TTOC Secretary General to attend World forum on Sport, Education and Culture

oct.19.2006

Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) Secretary-General Brian Lewis will represent the TTOC at the 5Th World Forum on Sport,Education and Culture.

Lewis is also the Director of the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Academy(TTOA) and is currently a member of the Pan American Sport Organisation(PASO) ,Education and Academy Commission.

Among the topics to be dealt with at the two day conference is the role of physical education in modern sport,Women and the disabled in sport and the role of the National Olympic Academy.

Time permitting the TTOC Secretary-General is expected to visit some of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Venues.

TTOC President Larry Romany noted that the integration of Sport,Education and Culture is a concept that the TTOC is dedicated to propagating as the holistic development of the youth involved in sporting activity is a core focus of the National Olympic Committee. Accordingly attending the World Forum is important.

The TTOC's participation is funded by the International Olympic Committee(IOC).