Venezuela: Ibero-American Summit on Sports and Recreation for Disabled Persons, November 2004

Lenín Molina Peñaloza, President of the Ibero-American Network of Organizations of Persons with Disabilities and Eduardo Álvarez, President of the National Institute of Sports of Venezuela, announced the upcoming First Ibero-American Summit on Sports and Recreation as part of the Ibero-American Year of Persons with Disabilities.

This announcement was made June 11, on the Island of Margarita, during the celebration of the IV American Summit on Sports, inaugurated by the Minister of Education and Sports of Venezuela. Ministers, vice ministers, and presidents of the institutes of sports of America and the Caribbean participated.

This event has been programmed pursuant to the United Nations Standard Rules on Equal Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities, and to the policies of the Ibero-American Network of Organizations of Persons with Disabilities and the National Institute of Sports of Venezuela.

The First Ibero-American Summit on Sports and Recreation for Persons with Disabilities, will take place November 21 through 28 at the facilities of the Latin American Sports Foundation and the National Institute of Sports, Villa Bolivariana de Barquisimento, Lara, in the western part of Venezuela..

This First Summit is being organized into three sections: Section on Sports and Recreation Associations of Persons with Disabilities; an Academic Section with six seminars; and a Competition Section.

Among the activities planned: Ibero-American Gathering of Sports and Recreation of Persons with Disabilities, an Open Latin American Championship, and six Ibero-American Seminars.

These seminars will cover the Sporst Classification for Athletes with Cerebral Palsy, Blind, Intellectual Disabilities, Physical and Motor Disabilities; New Trends in Psycho and Motor Components of Sports; and Athletics and Basketball for girls and boys with intellectual disabilities. There will be presentations by experts from Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, Argentina, and Venezuela.

For more information, email ahiquel@latinmail.com or margott@intercable.net.ve

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