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| Conference Agenda for 27 April: Day 1 |
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| 10:00 - 10:15 | | Arrival and Registration |
| | 10:15 - 11:30 | | Welcome and Introduction - Taha Barwary, KRG Minister for Sports and Youth
Opening remarks - H.E. Masoud Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region
Opening remarks - Jassim Mohammed Jaafer, Iraq Minister for Youth and Sports. ---
- Dr. Khaled Salih , Adviser to Prime Minister Barzani and expert on the Iraqi constitution
Introduction to the Kurdistan Regional Government Constitution - Azad Pahlavan , Kurdistan Ministry of Sports & Youth
Sport in Kurdistan: where are we now and where do we aspire to be |
| | 11:30 -11:45 | | Coffee Break |
| | 11:45 -13:00 | | Grass Roots: Programmes and Policy - Mark Frost , Sports Council Wales
An overview of grass roots sports programmes in Wales and the implementation of national policy into well co-ordinated programmes on the ground? - Paul Tebay , Youth Sport Trust
Establishing sports leadership programmes in schools in order to engage, inspire and encourage a new generation of youth volunteers and help children develop skills for life - Salah Sarteep and Akram Amin , Kurdish PhD students in Sports Science - Bangor, North Wales
Strategic planning for sport |
| | 13:00 -14:30 | | Lunch and networking |
| | 14:30 - 15:45 | | Grass roots to excellence - Kate Allenby , Olympic Pentathlete
The route to Olympic success and how to establish a specific sporting programme in an individual school - Neil Ward , Welsh Football Trust
Encouraging youth participation in football and developing programmes to help promising players make the transition to regional, national and international competition - Sarah Powell , Sports Council Wales
Creating blanket infrastructure to facilitate the identification of talent and the building of structured coaching networks in order to deliver high performance athletes |
| | 15:45 - 16:00 | | Coffee break |
| | 16:00 - 17:15 | | Achieving Excellence at National and International level - Nebez Kurban, Athlete and coach
Achieving excellence in sport through specialist coaching - Raad Hamudi, Retired Iraqi goal keeper and head of the Iraq Olympic Committee
--- - Goran Petterson , Coach, Referee and Chairman of the Sports Federation in the district of Värmland, Sweden
Importance of building and effectively sustaining regional and national federations |
| | 17:15 - 18:15 | | Breakout sessions: (Delegates should choose the discussion they would like to join)
Grass Roots: Programmes and Policy panel discussion with: Grass roots to excellence panel discussion with: Achieving Excellence at National and International level panel discussion with: - Nebez Kurban , Athlete and Coach
- Goran Petterson , Coach, Referee and Chairman of the Sports Federation in the district of Värmland, Sweden
- Raad Hamudi, Head of the Iraq Olympic Committee and retired Iraqi national team goal keeper
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