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Dubai, UAE www.asianparalympic.org
APC General Assembly
5 Biennial report
5-6 February 2019
Asian
Paralympic Committee
P.O.Box: 38483
Sharjah, United Arab
Emirates
Tel. +971 65 561 222
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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
................................................................................................................................. 20
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
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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)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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