?Preparations are in full swing for the 56th ICHPER.SD Anniversary World Congress and Exposition, which will be held in the Kingdom of Bahrain from December 18 to 20.
The three-day congress is organized by the Bahrain Olympic Committee in cooperation with the International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sports and Dance (ICHPER.SD) and the University of Bahrain.
The Executive Committee, headed by BOC general secretary Abdulrahman Askar, held its regular meeting to follow up the committee’s progress to prepare for this first-of-its-kind event in Bahrain.
During the meeting, which was also attended by International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, Askar was briefed in details on the arrangements made by the standing committees, including the Media Committee, marketing committee, side activities committee, public relations committee, ,IT committee, transports committee, financial committee, coordination and follow-up committee.
Media Committee head Hasan Ali presented the latest media newsletter and radio advertisements, issued by his panel, while activities committee head Seema Al Kharraz spoke about the opening ceremony arrangements as well as the side activities that will take place on the sidelines of the event.
On his part, IT committee head Nawaf Abdulrahman made a presentation on his marketing plan on social networks, while transports committee head Hamad Al Baker reviewed the needs of his panel in order to ensure transports for the congress guests.
The main slogan of the congress is ‘Towards Building a New Sport System’, and will feature six workshops – women’s sport, sport for all, partnership and marketing, fitness, the Olympic movement, science and sports performance.
Some of the congress objectives is to promote active lifestyle and how important it is related to personal, physical and mental health and also promote general physical activities in the Kingdom.
The congress is in compliance with the directives of Supreme Council for Youth and Sports chairman and BOC president Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, in an attempt to link science with sport.