ALMATY – FISU delegates visited Almaty for a number of meetings and inspection visits with the Almaty Organising Committee from 29 January to 2 February 2016.
During this five-day visit, lots of practical meetings were conducted by the FISU delegation consisting of Winter Universiade Director Milan Augustin, WU Executive Assistant Jiho KIM, WU Assistant Paola Forni, Director of Development and NUSF Relations Laurent Briel, Education Services Director Kole Gjeloshaj and Transfer of Knowledge Manager Lilia Barieva.
The Almaty Organising Committee presented its progress reports and discussed with the FISU delegates several issues for the operation of different functional areas, i.e. Sports and Venues management, ITOs services, Athletes’ Village, Transportation, Publications, Delegation Services, Food and Beverages, Arrivals and Departures, Accreditation, Accommodation, Knowledge Management, Volunteers, FISU Conference and ceremonies (opening ceremony and medal awarding ceremony).
During their stay in Almaty, the delegates also checked the readiness of the 2017 Winter Universiade venues and reviewed the work of the Organising Committee’s functional areas.
“Within the last 3 months, the Organising Committee has made a lot of progress towards the preparation of the WU mainly in setting up a concrete action plan of the organisation. The organisation was enforced with young and enthusiastic people who devote their time for holding a successful Winter Universiade 2017. Nevertheless, it is necessary to mention that there are a lot more tasks ahead, which must be accomplished to achieve the readiness of the sport venues and also to finalize the business partners for a number of services following the FISU requirements. We all hope that these vacancies will be very soon covered by the Organizing Committee for the success of this national project”, Winter Universiade Director of FISU Milan Augustin told the OC following the results of the visit.
In turn, Asset Abdualiyev, General Director of the Organising Committee on preparation and holding of the Winter Universiade 2017 thanked FISU for the recommendations on the organisation of competitions in Almaty.
“One year is left before the start of the 2017 Winter Universiade in Almaty. Now all government institutions of Kazakhstan are involved in the preparation of the international competitions. There is a Supervisory Board chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister of RK Dariga Nazarbayeva. There is a full support from the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and also from the Almaty City Administration led by the Mayor of Almaty City Bauyrzhan Baibek. We are sure that with the assistance of FISU and assistance of the state agencies, all organisational issues on hosting the 2017 Winter Universiade in Almaty will be solved”, Asset Abdualiyev emphasized.
(Source: Almaty 2017 OC)