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I.S.S.F-AISGOC

3rd Supervision and Coordination Meeting

The 3rd Supervision and Coordination meeting

took place between the I.S.S.F General Secretariat

and the Azerbaijan Islamic Solidarity Games

Operations Committee (AISGOC), in the presence

of the entire members of the Supervision and

Coordination Commission which is composed of:

- Col. Hamad Kalkaba Malboum, Chairman;

- Gen. Ahmed M. Fouly, Vice-Chairman;

- Mr. Faisal Abdulaziz Al-Nassar, I.S.S.F

Secretary General;

- Mr. Nihat Usta, member;

- Mr. Saeed Abdul Ghaffar Hussein, Chairman

of the Marketing Commission;

- Mr. Khalid Abdullah Abdulaziz Bin

Alshaykh, I.S.S.F Director General;

- Mr. Ashraf Sayed Abdel Latif, Head of

I.S.S.F Technical Affairs;

- Mr. Eric Gottschalk, member of the

Marketing Commission, and

- Mr. Lanny Kimbowa, Marketing

Commission rapporteur.

In this Issue:

The 3rd I.S.S.F-AISGOC Supervision and

Coordination Meeting ........................... 1

Tha Coordination Meeting between the

I.S.S.F General Secretariat & Marketing

Commission............................................ 2

4th Islamic Solidarity Games

Countdown ............................................. 3

Open Day for Islamic National Olympic

Committees (NOCs) ............................... 4

I.S.S.F Secretary General welcomes the

Turkish Ambassador .............................. 5

First ISSF Hockey Championships ........ 6

Preparatory Meeting for Sport Strategy in

Muslim Countries ................................... 7

I.S.S.F Director General meets with the

IDB officials ........................................... 8

I.S.S.F Member NOCs .......................... 9

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The Meeting was also attended by His Excellency Mr. Azad Rahimov, Minister of Youth and

Sport of Azerbaijan and CEO of Azerbaijan Islamic Solidarity Games Operations Committee

(AISGOC).

The final 4th ISG list of sports, new logo and hosting stadiums have been reviewed. Moreover,

the proposals for opening and closing ceremonies, marketing, television broadcasting and

social networking programs have been discussed.

4th ISG Website : http://www.baku2017isg.com/

Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/baku2017/

Instagram : http://www.instagram.com/baku2017/

Twitter : http://twitter.com/baku2017

I.S.S.F General Secretariat & Marketing Commission

Coordination Meeting

The Coordination Meeting between the I.S.S.F General Secretariat and the Marketing

Commission took place on May 11th, 2016 in Baku, in the presence of Mr. Faisal Abdulaziz

Al-Nassar, the staff of the I.S.S.F General Secretariat, and the Chairman and members of the

Marketing Commission, in order to discuss all the points concerning the organization of the

2017 4th Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku. Such points will be discussed with the Azerbaijan

Islamic Solidarity Games Operations Committee (AISGOC) to issue its final decision and

prepare the General Rules and Regulations, Technical Manuals, and Marketing and

Broadcasting Manuals, as well as the Games logo.

The Marketing Commission also held a coordination meeting between representatives of the

Marketing Commission and Broadcasting officials, to provide a mechanism of action for the

coming period and to discuss the AISGOC proposal for the Games logo and advertising design.

The I.S.S.F General Secretariat held a meeting with the Protocol Committee for the Games. At

such meeting, all matters related to the opening and closing ceremonies have been discussed,

as stated in the Islamic Solidarity Games Basic Regulations.

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4th Islamic Solidarity Games Countdown!

The Azerbaijan Islamic Solidarity Games Operations

Committee (AISGOC) organized a ceremony on May 12th,

2016 to celebrate the countdown to the 4th Islamic Solidarity

Games, in the presence of His Excellency Mr. Azad

Rahimov, Minister of Youth and Sport of Azerbaijan,

members of the Supervision and Coordination Commission,

the I.S.S.F General Secretariat and representatives of (40)

National Olympic Committees (NOCs).

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Open Day for Islamic National Olympic Committees

(NOCs)

On May 13th, 2016, the Azerbaijan Islamic Solidarity Games Operations Committee

(AISGOC) organized an open day for the delegates of (40) Islamic Olympic

Committees to make any inquiries into the organization and hosting of the Games, in

the presence of NOCs representatives and I.S.S.F officials. The AISGOC have

answered various questions asked by the NOCs officials. The first releases of Technical

Manuals for the sports included in the Games were distributed.

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I.S.S.F Secretary General welcomes the Turkish Ambassador

RIYADH: On May 18th, 2016, Mr. Faisal Abdulaziz Al-Nassar, I.S.S.F Secretary

General welcomed Turkish Ambassador to the Kingdom Yunus Demirer and his

accompanying delegation. During the meeting, they discussed issues of common

interest, such as the greater cooperation between the Republic of Turkey and the

Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (I.S.S.F) and the desire of the Republic of

Turkey to host the 5th Islamic solidarity Games in 2021 in Istanbul and to support

the I.S.S.F through the participation of the Turkish Republic of Cyprus in the

I.S.S.F events and activities.

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First ISSF Hockey Championships

On May 29th, 2016, Mr. Faisal

Abdulaziz Al-Nassar, I.S.S.F

Secretary General welcomed

Mr. Tayyab Ikram the Head

of International Relations for

the Asian Hockey Federation

(AHF). At the meeting, a

proposal for organizing the

first Islamic hockey

championship, stronger cooperation among the Islamic Solidarity Sports

Federation (I.S.S.F), the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and the Asian

Hockey Federation (AHF) have been discussed, in order to spread and develop

the game in the Islamic countries, whether through organizing sports

championships or coaching and referee courses.

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Preparatory Meeting

for Sport Strategy in Muslim Countries

By virtue of the resolution of the 2nd Islamic Conference of Ministers of Youth

and Sports to mandate the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (I.S.S.F) to

prepare a strategy for the advancement of sports in the Islamic countries to be

presented at the next meeting which will be held in October 2016 in Turkey, the

I.S.S.F General Secretariat in

coordination with Dr. Mohamed Abdel

Hamid Bilal, Vice Dean for Research &

Graduate Studies, Faculty of Physical

Education, Alexandria University, held a

preparatory meeting and discussed the

themes of the strategy during the period

of May 4th – 5th, 2016 at the I.S.S.F

headquarter in Riyadh.

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I.S.S.F Director General meets with the IDB officials

A coordination meeting between Mr.

Khalid Abdullah Abdulaziz Bin

Alshaykh I.S.S.F Director General and

Mr. Ahmed al-Jabali Director of the

Islamic Development Bank (IDB)

Financial Services Department was held

at the I.S.S.F headquarters in Riyadh, on

May 25th, 2016 to discuss ways of

cooperation between the Islamic

solidarity Sports Federation (I.S.S.F) and

the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), and to create new sources for funding the

I.S.S.F activities and supporting the Islamic solidarity Games.

Another I.S.S.F and IDB coordination meeting was held at the IDB headquarters

in Jeddah, on May 29th, 2016, in order to prepare a memorandum of understanding

to act accordingly in the coming period.

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