To ensure that we provide an accurate news material or any information, we have added a more detailed news article published by www.27seagames2013.com & written by Alan Adams.
We need to reiterate that there’s a procedure for any national federation to follow in order to receive any type of funding from the FIVB through the FIVB Development Fund.
May the article below provide a clearer information about the news article we previously posted.
December 31st, 2013
The life honorary president of the International Volleyball Federation wants member federations in Southeast Asia to submit development plans, saying there is a war chest containing 1.3 million Swiss francs waiting to be spent.
Wei Jizhong of China, who is also honorary president of the Asian Volleyball Federation, said the world governing body isn’t interested in spending money just for the sake of it.
“The problem is the national federations, they did not apply for the money,’’ said Wei as he took in the men’s volleyball semifinals at the SEA Games. “We do not want to distribute the money unless we first know their needs and how they want to spend the money.”
“We tell them we have money and we have equipment and now give us a plan. Now we are saying to get plans. More and more national federations are becoming aware of the possibilities of their programs if they get some help.”
Wei said he was pleased with the competitive level at the SEA Games, especially on the women’s side.
“Generally speaking, in this region, the most important thing has been participation. Now we have more men’s teams and five women’s teams.”
Wei is also pleased with changes in Myanmar that allow more participation by the national teams of the host country for the 27th SEA Games.
“Myanmar has had few appearances in world and Asia volleyball competitions because before, what happened was their government did not allow them to go out and they had no chance to win. Now, they told me the government is encouraging the team to go out to international competitions. That is good.”
December 27th, 2013
Taray Nyo Teh!
We really hope the $$$ will be spent wisely.
Most of all, we hope all federation officials, coaches and players will get along to make sure that everyone involved is on the same page and will NOT allow politics and any issue to slow down or damage the develop of volleyball in the Philippines and the same goes for other Southeast Asian countries who will receive funding.
NAYPYITAW—Good news for the Philippine volleyball team.
China’s Wei Jeizhong, the life honorary president of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB), has asked Southeast Asian federations to submit a development plan for the growth of the sport in their respective countries.
Wei, who also sits as honorary president of the Asian Volleyball Federation, announced that the FIVB has a war chest containing 1.3 million Swiss francs (P64.5 million) ready to be spent for the programs of SEA volleyball federations, including the Philippine Volleyball Federation (PVF).
“The problem is the national federations. They haven’t applied for the money,” said Wei during the 27th Southeast Asian Games volleyball event held at Zayar Thiri Stadium.
Though women’s volleyball is slowly creeping into the mainstream similar to basketball and boxing, the leadership struggle at PVF hasn’t been entirely fixed yet.
“We already told them we have the money and we have the equipment,” said Wei. “They should submit a plan.”
The Shakey’s V-League and the Super Liga are just two of the tournaments where Filipino volleyball players could showcase their skills.
Since winning the gold in the 1993 Singapore meet and a bronze in the 2005 Manila Games, it was all downhill for Filipino tossers. The Philippines also failed to bring a team here. The men’s team got a bronze in the 1991 Manila Games and a silver in 1977 in Kuala Lumpur.
Thailand topped the SEA Games, which ended Sunday, with 107 gold, 94 silver and 81 bronze medals. Men’s and women’s volleyball were among the events the Thais won.
Again, we hope everyone will LEARN how to work together as a team.
This is it ladies!
We wish all SEA teams the best in the years to come!
FIVB Development Fund
The aim of the Development Fund is to assist with direct implementation of new development projects that are likely to improve the performance and situation of Volleyball and Beach Volleyball at the national level, allowing National Federations to develop and grow through close collaboration with their local stakeholders, governmental agencies and other collaborating organizations, private or governmental. Projects should demonstrate that they have adequate administrative capacity and are realistic, both in terms of implementation and by obtaining measurable results.
The yearly allocation of the FIVB Development Fund is decided by the FIVB Board of Administration and the affairs are managed by the FIVB Technical & Development Department.
The FIVB Development Fund main objectives are:
To ensure that broad aim of the FIVB mission is met in terms of development actions, namely to raise the profile of Volleyball and Beach Volleyball promoting self driven actions towards future sustainability
To help developing National Federations in an efficient way to progress with their development projects and future goals
To allocate funds to projects that are likely to make impact and show real outcome for the sport and its structure at the national level
To ensure growth of youth players and youth teams
To improve appearance of Volleyball in schools and to promote Mass Volley events at both national and regional level
To support up and coming National Federations to develop competitive national teams through targeted projects, team building and talent identification programmes
To analyze and support joint projects in collaboration with governmental agencies as well as other relevant National Federation‘s stakeholders