Swedish Delegation INVITATION FILE 53 rd World Military skiing Championship 23-28 March 2015, Boden Garrison, Sweden CISM Friendship through Sport.
Chief of Delegation to CISM SWEDEN Lt Col Mikael Mineur MHS K SE-107 86 STOCKHOLM - SWEDEN Phone: + 46 8 514 39 901 Fax: + 46 8 514 39 900 Mail: mikael.mineur@mil.se To: International Military Sports Council See Distribution List. Subject: 53 RD WORLD MILITARY SKIING CHAMPIONSHIP 2015 Date: 29/09/2014 The Swedish armed forces will host the 53 RD WORLD MILITARY SKIING CHAMPIONSHIP 2015 The Swedish Delegation to CISM has the great honor of inviting a mission representing the armed forces of your country to participate in the 53 rd World Military Skiing Championship, which will be held in the Garrison of Boden from 23 to 28 March 2015. Colonel Olof Granander President Organizing Committee Chief of Norrbotten Regiment ENCLOSED: - Distribution List - Program - General Information - Annex 1 - Preliminary Agreement - Annex 2a - Final Entry - Annex 2b - Composition of Mission - Annex 2c - Commitment by the Chief of Mission 2/11
1. Distribution List CISM governing bodies President of CISM Official CISM Representative The concerned Continental Vice-President CISM Secretary General The concerned Chief(s) of Liaison Office(s) President and Members of CISM Sport Committee Representatives of the CISM Partners and Sponsors To the Chiefs of Delegation of the CISM Member Countries 01 Afghanistan 02 South Africa 03 Albania, R. 04 Algeria, R.P.D. 05 Germany, F.R. 06 Angola, R. 07 Saudi Arabia, Kingdom 08 Argentina, R. 09 Armenia 10 Austria, R. 11 Azerbaijan 12 Bahrain, Kingdom 13 Bangladesh 14 Barbados 15 Belarus 16 Belgium, Kingdom 17 Benin, R. 18 Bolivia, R. 19 Bosnia-Herzogovina 20 Botswana,R. 21 Brazil, F.R. 22 Bulgaria, R. 23 Burkina Faso 24 Burundi, R. 25 Cameroon, R. 26 Canada 27 Cape Verde, R. 28 Central African R. 29 Chile, R. 30 China, P.R. 31 Colombia 32 Cyprus, R. 33 Congo, R. 34 D. R. of Congo 35 D.P.R. of Korea 36 Korea, R. 37 Ivory Coast, R. 38 Croatia, R. 39 Denmark, Kingdom 40 Djibouti, R. 41 Dominican R. 42 Egypt, Arabic R. 43 United Arab Emirates 44 Ecuador 45 Eritrea 46 Spain, Kingdom 47 Estonia, R. 48 United States of America 49 Finland, R. 50 France, R. 51 Gabon, R. 52 Gambia, R. 53 Georgia, R. 54 Ghana, R. 55 Greece, R. 56 Guatemala, R. 57 Guinea-Bissau, R. 58 Equatorial Guinea, R. 59 Guinea, R. 60 Hungary, R. 61 India, R. 62 Indonesia, R 63 Iran, Islamic R. 64 Iraq 65 Ireland, R. 66 Italy, R. 67 Jamaica 68 Jordan, Hashemite King 69 Kazakstan, R 70 Kenya 71 Kyrgyzstan 72 Kuwait, State 73 Lesotho 74 Latvia 75 Lebanon, R. 76 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 77 Lithuania, R. 78 Luxembourg, G. D. 79 F.Y.R.O.M 80 Madagascar, R 81 Malawi 82 R. Mali, R. 83 Malta 84 Monaco, Principality 85 Morocco, Kingdom 86 Mauritania, Islamic R. 87 Mongolia, State 88 Montenegro 89 Namibia 90 Niger, R. 91 Nigeria, Federal R. 92 Norway, Kingdom 93 Oman, Sultanate 94 Uganda, R. 95 Uzbekistan 96 Pakistan, Islamic R. 97 Palestine 98 Paraguay, R. 99 Netherlands, Kingdom 100 Peru, R. 101 Philippines 102 Poland, R. 103 Portugal, R 104 Qatar, State 105 Romania 106 Russia, F. 107 Rwanda, R. 108 Senegal, R. 109 Serbia 110 Sierra Leone, R. 111 Slovakia, R. 112 Slovenia, R. 113 Sudan, R. 114 Sri Lanka, R. 115 Sweden, Kingdom 116 Switzerland, Confed. 117 Suriname, R 118 Swaziland, Kingdom 119 Syrian Arab R. 120 Tanzania, United R. 121 Chad, R. 122 Czech Rep. 123 Thailand, Kingdom 124 Togo, R. 125 Trinidad & Tobago 126 Tunisia, R. 127 Turkey, R. 128 Ukraine 129 Uruguay, Eastern R. 130 Venezuela, R. 131 Vietnam, R 132 Yemen, R. 133 Zambia, R. 134 Zimbabwe, R. 3/11
2. General Program of the Championship Monday 23 th March -Arrival of the Participants Tuesday 24 th March - Preliminary Meeting - Training - Cross country Team sprint (Women and Men) - Opening Ceremony Wednesday 25 th March - Giant slalom (Women and Men) - Ski orienteering middle distance (Women and Men) - 7,5 km Biathlon (Women) - 10 km Biathlon (Men) Thursday 26 th March - Slalom (Women and Men) - 10 km Cross country (Women) - 15 km Cross country (Men) - Ski orienteering Mix Team sprint Friday 27 th March - 15 km Patrol (Women) - 20 km Patrol (Men) - Closing Ceremony and Banquet Saturday 28 th March - Departures of all participants. 3. Composition of the Mission A mission for obligatory disciplines will include a total of 37 persons divided as follows: - a chief of mission - a team captain - three (3) coaches - one ad libitum - four (4) Biathlon male competitors - four (4) Alpine male competitors - four (4) Cross Country male competitors - four (4) Biathlon female competitors - four (4) Alpine female competitors - four (4) Cross Country female competitors - one coach (1) for ski orienteering - three (3) Ski orienteering male competitors - three (3) Ski orienteering female competitors 4/11
4. Access to the Location of the Competition. The Championship is hosted by the Army Forces. Norrbotten regiment is responsible for the practical arrangements. The Garrison of Boden is situated 40 km north of Luleå and Luleå airport. The missions are responsible for travel expenses to and from Sweden, Luleå or Boden. The participating missions are requested to arrive at the Luleå airport or Boden railway station. Those teams who arrive by military Plane, also can use Luleå airport. The organizer is responsible for local transportation in Sweden. 5. Conditions of Stay During their stay in Sweden the missions will be the guests of the Swedish Armed Forces from 23 to 28 March 2015. Organizer will not accept earlier arrivals or late departures. Normal board and lodging is at the expense of the organizer. Team captain, coaches, ad libitum and competitors will be accommodated in barracks of the garrison area. Chief of Mission and CISM representatives will be accommodated in hotel rooms. Possible extra persons will be not accredited to the garrison area. Extra expenses must be paid by the consumers. Biathlon, Cross country and Ski orienteering will take place about 5 km from garrison in the Pagla Ski Centre and Alpine competitions about 40 km from garrison in the Storklinten Ski Centre. 6. Regulations of the Championship. The competitions will be governed by CISM regulations: - CISM Regulations Edition 2012 Can be downloaded from CISM Homepage http://www.cism-milsport.org - CISM Specific Regulations for Skiing, Edition 2014 - CISM Anti-doping Regulations. 7. Anti-doping - Anti-Doping tests will be performed in accordance with the CISM Regulations Chapter IX, the CISM Anti-Doping Rules, CISM Ski Regulations, the concerned CISM Sports Regulations, the concerned International Federation Rules; and all the WADA rules, mainly the World Anti-Doping Code, and the International Standard for Testing. - The number of tests and which athletes to be tested shall be determined by the CISM Anti-Doping Commission, following the concerned CISM Sports Regulations. - In case an athlete has a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE), the athlete s Delegation should send this TUE to the CISM GS until 30 days before the Opening Ceremony in order to get an approval to this athlete participate of the event. 5/11
8. Uniforms The participating missions are permitted and obliged to be in uniform during the stay on the scheduled occasions like in the opening and closing ceremony. We will kindly request that your delegations will bring one (1) national flag and anthem on CD or in a memory stick. The anthem can be sent to organizer by email in mp3 format. 9. Customs and Visa Procedures For information on passports and visas for entry into Sweden, please contact the Swedish Embassy in your country. For information about the rules of declaring weapons in to Sweden look at the homepage www.mil.se/wmsc2015 10. Weather Conditions Average weather conditions in March in Boden: - Temperature: -2.4 - -11.4 o C, 11. Registration Forms Deadlines. We kindly request you to use internet registration. You will find the electric forms and guidance information to registration at www.mil.se/wmsc2015. If you are not able to use electric registration, it is allowed to send forms by e-mail or fax. Preliminary Agreement, Annex 1. before 22 December 2014 Final Entry with Composition of Mission and Commitment by the Chief of Mission, Annex 2 a, b and c before 22. February 2015 12. Correspondence All official mail concerning the competition should be sent to: 53rd World Military Skiing Championship Norrbotten Regiment P.O. Box 9105 SE-961 19 Boden - SWEDEN Fax: +46921 34 86 98 E-mail: wmsc2015@mil.se During the game it s the same address. The visiting address in Boden: Norrbottensvägen 3 6/11
Correspondence persons: International Military Sports Council 53rd World Military Skiing Championship Deputy chairman, Frans Wickbom Norrbotten Regiment P.O. Box 9105 SE-961 19 Boden - SWEDEN Tel: +4670 395 49 30 E-mail: frans.wickbom@mil.se 53rd World Military Skiing Championship Secretary General, Mats Johansson Artillery Regiment P.O. Box 9113 SE-961 19 Boden - SWEDEN Tel: +4670 593 36 58 E-mail: mats.johansson@mil.se The organizer will publish the websites by September 2014 at www.mil.se/wmsc2015 7/11
ANNEX 1 PRELIMINARY AGREEMENT To be returned before 22 December 2014 to 53rd World Military Skiing Championship Norrbotten Regiment P.O. Box 9105 SE-961 19 Boden - SWEDEN Fax: +46921 34 86 98 E-mail: wmsc2015@mil.se NATION : TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: Officials Athletes Athletes Athletes Athletes CSC members Total Alpine X-country Biathlon Ski-O Men Women Total MEANS OF TRANSPORT : DATE: Rank/Name Your Phone Contact Fax E-Mail : SIGNATURE OF CHIEF OF DELEGATION RANK/NAME: 8/11
ANNEX 2a FINAL ENTRY To be returned before 22 February 2015 to 53rd World Military Skiing Championship Norrbotten Regiment P.O. Box 9105 SE-961 19 Boden - SWEDEN Fax: +46921 34 86 98 E-mail: wmsc2015@mil.se NATION : 1. Travel Information PLACE DATE FLIGHT Nr TRAIN Nr TIME ARRIVAL DEPARTURE 2. Composition of Mission a) Officials FUNCTION RANK SURNAME FIRST NAME Chief of Mission Team Captain Coach Coach Coach Coach Ad libitum Your Contact Rank/Name Phone Fax E-Mail 9/11
b) Competitors ANNEX 2b Function and gender Rank Surname First name Biathlon male Biathlon male Biathlon male Biathlon male Cross Country male Cross Country male Cross Country male Cross Country male Alpine male Alpine male Alpine male Alpine male Biathlon female Biathlon female Biathlon female Biathlon female Cross Country female Cross Country female Cross Country female Cross Country female Alpine female Alpine female Alpine female Alpine female Ski orienteering male Ski orienteering male Ski orienteering male Ski orienteering female Ski orienteering female Ski orienteering female Model and total number of ammunition In strict compliance with applicable CISM Regulations (Chapter VII, Art. 7.22) I, the undersigned Chief of Delegation, hereby officially confirm that all athletes representing my nation in the CISM event are on active duty in my nation s Armed Forces. I understand that sanctions may be imposed against my nation, my mission, my team, individual athletes, or myself for violation of this provision (CISM Regulations, Chapter I, Art. 1.12). DATE: : SIGNATURE OF CHIEF OF DELEGATION RANK/NAME: 10/11
ANNEX 2c FINAL ENTRY - COMMITMENT BY THE CHIEF OF MISSION NATION : The undersigned, Chief of Mission declare that he has read the Article 7.30. of CISM Regulations and moreover understood the following prescriptions: A. Chief of Mission 1. Chiefs of Mission shall be familiar with CISM regulations. 2. Missions must not only participate or be present at sports events, they are also required to participate in information conferences on CISM, study days, commemorative and cultural events and ceremonies organized by the host nation. B. Conduct of a mission 1. The Chief of Mission is responsible for the behavior of his team in sports and general discipline. He shall ensure that members of his mission respect the rules and directives prescribed by CISM and organizers of the championship. The respect of schedules is particularly important as they form the basis for the effective conduct of competitions and ceremonies. Instances of indiscipline or poor sportsmanship will be handled by Championship officials and may result in the disqualification of individual athletes or teams. 2. The Chief of Mission shall also enforce the rules concerning behavior and dress during the ceremonies. He plays an important role in promoting the CISM spirit among his mission, a spirit represented by friendly attitude towards other missions, courtesy towards organizers and fair-play in competition. The mission, who does not wear military uniforms during the opening ceremony of a Championship, will not be authorised to take part in the Championship. The Official CISM Representative will communicate this decision. 3. In conformity with the Statutes and traditions of CISM, any political or religious action during a CISM event, in particular the dissemination of propaganda documents, pictures, brochures, reviews, etc, is strictly forbidden. Any contravention shall result in the exclusion of the mission from further competitions. DATE: : SIGNATURE OF CHIEF OF MISSION RANK/NAME: 11/11