Secretary General, Ms Abosede
Ajayi Chair of EUSA Medical
Commission and Mr Tomasz
Aftanski, representative of
the Organizational Committee
of this year’s European
Universities Games in Lodz,
Poland. Questions about the
experience of an organizational
aspect, important key points,
matters related to challenges,
collaborations, finances,
protocol, and the medical
aspect of organizing the Games,
were some of the many topics
covered through this panel
session.
EUSA Sports Manager, Mr Miha
Žvan and Assistant Sports
Manager Mr Mariano Carcatella,
wrapped up the program of
the first day of the convention,
speaking and presenting
important information and
documents related to the
future European Universities
Championships 2023. Matters
such as key benefits of
organizing EUC, documents
and minimum organizational
requirements, important
aspects, technical and non-
technical matters of inspection
visits, EUC project management,
registrations, and team
structures, were presented and
discussed.The first day of EUSA
Convention was later concluded
with an official dinner, on which
the participants were joined
by two guests, Mr Bogdan
Gabrovec President of the
Slovenian Olympic Committee
and Mr Tomaž Barada Vice-
President of the Slovenian
Olympic Committee.The second part of EUSA
Convention was held on 24
of September, kicking off
with a session devoted to the
registration process of the
upcoming European Universities
Championships 2023 as well as
the accreditation procedure, led
by Mr Marianno Carcatella.In continuation, Mr Andrej Pišl,
EUSA Communications and EU
Project Manager, led a session
on the topic of Visual Identity
and Media, as another important
key aspect of organizing
the European Universities
Championships 2023, before apresentation on EUSA’s Result
Management System, was given
by Mr Marin Furcic, director of
Furki Sport.Another, very important
matter related to the EUC
2023, Volunteers Program was
presented by Ms Marianna
Pikul, Head of Volunteers
Programme for this year’s
European Universities Games
in Lodz, Poland. Ms Pikul spoke
about different aspects of
the volunteers programme,
volunteering areas, promotional
plans, international volunteering
programme, the educational and
social part of the events, as well
as sharing some crucial tips
when it comes to volunteering
recruitment.The participants had the chance
to also hear more on the topic
of Diversity and Inclusion,
presented by Mr Andrej Pisl,
covering governance, media
visibility, participation, as well
as EUSA role and involvement
in Educational events and EU
Projects related to Diversity and
Inclusion.Good practices of the
previous season on the
European Universities
Championships were also
shared by representatives of
the Organizational Committees
of previous championships
in 2019. Sharing on behalf
of the European Universities
Championship in Rowing in
2019, was Ms Mirjam Sipos and
in Combat Sports in 2019, Mr
Nikola Vicentic.Organizers of the European
Universities Championship
in 2023 then presented
their events in two parallel
afternoon sessions, following
which internal meetings and
workshops with the EUSA
Technical Delegates were held.To finalize the last day of the
EUSA Convention 2022, all
participants were also invited
to join the #letsidus #beactive
sports activities, playing
volleyball, basketball, and
badminton, held in a local sports
hall in Kranjska Gora.