OCA Culture Committee discusses ‘New Wave’ plan and Asian Games youth camp

OCA Culture Committee discusses ‘New Wave’ plan and Asian Games youth camp Bangkok, Thailand, June 27, 2020: International Olympic Committee Member from Thailand Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul conducted an online meeting of the Olympic Council of Asia Culture Committee meeting comprising of 14 participants were held yesterday on the 27th June in the Zoom video conference. The meeting focused on two main topics: an expo and festival running alongside OCA multi-sport events and proposals for an Asian youth cultural camp at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China in 2022. Francis Wanandi, who was a Director of the 2018 Indonesian Asian Games Organising Committee, made a presentation entitled “OCA New Wave” which highlighted global sports trends, market research and sponsor expectations. OCA plans to begin this New Wave concept with a series of sunset cultural festivals during the 6th Asian Beach Games at Sanya, China from November 28 to December 6, 2020. During the meeting it was also outlined for an Asian youth camp at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou from September 10-25, 2022. Similar to the Asian youth camp held during the Guangzhou Asian Games in 2010, which involved 180 participants aged from 14-17, the camp in 2022 would focus on art and culture, music and dance, culinary activities and drawing and painting, he said. The youngsters would stay in the Hangzhou Asian Games Village and the youth camp would be held in the International Zone of the Village, he added. Both the OCA New Wave and Asian Youth Camp initiatives will be discussed further between the OCA and host cities in order to add value and bring new cultural dimensions to the traditional sports events. Source: OCA News