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Dear SCIJ friends,
A number of you are getting impatient.... Please find hereby the quotas of participants that are applicable for your country, concerning the 56th International Winter meeting in Marakech-Oukaïmeden, as well as the application form.
Click here to download the application form in Excel (xls) format.
Click here to download the quotas list for your country in PDF format.
We ask all captains to send us the approval of the quota for their country, as soon as possible; and to fill the application form accurately (don’t forget to add a recent identity picture of each participant).
You will also find hereby the account number (in Belgium) where to transfer the 185 EUR pp:
363-4260851-69
Iban : BE71 3634 2608 5169
The completed forms must be in our possession at last on November 22, 2009.
As usual, the 65 EUR pp for SCIJ will be paid in cash, at your arrival, directly to Secretary General Roberto Micalli.
We remind you of the fact that you need a passport, valid until three months after departure.
And we have also to remind you of the regulations written by the International Committee:
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- members must be professional journalists (captain's have to send a scan of the press card in addition to the application form, or a letter from the head editor saying that the journalist is working in the media he leads)
- 50% of participants of each nation should be under 45 years of age.
- each club must have 1/3 of women participants to the winter meeting.
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If there is an exception to these rules, the decision will be made by the International Committee.
Expenses you will have on the spot:
- beverage at the bar or in the discotheque
- personal purchases in shops or souks
- hiring of alpine ski material: skis, boots and poles of correct quality will be available at Oukaïmeden, for the prize of 40 EUR / 3 days for a complete set (skis and poles without boots 30 EUR / 3 days). Be sure to bring your own helmet for the races, there will be none for rent.
As for the cross country equipments, we hope to have a 100 pair available, but nothing is certain yet, and we advise you to bring your own cross country equipments or to hire it in your own country.
Professional equipment as cameras, tape recorders, .... should have proper papers for customs (special « ATA book ») A welcome board will be installed at the airport arrivals of Mohammed V airport in Casablanca and at Menara Airport in Marrakech.
If your flight lands in Casablanca, don't take the correspondence flight to Marrakech (they have a very late arrival). You will be transported by bus from Casablanca to Marrakech over the highway.
Post-tours
We want you to discover as many aspects of Morocco as possible. So, we opted for 3 different post-tours (maximum 15 persons per tour) running at the same time (you will have to choose) from Saturday 30 January until Tuesday 3 February 2010.
There will be no pre-tour.
Post-tour N°1:
Urban social and economic context: Rabat (the capital) and Casablanca (economic capital).
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Next to the traditional visits of monuments as the Oudayas Kasbah, Hassan II Mosq, old parts of the Habous, hype parts as Maarif, you will be able to meet some very interesting social workers and associations (Aïcha Chchenna from « Women Solidarity » who cares for the education of single mothers and their children, Zoulikha Naciri from the Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity or Najat M'jit who looks after street-children throuh association « Baïtiy » ... Not to forget he economical aspects with visits to big export compagnies and meeting with some important Moroccan businessmen.
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Post-tour N°2:
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2010 was declared « the year of Tourism » in Morroco.The « Plan Azur », that aims to bring 10 million tourists to the country will be explained to you by high ranked members of the Ministry of Tourism and you also will meet some private operators. Ancient Culture and Tradition will not be put aside, as you will also be able to visit artifacts centers.
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Post-tour N°3:
Morocco and the rest of the world-International affairs: Laayoune, Dakhla and Aousserd
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A visit to the southern provinces of the Sahara whose status is in the final phase of settling by the United Nations Organization. Areas where war and constant guerrilla were a severe brake against developpement, but where great potentialities exist: Laayoune, Aousserd and Dakhla whit its fabulous sand bay, one of the best « spots » of the 3500km long beach that Morocco can offer.
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For more information, please contact Belgian Organizing Committee (Betty and Claudine)
Betty bcl@rtbf.be and Claudine Claudine.naassens@skynet.be
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