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Following the ICCE General Assembly on 19th November 2021 at the Global Coaches Conference in Lisbon, we are delighted to confirm the ICCE Board Members and Inspection Committee for the term 2021-2025. We would like to extend a warm welcome to all Board Members, and look forward to working together over the coming four years to progress the activities and strategic plan of the ICCE. ICCE Inspection Committee ChairJan Minkhorst (Netherlands)MemberPiotr Marek (Poland)MemberSari Tuunainen...

Coach's Road Conference The first ever Coach’s Road Conference will be a student-run conference featuring speakers from around the world! The Conference will take place on December 2nd, 9th and 16th from 16:00-19:30 EET focusing on athlete, team and coach development. More information, a short video and registration can be found here: bit.ly/tcrpconf 

As part of the Coachforce21 Erasmus+ project, two documents have been produced by the partners regarding Principles and Guidelines on how to set up a Coaches' Association and Good Governance. The project consortium are seeking feedback on these documents before they are published at the ICCE Global Coach Conference in Lisbon, 17-21 November 2021. Please view the documents here and send feedback to G.Calvo@leedsbeckett.ac.uk no later than Friday 12th November: Principles and...

A Global Coach Conference Selection Committee has rigorously reviewed a number of bids that were received regarding hosting the 14th ICCE Global Coach Conference in 2023. The GCC Selection Committee comprised of the ICCE Secretary General, Vice Presidents from non-bidding continents, Chairs of the ICCE Research Committee and ICCE Inspection Committee and organisers of the two previous GCCs. The Committee scrutinised the bids, and made their recommendations to the ICCE Board. It is with great...

Coach SG Conference: "Sport Reimagined: Thriving Amidst Challenges" Our partners from Singapore are pleased to extend an invitation to ICCE’s Board members to attend their hybrid Conference 2021 from 26th to 28th October 2021. The theme of the Conference on “Sport Reimagined: Thriving Amidst Challenges” taps on opportunities presented in 2020, to reimagine coaching practices and be professionally armed with progressive pedagogies in the digital space. There will be...

The ICCE is proud to announce a new networking partnership with Barça Innovation Hub! In that respect, the ICCE encourages their members to attend the Sports Tomorrow Congress 2021, which will take place at Camp Nou, in Barcelona. This year the #STC21 will focus on Women, exploring personalized techniques, strategies, specific knowledge and research. Check our previous news on the Congress for more information: https://www.icce.ws/news/news/sports-tomorrow-congress.html You can also...

Year after year, since 2016, the Barça Innovation Hub brings the sports world together to dive into the most pressing issues and themes, exploring revolutionary innovations and unveiling key trends for the future. With this in mind, this edition (STC21) places wom+n center stage. The Congress consists of 9 tracks exploring in depth key topics in the sports industry.  STC21 will be a special “hybrid” edition, providing both a once in a lifetime on site experience at Camp...

The ADVANCE project is moving forward After the anticipated first meeting that took place in February early this year, which saw the ADVANCE project being set in motion after a period of preparation, the partners met for a second time to discuss and evaluate the progress of the project. Those partners were the University of Physical Education and Sports of Bucharest (Universitatea Națională de Educație Fizica și Sport din Bucaresti), the International Council for Coaching Excellence, the...

ICCE Meets Leeds Beckett University to Discuss Continuing Successful Co-operation On 30th September 2021, ICCE President John Bales, Secretary General Ladislav Petrovic and Manager for Strategy and Development Sergio Lara-Bercial met with Pete Mackreth, Dean of the Carnegie School of Sport at Leeds Beckett University to discuss the ongoing co-operation and hosting of the Global Coaching Office. Here they are pictured in front of the new state-of-the-art School of Sport Campus on Headingley...

The President of the ICCE, John Bales, participated in the 44th of the APTN Technical-Scientific Congress. Our President spoke at the opening session of the Congress, which was organized by the Associação Portuguesa de Técnicos de Natação, in Lisbon, and moderated by George Block, President of the World Swimming Coaches Association. In his speech, John Bales discussed on the topic of training development systems and the role of a coach.