Muscat, June 11 (ONA) - The West Asian Paralympic Federation will organize, the day after tomorrow, Saturday, a training workshop entitled “Sports Administration and Organization in the Paralympic Movement” within its virtual training programs using the online platform Zoom.

The three-day training seminar aims to enhance the Paralympic sport concepts and its work strategies and introduce its values and goals, in addition to developing the capabilities of the Paralympic committees and federations on the basis of Paralympic sport governance. It also aims to enhance sports leadership skills, introduce the concept of change management, in addition to other goals which the federation seeks to achieve with the West Asian paralympic committees and associations.

The training workshop deals with a number of training sessions and topics, including the emergence of the old and modern Olympic sports movement, the International Paralympic Movement and the international organizational structure, the role of the Paralympic committees, federations and clubs concerned with the sport of persons with disabilities, the concept of physical and athletic activity and the philosophy and concepts of Paralympic sport (values, goals and strategies) and principles of governance of sports institutions.

It also includes sports management operations and functions in Paralympic sport, leadership in sports and management of change in sports institutions. The sessions will include various discussions and talks to enrich the topics raised, in addition to holding a daily test for the participants to measure the understanding of the offered courses. The participants will be awarded participation certificates from the West Asian Paralympic Federation.