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CSIT member organisation AICS will host the IV. CSIT WORLD SPORTS GAMES, which will be held in the city of Lignano Sabbiadoro in Italy from 7th to 14th of June, 2015. 

The CSIT Executive Committee has been decided in its last meeting to hold annually CSIT Congresses on calendar week 42 from now on! The aim is to offer long-term planning security for the whole CSIT community. The official invitation for 2014 can be found on our website meanwhile.

CSIT President Harald Bauer and Bruno Molea, President from Italian member Union AICS and organizing committee LIGNOC, signed during the CSIT EXCOM meeting in Austria the contract for the 4^th CSIT World Sports Games taking place next year in Italy. The Games will be held in exact one year from now on from June 7^th to 14^th 2015 in Lignano at the Northern Adriatic coast of Italy. CSIT and LIGNOC agreed to organize all 15 traditional kinds of CSIT sports plus 15 new sports as demonstration as well as some with Italian tradition.

Application deadline for the 2017 - CSIT World Sports Games is October 1^st, 2014!

As HAPOEL from Israel with host city Eilat, that presented its candidature for the CSIT World Sports Games 2017/2019 during the last Congress in Blankenberge in Belgium, all applicants for 2017 are encouraged to hold their detailed presentation to the Congress in Lignano 2014. The decision about the Host City 2017 will finally be made at the CSIT EXCOM-Meeting in February 2015. 

Exactly one year prior to the start of the 4^thCSIT World Sports Games to be held in Lignano at the Northern Adriatic coast of Italy (June 7^th to 14^th 2015), CSIT President Harald Bauer met representatives of the organizing member Union AICS (LIGNOC) in Vienna for a coordination meeting.  This meeting was gathered in order to prepare the CSIT EXCOM meeting in "Baden/Vienna", close to the Austrian capital. 

The headquarters of 2015 World Sports Games (WSG) host and organizer AICS in Rome were the meeting point for a preparatory conference with CSIT President Bauer. The Organizing Committee of the Lignano 2015 Games (LIGNOC) chaired by AICS President Bruno Molea demonstrated strong will, power and ability to go into a new area of organization.

From February 27th - March 2nd a significant CSIT Executive Committee meeting took place in the countryside of Lapland in northern Finland. Main topic was the election of the Host City for the 4. CSIT World Sports Games 2015. CSIT had two member unions as candidates with INDET in Cancun/Mexico and AICS with Lignano/Italy. The voting among the ExCom members finally brought the result that the CSIT World Sports Games 2015 will be awarded to the city of Lignano.

The Mexican Member Union INDET (email: indetmex@gmail.com) is inviting to hold Basketball championships from October 5-11, 2014 in Cancun/Mexico. CSIT Member Union HAPOEL from Israel will organize championships in Swimming from May 7-13, 2014 as well as for Tennis from October 23-29, 2014 in Eilat. Send an email for information about registration to info@hapoel.org.il. Championships in Chess will be held from June 4-8, 2014 in Seinäjoki/Finland, organized by CSIT Member Union TUL. You will get information from the tournament director by sending an email to minja.kosonen@kolumbus.fi.

CSIT Working Group Physical Activity for Seniors 55 + and member union DAI as host invite interested specialists and multipliers to participate in a formation course September 17 -19, 2014 in Bröndby / Copenhagen, Denmark. After a very successful formation course in 2012 in Austria with the focus on providing inspiration for new activities and to offer "tools" for making activities for the weak elderly, it's time to continue with a new formation course with the focus on all groups of seniors. 

The CSIT Festschrift Book according to the 100 years celebrations of the International Workers Sports Movement was published during the anniversary celebrations in Brussels in October. 160 pages masterpiece full of history. Dispatch your order in the CSIT office office@csit.tv for 25,00 euros per book (excl. shipping costs).

We have published the latest issue of the CSIT magazine. Our member federations receive it within the next day. Already now you have the chance to read it online. 

During the celabration day in Ghent the Video "Heroes" of the history of Workers Sport movement touched all the guests. 

Friday evening the CSIT anniversary celebrations in Belgium ended with a cruise on the canals of Ghent and a following gala diner. Already in the afternoon the guests of honour and all the attendant representatives of the member unions witnessed a very emotional moment in the "Vooruit".  In the same building where the CSIT was founded in 1913. Berte de Vlieger, the 99-year old daughter of one of the founding fathers, and her two children attended surprisingly the event.  In 1919 her father, Jul de Vlieger, had reorganised the CSIT after World War I and brought it back into function.

At the General Assembly in Blankenberghe/BEL the Mexican union INDET and the Italian union AICS presented their candidatures to host the 4th CSIT World Sport Games 2015. Mexico stated Cancun as host city, Italy designated Lignano. The decision will be done by the CSIT ExCom in spring 2014.

Rui Campos of the Brazilian CSIT member union SESI worked for the CSIT since 18 years. 2008 he was elected as Sport Director and in this function he was the chairman of the Technical Commissions of the different sports. Since 2012 Rui Campos is working full-time for the Brazilian Sport Ministry and therefore has to terminate its CSIT functions due to lack of time and much to CSIT´s regret.

With a gala in Brussels´ town hall the celebrations for the 100^th anniversary of CSIT, the International Workers and Amateurs in Sports Confederation, will start. Numerous international guests will attend the gala. Mayor Freddy Tillemans will welcome the CSIT directory board with CSIT President Harald Bauer as well as the organizers of the celebrations Pierre Janssens and Yves Richard, the Presidents of the Belgian member unions FROS and AFSTB. The celebrations will end with a party in Ghent, the founder city of CSIT. 

Beginning of October CSIT President Harald Bauer followed an invitation of the Israeli federation Happoel and attended the opening ceremony of the 33^rd Sportiada in Eilat. For 4 days, 8700 athletes participated in the competitions with a lot of joy and fun under excellent conditions. In addition to CSIT  President Bauer, AFSTB President Richard, ATOMSPORT President Ilin and FFST President Mojescik were invited.

The EU sport forum took place in Vilnius/Lithuania at the beginning of October. At the forum the new sport development programme "Erasmus +" was presented and discussed. The programme will begin in January 2014 and will be valid until 2020. For the first time also representatives of CSIT were invited to the EU sport forum.  

The successful organisation of three CSIT World Sports Games in the years 2008 in Rimini/ITA, 2010 in Tallinn/EST and 2013 in Varna/BUL has satisfied thousands of athletes of our member organisations and has lead to more visibility and attention of our movement in the whole world of sports.
  

We finally present the video impressions of the CSIT World Sports Games 2013. Enjoy and Share!