l’évolution de la préparation de cet événement et elle mettre sur pied très prochainement toute une série de réunions d’inspection impliquant tous nos délégués techniques. Comme vous le savez, ces délégués ont désormais plus de temps pour nouer des relations privilégiées avec les organisateurs des Universiades puisque l’attribution des Jeux se fait plus tôt qu’auparavant. Prenant en compte au maximum les problèmes liés à l’environnement et l’utilisation après les jeux, la ville de Gwangju ne construira des nouvelles infrastructures sportives que quand ce sera indispensable. La rénovation des
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sites existants sera le maître mot ce qui n’empêchera pas Gwangju de proposer au total la bagatelle de 91 sites sportifs (pour la compétition, les entraînements et comme sites back up). Parmi ceux-ci 39 seront situées au sein même d’universités. En outre, la ville mettra tout en oeuvre pour concentrer au maximum les infrastructures et pour éviter de la sorte les pertes de temps liées au transport. Le Village des Athlètes par exemple se situera à quelques minutes (à pied) du stade principal et à 15 minutes (en voiture) de l’aéroport, enfin, 30 minutes au maximum seront nécessaires pour accéder aux sites les plus éloignés. Le village pourra accueillir jusqu’à 12.200 personnes.
Main Theme
Claude-Louis Gallien, FISU First Vice-President and CESU Chair was one of the keynote speakers in Vigo
Every two years, the FISU Forum is an opportunity for the students and officials of the FISU member associations to meet each other. The main objective of the Forum is to offer the conditions for a meeting and exchange, associating culture and education with physical and sporting activities. By establishing this Forum more than ten years ago the FISU authorities wanted students, teaching staff and sports leaders from different backgrounds to get to know and understand each other in order for both parties to be enriched by all the different aspects of their diversity.
The Path to Vigo Leading up to the Forum in Vigo, the preparation was comprehensive but
certainly worthwhile. FISU Member countries were well-versed beforehand by FISU and the 2010 FISU Forum Organizing Committee concerning the anticipated themes to be discussed in Vigo. This was instrumental in paving the way for a smooth transition into discussion and debate once the participants and speakers came together. The 10th FISU Forum in Vigo had a record number of participating countries. The 280 students and officials (41% female and 59% male) from 71 countries underlined the unique importance and special opportunities that university sport, in the widest terms, can contribute to the educational process within higher education.
The 10th FISU Forum took place in Vigo, Spain between June 21-26, 2010. Its main theme was ‘University Sport: a Platform for Change’. The subthemes were as follows: Sub-Theme A Development of Strategic Plans in University Sport at a National Level Sub-Theme B Education and Environmental Awareness through University Sport Sub-Theme C Women’s Leadership in University Sport Sub-Theme D University Sport and Academic Recognition
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