European Paralympic Committee (EPC) held its Conference and electoral General Assembly in Katowice, Poland between June 15 and 17, 2017. The President of European University Sports Association (EUSA) Mr Adam Roczek attended the event as well.

After the Conference, the Assembly was held, accepting application of International Federation of CP Football and Badminton Europe Confederation as members. Currently EPC has fifty six members, among them forty-nine National Paralympic Committees and seven other organizations active in Paralympic sport.



The Assembly approved reports of outgoing Executive Board and warmly thanked the former President Mr John Petersson, Executive Board members and all commissions for outstanding performance during the last four period. Mr Petersson is leaving EPC after eight successful years of service and will continue his activity in International Paralympic Committee (IPC), being also a candidate for IPC President.



Voting members elected Mr Ratko Kovacic from Croatia as the new President of the Executive Board, Mr Terje Jentoft Roel from Norway as Vice-President, and five other board members.



Cooperation between EUSA and EPC is based on Memorandum of Understanding which was officially signed between the two organisations in 2014. Students para-athletes took part in the European Universities Games in Zagreb-Rijeka in 2016, and are also invited to the EUG 2018 in Coimbra.



Excellent cooperation between EUSA and EPC was made possible also by personal involvement and commitment of Mr Petersson and Mr Kovacic who are truly friends of University sport. We wish a lot of successes at global stage to Mr Petersson and look forward to continue cooperation with EPC under leadership of Mr Kovacic.

For more information, please see www.europaralympic.org.