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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, March 16,
2022 – The Development Commission of NORCECA
held its annual meeting on Wednesday evening
with the virtual attendance of the presidents of
the different zonal associations and members of
the commission.
The meeting was presided over by both Cristobal
Marte Hoffiz, president of NORCECA and Mushtaque
Mohammaed, president the NORCECA and FIVB
Development Commissions. The presidents of the
zonal associations are Mushtaque (CAZOVA), Glenn
Quinlan (ECVA), Felix Sabio (AFECAVOL) and Mark
Eckert (NCVA).
Marte Hoffiz had an active participation
commenting on the development program since he
took over the presidency of NORCECA, especially
since 2009 when it started.
During his participation, Mushtaque emphasized
on the need for sustainability and the
management of the National Federations and the
purpose is to assist them in the next four years
in providing assistance to improve these
aspects.
He indicated that in this way little by little
the National Federations are going to depend
less on the assistance of local governments and
more on corporate sponsors and commercial
companies.
Another development plan will be an online
English course to which players, coaches and
especially referees will have access since we
have very good ones who cannot progress in the
FIVB due to lack of language proficiency.
He also explained the way the FIVB Development
Program operates and how to access to that
assistance as well as to the Olympic Solidarity
funds.
Marte Hoffiz said NORCECA has to implement
guidelines to all National Federations in order
to make sure they follow all the necessary steps
to apply for the Solidarity programs through
their National Olympic Committees.
Mark Eckert explained the functioning of the
FIVB Empowerment Commission whose programs are
available to National Federations of all
categories. He also referred to special
assistance and gave as an example the case of
France, which is receiving assistance in Beach
Volleyball because they will host the 2024
Olympic Games.
Coach Trevor Theroulde commented on his
experience working in Cayman Island and Bermuda
with youth and junior categories and how the
number of players have increased. He also has
organized domestic courses with local coaches
who can continue with the programs.
Coach Augusto Sabbatini made a complete report
of his participation Suriname, Antigua and St
Lucia. In Suriname he worked with volleyball
teams and in Antigua and St Lucia he focused on
beach volleyball.
Caoch Francisco Cruz reported on his experiences
teaching in St Vincent and in Anguilla. In St
Vincent he worked with the men’s team two
sessions a day and they were able to win a zonal
tournament. In Anguilla he was surprised with
the good conditions he found out.
The presidents of the different Zonal
Associations also commented on the development
programs carried out within their respective
regions.
Professor Nelson Ramírez presented a detailed
report of all the virtual courses offered by the
NORCECA/FIVB Volleyball Development Center in
the Dominican Republic. |
