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| Rita Subowo & Byunghun Jun |
Jun
Byung Hun, the president of International e-Sports Federation (IeSF),
restarts international exchange activity in order for e-Sport to be
recognized by the International Sport Society.
Mr.
Jun visited Jakarta,
Indonesia on 29th
of September and had meetings with Mr.
Mahyudin, S.T..M.M, the
vice president of MPR
(Madjelis Permusjawaratan Rakjat)
in Indonesia, Ms. Rita
Subowo, the president of Indonesia NOC, and
Mr. Hayono Isman, the
president of FORMI
(Indonesia Sport for
All organization).
The
agenda
of this meeting was the possibility of authorization of e-Sport as
official multi sports
events
which is one of the main priorities of president Jun. Indonesia
will be hosting the TAFISA World Games in 2016, the Asian Youth Games
in 2017 and the Asian Games in 2018. As e-Sport was adopted as an
official program in the TAFISA World Games 2016, President Jun tried
to promote the vision and importance of e-Sport to key
people from the national sports authorities in Indonesia.
Mr.
Jun was eager to request their assistance to allow e-Sport to be
included in international sport events which will be held in
Indonesia in the future.
During
the meeting with Mr.
Mahyudin, Mr. Jun
introduced e-Sport to him
and made a request for
legal and financial assistance.
Mr.
Mahyudin expressed his
interest to hold the IeSF e-Sports World Championship in Indonesia
and other IeSF events. MPR in Indonesia is the governmental
institution that is responsible for enactment of a constitution,
creating national policies and compilation of the budget.
Mr.
Jun also met with Ms.
Rita Subowo, the
president of Indonesian (National Olympic Committee). Ms.
Subowo holds many
important positions in the Sports world, such as committee chairwoman
of OCA(Olympic Council of Asia), a member of the IOC
committee(International Olympic Committee), and the chairwoman of the
organizing committee for 2018 Asian Games. Mr.
Jun discussed the
possibilities for e-Sport to be in multi sports events in Indonesia
as well as requesting for help to introduce e-Sports to international
sport society.
Ms.
Rita said,
“We would like to take e-Sport into 2017 Asian Youth Games in
Indonesia. Through this, we will also be able to see possibility of
e-Sports to be selected in further multi sports events.” In
addition, she showed interest in introducing and promoting e-Sport to
global sport society.
At
a meeting with Mr.
Hayono Isman, Mr.
Jun discussed issues
about e-Sports in 2016 TAFISA World Games in depth. He
expressed that TAFISA
World Games can expand the amateur base of e-Sport and will be a
great chance for e-Sport to be introduced to international
organizations such as IOC, UN, UNESCO which have been supporting
TAFISA.
Through
those meetings in Indonesia, e-Sport itself has a much better chance
of being a part of the 2017 Asian Youth Games as well as 2016 TAFISA
World Games. Through these references, IeSF will continue pushing for
e-Sports to be a part of the 2018 Asian Games as a demonstration
discipline.
Mr.
Jun said,
“Indonesia is an important nation that will hold international
sport events three years in a row and its government and sport
council have high interests in e-Sport. So we, IeSF, are going to try
to spread the possibility of e-Sports as an official sport to all
over the world and promote e-Sports players to be admitted as sport
athletes through international sport events in Indonesia.”
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