Prof. Dr. Zubaidullo UBAIDULLOEV Associate Professor, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba REPORT of the business trip to Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation on July 12-17, 2017 and participation at the UNESCO s Sixth International Conference of Ministers and Senior Officials Responsible for Physical Education. Introduction From July 12 to July 17, 2017 I visited Kazan, the capital city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russian Federation. The purpose of my trip was to attend the Sixth International Conference of Ministers and Senior Officials Responsible for Physical Education organized by UNESCO. I was invited officially by UNESCO as the member of Expert Group. Kazan is the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, third capital of Russia. Kazan is one of the largest economic, scientific and cultural centers in the Russian Federation. It is in the European part of Russia, 820 km to the east of Moscow. Kazan is a diverse city, where about 1.2 million people representatives of more than 100 nationalities live in Kazan in the atmosphere of cultural, religious and linguistic diversity. The city celebrated its 1,000th anniversary in 2005. Kazan was recognized as the Sports Capital of Russia in 2009. Kazan has become a well recognizable city on the international sporting scene and an attractive place for hosting sporting events of all levels. It successfully hosted the 27 th Summer Universiade in 2013 and the 16 th FINA World Championships in 2015. Kazan, together with Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Sochi, hosted matches of the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2017. And it is in the list of 11 Russian cities 1
for hosting matches of the FIFA World Cup in 2018. In February 2016, UNESCO selected Kazan as the host city for the Sixth International Conference of Ministers and Senior Officials Responsible for Physical Education. MINEPS VI About 700 delegates, including Ministers, Heads and representatives of sports-related ministries and authorities from more than 100 member states of UNESCO, as well as representatives of international sports organizations joined the event. I met and spoke with the Ministers, Heads and representatives of sports-related ministries and authorities from Afghanistan, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, Kyrgyz Republic, Republic of Korea, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Myanmar, Oman, Sri Lanka, Tatarstan (Russian Federation), Thailand, Tuvalu, Vietnam, Uganda, Uzbekistan and as well as the representatives of international sport organizations, such as African Union Sports Council Region 5, ICM UNESCO, ICSSPE, TAFISA, 29 th Winter Universiade Krasnoyarsk 2019, Children of Asia Games International Committee, International Belt Wrestling Association, International Sports Summit 2017, FIVB, UIPM, Peace and Sport, Sport Matters, World Martial Arts Masterships Committee, etc. I introduced TIAS, University of Tsukuba and Sport for Tomorrow (SFT) Programme of the Japanese Government to all people I met and spoke with. I presented the set of materials including TIAS, University of Tsukuba and SFT brochures to most of those people I met. Also, I spoke briefly at the Plenary session Maximizing the contributions of sport to sustainable development and peace and introduced TIAS, University of Tsukuba and SFT in my brief speech. There were about 600 delegates in the hall during my speech. Also, I was invited and gave an interview to the International Belt Wrestling Association s press center. The Kazan Action Plan was unanimously adopted by the delegates of MINEPS VI. This Plan focuses on three themes: measures to promote wider access to sport for population, increase of sport's significance worldwide, as well as protection and propaganda of the integrity of sport. At the end of MINEPS VI, a press conference was held, which summarized the results of the Sixth International Conference of Ministers and Senior Officials Responsible for Physical Education. Nada Al-Nashif, UNESCO s Assistant Director- General for Social and Human Sciences, Pavel Kolobkov, Minister of Sport of the Russian Federation and President of MINEPS, and Gert C. Oosthuizen, Chairperson of the Intergovernmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport (CIGEPS) joined the press conference. Some photos from this business trip: 2
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Prof. Dr. Zubaidullo UBAIDULLOEV speaking at the conference MINEPS VI. 4
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Prof. Dr. Zubaidullo UBAIDULLOEV at the corner of Sport for Tomorrow (SFT) at MINEPS VI. 6
Prof. Dr. Zubaidullo UBAIDULLOEV with Afghanistan s sport minister and his delegation. Prof. Dr. Zubaidullo UBAIDULLOEV with the sport minister of Uganda. 7
Prof. Dr. Zubaidullo UBAIDULLOEV with the State Secretary of Youth Affairs, Physical Culture and Sport under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic. Prof. Dr. Zubaidullo UBAIDULLOEV with Minister of Tourism and Sports of Thailand. 8
Prof. Dr. Zubaidullo UBAIDULLOEV with Rector (President) of Volga Region State Academy of Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism. Prof. Dr. Zubaidullo UBAIDULLOEV with sport minister of Colombia. 9
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This report is prepared and written by: Prof. Dr. Zubaidullo UBAIDULLOEV Associate Professor, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba 24 July 2017 11