The FIDE Planning and Development Commission had its second continental meeting on February 22 at Protea Hotel by Marriott, Kampala, Uganda under the competent supervisión of the Uganda Chess Federation President and PDC member, Emmanuel Mwaka. FIDE PDC was also happy to partner with Ethiopian Airlines.
The event was attended by the FIDE President Mr Arkady Dvorkovich, Mr Victor Bologan (FIDE Executive Director), Mrs Dana Reizniece-Ozola (FIDE Managing Director), Mr Lewis Ncube (ACC President), Mrs Sonja Johnson (PDC Chair), Ms Tshepiso Lopang (PDC Councillor- Africa) and the representatives of 37 countries. Also, we were honoured to have the Minister of State for Sport in Uganda, Hon. Denis Hamson Obua.
The objective of this continental meeting was to share insights into the funding programme over the past three years. The status of the development fund in Africa during the years 2019-2021 and the FIDE 2022 projects were presented. The participants also saw the presentation of the sponsorship proposal template as a key tool to help federations engage other partners in a bid towards sustainability.
The delegates focused on improving Project proposals for funding to facilitate more efficient processing of applications; they also had productive discussions on various social projects across the region, such as Chess for Protection.
The Planning and Development Commission will utilise the rich feedback and suggestions shared during the meeting to create programmes and initiatives to support the development of the federations in Africa and other continents throughout FIDE.
