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REPORT ON THE FIRST BELT AND ROAD PHYSICAL 
EDUCATION FORUM

Zagreb, Croatia, 16–18 April 2019

The first Belt and Road1 Physical Education Forum was organised by the Faculty of 
Kinesiology, University of Zagreb with the aim that the institutions of higher education 
from countries included in the initiative discuss the coordinated development of sports 
and sport education.

In this two-day event, each institution was presented, pointing out the important 
facts as well as giving an overview of their activities and projects. They also proposed 
the possibilities of further collaboration within the 16+1 initiative. The Science and 
Research Centre, Institute for Kinesiology Research was presented by the director 
prof. Rado Pišot, PhD. Additionally, the meeting with the representatives of Beijing 
Sport University was organised where also prof. Boštjan Šimunič, PhD and Saša Pišot, 
PhD presented the possibilities of mutual collaboration on common institute’s research 
fields.

Based on the premise of respecting the diversity of sports sciences there were 32 
institutions from 16 countries that signed the consensus of promotion the development 
of physical education research, namely: Beijing Sport University, Beijing Normal Uni-
versity, Capital University of Physical Education and Sports (CUPES), Charles Univer-
sity, Chulalongkorn University, Comenius University in Bratislava, Gdansk University 
of Physical Education and Sport, German Sport University Cologne, Josef Pilsudski 
University of Physical Education Warshaw, Latvian Academy of Sport Education, 
Lithuanian Sports University, Masaryk University, National Sports Academy “Vassil 
Levski”, Palacky University Olomouc, Russian State University of Physical Education, 
Sport, Youth and Tourism, Science and Research Centre Koper, Sports University of 
Tirana, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje; Transylvania University of Bra-
sov, University of Alberta, University of Belgrade, University of Ljubljana, University 
of Montenegro, University of Niš, University of Primorska, University of Sarajevo, 
University of Split, University of Tartu, University of Worcester, University of Zagreb, 
the University “Vasile Alecsandri” of Bacau and Western University. In this way they 
enabled sports to make its due contribution in promoting human health and changing 
human limits. 

1 The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a global development strategy adopted by the Chinese govern-
ment involving infrastructure development and investments in 152 countries and international organizations 
in Asia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas. The leader of the People’s Republic of China, 
Xi Jinping, originally announced the strategy during official visits to Indonesia and Kazakhstan in 2013. The 
“Belt” refers to the overland routes for road and rail transportation, called “the Silk Road Economic Belt”; 
whereas the “Road” refers to the sea routes, or the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. (available on https://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt_and_Road_Initiative).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt_and_Road_Initiative
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt_and_Road_Initiative


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According to the consensus, the institutions are willing to jointly build a platform 
for collaborative research and academic exchanges, strive to improve the level of sports 
scientific research, and consolidate and enhance the competence of the countries along 
the Belt and Road in physical education research.

The first forum is certainly a welcome opportunity to open up the scientific and 
research potential of the Institute for Kinesiology Research of the Science and Rese-
arch Centre Koper, but we will need to wait for the response from the future potential 
partners, so in the meanwhile we can look for similar initiatives.

Saša Pišot



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POROČILO PRVEGA FORUMA “BELT AND ROAD” ZA 
IZOBRAŽEVANJE V ŠPORTU

Zagreb, Hrvaška, 16.–18. april 2019
 
Prvi forum “Belt and Road”2 za izobraževanje v športu je organizirala Kineziološka 

fakulteta Univerze v Zagrebu z namenom, da visokošolskim ustanovam držav, vklju-
čenih v iniciativo, ponudi prostor za razpravo o usklajenem razvoju športa in izobraže-
vanja v športu.

Ta dvodnevni dogodek je bil namenjen predstavitvi ustanov in podrobnejšemu pre-
gledu njihovih dejavnosti in projektov ter prikazu možnosti nadaljnjega sodelovanja v 
okviru pobude 16 + 1. Znanstveno-raziskovalno središče Koper, Inštitut za kineziolo-
ške raziskave je predstavil direktor prof. Rado Pišot. Ob tem je bilo organizirano samo-
stojno srečanje s predstavniki Pekinške univerze za šport, kjer sta možnosti za razvoj 
sodelovanja na skupnih področjih predstavila prof. Boštjan Šimunič in dr. Saša Pišot.

Skladno s spoštovanjem raznolikosti znanosti o športih je 32 ustanov iz 16 držav 
(Pekinška univerza za šport, Pekinška Normal univerza, Kapital univerza za telesno 
vzgojo in šport (CUPES), Karlova univerza v Pragi, Univerza Chulalongkorn, Uni-
verza Comenius v Bratislavi, Univerza za telesno vzgojo in šport v Gdansku, Nemška 
univerza za šport v Kölnu, Univerza “Josefa Pilsudskega“ za telesno vzgojo v Varšavi, 
Latvijska akademija za športno vzgojo, Litovska univerza za šport, Masarykova uni-
verza v Brnu, Nacionalna športna akademija „Vassil Levski“ v Sofiji, Univerza Pa-
lacky Olomouc, Ruska državna univerza za telesno vzgojo, šport, mladino in turizem, 
Znanstveno-raziskovalno središče Koper, Univerza za šport v Tirani, Uuniverza Cirila 
in Metoda v Skopju, Transilvanska Univerza v Brasovu, Univerza v Alberti, Univerza 
v Beogradu, Univerza v Ljubljani, Univerza v Črni Gori, Univerza v Nišu, Univerza 
na Primorskem, Univerza v Sarajevu, Univerza v Splitu, Univerza Tartu, Univerza iz 
Worcestra, Univerza v Zagrebu, Univerza „Vasile Alecsandri“ v Bacauu in Univerza 
Western) podpisalo soglasno izjavo za promocijo razvoja raziskovanja športa in telesne 
vzgoje, s katero želijo omogočiti, da šport v svoji vlogi še nadalje ustrezno prispeva k 
promociji zdravja ljudi in premikanju človeških omejitev.

Glede na podpisano izjavo so institucije podpisnice pripravljene graditi platformo 
za skupne raziskave in akademske izmenjave, si prizadevati za izboljšanje ravni znan-
stvenih raziskav s področja športa ter utrditi in povečati usposobljenost držav ob »Belt 
and Road« pri raziskovanju telesne vzgoje. 

2 Pobuda Belt and Road (BRI) je globalna razvojna strategija, ki jo je sprejela kitajska vlada in vključuje 
razvoj infrastrukture in naložbe v 152 držav in mednarodnih organizacij v Aziji, Evropi, Afriki, na Bližnjem 
vzhodu in v Ameriki. Vodja Ljudske republike Kitajske Xi Jinping je strategijo prvotno napovedal med urad-
nimi obiski Indonezije in Kazahstana leta 2013. „The Silk Road Economic belt“ se nanaša na kopenske poti 
(cestni in železniški promet) - „Belt“, medtem ko se „Road“ nanaša na morske poti ali pomorsko svileno pot 
21. stoletja. (dostopno na https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt_and_Road_Initiative).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt_and_Road_Initiative


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Prvi forum je bil zagotovo dobrodošla možnost in odskočna deska za nadaljnje 
odpiranje raziskovalnih potencialov Inštituta za kineziološke raziskave ZRS Koper, se-
veda pa bo potrebno počakati na odziv bodočih potencialnih partnerjev in hkrati iskati 
podobne pobude. 

Saša Pišot


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