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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, March 22, 2022 / FIVB
President Dr Ary S. Graça F° yesterday opened
the FIVB Board of Administration meeting where
he stressed the importance of unity within the
Volleyball Family to ensure the growth of
volleyball worldwide.
In his opening address, the FIVB President
stressed the importance of working as a united
team:
“We must remember that, together, we are worth
much more than the sum of our parts. And we must
try our best to apply new ways of thinking and
innovation to volleyball worldwide to help
elevate our sport to even greater heights.
Because by working as one united family, we can
ensure a lasting legacy for volleyball and beach
volleyball!”
In addition, he pointed to the tireless efforts
of the FIVB over the past few years to pursue
all opportunities that could benefit the sport,
stating:
“We worked tirelessly to secure our partnership
with CVC Capital Partners and launch Volleyball
World, to deliver safe and secure events during
the pandemic, and to support our National
Federations through Volleyball Empowerment and
development projects.
“Since 2017, the FIVB has approved 509 projects
from 222 National Federations from all five
Continental Confederations, which totals an
investment of 12 million USD. Of these 509
projects, 204 were coach support projects in 111
countries, 269 were volleyball equipment
projects for 123 countries and 36 were knowledge
transfer programmes. This is an incredible
amount of support provided to the global
Volleyball Family, and we will continue to
reinvest the money that comes from the sport
back into the sport.”
A number of key topics were also discussed
during the meeting, including updates on
Volleyball World, the FIVB Commissions and
various events such as the brand-new Volleyball
World Beach Pro Tour, the Volleyball Nations
League 2022, the Beach Volleyball World
Championships 2022 and the men’s and women’s
editions of this year’s Volleyball World
Championships. |
