EUSA Year Magazine 2023-2024

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February 15, representatives
of EUSA took a working visit to
Braga, the hosting city of the
European Universities Volleyball
Championship in July, to check
up on preparations, visit the
facilities and meet the members
of FADU in their headquarters.

The weekend between the
3-5 of March, in Madeira, few
important FADU events took
place, marking the 33-year
anniversary of the Portugal
University Sports Association.
Among these events, the
Academy of Leaders took place,
starting the program with the
address of the President of the
European University Sports
Association (EUSA), Adam
Roczek, who spoke about the
organization he leads and the
work that EUSA does in the
development of university sport
on a European level. Following
on the program was the ‘Sports
for People with Disabilities”
panel and the round table on
‘The 33 Years of FADU’, which
included André Reis and Filipa
Godinho, former presidents of
FADU, Duarte Lopes and Manuel
Veloso, former Secretary
Generals of FADU, and Fernando
Parente, former Vice-President
of FADU.

On March 23, 2023, in Budapest,
at the University of Physical
Education, in connection with
the European Universities
Games 2024, a meeting
between the Hungarian
University Sports Federation
(MEFS) and the national
associations of the sports
participating in the Games,
took place. The representatives
of the two host universities,
the University of Debrecen
and the University of Miskolc,
gave a detailed presentation
of the sports programs, the
venues and the educational and
cultural aspects of the European
Universities Games 2024.

From April 5 to 7, EUSA
Auditors Liviu Matac and
Hovhannes Gabrielyan met
with EUSA Treasurer Francis

Cirianni and Secretary General

Matjaz Pecovnik in Bucharest,

Romania, for the audit of

the EUSA accounts. On the

occasion of the meeting, EUSA

representatives visited the

Headquarters of the Romanian

Schools and Universities

Sports Federation, a member

of EUSA, where they deeply

discussed the various activities

and forms of cooperation

between the two organizations.

The EUSA representatives

thanked its member federation

for active participation at the

EUSA events, as well as for

promoting the EUSA associated

membership among their

universities.

On the occasion of the

championships, EUSA

representatives Matjaz

Pecovnik, EUSA Secretary

General, Aitor Canibe, EUSA

Vice President and Liviu Matac,

EUSA Auditor, met with Pedro

Mercado Pacheco, Rector of the

University of Granada and Jordi

Mercade Torras, Director of

Sport Centre at the University,

to discuss the possibilities of

eventual next EUSA events to be

organised in Granada. The well

organised EUC Tennis raised the

idea to host an EUSA event also

on the remarkable 500-year

anniversary of University of

Granada; the possibilities and

conditions for organisation were

the main topic of discussion

between EUSA and University of

Granada representatives.

On the occasion of the 2023

World Athletics Championships

in Budapest, European

University Sports Association

(EUSA) on 23rd of August,

President Adam Roczek, met

with representatives of the

Hungarian University Sports

Federation (MESF) and the

International University Sports

Federation (FISU).

The always excellent

cooperation between MEFS –

EUSA and FISU during the last

years became even stronger,

with Hungarian University

Sports Federation being

nowadays one of the most

active Federations in Europe.

Present and future plans

were also discussed, since

Debrecen-Miskolc European

Universities Games 2024 are

fast approaching, and other

international sports bids

are being considered by the

Hungarian federations.