European University Sports Association - First 10 years: 1999-2009

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first 10 years

1999-2009 EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY SPORTS ASSOCIATION Continental Federations

On June 11, 2007 in Blumenau, Brazil, national university

sports institutions affiliates of FISU of the American con-

tinent – North, Central and South America – in representa-

tion of 16 different countries, created a non-profit conti-

nental organization called Pan-American University Sports

Organization.

On the basis of the agreement in Blumenau, in August 2007,

23 member countries gathered during the XXIV Universiade

at Bangkok, ratified its Statute and held the first General

Assembly. ODUPA was thus recognized as the appropriate

continental space for permanent interaction and, in turn,

as the adequate tool for coordinating efforts on common

interests, for the development of sports and society, for and

from university students, in the Americas.

Pan-American University Sports Organization

In its spirit, this new supra-regional organization spreads

throughout the Pan-American area, the ideals of university

sports “Friendship, Respect, Intellectual and Moral Solidar-

ity”, in close collaboration with the International University

Sport Federation (FISU) and other Pan-American organiza-

tions, effectively acting as a much needed hub for debat-

ing and agreeing on university sport development policies,

advancing the resulting research and promotion of the

various sports specialties and the training and education

methodologies.