MACEIO – A meeting between representatives of FISU and CBDU with the general secretary of the city ofMaceió, Pedro Alves, marked the last day of the inspection visit to the capital of Alagoas, headquarters of the 2012 World University Beach Volleyball Championship, in September.
Pedro Alves, on behalf of the mayor of Maceió, Cicero Almeida, received Luciano Cabral, CBDU president and vice-president of FISU, Laurent Briel, director of the FISU World University Championships, and members of the committee of inspection and secure the support of municipal government to carry out the World University Championship.
“Alagoas has a tradition in beach volleyball, several Olympians stood up and emerged from Alagoas in volleyball”, added Pedro Alves. Laurent thanked the support and stressed the involvement of public agencies in organizing the event.
After the meeting at City Hall, Laurent Briel and Luciano Cabral gave interviews to the local media at the Radisson Hotel and met with the Ópera company which will be responsible for organizing the ceremonial and protocol during the WUC in Maceió.
The rector of Cesmac again received the delegation to finalize the details relating to volunteers, medical support and the academic institution’s participation in the WUC.
“We had a full week. We started with the survey inBlumenauand then in Maceió. Agendas of meetings have taken quite some time, but the balance of the conversations and decisions was very positive. In addition to clarifying questions and discussing proposals for the organization of events, we observed a few details and exchanged experiences with people from various institutions, adding much value to our ideas and planning. We are confident that we will accomplish two major WUC. And we finished the surveys with an excellent news: Koch Tavares, the agency that works with CBDU, secured the transmission of the two WUC by FOX TV channel”, concluded Luciano Cabral.
(Source: Pollyanna Padua, CBDU Media Officer)
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