Event

Sports and Environment training for Confederation of Africa Athletics Member Federations

Held during the 2024 edition of the African Athletics Championship in Douala, SEI Africa, in collaboration with Athletics Kenya and Athletics Cameroon, will lead a strategic engagement to promote sustainability in sports in Yaounde.

SEI Africa in partnership with Athletics Kenya and UNEP has been leading the effort to help sports federations across Africa integrate sustainability into their activities.

20 June 2024 at 09:00 GMT+

ending at 16:00 GMT+

Cameroon

Yaounde, Douala

Event contact

Philip Osano / philip.osano@sei.org

This mission aims to deploy an air quality sensor at the Championship venue, conduct a training program on sports and sustainability, and explore potential collaboration with the Sub-regional Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics (ISSEA) of Yaoundé.

Objectives:

1. Deploy an Air Quality Sensor at the venue of the African Athletics Championship in Douala.

2. Organize the Second Edition of Training representatives from athletic federations on sports and sustainability.

3. Engage with ISSEA in Yaoundé for a potential Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), focusing on advanced research on air quality modeling and forecasting in Yaoundé.

4. Visit and take stock of the two air quality sensors previously deployed in Yaoundé for maintenance.

Expected Outcomes:

1. Successful deployment and operation of the air quality sensor at the African Athletics Championship Venue in Douala.

2. Enhanced knowledge and capacity of athletic federation representatives on integrating sports and sustainability.

3. Established groundwork for a formal partnership between SEI and ISSEA, focusing on research and air quality.

4. Maintenance of the sensors and air quality data analysis of both sensors during the engagement meeting with ISSEA

Event Programme: Sports and sustainability training

0830-0900hrs	Registration of participants
0900 – 0950hrs	SESSION 1: OPENING SESSION Facilitator, Mr. Lamin Faty, Chief Executive Officer, Confederation of Africa Athletics (CAA Welcome remarks……, Director of Reunification Stadium Welcome statement Mr. Motomby Mbome Emmanuel, President, of Cameroon Athletics Welcome statement Mr. Kalkaba Malboum, President, Confederation of Africa Athletics (CAA) Welcome statement Lt. General (Rtd) Jackson Tuwei, President, Athletics Kenya Welcome statement……………, Representative from the Ministry of Sports and Physical Education, Government of Cameroon KEYNOTE SPEECH: Minister for Sports and Physical Education, Government of Cameroon
1000 -1100hrs	SESSION 2: SCENE SETTING – BACKGROUND ON SPORTS AND SUSTAINABILITY Introduction to the World Athletics Sustainability Strategy implementation, Mr. Bob Ramzak, Head of Sustainability, World Athletics) (TBC) Linking Environment and Sports – Challenges and Opportunities in Africa, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Regional Office for Africa) TBC State of Science on Air Quality and Climate in Africa and Relevance to Sports, Dr. Anderson Kehbila, Programme Leader for Energy and Climate Change, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Africa Center Determination of Health Risks to Athletes using the Who Air Quality and other Health Guidelines, World Health Organisation (WHO) (TBC)
1100 – 1130hrs	GROUP PHOTO Networking Break

1130-1300hrs	SESSION 3: EXAMPLES OF SUSTAINABILITY ACTIONS – PANEL DISCUSSIONS Panelists Athletics Kenya: Impacts of air pollution and climate on athletics performance – testimony (Athletics Kenya representative/Athlete) CAA: Support needed for CAA member federations on implementing the World Athletics Sustainability Strategy – CAA Representative Ministry of Environment, Nature, Protection and Sustainable Development, Cameroon: Policies and actions to address air quality and climate change in Cameroon and at Sports facilities – Representative from the Ministry Health and Sports – Sports physician
1300 – 1430hrs	LUNCH BREAK
1430 – 1530hrs	SESSION 4: PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE (BREAKOUT SESSION)
1430 – 1530hrs	Live Demonstration of air quality data at Reunification Stadium (Government of Cameroon, Cameroon Athletics Federation, Athletics Kenya, UNEP-ROA, SEI) Coordinator : Ngongang Wandji Danube, SEI
1545 – 1630hrs	SESSION 5: CLOSING Statement by Athletics Kenya Statement by Cameroon Athletics Statement by CAA Minister for Sports and Physical Education, Government of Cameroon
1630 – 1730hrs	Networking

Topics and subtopics: Air : Cities, Pollution
Related centres: SEI Africa
Regions: Africa , Kenya , Cameroon , Nigeria , Chad

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