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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, February 10, 2022 - The
FIVB Development Commission met today to discuss
various ways of supporting all 222 of the FIVB’s
National Federations around the world.
Today’s meeting was held in a hybrid format,
with the President and Secretary of the
Commission joining from the FIVB Headquarters in
Lausanne, Switzerland.
The Commission discussed the impact of the FIVB
development support provided to National
Federations since 2017, as well as future plans
to help elevate the sport to the next level.
The Commission President, Mushtaque Mohammed,
joined FIVB President Dr Ary S. Graça F° in
expressing his commitment to the FIVB
Development and Empowerment Commissions working
closely together for the benefit of the sport
and National Federations.
During the Commission meeting, the FIVB
President said:
“It is important for me to repeat that I
strongly believe that the money that comes from
the sport must be reinvested back into the
sport. Since 2017, a total of 480 projects from
222 National Federations from all five
Continental Confederations were approved by the
FIVB with a total investment of 11 million USD.
“Allow me to provide a breakdown of these 480
approved projects: for coach support, 189
projects were approved with an investment of
over 6.5 million USD. For volleyball equipment,
there were 256 projects with more than 4 million
USD invested.
“And finally, for knowledge transfer programmes,
35 projects were approved, totalling an
investment of around 200,000 USD. All five
continents were supported with 159 projects in
Africa, 135 in Asia, 99 in Europe, 63 in NORCECA
and 24 in South America. On top of this, we also
support National Federations with their
applications for additional support via Olympic
Solidarity.”
All 222 National Federations can apply for coach
support, equipment support and knowledge
transfer programmes. In addition, the FIVB
listened to the feedback of its National
Federations and last year opened the
applications process to 365 days a year
throughout four application windows. During the
first and second windows of application, the
FIVB received 55 development projects.
Of these, 50 projects have already been
approved: 24 coach support projects, 25
volleyball equipment projects and 1 knowledge
transfer project. Additionally, there are 29
ongoing coach projects from 2020 that were
suspended because of COVID-19 and are now
resuming.
The last FIVB Commission meetings will conclude
on 11 February with the Volleyball Council
meeting. |
