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APC General Assembly

5 Biennial report

5-6 February 2019

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Paralympic Committee

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Contents 1 Executive Summary .................................................................................................... 4

2 Quarterly Summary: 2017 ........................................................................................... 6

2.1 January- March ................................................................................................... 6

2.1.1 West Asian Games, UAE................................................................................. 6

2.1.2 Co-ordination Commission meeting Jakarta, Indonesia ...................................... 6

2.2 April -June .......................................................................................................... 6

2.2.1 IWBF Asia Oceania Zone Basketball Camp ........................................................ 6

2.2.2 IPC Athletes’ Forum ...................................................................................... 6

2.3 July - September ................................................................................................. 7

2.3.1 APC Executive Board Meeting, Tokyo ............................................................... 7

2.3.2 APC success in securing Agitos Foundation funding ........................................... 7

2.3.3 IPC General Assembly, Abu Dhabi, UAE ........................................................... 8

2.4 October - December ............................................................................................ 8

2.4.1 17th APC Executive Board meeting, Dubai ......................................................... 8

2.4.2 New Staff Member ........................................................................................ 9

2.4.3 3rd Asian Youth Para Games ........................................................................... 9

3 Quarterly Summary: 2018 ......................................................................................... 10

3.1 January – March ................................................................................................ 10

3.1.1 APC President met with OCA Counterpart ....................................................... 10

3.1.2 APC support helps DPRK athletes secure bi-partite slots for PyeongChang 2018 .. 10

3.1.3 PyeongChang 2018 ..................................................................................... 11

3.2 April – June ...................................................................................................... 11

3.2.1 New Staff members ..................................................................................... 11

3.2.2 Chefs de Mission seminar and 5th Co-ordination Commission meeting................. 12

3.2.3 OCP Programme launch for West Asia ............................................................ 12

3.2.4 APC tour ASEAN countries ............................................................................ 13

3.2.5 Indonesia 2018 Test events ......................................................................... 14

3.2.6 APC 18th Executive Board Meeting, Jakarta ..................................................... 15

3.2.7 APC - CPISRA meeting ................................................................................. 15

3.3 July – September .............................................................................................. 16

3.3.1 Hong Kong Paralympic Day .......................................................................... 16

3.3.2 APC Award Asian Order to President of Kazakhstan ......................................... 17

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3.3.3 APC visit to China ....................................................................................... 17

3.3.4 Final Co-ordination Commission meeting ahead of Indonesia 2018 .................... 18

3.3.5 APC President attends Asian Games .............................................................. 18

3.3.6 OCP Educator’s Programme .......................................................................... 19

3.3.7 IPC Gathering Madrid .................................................................................. 19

3.4 October – December .......................................................................................... 20

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3.4.1 Unified Korea team ..................................................................................... 20

3.4.2 APC Executive Board hold meeting, Jakarta .................................................... 20

3.4.3 Sub-regional representatives elected ............................................................. 21

3.4.4 Athletes’ Committee representatives elected .................................................. 21

3.4.5 Indonesia 2018 Asian Para Games ................................................................ 22

3.4.6 APC and JADA partner at Indonesia 2018 ....................................................... 24

3.4.7 APC and NSSU coaching workshop ................................................................ 25

4 Looking ahead 2019 ................................................................................................. 25

4.1.1 New Board and Standing Committees ............................................................ 25

4.1.2 Hangzhou 2022 .......................................................................................... 25

4.1.3 Asian Youth Para Games .............................................................................. 25

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1 Executive Summary

Since we last gathered together in Bangkok in

November 2016, a lot has happened to strengthen the

Paralympic Movement in Asia and I’m pleased to say

that the Asian Paralympic Commmittee’s work has been

an integral part of this.

You will find a more in-depth summary of that work over

the following pages but I wanted to highlight some of

the key progress that we have made in relation to the

five goals identified in the Strategic Plan:

1. Sustainable organisation

▪ We have reviewed the 2015 – 2018 Strategic

Plan and developed a new plan for 2019 – 2022

with key performance indicators.

▪ We continue to review and revise core

documents to ensure alignment with IPC and

best practice for APC.

▪ We have established a new headquarters in

Dubai following an official decree from the UAE

Government, with commitment from the Dubai

Authorities and supported by NPC UAE. These

headquarters are in the Dubai Club for People of

Determination compound and are in an

appropriate sporting setting.

▪ We have recruited additional new staff for the APC, enabling us to be more self-sufficient

and increasing our capacity to deliver for the membership.

2. Partnership

▪ We have worked hard at developing relationships with our member nations, meeting at key

events such as the 2017 Asian Youth Games, the Indonesia 2018 Asian Para Games and

the IPC General Assembly. In addition, CEO Tarek Souei and I have visited a number of

NPCs in their home countries. In these meetings we have further understood the issues

facing the development of parasport within the region and got a clearer picture about the

support needed.

▪ We have further developed our strong relationship with the Agitos Foundation and have

supported the delivery of workshops, the Organisational Capacity Programme and the Proud

Paralympian Programme.

▪ We have worked with key outreach programmes to promote and improve knowledge about anti-doping.

▪ We have played an active part in supporting our membership to attend key meetings such as the IPC/APC General Assembly and regional Games through solidarity programmes.

3. Competition structures & athlete pathways

▪ We gave financial support to enable participation in camps for winter para-athletes and also

women’s wheelchair basketball. ▪ We supported the delivery of the Proud Paralympian programme at both regional Games.

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4. Asian Para Games concept & management

• We staged the two regional Games, Asian Youth Para Games and Asian Para Games, both of which were the largest to date.

• We have confirmed Hangzhou as the next Host City for the 2022 Asian Para Games in China

and have drawn up a thorough process to identify the sports.

• We are in active discussions with future Host Cities and are working hard to develop closer

co-operation with OCA. 5. Promotional strategy

▪ We are re-launching the APC website to include a members’ portal to aid smooth

communication with the membership

▪ We worked hard during the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Games to amplify the messages about Asian athlete successes.

▪ We are continuously seeking to raise awareness of the Paralympic movement in Asia and

to unify our region by sharing stories from our member nations.

It has been a very busy two years for the APC since the last General Assembly with many challenges

but also many accomplishments. There is a real sense of momentum in the Asian region as well a

renewed sense of unity. I believe that we are progressing in our joint ambition of making Asia a

leading Paralympic region. This next year will see the new APC Board work hard to deliver this

goal. We will launch a new strategic plan, continue to drive progress on Hangzhou 2022 and begin

the search for a host of the next Asian Youth Para Games. With Tokyo 2020 on the horizon too,

this will be a busy time for all our NPC members. We are there to support you in your efforts and

thank you for all your support with ours.

Together we are stronger.

Yours in sport,

President Majid Rashed

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2 Quarterly Summary: 2017

2.1 January- March

2.1.1 West Asian Games, UAE

The first West Asian Para Games were hosted by the UAE. All NPCs from the West Asian Sub-region

were invited to attend and compete in five sports (Athletics, Powerlifting, Goalball, Table Tennis

and Wheelchair Basketball) across Sharjah’s three East Coast cities, providing valuable competition

opportunities for para-athletes in this sub-region. The APC President and members of the Executive

attended to support the event.

2.1.2 Co-ordination Commission meeting Jakarta, Indonesia

A delegation from the APC,

including Mr Manabu Aso (Chair of

APC Games Liaison Committee),

Tarek Souei (APC CEO), Claire

Magras (APC Relations & Services

Senior Manager), Shaun Lee (APC

Sport Manager) and Ryan

Montgomery (IPC Summer Sport

Director) travelled to Jakarta for a

Co-ordination Commission

meeting. They met with His

Excellency Imam Nahrawi, the

Minister of Youth and Sports and

who confirmed the key

appointment of Chair of the Local

Organising Committee. Raja Sapta

Oktohari,, President of the Indonesian Cycling Federation,. The delegation also met with him and

discussed the Games readiness. Following this a series of venue visits were made.

2.2 April -June

2.2.1 IWBF Asia Oceania Zone Basketball Camp

We supported a women's wheelchair

basketball dev elopment camp that was

organised by the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) Asia Oceania

Zone (AOZ) in conjunction with the Agitos

Foundation.

The camp was held in Bangkok, Thailand

with the aim of developing

women’s wheelchair basketball and

creating more national teams across Asia.

The support from the APC helped to make the camp accessible for more participants.

2.2.2 IPC Athletes’ Forum

The International Paralympic Committee held its first-ever Athlete’s Forum recently and Ho-Gyoung You, the Asian Paralympic Committee’s (APC) Athlete Commission Chairperson, attended. More

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than 80 athletes from around 22 International Federations (IFs), 35 National Paralympic

Committees (NPCs) as well as representation from the WADA Athlete Commission and the

International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athlete Commission, had an opportunity to interact directly

with each other, as well with IPC representatives on various topics relating to the Paralympic

Movement.

2.3 July - September

2.3.1 APC Executive Board Meeting, Tokyo

We held our 16th Executive

Board (EB) meeting in

Tokyo. Here we met with

Mr Suzuki, Commissioner

of the Japan Sports Agency

and Mr Torihara, Chair of

Japanese Paralympic

Committee and heard from

Mr Suzuki about the

importance of the 2018

Asian Para Games in

providing a strong link to

Tokyo 2020 and helping to

promote and diffuse the

spirit of the Paralympic

Games in the region. A tour

of venues for Tokyo 2020

was also undertaken.

The meeting also heard updates on the Dubai 2017 Asian Youth Para Games and the Indonesia

2018 Asian Para Games presented by Mr. Raja Sapta Oktohari, Chair of the Organising Committee

with Mr Gatot S Dewa Broto, Secretary to the Minister for Youth and Sports. Together they outlined

the progress that had been made on the project, including collaboration with the Asian Games

Organising Committee and specifically venue accessibility which had been raised at the last Co-

Com meeting in May. The meeting also saw and approved the logo design for the Games which

reflects the diversity of the Games and discussed key dates in the lead up to the Games.

2.3.2 APC success in securing Agitos Foundation funding.

The Asian Paralympic Committee was successful in securing funding as part of the Agitos Foundation2017 Grant Support Programme which enabled the Proud Paralympian programme to

run during the 2017 Asian Para Youth Games.

The Proud Paralympian activity aimed to create a cohort of young para-athletes who are positive

ambassadors for the Paralympic movement in Asia through a combination of workshops and via

an information hub. The athletes were educated so that they are better equipped and more

motivated to have a successful career in the Paralympic movement and beyond. In addition, they

gained a greater understanding of their role in supporting the wider societal impact the movement

can have. The workshops were delivered by established para-athletes who were trained to be Proud

Paralympian leaders and covered topics such as the history of the Paralympic movement, working

with the media and how to combine a sporting career with day to day life.

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2.3.3 IPC General Assembly, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Three candidates from Asia were successfully elected to the IPC Gove rning Board; Yamasushi

Yamawaki from Japan,Mohammed Alhameli from UAE and Sung Il Kim from Korea. NPC Bhutan

was formally welcomed to the Paralympic family when the GA ratified their membership. At the

IPC Awards, two athletes from Asia were recognised for their achievements. Winner of the Best

Male category was Powerlifter Siamand Rahman from Iran who won following his performance at

the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games where he won gold and lifted an incredible 310kg.

The second athlete recognised was Iraqi wheelchair fencer Ammar Hadi Ali who was awarded the

BP Courage Award. He was presented the award for his perseverance despite personal challenges

and adversity that the Iraqi conflict brought. He won Iraq’s first wheelchair fencing Paralympic

medal at Rio 2016.

2.4 October - December

2.4.1 17th APC Executive Board meeting, Dubai

The 17th Executive Board meeting was

held in Dubai ahead of the Asian Youth

Para Games. The main focus of the

meeting was updates on the two regional

Games that the APC was organising. Mr.

Alaa Elharoun, NPC and IF Director of the

2017 Asian Youth Para Games Organising

Committee presented on the final

arrangements for the Youth Games which

opened on the 10th December.

The Chairman of the Indonesia 2018 Asian

Para Games Mr. Raja Sapta Oktohari was

accompanied by Mrs. Adiati Noerdin, who

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works for the Indonesian Minister of Youth & Sports, and a large delegation from the Organising

Committee INAPGOC. The delegation had held a twoday Co-ordination Commission with the APC

in the lead up to the Executive Board meeting then Mr. Oktohari presented a summary to the APC

Executive Board. He outlined progress made but, with the Games only 10 months away, also

highlighted some areas of concern that exist due to administrative and bureaucratic delays. One

of the main ones was ensuring the accessibility of the Athletes’ Village which needed several

adjustments to make it suitable for para-athletes. On hearing this, President Rashed, who is a

wheelchair user, stated that he himself would stay in the Village during the Games and urged Mr.

Oktohari to use this information to galvanise his government into action to ensure that all the

accessibility upgrades were implemented.

2.4.2 New Staff Member

Mr Rob Atchison joined the APC as Relations and Services Manager to

replace Claire Magras.

2.4.3 3rd Asian Youth Para Games

800 young athletes from 30

countries are gathered in

Dubai to take part in the third

Asian Youth Para Games which

took place from 10-13th

December.

The event was being

organised with the support of

the APC in conjunction with

the UAE NPC and the Dubai

Club for People of

Determination whose sports

facilities also hosted the

majority of events. The

athletes, all under 20 years of

age, competed in 7 sports;

Para-Athletics, Para-

Swimming, Boccia, Goalball,

Para-Badminton, Powerlifting and Table Tennis.

Japan topped the medal table with 43 Gold medals, followed by Iran then China. In total 21 of the

30 nations won a medal. The Games were shown on Dubai Sport TV and also on the IPC website.

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3 Quarterly Summary: 2018

3.1 January – March

3.1.1 APC President met with OCA Counterpart

APC President Majid Rashed met with his Olympic

Council of Asia counterpart, His Excellency Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah in Kuwait in January and

discussed forging closer working ties between the two

organisations.

One of the main topics for discussion was the Asian Games and Asian Para Games which were both due be

held in Indonesia later that year. Whilst the Asian

Games is well established and has been a regular event

since 1951, the Asian Para Games is still in its infancy

and the Games in Indonesia were only be the third

edition organised under the umbrella of the APC. Both

parties discussed strengthening the relationship

between the two organisations and co-operating on the

preparations and delivery of future Games.

Further discussions were held about strategies to

support athletes both with and without impairments

across Asia and how to capitalise on the next three

Olympic and Paralympic Games taking place in the

region.

3.1.2 APC support helps DPRK athletes secure bi-partite slots for PyeongChang

2018.

The Asian Paralympic Committee welcomed the news that the International Paralympic Committee

(IPC) invited the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) of North Korea to participate in its first

Paralympic Winter Games and offered two bipartite slots to athletes to compete in Para Nordic

skiing at PyeongChang 2018. Funding from the APC and the Agitos Foundation enabled the two

athletes to make their international debuts at January’s World Cup in Oberried, Germany. Jonghyon

Kim and Yuchol Ma received bipartite slots from the IPC and World Para Nordic Skiing


3.1.3 PyeongChang 2018

The largest ever number of

athletes from Asian countries

competed at the PyeongChang

2018 Paralympic Winter

Games. Japan had their best

ever result, winning four more

medals than in Sochi 2014.

Notable other firsts were

athletes from DPRK competing

for the first time at a winter

Paralympic Games, China

winning their first medal (Gold

in Wheelchair Curling) and

both Kazakhstan and Korea

winning their first Gold medals

at a winter Games. This bodes

well for Beijing 2022 where we

hope an even larger cohort

from Asia to participate.

3.2 April – June

3.2.1 New Staff members

The APC bolstered its staff through the recruitment of Mr Alaa Omar Elharoun (Chief of Staff), Mr

Obaid Ur Rahman (IT Manager), Ms Hanadi Albalushi (Protocol and Events Manager) Ms Priyanka

Sharma (Media and Communications co-ordinator) and Mr Deril Lobo (Finance Manager)


3.2.2 Chefs de Mission seminar and 5th Co-ordination Commission meeting

With the Indonesia 2018 Asian Para Games just under

6 months away, two crucial

meetings took place in April

in Jakarta. In the first,

delegates from NPCs across

Asia gathered for the Chefs

de Mission Seminar where

over two days they heard

updates from the various

functional areas of the

organising committee,

INAPGOC, and visited the

sport venues and the Athlete

Village.

Following this, during the Co-Comm meeting INAPGOC provided further updates to the APC

Executive staff on all aspects of Games delivery including IT, Broadcast, Accreditation,

Transportation, Media and PR and Ceremonies.

3.2.3 OCP Programme launch for West Asia

The APC supported the Agitos

Foundation to launch of the

Organisational Capacity Programme

(OCP) to eight National Paralympic

Committees (NPCs) from West Asia in

Dubai. The programme is aimed to help

and guide NPCs in terms of athlete

development, governance, awareness

and leadership as part of the NPC

Development Programme, an initiative

supported by the IPC’s Worldwide

Paralympic Partnership with Toyota,

which aims to build capacity within

National Paralympic Committees

around the world.


3.2.4 APC tour ASEAN countries

A delegation from the APC visited Thailand, Cambodia and Laos on a tour to learn more about the

development of para-sport in these countries and the challenges that the National Paralympic

Committees there face.

The first stop on the tour was in Thailand.

Here APC President Majid Rashed, who was

accompanied by APC CEO Tarek Souei, first

met with the President of the ASEAN Para

Sports Federation (APSF), Major General

Osoth Bhavilai to discuss how the two

organisations can work more closely together

and how the APC can support the APSF in

their delivery of the ASEAN Para Games.

Following this, the APC delegation met with

the President of NPC Thailand, Mr Chutinant

Bhirobhakdi.

The delegation then visited Cambodia. Here

they met with the Secretary General of the

NPC Mr. Yi Veasna and visited their

headquarters where approximately 60

athletes are permanently accommodated.

Here the athletes train in Para-Archery,

Goalball, Para-Volleyball, Boccia, Table

Tennis and Shooting-Para-Sport. The Chair of

the NPC is also the Prime Minister of

Cambodia, Hun Sen, who himself has a

partial visual impairment. The NPC is

supported by various international

organisations, including the Wheelchair

Rugby International Federation and the NPC of the Republic of Korea.

The final country on the tour was Laos. Here

they first met with the Secretary General of

NPC Laos, Mr. Sithat Chanthaboury and

various members from the Ministry of

Education and Sports. They received reports

on the Para-Sport movement in Laos and

inclusive education. They then went on to

meet with the Director of the Centre for

Medical Rehabilitation and Vice President of

NPC Laos, Dr. Thongphet Sitthivanh who

gave them a brief history of the Centre and

the learnings made through treating people

who had become impaired through

bombings.


They also visited the

offices of ADDP (Asian

Development with the

Disabled Persons), a

Japanese NGO and

met with Mme Tomiko

Maejima, ADDP

President. Here they

discussed the current

challenges for the

para-sport movement

from the viewpoint of

both the NPC and

ADDP. They then

visited the COPE

centre in Ventiane to

learn about their work

supplying an average of 1000 prosthesis a year to people living with impairment in Laos, including

many injured from unexploded ordnance left after from the Vietnam war.

The delegation then met with the President of NPC Laos, Mr. Boualan Siripanya and key

stakeholders to discuss the findings from the trip. The visit concluded with a dinner hosted by Mrs.

Sengdeuane Lachanthaboune, the Minister of Education and Sports who is also the Chair of the

National Paralympic Committee and National Olympic Committee in Laos.

3.2.5 Indonesia 2018 Test events

Three months ahead of the Asian

Para Games 2018, INAPGOC, held

a test event—Indonesia Para

Games Invitational Tournament.

This invitational event was

organised to test Indonesia’s

readiness to host the 2018 Asian

Para Games, in terms of

infrastructure, human resources,

as well as other supporting

elements, The APC Executive team

were there to observe, support

and guide the organising

committee in the events which

were held in five sports: para

athletics, para badminton, para

swimming, para table tennis and

wheelchair basketball. Learnings

from these events were taken forward into the final Co-ordination Commission meeting in August.


3.2.6 APC 18th Executive Board Meeting, Jakarta

The Asian Paralympic Committee held their 18th

Executive Board meeting on June 28 and 29 in Jakarta, the

Indonesian capital

The meeting heard updates on the new Strategic Plan (2019- 2021), Standing Committees Reports and the General

Assembly 2019, where elections for a new Executive Board will take place. Finally,

they were briefed on the progress of the Asian Para Games by Chair of the

Organising Committee Raja Septa Oktohari. The Board also approved the inclusion of Road

Race Para Cycling in the Jakarta Games, based on the INAPGOC proposal and the interest

shown by several countries.

3.2.7 APC - CPISRA meeting

Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association (CPISRA) president Peter Drysdale met with APC President Majid

Rashed at the APC headquarters in Dubai and sought APC’s co-operation to promote CP sports in the region. This led to an MOU being

signed between the two organisations during the CP-ISRA General Assembly and World Games in Spain in August.

Drysdale was on a two-day visit to the UAE and was accompanied by APC vice-president

Rajesh Tomar at the meeting which was also attended by APC CEO Tarek Souei.

The visit was aimed at learning about awareness and development of CP sports in Asia, and how APC can support CPISRA

promote the athletes and CP sport in the region. Impressed with the growth of APC


under the presidency of Mr. Rashed, Drysdale also wanted the Asian body to help open pathways for holding major events together in future.

3.3 July – September

3.3.1 Hong Kong Paralympic Day

APC President Majid Rashed travelled to Hong Kong to help the Hong Kong Paralympic Committee & Sports Association for the Physically Disabled (HKPC&SAPD) celebrate the

second Hong Kong Paralympic Day on July 8 at the Hong Kong Sports Institute, which also

coincided with the 90-days-to-go countdown for the Indonesia 2018 Asian Para Games.

The celebration, which attracted over 1,200 participants taking part in various para sports, was

also attended by International Paralympic Committee (IPC) CEO Mr. Xavier Gonzalez, the

Hon Mrs. Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Chief Executive

and Mr. Lau Kong-wah, Secretary for Home Affairs. Korea Paralympic Committee president Mr. Lee Myung-ho, Mrs. Jenny Fung, HKPC&SAPD President, and Dr. James Lam, Chairman were

among the other attendees.


The guests also took the opportunity to try-out and play boccia, badminton and table tennis

with Ms. Amy Chan, former Hong Kong badminton representative, Ms. Ng On Yee, billiards sport

athlete and para sports athletes.

3.3.2 APC Award Asian Order to

President of Kazakhstan

The Asian Paralympic Committee

(APC) President Majid Rashed, presented

the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Mr.

Nursultan Nazarbayev with the Asian Order of

Honour in recognition of his support for the

Paralympic movement in Kazakhstan.

The award was made at a ceremony to mark

the opening of a new 5,000 sq. M. Paralympic

Training Centre in Astana.

3.3.3 APC visit to China

A delegation from Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) visited the Chinese cities of Beijing and Hangzhou, which are gearing up to host the 2022 Winter Paralympic Games and the 2022 Asian Para Games, respectively, and oversaw the preparations and training facilities of the

athletes in the region.

The first stop on the tour was Beijing, where President Majid Rashed met with Ms.

Haidi Zhang, Chairperson of China Disabled Persons’

Federation (CDPF) and offered gratitude for her support and

co-ordination with the Hangzhou government for APC’s

visit and her help towards preparation of the 2022 Asian

Para Games.

The delegation thereafter visited


Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province in East China, where they met with the Governor Mr. Yuan Jiajun, Mr. Xu Liyi, Mayor of Hangzhou city, Wanghon, the Vice Mayor and Zhang Wenjing, Chairman of Hangzhou Disabled Federation. Ms. Zhao Su-jing, Director of Sport CDPF and Secretary General of China NPC, accompanied the APC delegation and offered her

support during their stay in the country.

3.3.4 Final Co-ordination Commission meeting ahead of Indonesia 2018

The APC met with the organising

committee of the INAPGOC in Jakarta on

3rd and 4th August for the final co-

ordination commission meeting ahea d of

the Indonesia 2018 Asian Para Games.

In a packed two days, APC heard updates

from all the functional areas including

marketing, broadcast, transport,

ceremonies and sport and gave their

guidance on what final preparations were

due to take place over the final 62 days.

3.3.5 APC President attends Asian Games

President Majid Rashed attended

the Asian Games as a guest of

the Olympic Council of Asia

(OCA), the first time that this has

happened.

OCA President H.E. Sheikh

Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Sabah issued

the invitation to Rashed and

key APC personnel. He met with

them on Monday August 20th to

welcome them to Jakarta. He

encouraged them to make the

most of the opportunity to view


the venues and operational set up of the Asian Games in order to help the preparations for

the Asian Para Games.

3.3.6 OCP Educator’s Programme

The APC supported the Agitos Foundation in the

delivery of the OCP 1 Educators Programme In

preparation for the OCP 1 training workshop

with South Asian NPCs in November in India,

The programme was aimed at teaching the

educators from the Agitos Foundation and Asian NPC members to

develop their delivering skills, assist

the NPCs going through the OCP and

implement it in their respective nations.

Furthermore, representatives of the Asian

Paralympic Committee

(from Japan and UAE), Paralympic Committee India and Agitos Foundation staff

learnt about the three OCP focus areas – Athlete Development, Marketing and Communication and

Governance and Planning.

3.3.7 IPC Gathering Madrid

The APC President and CEO attended the IPC Gathering in Madrid. This provided an opportunity to

represent the region and have input into the IPC Strategic Review. The regional Presidents also

had a side meeting about the governance and future of the regional organisations. This will be

followed up with a further meeting on February 7 2019.


3.4 October – December

3.4.1 Unified Korea team

The APC announced that the Republic of Korea (KOR) and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) would march together at

the Indonesia Asian Para Games. This was to be the

first time that the two nations have marched

together at a para-sport event.

In addition, it was announced that once the sport

begins, the nations would also join forces to compete

as a unified team (COR) in three events; one in

swimming and two in table tennis.

3.4.2 APC Executive Board hold meeting, Jakarta

The Executive Board held

their 19th Executive Board

meeting in Jakarta ahead

of the Indonesia

2018 Asian Para Games.

This was the penultimate

meeting of the current

APC Executive Board

before the elections at

the APC General Assembly

in February 2019.

The Chairman of the

Indonesia 2018 Asian Para

Games Mr. Raja Sapta

Oktohari presented a

summary of recent

activity, including the

successful torch relay that culminated in Jakarta on 30 September and that an estimated 1 million

people had viewed on its journey around Indonesia.

He outlined his ambition to make these Games 'the best Asian Games ever' and proclaimed that

whilst the staging the Games had been hard work 'the smile of the participants is my biggest

payment'.

The APC Executive Board, led by President Majid Rashed, thanked Oktohari and his team for all

their efforts. In other business, the meeting received updates on the General Assembly which will


Jeong Min LEE (KOR)

be held in Dubai in February 2019 and progress reports from the various standing committees and

regional sub committees.

3.4.3 Sub-regional representatives elected

The APC oversaw the

election of the five sub-

regional representatives

that will represent their

respective region on the

APC Executive Board from

2019 – 2022.

The representatives were elected by their respective sub-regions

following a process that commenced at the start of the summer. Their

role is to co-ordinate activities and report on

developments in their sub-region to the APC Executive Board.

The successful candidates were as follows:

East Asia : Mr. Aso Manabu (JPN)

Central Asia : Mr. Rustam Babayev (KAZ)

West Asia : Mr. Abdelrazzaq Banirasheed (UAE)

South Asia: Mr. Imran Shami (PAK)

South East Asia: Mr. Michael Barredo (PHI)

3.4.4 Athletes’ Committee representatives elected

The APC oversaw the election of the five members of the APC’s Athletes’ Committee that will

serve until 2022. The elections took place during the Indonesia 2018 Asian Para Games and

saw the largest ever turnout of voters at an Athlete Committee election.

The candidates elected were as follows:

Cross country skiing/biathlon and rowing


Junichi KAWAI (JPN) Para swimming

Nur Syahidah ALIM (SIN) Archery

Siham Masoud Muhail ALRASHEEDY (UAE) Para Athletics

Tanzhang WHANG (CHN) Para Athletics

3.4.5 Indonesia 2018 Asian Para Games


The APC delivered the most

successful Asian Para Games to

date. The Games were the first

time all 43-member nations have

competed; the first

time Bhutan have attended; the

first time Laos and Timor

Leste have won a medal; the first

Gold medals for

the Philippines and Kuwait; and

the first time the Unified

Korean Team have marched and

competed together at a para-

sport event.

China topped the medal table

with a remarkable 172

gold medals, followed by South Korea, Iran and Japan.

The APC activated a strong solidarity programme for these games enabling all 43 nations to take

part. In addition, Maldives and Bangladesh attended the games in a different capacity as

preparation for their future participation once they become full members of the Movement.


3.4.6 APC and JADA partner at Indonesia 2018

The APC and the Japan Anti-Doping Agency (JADA) partnered

up to raise awareness of clean sport and promote the value of

sport to the athletes and athlete support personnel during

the 2018 Asian Para Games.

An outreach booth was set up by the APC with the support of

JADA at Athlete Village for 5 days during the competition and

more than 700 athletes and officials enjoyed the programme.

The APC and the members from Lembaga Anti-Doping Indonesi

a (LADI), plus an athlete role model, K.C.Deepak, President of

Para Table Tennis Nepal and took part in the "PLAY TRUE Torch Relay" and activated the "clean sport" programmes.


3.4.7 APC and NSSU coaching workshop

The APC supported the Nippon Sport Science University (NSSU) to hold its second coaching workshop in Jakarta, during the Indonesia 2018 Asian Para Games.14 coaches and NPC officials from Brunei, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Maldives and Nepal attended the workshop,

which had two objectives: for delegates to

Identify their own personal or organisational challenges relating to participating in the Tokyo 20 20 Paralympic Games and then to identify the key steps to overcome those

challenges.

4 Looking ahead 2019

4.1.1 New Board and Standing

Committees

The new APC Board will be elected during the GA in Dubai. One of their first tasks will be to

appoint the Chairs of the Standing Committees and review their terms of reference.

4.1.2 Hangzhou 2022

We have set a deadline of 31 December 2018 for

IFs to register their interest in being part of the

Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games. The decision

on the sport programme will be made by first half

of 2019 thus enabling our NPC members to plan

much earlier that in the last Asian Para Games

cycle.

4.1.3 Asian Youth Para Games

We have issued tender documents for the next

edition of the Asian Youth Para Games with a view to having a confirmed host city by the end

of 2019

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