2010 FISU Forum Update: Vigo Ready to Host 10th Edition

The last preparations

VIGO – With only two more days left to the Opening Ceremony of the 10th edition of the FISU Forum, Spanish University City Vigo is making the last preparations to welcome delegations from some 70 countries from all over the world to discuss University Sport. This is an absolute record for the tenth anniversary of the Academic pillar of the International University Sport movement.

FISU Director of Educational & Development Services Kolë Gjeloshaj gives some instructions to the OC staffWhile staff and volunteers of the Organizing Committee are ending all preparations at the Caixanova Social Center, a topnotch congress center which will be the main venue for the Forum, accreditation slowly started today June 19th as the first delegations are arriving. However, the majority of participants are expected to arrive tomorrow, while the Opening Ceremony is scheduled for Monday, June 21st.

The main theme of the Forum is ‘University Sport: A Platform for Change’. Four sub-themes will be discussed as well:

‘Development of Strategic Plans in University Sport at the National Level’;

‘Education and Environmental Awareness through University Sport’;

‘Women’s Leadership in University Sport’;

‘University Sport and Academic Recognition’

The complete program can be downloaded at the following link: Program 10th FISU Forum.

About the FISU Forum

Every two years, the Forum is an opportunity for the students and officials from the university sports movement 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.

Christian Pierre, FISU Press Officer

Forum banners are strategically placed throughout the city

An Architectural Masterpiece Right in the Heart of the City

The Caixanova Social Center was officially opened by Their Majesties King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia in June 2003. It is located in the historic Casa Bárcena building, built at the end of the 19th Century by Manuel Bárcena, Count of Torrecedeira. It was designed by the architect Jenaro de la Fuente Domínguez -the first step of his fruitful relation with the city of Vigo- and the style was influenced by the Eclecticism movement. It is a multifunctional building and was designed to be used by both public and private organizations, as well as NGOs, whose activities are in line with the Center’s philosophy.