The Colombian Paralympic Committee (CPC; es, Comité Paralímpico Colombiano – CPC) is a private,
non-profit organization
A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...
representing the
Colombian Paralympic athletes in the
International Paralympic Committee
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC; german: Internationales Paralympisches Komitee) is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and fun ...
(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's the governing body of the
Colombian Paralympic
The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...
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 sport 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 persons with disabilities in all national and international instances.
* Consolidate the internal management structures of the Colombian Paralympic Committee with an effectiveness approach.
* Build the policies, guidelines and guidelines to ensure the proper functioning of the National Paralympic System in harmony with the International System.
* To propitiate conditions for the development of the Paralympic and Deaflympic sports practice 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, dissemination 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 of people with disabilities, in all its 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 the 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 Paralympic tournaments:
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Paralympic Games
The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...
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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
Colombia made its Paralympic Games début at the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto, with competitors taking part in track and field, table tennis and wheelchair basketball. The country has participated in every subsequent edition of the Summer ...
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Colombian Olympic Committee
The Colombian Olympic Committee or COC ( es, Comité Olímpico Colombiano – COC) is the governing Olympic body of Colombia. Its mission is the coordination of efforts to protect the Olympic movement and consolidate its development, compli ...
References
External links
Official website
National Paralympic Committees
Paralympic
The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...
Colombia at the Paralympics
Sports organizations established in 2001
2001 establishments in Colombia
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