Dear National Federations,
WAKO is proud to be one of the participating sports in the United Through Sports World Youth Festival. From the 18th to 22nd of November the world will see the biggest virtual youth festival. The event will be under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), International Paralympic committee (OPC) and Special Olympics (SOI). As you can see in the programm the President of the IOC, Thomas Bach, President of the IPC, Andrew Parsons, and many others will open this event.
We would like to congratulate all the WAKO athletes who made it to the finals. They will now compete with youth from around 80 organisations in an unprecedented event in which we are proud to be part of.
We kindly ask you to strongly encourage your athletes to take part in the important youth oriented workshops. The given time slots are Bangkok Local Time so please adjust to your time zones.
WORKSHOP 1
When: November 18, 2020
Time: 11:00AM-12.00PM Bangkok
“BECOMING A SUCCESSFUL CHANGE LEADER IN YOUR COMMUNITY THROUGH SPORT”
PRESENTED BY YUNUS SPORTS HUB & IOC YOUTH LEADERS
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMtcOivpz4oGdP2uxNpcgr_vFtD1u12rcA0
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
WORKSHOP 2
When: November 19, 2020
Time: 10:00AM-11.00AM Bangkok
“CLEAN SPORT”
PRESENTED BY WADA & ITA
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJElce2srz8rGtzypt5Dd6Kl5xjNbjSdJYcv
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
WORKSHOP 3
When: November 19, 2020
Time: 12:00PM-13.00PM Bangkok
“I’MPOSSIBLE AND THE PARALYMPIC MOVEMENT” PRESENTED BY I’MPOSSIBLE (IPC)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMqcuyspj8vE9Wh82adrYbzDt0XhdzcfsQr
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
All workshops are 60 minutes duration. Each participant is required to register upon entry to the workshops.
ONLY participants that register & enter ALL 3 of the above mentioned workshops will receive a special certificate from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and Special Olympics (SOI).
Please promote these workshops to all of your youth.
The opening ceremony will be held on the Olympic Channel on the 20th at 7:00 pm, immediately followed by a 3 day conference and workshop.
You can find the Full Programme HERE .
The closing ceremony will be held on the 22nd at 7:00 pm.
Please ensure that all of your youth participate in the workshops and conferences and earn the very special certificate from IOC, IPC and SOI!
The competition program is on the official program HERE .
Please support the WAKO athletes!
If you have any further question please don’t hesitate to contact WAKO office.
Best regards,
Roy Baker
WAKO President