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On the 4th of February 2019 a meeting took place between José Curado, ICCE Board member and Racem Marzougui, a basketball Tunisian coach at Hammamet, Tunisia. José explained to Racem the ICCE structure, vision, mission, objectives and the work that is being done to prepare a better future for coaches, coaching education and coaches´representation. He strongly emphasised the need of having a good network in Tunisia and support that the ICCE can offer. Racem committed to building the network and...

On 13th February 2019 ICCE President John Bales, and Pete Mackreth, Dean of the Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, signed an agreement co-funding a PhD studentship.  The successful applicant will work on ICCE and Leeds Beckett University research, strengthening the relationship between both organisations. The full-time PhD studentship will start in October 2019. Project Title: Providing guidance for the professionalisation and representation of sport coaching across...

The Americas' Mini Basketball Convention closed this Sunday at the Centro de Usos Múltiples, where FIBA awarded medals to all participants, pursuant to the category's philosophy: foster a complete development of the players in their learning process. The event welcomed more than 6 thousand visitors that included players, coaches, parents, delegates, and national and international directives during almost a week in the city of Hermosillo in the Mexican state of Sonora. This great celebration of...

Last chance to get your ticket to UK Coaching’s 2nd Applied Coaching Research Conference taking place at Derby County Football Club on Tuesday 19 February. Tony Strudwick, Head of Performance at the Football Association of Wales, will be delivering the morning keynote session and delegates will be treated to a 30-minute panel discussion on coach well-being in the afternoon.Sitting on the panel will be Dr Pippa Grange - a sports psychologist who has worked with athletes and...

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.