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America President Alim Maluf
Neto, FASU Secretary General
Penninah Kabenge and AUSF
Representative Jin Liu.
The discussion revealed a wide
range of different approaches
and strategies that each
continental organization
is developing to be able to
organize events and activities,
as well as how to tackle future
challenges.
The second panel focused on
the topic of the sustainability
of international and European
university sports events. The
representatives of four different
organizations contributed to
the dialogue – Tarmo Jaakson
from Estonia representing
FISU, Andreas Csonka from
Switzerland representing
EUSA, Peter Juhasz from
Hungary representing MEFS
and Francis Cirianni from Italy
representing FederCUSI. The
panelists highlighted different
starting levels, expectations and
implementation approaches on
how to reduce carbon emissions
and footprint, in order to make
sporting events greener than
they already are.Although the topic of
sustainability is an ever-present
buzz word in business, as well
as sports, educational and
private spheres, the panelists
pointed out different starting
levels, expectations and
approaches on how to reduce
carbon emissions and footprint,
making the sports world and
sports events greener and more
sustainable.Different approaches were
presented, with key outcomes
that we must not forget about
the implementation of the
strategies and plans.Other important general
topics, such as financing, good
governance, inclusion, and
logistic aspects were addressed
and the audience also had the
opportunity to contribute to
the debate with questions and
comments.One of the final conclusions of
the event was that different
approaches and a variety of
strategies are welcome, using
the synergies and respecting the
specifics, eventually leading to
the same goals.After the successful dialogue,
a #BeActive sightseeing tour
of Ephesus followed in the
afternoon, introducing attendees
to the local culture, and giving
them the opportunity to
further discuss the topics in an
informal and social way. The
day concluded with a Gala and
Awards Ceremony, related to
the 2022 season.This year, the annual EUSA-
FISU Strategic Dialogue, as well
as the EUSA General Assembly
were organised by the European
University Sports Association
(EUSA) under the hospitality
of the Türkiye University
Sport Federation (TUSF) and
its president, Mehmet Gunay,
and supported also by the
International University Sports
Federation (FISU).