De Vos and Helgstrand Appointed on FEI Solidarity Committee

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Denmark

At the 2018 FEI General Assembly in Manama (Bahrain) on 20 November 2018, FEI president Ingmar de Vos and Danish equestrian federation president Ulf Helgstrand were appointed as group heads on the FEI Solidarity Committee.

The FEI President, Chair of the FEI Solidarity Committee, provided the General Assembly with an overview of the successes of FEI Solidarity projects, which include the FEI Course for National Federations, Secretary Generals and Administrators, implemented in 2017. This programme was put in place to facilitate dialogue between the FEI and National Federation administrators, as well as educational tools for the National Federations.

Another key programme created in 2018, is the Retraining of Racehorses scheme in partnership with Longines. The objective of this project is to educate coaches and athletes in retraining techniques for former racehorses.

Since it was founded in 2012, FEI Solidarity has supported a total of 355 National Federation projects: 284 between 2012 and 2018, with pledges of support for a further 71 in 2019.

The General Assembly approved appointments to the FEI Solidarity Committee:

Group I      Ingmar De Vos (BEL), FEI President and Chair
Group II     Ulf Helgstrand, President DEN NF
Group II     Marina Sechina, President RUS NF
Group IV   Eve van den Bol, President CAY NF
Group VI   Pablo Tomas Mayorga (ARG), FEI Honorary, Vice-President
Group VII HH Pince Moulay Abdellah EL Alaoui, Presdient MAR NF
Group VIII Mona Tep, President CAM NF
Group IX    Glenda Warburton, President SWZ NF