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FIG Congress & General Assembly Cancun (MEX) 2012
Gymnastics for All Committee "Report"
By Mrs Margaret SIKKENS ALHQUIST, President Gymnastics for All Committee
Introduction
This report on the activities of the Gymnastics for All Committee (GfA) covers the period June 2010
to the end of May 2012. During this period we had the Congress in Vysoke Tatry, SVK, October
2010 and two Council meetings, May 2011 in San Jose, USA and May 2012 in St Petersburg,
RUS. At the Congress in Vysoke Tatry, SVK October 2010 the upcoming World Gymnaestrada
2011 was presented to the congress delegates.
At the FIG congress 2008 the following members were elected to serve on the GfA committee for
four years:
President
Margaret Sikkens Ahlquist
SWE
Vice President
Ruedi Steuri
SUI
Vice President
Tatsuo Araki
JAP
Member
Rogério Valério
POR
Member
Flemming Knudsen
DEN
Member
Monika Siskova
SLO
Member
Mohammed Khalil Alloush
PLE
The committee held eleven (11) meetings during this two-year period. Five (5) of the meetings
where organised via Internet and the tool Skype.
In the GfA Working Plan for the period we have defined the Vision and Mission for our work. In the
same plan we have our Values, Goals and Strategies that all are connected to our Action Plan.
Vision
Bringing Nations together through a world of movement & physical activity, contributing to global
health, fitness and friendship
Mission
The GfA committee exists to improve the global awareness, quality and spread of Gymnastics for
All through leadership, sharing of ideas and the provision of advice, information, service and
resources.
Specifically the committee strives to significantly increase the quality and
number of National Federations offering Gymnastics for All activities
number of people, of all ages, abilities and cultures participating in Gymnastics
Definition
Gymnastics for All offers a variety of activities suitable for all age groups, abilities, and cultural
backgrounds. Gymnastics for All activities contribute to personal health, fitness and well-being
physical, social, intellectual and psychological.
The focus of Gymnastics for all programs is
Fun, Fitness, Fundamentals and Friendship and
can involve:
Gymnastics with or without apparatus
Gymnastics & Dance
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