Also this year the joint venture with CSIT (International Workers' Sports Confederation) continues with the aim of encouraging, coordinating and promoting the development of the sporting ideal and its moral and cultural values in all Countries where CSIT is present by spreading the knowledge and the principles of our Movement. The Panathlon-CSIT Award gives all CSIT Member Unions a chance to nominate candidates, who have distinguished themselves in upholding the ethical and cultural values of sport.
By awarding this prize, the organizers wish to acknowledge, reward and celebrate those who have honoured and advocated such fundamental principles through their example and their actions. The nominations will be examined by the International Board of PI, which will choose who will receive this important award in 2025.
The previous awards were given to the Honorary President of CSIT, Prof. Kalevi Olin, and to Avi Sagi, both awarded during the past CSIT World Games closing ceremonies by PI past-President Pierre Zappelli.
The Panathlon International - CSIT World Sports Games 2025 Prize will be awarded at the World Sports Games 2025 in Loutraki, Greece.
The “SPORT MOVIES & TV 2024” represents the global culmination of film, television and sports culture.
This prestigious event, organised by the FICTS, saw the final of 20 Festivals (on 5 continents) of the International Circuit ‘World FICTS Challenge’, inspired by the powerful slogan ‘FICTS is Culture through Sport - Olympic Emotion’ and took place in Milan from 5 to 9 November (link: linktr.ee/fictsfederation).
The Festival was presented as part of the Milan Cortina 2026 Cultural Olympiad, a multidisciplinary, plural and widespread programme to promote Olympic and Paralympic values through culture, heritage and sport.
During the final day the President of Panathlon International Giorgio Chinellato intervened bringing the greetings of our Movement and underlining the strong collaboration that, for several years, has been born with FICTS and the projects carried out with our Foundation PI-D.Chiesa, with the primary objective to promote actions aimed at the development of ethics in sport.
A good day for sports culture.
It's like when there is fog and our eyes struggle to see our surroundings clearly: and amid this snow-white expanse, we lost Matilde.
A death on the job, what she loved to do, a tragedy that seems absurd to touch a young athlete. Yet, the work of the sportsman has all kinds of fatal cases and probably thousands of protocols would not be enough to avoid them.
She was young and beautiful, and her smile that we knew from the photos overwhelms us along with the incredulity of what happened. We avoid giving importance to the where and how, better to understand the why. We need a response to family, to young people, to sport.
Nothing is worse than a father or mother surviving their daughters and sons. The death of Simoncelli, who fell on a motorcycling track, a sport that, like others, is not immune to danger, comes to mind.
And it is the father who remembers him and makes it a reason for human endurance in the face of a pain that is impossible to somatise. This is certainly also the case for Matilde's family.
If to her we address an emotional thought and a heartfelt prayer, to her relatives we dedicate the most fraternal embrace possible.
Of her we do not care to know her sporting palmares and the prospects that awaited her.
Too strong is the pain that comes with an axiom: you cannot die at 19 years.
Bye Matilde,
An online meeting of the PI President's Committee was held last Oct. 18, to discuss various topics, including the new budgets for the 2025/2026 biennium and a new membership fees proposal, drafted in accordance with what emerged at the General Assembly in Agrigento. The budgets and new fees will be the subject of discussion and deliberation by the International Board to be held on October 30 to illustrate them to the Clubs, District Presidents and Governors. The meeting also considered how to organize the Extraordinary General Assembly to be held next December 14, for the first time held “online”.
It was also discussed the need to schedule a meeting with the IOC to present and develop projects and new synergies with the Olympic Committee. Furthermore, it was confirmed the presence of President Giorgio Chinellato in the Sportaccord IF Forum of Lausanne, an event of great importance in the international sports scene.
Alongside the discussions about the PI Clubs and Areas, the CdP learned favourably of an interesting collaboration with the University of Leuven aimed at promoting the ethical values of sport among young students. The meeting ended positively and with a strong sense of cooperation, optimism and determination for the future of the association.
The SportAccord Forum, held in Lausanne October 21-23, was an opportunity to bring together the members of AIOS Association of International Organisations for Sport of which PI is a member.
Present for Panathlon International were: President, Giorgio Chinellato, Past President Pierre Zappelli, along with President Bruno Molea, Valeria Gherardini and Wolfgang Burghardt (CSIT), Martin Isaksson and Bradley Sandler (FICS - Federation Internationale de chiropratique du sport).
During the meeting there was a discussion about the next possible members of Aios and the role of Aios in SportAccord, following the resolution taken by Gaisf regarding its decision on the possible entry of Aios into SportAccord as an observer.
The entry of grassroots sport and organisations that do not practice élite sport in SportAccord would be an important recognition of the work of those who struggle every day to promote sport as a tool for healthy lifestyle and education.
EFPM - On October 23, 2024, the Conference entitled: "Fair Play Education to overcome Violence, Bullying and Cheating in Sport" of the European Fair Play Movement will be held in Mardin, Turkey.
OCTOBER 21-24, 2024, MARDİN, TURKİYE
OCTOBER 23– CONGRESS -
Date/time Event / activity Place Notes
08:30 – 09:30 Registration of the participants - WELCOME Ramada hotel
CONGRESS MORNING SESSION Ramada hotel
09:30 – 10:00 CONGRESS OPENING SPEECHES
• Mr. Mehmet Samsa,
• Mr. İbrahim Özcoşar, Rector of Mardin Artuklu University
• Mr. Erdoğan Arıpınar, Chairman of the TFPC
• Mr. PHILIPPE HOUSIAUX, President of EFPM
• Mr.Tuncay Akkoyun, Governor of Mardin
10:00 – 10:05 Framing the congress
Thierry Zintz, Chair of the Congress
10:05 – 11:05 I. - Thematic session 1 - 60 minutes (face-to-face and online) - Fair Play Education to overcome Violence, Bullying and Cheating in Sport
Gülşah Akkaya– 30 minutes
Fatih Kuşçu (10 minutes)
In presence and online Q&A (questions to be introduced in the congress chat) – 10 minutes
11:05 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 12:00 Book Coubertin
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 14:00 II. Thematic session 2 - 60 minutes (face-to-face and online) - Universality of the Peace through Sport approach: the significance of sport diplomacy
second academic speaker (potentially Thierry Zintz, as agreed with Philippe Housiaux) oral presentation – 30 minutes
Esra Gümüş Kırıcı (10 minutes)
In presence and online Q&A (questions to be introduced in the congress chat) – 10 minutes
14:00 – 15:00
III. Round table (face-to-face and online) - 40 minutes
Bring together academic speakers and experts to discuss specific topics.
Participants can ask questions live or via the online platform.
15:00 – 15:20 IV. Closing session (in person and online) – 20 minutes
Summary of conference highlights.
Thanks to speakers and participants.
Announcement of next steps.
SportAccord will welcome both established and new partners to this year’s IF Forum, taking place from 21-23 October 2024 under the theme “Ensuring Your IF is Match Fit and Future Ready.”
The International President Giorgio Chinellato and Past President Pierre Zappelli will be present on behalf of Panathlon International.
On 25 September, the General Secretariat participated, online, in the third webinar organised by the IOC to address Good Governance issues.
The objective of these quarterly webinars is to explain and define the steps to be implemented to achieve basic levels of good governance in sports organisations. These sessions allow participants to exchange good practices, share their common challenges and benefit from the support provided by the IOC's Ethics and Compliance team through some quick actions and practical examples developed by the International Partnership Against Corruption in Sport (IPACS).
After the topics addressed in March and June on "Transparency-controls- budgets" and "Integrity", this was the turn of “Democracy" with all its implications related to leadership elections, equal opportunities and conflicts of interest.
These opportunities allow Panathlon International, as an association recognized by the IOC, to be updated on ethical issues in accordance with the Recommendations of the Olympic Agenda 2020+5 and in synergy with the implementation of the IOC Code of Ethics, adopted, in part, by the PI General Assembly held in Agrigento last June.
Dear Friends,
an emotional edition of the Paris Games ended a few days ago.
We know that, in various ways, there was an important and significant presence of Panathletes.
On behalf of the whole Panathletic family I want to extend my warmest congratulations to all athletes, technicians, managers and volunteers belonging to Panathlon Clubs, who have directly or indirectly participated in this edition of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
For the first time since the pandemic, the world of sport met again, bearing witness to its resilience as well as its ability to break down social barriers.
We are proud that our Panathletes were also able to live this experience, sharing our values in the world's greatest sporting event, which, even with its contradictions and difficulties, has always been the scene of the highest sporting gestures that make us experience great emotions.
I wish you all the best in your activities, always following our motto: the path of sport that unites us!
I hope to meet you at the upcoming Winter Games in Milan-Cortina.
Congratulations and ad Maiora!
Seven candidates will compete in the election for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the 143rd IOC Session held from 18 to 21 March 2025 in Greece.
The candidates (in alphabetical order):
HRH Prince Feisal AL HUSSEIN
Lord Sebastian COE
Mrs Kirsty COVENTRY
Mr Johan ELIASCH
Mr David LAPPARTIENT
Mr Juan Antonio SAMARANCH
Mr Morinari WATANABE
officially announced their candidacies by the deadline of midnight on 15 September 2024.
The candidates will present their programmes, in camera, to the full IOC membership on the occasion of a meeting to be held in Lausanne (Switzerland) in January 2025.
More information on the election of the next IOC President, including the directives and applicable rules, can be found on the dedicated page of the IOC website
fonte IOC