CISM - Conseil International du Sport Militaire - International Military Sports Council

2nd CISM World Winter Games
25-29 March 2013 - Annecy, France

Annecy 2013 - Video Presentation

Meeting in Bled, Slovenia

From 13 to 16 last September, the CISM Sports Committee for Skiing Meeting and Site Visit of the locations of the 52nd CISM World Military Skiing Championships 2012 took place in Slovenia, in the beautiful city of Bled. The 2nd CISM World Winter Games Project Manager and a French team representing WINOC were invited to take part in this meeting in order to start the preparation of the Regulations for this second edition of the Winter Games.
All participants were warmly welcomed by the President of the Skiing Sport Committee, Lt-Col. Jure VELEPEC. On 13 September afternoon they were received in Pokljuka by Brigadier General Andrej OSTERMAN, the President of the Slovenian Organizing Committee for the 52nd CISM WM Skiing Championship next year.

Besides the regular agenda meeting amongst the members of the Skiing Committee, specific points focusing on the preparation of the WWG regulations were intensively discussed during these 3 days. At the end of the meetings, the participants managed to come up with a proposal for the first draft of the Technical Regulations of the 2nd CISM WWG (Handbook 2.1) and the Sports Regulations of the Games (Handbook 2.2).
The first draft of the 2nd CISM WWG General Regulations will be drafted by 2nd WWG PM and will be made available for the CISM CC and French OC shortly. This draft is going to be discussed and amended during the next 3 months and most probably, next year, in January, a decisive meeting will take place in Brussels with the participation of all involved actors to finalize these regulations.
Thanked to Slovenian support, this meeting has completely achieved his goal.
Good Luck SLOVENIA and see you again in March 2012.

Meeting in Paris, 06 September

On 6th September 2011, in Paris, a meeting was organized by the CISM HQ together with the French Delegation, and the representatives of the two CISM partners companies, Sport Extra Time and Grinaker Sponsorship and Marketing to start designing the effective organization of the 2^nd CISM World Winter Games 2013 in Annecy.
The meeting took place at the headquarters of SET in Levallois-Perret. This was the occasion to review the report of the 1^st edition of the Winter Games in Aosta and to prepare the procedures, methodology and timings of the next steps in the preparation of the Games. The success of the recent summer Games, in terms of TV broadcasting was evoked too and plans were studied to confer the Winter Games 2013 with an efficient TV, Sponsoring and Broadcasting policy.
The next meeting is planned for the 3^rd week of September, together with the Members of the CISM Skiing Committee and French Organizing Committee to start reflecting on the technical regulations for the event.

ATTRIBUTION

The 2^nd CISM World Winter Games were attributed to the city of Annecy at the CISM General Assembly and Congress held in Seoul, in 12 May 2011. The second candidate was Sochi (RUS).

France, the Land Forces and the City of Annecy administrated by its mayor Jean-Luc RIGAUT,presented the French candidature to organize the 2^nd CISM World Winter Games. This candidature was supported with enthusiasm and commitment by all public authorities on the national, regional, departmental and local levels.

Annecy is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It lies on the northern tip of Lake Annecy (Lac d'Annecy), 35 kilometers south of Geneva.

Annecy and Savoy-Mont Blanc are the French candidate to host the 2018 Olympic and Paralympics Winter Games.

Ski Orienteering in the next CISM Winter World Games

The International Military Sports Council (CISM) has decided to include ski orienteering in the 2nd CISM Winter World Games in Annecy-Chamonix, France, in March 2013.

13-fold World Champion Eduard Khrennikov won the middle distance at the Winter World Games 2010.
Photo: Erik Borg

The first edition of the Winter Military World Games took place in 2010 in Aosta Valley, Italy, and ski orienteering was part of the Games as a demonstrative sport. According to CISM, it was because of the success of the ski orienteering events in Aosta Valley that the decision was made to introduce ski orienteering as an official discipline in the programme of the next Winter World Games in France.

IOF President Åke Jacobson was pleased to receive the good news: “We are delighted about CISM’s decision to introduce ski orienteering as an official discipline at the Winter Military World Games. Ski orienteering is well suited for multisports games. We have worked hard to develop the sport, and this decision shows that we are on the right track. We will continue our efforts together with the national federations to make our sport even more spectator and media friendly, and I am sure that the CISM Winter Military World Games 2013 will be a great success for both the organisers and ski orienteering.”

Friendship through Sport
Founded in 1948, the International Military Sports Council (CISM) is one of the largest multidisciplinary organisations in the world. The ultimate goal of CISM is to contribute to world peace by uniting armed forces through sports; and the motto under which CISM operates is “Friendship through Sport”. The Winter Military World Games were organised for the first time in 2010. The second CISM World Winter Games will be staged in Annecy-Chamonix, France, in March 2013.

Source: International Orienteering Federation

1st CISM Winter World Games - Aosta, Italy 2010