The meetings of the International Board and the PI President’s Committee, held on 10 and 12 September in person and online, focused on strategic issues for the future of the Movement.
At the international level, they confirmed the participation in RelazionExpo in Verona (26 October) with a round table and presentations dedicated to PI and partner projects. The IB also welcomed the joint declaration, supported by the PI, of Kärnten-Alpe Adria, Area 12 Friuli Venezia Giulia, and Slovenija for the promotion of shared values, the possibility of relaunching and extending the Caregiving Expo L.104 project at European level and, with great satisfaction, authorised the reopening of the District Chile thanks to the establishment of the new Valdivia Club.
Ample space was also given to training and communication: a training plan for all positions, refresher courses for the Secretariat and a video aimed at clubs to strengthen their common identity are currently being studied. Meanwhile, the second issue of the new PI Magazine, translated into six languages with the support of the AI, will be the subject of a survey aimed at members to verify its suitability.
The European University Sports Association's proposal to collaborate on the European Week of Winter Sport was welcomed, while attention is already turning to the “Musketeers” conference (Milan, February 2026), where PI will speak on the ethics of artificial intelligence. The process of including the Ethics Commission in the Statutes has also been initiated and the commemorative badge for the 75th anniversary of the Movement has been approved.
There were also updates on the Clubs: the closure of the Le Cannet-Rocheville Club was regretfully acknowledged, while the opening of the Santo Domingo PC was celebrated.
Finally, the Board thanked the Board members for their commitment to their duties and confirmed its desire to strengthen the international network by spreading the values of Panathlon through increasingly broad and concrete initiatives.
