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The ICCE Global Coach Conference will be held in Tokyo from 30 October to 1 November.  The deadline for the submission of abstracts - 15 January 2019 - is fast approaching!  Please consider submitting a research abstract or best practice summary to share your work with our global colleagues.  Submission details can be viewed and downloaded here.  We would greatly appreciate it if you could circulate this to your contacts and spread the word over social media. Information on the conference and...

The International Council for Coaching Excellence (ICCE) has welcomed UK Coaching as its latest member. The new connection between the two organisations means that UK Coaching joins an international family of coaching leaders across the world, working together to support the development of sports coaching. UK Coaching’s Director of Coaching Emma Atkins said: “We are thrilled to join the ICCE family to ensure that we assist UK coaches and coach developers to work across the international...

The SASCOC Professional Body for Sports Coaching held a successful inaugural meeting on Tuesday 27 November 2018 at Olympic House. Fourteen Professional Body Directors accepted their appointment to the Professional Body Board for Sports Coaching. The delegates had robust and productive discussions on best practices, strategy, structure and policies to advance the agenda of Sports Coaching.

As an Official Partner of the European Week of Sport, the ICCE were invited to the #BeActive Awards Gala in Sofia, Bulgaria on 17 October 2018. Best examples within the sport world were introduced in the presence of the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Mr. Tibor Navracsics. Our Board Member Prof. Jose Curado who represented the ICCE also met with the Head of the EC Sport Unit Mr Yves Le Lostecque and discussed the future role of the ICCE in the future events of the...

ICCE Secretary General, Ladislav Petrovic gave a presentation on "Coaches’ Perspective on Whistleblowing" at the final Whistle partner meeting and international conference in Thessaloniki, Greece on 19-20 November 2018.  Sport WHISTLE project partners also presented the results of the two-year project and gather whistleblowing experts together to share the outputs of this important project.

A Co-operation Agreement has been signed between the ICCE and European Commission by European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, Tibor Navracsics, and ICCE Secretary General, Ladislav Petrovic, at the opening of the European Week of Sport activities in Vienna, Austria on 22nd September 2018. As a result of the agreement ICCE became a European Week of Sport Partner and will be able to implement activities promoting sport coaching and coaches in future events and...

The first partner meeting of Erasmus+ funded project ParaCoach took place in Leeds from 14-16 October 2018 at Leeds Beckett University. This project is three years in duration and aims to position, promote and support para coaching career pathways in Europe. The project is managed by Liverpool John Moores University, and partners include the International Council for Coaching Excellence, European Paralympic Committee, Netherlands Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation, Hungarian Paralympic...

The partnership between Leeds Beckett and the International Council for Coaching Excellence continues to produce dividends. CoachForce21, follows the successful completion of previous European Commission funded projects such as CoachNet, CoachLearn and the on-going iCoachKids. These projects have led to significant changes to coach education and coaching policy across the continent and promoted the visibility and recognition of coaching as a significant workforce in the EU. CoachForce21 will...

ICCE Secretary General Ladislav Petrovic gave an overview of the Whistle project and its objectives at the ICCE Board Meeting in Paris on 3-4 October 2018.