The FIVB President Dr Ary S. Graça F° addressed the XLIV CEV General Assembly held in Brussels the day before a highly successful CEV EuroVolley 2023 Women reaches its climax in the Belgian capital.
The FIVB President shared the latest FIVB achievements and praised the important milestones of CEV under the leadership of the President Aleksandar Boričić and the importance of working together as one united family as the Continental Confederation is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year:
“We must remember that together we are stronger! And I am delighted that President Boričić shares this vision with us. We both share the vision that, by working together as one united family, the FIVB and CEV can build a lasting legacy for volleyball. We can ensure the sustainable growth of our sport and National Federations. We can provide more opportunities and implement innovation. We can grow together, the FIVB and CEV, together and united!”
The FIVB President also highlighted his vision to develop volleyball all over the world by empowering the National Federations, national teams and players to realise their full potential through the revolutionary programme of Volleyball Empowerment.
“Since 2017, the FIVB has approved a total of 833 projects from National Federations across all five Continental Confederations. This support totals an investment of more than 22 million Swiss francs. These 833 projects include 333 coach support programmes, 416 volleyball equipment programmes and 84 knowledge transfer programmes,” he said.
Additionally, FIVB President highlighted that overall since 2008, the FIVB invested over 16.6 million CHF into Europe through CEV, National Federations and Zonal Associations.
He also shared the latest achievements on the field of play, including during the VNL 2023 where the 98% growth was seen in the number of OTT subscribers as well as 50% growth in attendance in comparison to 2022. He also highlighted the Volleyball World digital presence with over 22 million active followers across all the social media channels.
The CEV General Assembly discussed a number of important topics and ended its meeting with the address from the CEV President Aleksandar Boričić:
“I would like to thank you for your trust and for the opportunity that I have been given to lead the European Volleyball family for two consecutive terms. I am proud to say that our sport is in a much better place now than it was some years ago - and for this I wish to thank all of my colleagues from the CEV Board of Administration, the professional staff working at our headquarters in Luxembourg and obviously all of you."
The European Volleyball family will come together again next year in Naples, Italy, on August 24, with elections planned for the Presidency, the Board of Administration as well as to define those due to represent Europe in the FIVB Board of Administration for the next four-year term.
For more information, please visit the CEV website.
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