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Conference Agenda for 10 December
| 10:00 - 11:00 |
Arrival and Registration
How do regions compete internationally?
Mihir Bose, BBC Sports Editor
Huw Jones, Chief Executive, Sports Council Wales
Hakan Kuorak, Vice President, Sami World Cup
Chaired by Bayan Rahman, UK High Representative to the Kurdistan Commission
Participating in sport at any level allows those involved to establish their own identity in a way that may not be possible politically. In particular, competing in international sport can raise the profile of a nation or region and promote a more positive perception of a post-conflict area in the international arena.
The panel will address:
- How can regions compete internationally - what are the opportunities, what barriers do they face?
- What are the political implications of regional teams competing alongside national teams?
- What benefits are there to gaining international recognition in the sporting arena?
- Are there any countries that a newly autonomous region can look to for inspiration in the international arena?
- What is the role of National Olympic Committees? How do regional bodies work with them?
Please click on links below to listen to the audio:
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| 11:30 - 12:00 |
COFFEE BREAK
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| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Video Presentation from the Kurdish Creative Film Centre
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| 12:00 - 13:00 |
PANEL DISCUSSION 4
Sports funding and administration
Ignasi Donate, Director, Sports Council Catalan
Dr Khaled Salih, Adviser to the Prime Minister
Laura McCallister, Professor of Governance, University of Liverpool's School of Management
Matt Newman, CEO, Welsh Athletics
The panel aims to explore how sport can be successfully promoted, funded and administrated in a system of devolved governance. The panel also aims to explore the key tensions between national and regional bodies with regard to developing both grassroots sporting opportunities and elite athletes.
The panel will address:
- How is funding for national sports channelled downwards into regional organisations? Are there examples/models that are instructive?
- How do regional organisations work to promote sport? How are they structured internally?
- What part do educational institutions play in sports funding and administration?
- How do regional government bodies work with non-government bodies to promote sport? Are there useful models and examples?
Please click on links below to listen to the audio:
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| 13:00 - 14:00 |
LUNCH
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| 14:00 - 15:00 |
ROUNDTABLE
Transition from a unitary to a federal structure: Discussions and recommendations
All participants welcome
The roundtable aims to look back at the two day's discussions and consider the lessons that can be drawn by the Kurdistan Regional Government in the move towards a federal Iraqi structure.
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| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Video presentation from Red Shoes Ltd
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| 15:30 - 16:00 |
CLOSING REMARKS
Click here to listen to the audio
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This page last updated on: 08 December 2008 at 12:00 GMT (15:00 Kurdistan-Iraq time (GMT +3)
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