Message for 2017 by Prof. Franco Ascani FICTS President and Member of IOC Commission for “Culture and Olympic Heritage”

FICTS – Federation Internationale Cinema Television Sportifs (www.sportmoviestv.com), that  makes use of a thirty years experience in the organization of events with widespread the same characteristics in 116 Countries of the world and, in 2017, will realize an intense program of events in order to promote and to increase the development of culture and of sports disciplines through the real use of the power of the image that stimulates positive emotions.

Thanks to a fruitful cooperation with the IOC – International Olympic Committee as well as thanks to a qualified participation in international level, we filed 2016 (the Olympic year that highlighted the positive role of women in sport) with a flattering balance sheet of the public and critics for the many activities of Federation. FICTS, as Federation of Television and Sport Image on screen, a meeting point for the 1.172 Television Sports Channels, has laid a solid foundation for the future through new cohesions (National Olympic Committee, Ministers, etc.) as well as through the excellent quality of the guests and of participants (directors, producers, networks, etc.) to the “World FICTS Challenge”, Worldwide Championship of Television, Cinema, Communication, Sports Culture and new media that carried out in 16 stages in 5 Continents.

FICTS, in collaboration with the “IOC Foundation for Culture and Olympic Heritage”, intends to continue – in 2017 – the spread and cultural use of the Olympic footages with the aim to further promote the positive values of the Olympic and Paralympic Games ​​through several actions inspired of the “Culture through sport”. Actions intended as antidote to the negative aspects, tenaciously defending the integrity of the athletes and sports organizations that, in turn, must act with great determination and with new models of efficient governance. My personal target, throughout the Federation and 116 joined Countries is to strongly develop in the new year, the knowledge of the Sport Movement, the Olympic and Paralympic Games to make it a way of life for all segments of the citizens in each country, contributing to change sport in a “global movement at humanity’s service”, based  on the values ​​of universality, tolerance, ethics, peace and fair play which are its priceless heritage and the sense of my wishes.