ICSSPE Announces Funding Assistance

Scholarships Available for Seminar Participants

Berlin, Germany

The International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE) is offering scholarship funding to a limited number of participants for its upcoming 2nd International Sport in Post-Disaster Intervention seminar.ICSSPE President, Prof. Dr. Gudrun Doll-Tepper, commented, “With recent disasters like the earthquake in southern China and the cyclone in the Myanmar region, ICSSPE is doing its part to not only teach people how to incorporate sport and physical activity into disaster relief efforts, but to also provide funding assistance to ensure those involved in developing countries can attend this event.”

The 2nd international Sport in Post-Disaster Intervention seminar is supported by the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Germany, and is organised in partnership with the German Red Cross, the Fürst Donnersmarck Foundation, Freie Universität Berlin, and Kennesaw State University, USA. It will occur 1-7 November 2008 in Rheinsberg, Germany.

For more information contact vchew (at) icsspe.org or at +49 30 3641 8851.

The Executive Office is supported by the Senatsverwaltung für Inneres und Sport, Berlin, the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Germany, and by the Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaft, Germany.