from Sweden, approved the annual report
and activity plan and among others,
decided to establish a Student Commis-
sion in order to enhance the participation
of students.
EUSA’s Executive Committee met on four
occasions across 2002 in Edinburgh, Tartu,
Pontresina and Athens. Among others, the
board agreed to form a system of ranking
countries to recognise the participa-
tion and results of participants in EUSA
Championships.
Towards the end of 2003, EUSA’s 5th
General Assembly was organised by the
Slovenian University Sports Association in
Ljubljana, Slovenia. The Assembly, chaired
by Mr Leonz Eder from Switzerland, decid-
ed to modify the Statutes and increase the
number of Executive Committee Members
from 9 to 11.
During the General Assembly the Seminar
“University Sport and the European Union”
was organised for the delegates. The
seminar gave the opportunity to discuss
the future involvement of EUSA in the
sports policy of the European Union. A
special focus was given to promising
funds of the European Union for University
Sports activities.
In 2003 the Executive Committee met
for four regular meetings in Belgrade,
Stockholm, Innsbruck and Ljubljana, while
an extraordinary meeting was held during
the Winter Universiade in Tarvisio. Among
other points, the Committee adjusted the
regulations and hosting guidelines for the
European University Championships while,
in accordance with the decision of the
previous General Assembly, the Student
Commission was formed. The Student
Commission then identified a number of
areas in which it could support the activi-
ties of EUSA, including networking, online
promotion, symposium and promotion of
EUSA events.The 2004 Annual General Assembly was
held in Nottingham, United Kingdom. The
Assembly, chaired by Mr. Malcolm Brown
from United Kingdom, adopted a series of
amendments of the Statutes. Nottingham
also hosted the Seminar “The Tracking
of Young Sportsmen and Women from
School to University”. By means of the
Conference representatives from various
European Nations were afforded the op-
portunity of learning good practices in dif-
ferent countries. The introduction of such
good practices helped in the development
of stable working partnerships between
school sport and University sport sectors.In October, the FISU “Challenge 21 Work-
ing Group” invited all continental and
regional university sports organisations to
a meeting in Brussels to discuss the inten-
tions and expectations both of FISU and
the organisations.Wroclaw, Paralimni, Belgrade and Notting-
ham were the venues of the year’s Execu-
tive Committee Meetings. The Executive
Committee spent some time reviewing
the administrative support levels, office
location, the management of succession
planning for the presidency, the composi-
tion and term of the board together with a
review of the existing regulations and con-
sequently, the proposals to the General
Assembly were prepared.The 2005 Annual General Assembly was
held in Wroclaw, Poland. The delegates
approved the annual and financial reports
of the Executive Committee and the activ-
ity programme and the budget for 2006,
while the Standing Orders for conducting
the General Assembly were also adopted.
A new Executive Committee for the period
2005-2007 was also elected, with General
Assembly Chairman Mr Roch Campana
from Belgium announcing that Mr Alberto
Gualtieri from Italy had been elected as
the new EUSA President.