Fédération Internationale Catholique d'Education Physique et Sportive
The Fédération Internationale Catholique d'Education Physique et Sportive (FICEP) is the global umbrella organization of Catholic sports associations . The seat is Paris .
history
In 1906 there was an initial effort on the part of the FGSPF (France) and the FASCA (Italy) to organize a meeting of the Catholic sports associations that had existed until then. It took place in 1908 under the auspices of Pope Pius X in Rome with about 2000 participants from France, Belgium, Ireland, Canada and Italy.
It was founded on the initiative of Paul Michaux, who is also the founder of the Fédération Sportive et Culturelle de France, at the time President of the FGSPF in 1911 in Nancy . The name was Union Internationale des Oeuvres Catholique d'Education Physique (UIOCEP). At the end of 1913, a first general meeting of the association's athletes took place in Rome, chaired by Count Mario de Carpegna.
Members
The association currently includes sports associations from the following countries:
- Belgium (Gym & Dans Vlaanderen)
- Germany ( German youth force , DJK)
- France (Fédération Sportive et Culturelle de France, FSCF)
- Italy (Centro Sportivo Italiano, CSI)
- Cameroon (Center Sportif Camerounais, CSC)
- Madagascar (Madagascar Fitaizana ny Herin'ny zatovo malagasy, FIHEZAMA)
- Netherlands
- Austria ( Sports Union )
- Poland (Katolickie Stowarzyszenie Sportowe Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, KSSRP)
- Switzerland (Sportunion Schweiz)
- Slovakia (OROL)
- Czech Republic (Orel)