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The Delegates of the FAI Members gathered in
Rotterdam, The Netherlands, to attend the 109th FAI
General Conference organised on 25 and 26 September
2015 by the Royal Netherlands Aeronautical Association.
The Sessions were preceded by the 2015 FAI Awards
Ceremony, where the prestigious FAI and FAI-Breitling
Awards were presented to the recipients.
H.E. Yousif Al Hammadi, Director of the FAI World Air
Games Dubai 2015, brought the torch of the event to
the Conference and updated the Delegates on the
preparations for the competition.
For the first time, workshops were held before the
Sessions to allow the attendees to learn and discuss
about selected topics such as Anti-doping and IT services.
General Information
General Conference
SPORTS AND BRANDING STRATEGY
The Executive Board presented the “FAI 2020” concept
which includes a reviewand refining of the FAI Brand aswell
as a strategy to further develop air sports in all aspects.
PROJECTS
Reports on different projects were made during the
Conference. They included:
− − Organiser Agreement
The new Organiser Agreement under development
will be rolled out in 2016.
− − FAI World Air Games Dubai 2015
Everyone’s motivation was very high to make sure
this competition would be a great success and a
milestone event for air sports. It would be a great
opportunity for FAI to build on this success to further
develop media and public friendly multi-sports
competitions.
− − Marketing and Communication
FAI is now communicating regularly in several
languages to report on competitions and activities,
to celebrate aeronautic or astronautic record
anniversaries, and to make announcements. Special
efforts were made to increase the promotion
of selected events, which included audiovisual
production and distribution.
− − Regional Management System
East & South Asia Regional Vice President Tengku
Abdillah fromMalaysia reported on the development
of air sports in the region.
− − FAI Anti-Doping Programme
A new World Anti-Doping Code was implemented on
the 1st January 2015 but with no major change for FAI.
− − Membership survey
Results of a first round of surveys were shown. More
detailed results of the survey will be presented to the
Conference in 2016.
− − Multi-sport events
Multi-sports events such as The World Games 2017 in
Wroclaw, Poland, and the Asian Beach Games will be
a perfect playground to showcase air sports.
− − Commissions and OSTIV
Each Commission President reported on the
activities of their sports and field and highlighted the
main challenges they are currently facing, as well as
their objectives for the future.
NEW RECOMMENDED MUSEUMS
−− Irish Aviation Foundation (IRL)
− (ITA)
−− Museum-Monument Francisco Sarabia (MEX)
−
(USA)
NEWMEMBERS
−
(ALG) –Active Member
− (KOS) –
Active Member
APPOINTMENT OF COMPANIONS OF HONOUR
−− Max Bishop (GBR)
−− Robert Clipsham (CAN)
OPEN FORUM
Several Delegates cameuponstage toshare their experience
or provide information on various topics. Bruno Delor
explained the newchallenges stemming fromthe activities
of drones; Gr. Captain Veerayuth Didyasarin presented the
project for the establishment of the Air Sports Federation
of Asia (AFA); Sergey Ananov gave a vivid account of his
attempt to circumnavigate the globe in a helicopter, which
abruptly ended after it crashed into the sea between
Canada and Greenland.
FINANCE
The FAI Executive Director (Finance) reported on the 2014
Financial Statements and theGeneral Conference adopted
the Auditor’s Report for the year 2014. Later, the Delegates
also approved the budget for FAI operations in 2016.
All details on the FAI finances, including the report of the
FAI auditors Price Waterhouse Coopers, are set out in
the Minutes of the General Conference and available as
annexes to the Minutes.
ELECTIONS
There were no elections in 2015, except for the Statutes
WorkingGroup andActiveMembersRepresentatives on the
FAI Air Sport General Commission CASI (France, Germany,
Hong Kong, Switzerland, United Kingdom).
MINUTES
The Minutes of the General Conference are available at
FUTURE GENERAL CONFERENCES
The next FAI General Conference will take place from14 to
15October 2016 in Bali, Indonesia. The host of the 111th FAI
General Conference in 2017will be decided at a later stage.