The introduction meeting between ISF President Laurent Petrynka and Her Excellency Sheikha Hind Bint Hamad Al Thani, Vice Chairperson and CEO of Qatar Foundation, took place in Qatar for the benefit of bringing the two organisations closer together, around the same goals and vision.

On October 26th and 27 took place the 17th Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Sport in Antalya, Türkiye, the country which will host the ISF Winter Gymnasiade next February 2023 in Erzurum.

The Organising Committee of the ISF Gymnasiade 2024 held a press conference on Wednesday 5th October, to announce further details of the event, which will take place in Bahrain in October of 2024 under the patronage of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.

On the 30th September, school sport was in the spotlight in North Macedonia, during the Council of Europe’s (CoE) assessment visit on the implementation of the revised European Sports Charter.

ISF Members are invited to submit their applications to become the next hosts of the ISF events

At the presidential reception in Brasilia, Brazilian school athletes were congratulated for their success at the ISF Gymnasiade Normandy 2022 in the presence of the Brazilian government, the ISF, and ISF member the Brazilian School Sport Federation, CBDE.

The ISF represented by ISF President Laurent Petrynka was present on Friday 1 July for the official signing ceremony of the brand-new headquarters of the African School Sport Federation, in Rabat, Morocco.

The Second day of the ISF Executive meeting took place on 1st of July 2022 in Rabat, Morocco and was opened by the report of ISF CFO Bilall Bahia who presented the state of affairs and current financial flow.