Member states of the World Sports Alliance

The World Sports Alliance (WSA) has 24 member states.

WSA-IGO was created following the adoption of the Rabat Declaration in Morocco, in May 2007 by the Kingdom of Morocco, the Republic of Niger, and the Dominican Republic, and its subsequent presentation and registration with the Economic and Social Council UN-ECOSOC (E/2007/NGO/1)(3) in July 2007. By April 2009, WSA had grown to include 24 Member states and with the accession acceptance of three additional nations in January 2009, will comprise 27 countries with a combined population base of 574 million.

WSA gathers as members those countries who share its vision and objectives and who wish to collaborate with one another to achieve the Alliance’s goals. Pursuant to the Accession process, the Sports and Youth Ministers of each Member state become the lead representative of their respective governments within WSA.

The decision to organize as an Intergovernmental Organization (IGO) was strategic. An IGO is an organization made up primarily of Sovereign States, referred to as its Member States, and requires the membership of a minimum of three (3) countries in order to qualify as an IGO. Examples of IGO’s include the United Nations, the European Union, and NATO.

This organizational form permits WSA to work in direct concert with its Member States through the Sports and Youth Ministries of each Member State on the social and academic aspects of the WSA programs. At the same time, this structure also enables WSA to work in direct contact with the Heads of State, the Prime Ministers and Ministers of each of its Member States on matters pertaining to the Public Private Partnerships in order to encourage and reinforce the participation of Countries in their own sustainable and responsible development.

Further, by providing access to the highest levels of governments, the IGO status also provides WSA with the means to broaden support among non Member States for the strategy of using education through sports to engage the youth of a country in order to educate and then involve them in the development of their communities and society at large.

Current members

The member states are listed below with their respective dates of admission.

The table below uses the official names of the member states used by the WSA-IGO, and can also be sorted by their dates of admissions by clicking on the button in the column header.

Note: Member states with background color       and bold font are original members.

Morocco	02007-05-29 29 May 2007
Niger	02007-05-07 7 May 2007
Dominican Republic	02007-05-04 4 May 2007
Zambia	02007-06-09 9 June 2007
Uganda	02007-07-30 30 July 2007
Guinea	02007-08-03 3 August 2007
Benin	02007-09-21 21 September 2007
Panama	02007-09-24 24 September 2007
Senegal	02007-09-31 31 September 2007
Burkina Faso	02007-12-24 24 December 2007
Togo	02007-12-31 31 December 2007
Central African Republic	02008-01-25 25 January 2008
Cote d'Ivoire ! Côte d'Ivoire	02008-02-03 3 February 2008
Chile	02008-05-08 8 May 2008
Rio Grande do Norte	02008-05-30 30 May 2008
Gauteng	02008-07-17 17 July 2008
Congo, Republic of the	02008-08-20 20 August 2008
Haiti	02008-09-25 25 September 2008
Madagascar	02008-10-05 5 October 2008
Liberia	02008-10-21 21 October 2008
Costa Rica	02008-10-30 30 October 2008
Democratic Republic of the Congo	02008-12-13 13 December 2008
Chad	02009-02-14 14 February 2009
Burundi	02009-03-25 25 March 2009
Catalonia	02009-05-17 17 May 2009

Footnotes

1. United Nations Millennium Development Goals (1)
2. Rabat Declaration(2) http://www.omdg.org/en/index.php?searchword=world+sports+allianc&ordering=&searchphrase=all&option=com_search
3. UN- ECOSOC (E/2007/NGO/1) in July 2007. (3)
4. AIESIS http://www.omdg.org/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=128&Itemid=70
4. Regional Roundtables held in Paris, Algiers, Brasilia and Beijing respectively.(4)
5. Public Private Partnership (PPP) as an innovative means of financing sustainable development.(5)
6. Unleashing Entrepreneurship (6)

External links

1. World Sports Alliance http://www.worldsportsalliance.org/site/
2. Intergovernmental Organization
3. United Nations Millennium Development Goals
4. United Nations
5. European Union
6. NATO
7. UNDESA - www.un.org/esa/desa
8. UNESCO - http://portal.unesco.org
9. Unleashing Entrepreneurship, (http://www.undp.org/cpsd/report/index.html)
10. AIESIS http://www.omdg.org/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=128&Itemid=70
11. UN NGO IRENE http://www.unpan.org/NGO.asp
12. EUPEA http://www.eupea.com
13. CONFEJES http://www.confejes.org/article159.html