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CSIT (International Workers and Amateurs in Sports Confederation) is a international Multi-Sports Organisation founded 1913 in Ghent/Belgium and was based on the historic ideas of the international labour movement. Nowadays, the main activities that CSIT is organising are the major and small sports events, more precisely Sport for All – Games for amateurs & workers, competitive & non-competitive, for young & old, men & women from all over the world. Sports events considered as festivals of friendship, cultural exchanges, events promoting awareness on tolerance, respect, sustainability & fair play in sport environment, addressed to unlimited size of participants; all those major and small events welcome CSIT members, non-member organisations, cooperation partners, governmental bodies, trade unions and business companies with sports activities for employees and amateurs worldwide. Within the world of international sport, CSIT maintains its support for everyone to benefit from sporting activities regardless of their qualifications, talent, nationality, age, sex and social circumstances. During the last decade CSIT has grown rapidly up to a global organisation with 44 National Member sports organisations/ Unions from 35 countries, 3 continental member unions/ sports organisations (Pan-America, the Balkans, Africa) and approx. 230 million individual memberships today. Most member unions/ sports organisations are from Europe. CSIT is a democratic structured organization with the Congress as highest body, which elects every 4 years an Executive Committee with its leading President as well as Chairmen and Secretaries of the Technical Sports Commissions of different kind of CSIT sports. CSIT stands for the promotion of tolerance, respect, fair play, friendship, intercultural dialog and integration through sport. A ‘zero tolerance’ – Policy towards violence, fanatic behaviour and racism is pursued accurately. CSIT is recognised by the IOC and it is memeber of GAISF, the Global Assoication of International Sport Federations.

Since its founding in 1949, the International University Sports Federation is the key driver to expand the role and reach of university sport around the world. FISU believes that sports values and sports practice work in perfect synchronicity within one’s university studies. FISU offers opportunity and inspiration to students around the world to play sport. The health, wellbeing, and experiences that students gain from sport help them become exemplary leading members of society.

ITTAF is a Federation that was established in Umag Croatia on May 5, 2011 for the promotion and dissemination of Traditional Taekwon-Do that originated in South Korea in 1955 with the intention of bringing together all the organizations that exist in the world. of Traditional Taekwon-Do.

The International Traditional Karate Federation (ITKF) is a global organization founded in 1990 to preserve and promote traditional karate worldwide. It sets standards, organizes events, and fosters international cooperation among practitioners, emphasizing respect, discipline, and self-improvement.

The sociology of sport is internationally represented by the International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA, formerly ICSS, founded in 1965), which also publishes the International Review for the Sociology of Sport. ISSA is a research committee of the International Sociological Association (ISA) where it is officially recognised as RC27 (Sociology of Sport) and also an official committee of ICSSPE (the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education). At present there are over 200 members from different parts of the globe. ISSA holds annual conferences, including RC27 (Sociology of Sport) meetings in conjunction with the ISA World Congress of Sociology. As an international organisation, ISSA consults with national and regional groups. Some national groups are federated with the national sociological association of that country, or with a sport science/physical education organisation. Either through ISA or ICSSPE such groups have a direct link to ISSA. There are also regional groups in areas such as Asia and North America – with NASSS, the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, which publishes the Sociology of Sport Journal, is the most-well known regional group. European researchers are also linked to the European Association for Sociology of Sport (EASS) and the European College of Sport Science (ECSS).

The International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport (ISHPES) is the umbrella organisation for sports historians all over the world. ISHPES came into being in 1989 through the merging of ICOSH and HISPA. ICOSH (the International Committee for the History of Physical Education and Sport) was founded as early as 1967 in Prague. HISPA (the The International Association for the History of Physical Education and Sport) was founded in 1973 in Zurich. ISHPES promotes research and teaching in the area of physical education and sport. Its purpose is to facilitate and to improve communications and cooperation betweeen sport history associations at the national and regional levels, as well as between scholars. ISHPES organizes international congresses and seminars and provides information on sports history projects, publications, and events. ISHPES promotes research and teaching in the area of physical education and sport. Its purpose is to facilitate and to improve communications and cooperation betweeen sport history associations at the national and regional levels, as well as between scholars. ISHPES organizes international congresses and seminars and provides information on sports history projects, publications, and events.

The International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry (ISAK) was founded as an organisation of individuals whose scientific and professional endeavour is related to kinanthropometry. ISAK’s purpose is to create and maintain an international network of colleagues who represent the world community transcending geography, politics and the bounds of separate disciplines in order to establish a dynamic area of scientific endeavour. Kinanthropometry is the area of science concerned with the measurement of human body composition. As a result of changes in life styles, nutrition, activity levels and ethnic compositon of populations, changes to the distribution of body dimensions are forever occurring. Kinanthropometry is the interface between anatomy and movement. It takes the measurement of the human body and determines it’s capability for function and movement in a range of settings. ISAK has developed international standards for anthropometric assessment and an international anthropometry accreditation scheme (IAAS). The accreditation scheme is based on the concept of a four-level hierarchy. A key element in it is the objective maintenance of quality assurance by requiring that all levels have to meet initial technical error of measurement (TEM).

The International Society for Comparative Physical Education and Sport is a research and educational organization, based upon a large network of experts in several scientific areas. Its purpose is to support, encourage and provide assistance to those seeking to initiate and strengthen research and teaching programs in comparative physical education and sport throughout the world. ISCPES distributes research findings and information; Supports and co-operates with local, national and international organizations having similar goals; Organizes and arranges meetings bringing together people from around the world; The scope of the Society’s academic mandate is affected by member’s interests and research needs; Members are primarily drawn from all sub-disciplines of sport sciences with an interest in cross-cultural and international issues.

IFWC is promoting crossbow shooting across the world. Those who loves Crossbow Shooting are most welcome in the organisation.

IFAPA is an international scientific organization of higher education scholars, practitioners and students dedicated to promoting Adapted Physical Activity.