The Colombian Paralympic Committee is a private,
non-profit organization
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representing the
Colombian Paralympic athletes in the
International Paralympic Committee
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC; ) is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement.
The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and functions as the international federation for nin ...
(IPC), the
Parapan American Games
The Parapan American Games is an international multi-sport event for athletes with physical disabilities held every four years after every Pan American Games. The first Games were held in 1999 in Mexico City, Mexico. The 2003 Parapan American Ga ...
, and the
South American Para Games. It is the governing body of the
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...
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Paralympic
The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Kore ...
sport; it represents 15 member sports organizations.
Mission
The Colombian Paralympic Committee is the entity that promotes the formulation and implementation of the public policy of sport recreation, and sports rehabilitation within the Colombian Paralympic System. In addition, it coordinates and executes the different programs of the Paralympic and Deaflympic sports in the Colombian territory in conjunction with its national federations and competent international entities.
This organizational structure defines a dimension in the aspect of the projections in its organizational processes, established in its programmatic vision.
Objectives
General Objective
Achieve the strengthening and consolidation of the Colombian Paralympic Committee, making visible the disability situation in the national and international sports, recreation, and leisure time of people with disabilities.
Specific Objectives
* Position the Colombian Paralympic Committee as the governing body for the sport of people with disabilities in all national and international instances.
* Consolidate the internal management structures of the Colombian Paralympic Committee with an effective approach.
* Build the policies and guidelines to ensure the proper functioning of the National Paralympic System in harmony with the International System.
* To create conditions for the development of Paralympic and Deaflympic sports practices in Colombia.
* Strengthen the structures of the Paralympic System through processes of cultural transformation, sports development from the base, and sports projection, in line with the new world trends in sport.
* Build and apply a comprehensive policy of communication, education and dissemination of the Colombian Paralympic culture.
* Promote in the Colombian social imaginary, the gradual actions of transformation of practices oriented to the use of free time, recreation, and sport by people with disabilities, in all their manifestations, to guarantee real and effective access to these activities.
* Establish the necessary strategic alliances with public and private organizations and civil society organizations, within the different social, political, economic, and cultural sectors to contribute to the objectives of the Plan.
* Promote transversal actions that facilitate the production and development of new knowledge about the Colombian Paralympic System.
Associated Federations
International events
The CPC represents and coordinates the participation of Colombian athletes in the maximum number of Paralympic tournaments:
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Paralympic Games
The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disability, disabilities. There are Winter Paralympic Games, Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 ...
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Parapan American Games
The Parapan American Games is an international multi-sport event for athletes with physical disabilities held every four years after every Pan American Games. The first Games were held in 1999 in Mexico City, Mexico. The 2003 Parapan American Ga ...
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South American Para Games
See also
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Colombia at the Paralympics
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Colombian Olympic Committee
The Colombian Olympic Committee (COC; ) is the governing Olympic body of Colombia. Its mission is the coordination of efforts to protect the Olympic movement and consolidate its development, compliance with the rules of the Olympic Charter and ...
References
External links
Official website
National Paralympic Committees
Paralympic
The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Kore ...
Colombia at the Paralympics
Sports organizations established in 2001
2001 establishments in Colombia
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