2/10/08

Uruguay to host sports congress


Ministers of Sports from Ibero-American nations and other important figures from the sector will gather in Montevideo on February 11-15 to form active policies.


The announcement was made by Minister of Tourism and Sports of Uruguay, Hector Lescano, as he officially presented the 14th General Assembly of the Ibero-American Council on Sports (CIB).


Lescano said this meeting will be different, not simply limited to signing final declarations which are never translated into functional policies.


"It will be a bright opportunity to strengthen relations of cooperation and activate programs for sports and young people's healthy development," he said.


The CIB General Assembly has the mission to prepare issues to be presented before the next Ibero American Summit of Heads of State and Government to be held in El Salvador this year, with youth and development as central subject.


CIB is an intergovernmental organization, the main objective oif which is to favor the development of sports in Ibero-American countries through cooperation and joint action mechanisms.

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