Development of International Relationships
In the fall of 2006, WSA concluded a partnership with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), through the UN-NGO-IRENE and with AICESIS (the International Association of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions), which has encouraged all of its Economic and Social Councils to support the activities of WSA in their respective countries.
The immediate effect of this partnership was to mobilize an international network of experts in the field of Education, Sports, Physical Education and Leisure.
In September 2006 in New York, this partnership hosted the first expert’s workshop to develop SPEL/MDG training, teaching modules and materials. This workshop was concluded in Rabat, Morocco in May 2007, with a Seminar of Experimentation, and ended by issuing a recommendation to WSA to create a Worldwide Training Center of Excellence SPEL/MDG and its Global National Networks, as it appears in the Rabat Declaration (E/2007/NGO/1).
Since then, WSA has also concluded partnerships of collaboration with the EUPEA (European Physical Education Association), an organization of 1,500,000 Physical Education teachers and trainers from 30 European countries, and with the CONFEJES (International Conference of the Ministers of Youth and Sports of the 42 French Speaking Countries). Both Organizations have pledged to promote and encourage their Member States to join WSA and to adopt its programs.
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