Official Ceremonies. EDUC will notify a school district(s) if an official ceremony may be held to commemorate the launch and/or ground-breaking for a project. The parties shall co-operate in the organization ceremonies, and messages and public statements for such events should be mutually agreed upon.
Official Ceremonies a. Positioning of the FILA officials The FILA officials will be seated in two or three rows in the space reserved for them at the opening, closing and medal ceremonies. The representative of local authorities (Minister or other dignitary representing the highest authority in the country hosting the event) will be seated in the first row. On the left of this person will be the FILA President and on his right the representative of the IOC or the NOC. The President of the organising Federation will sit to the left of the FILA President or his representative. The President of the NOC of the host country will sit to the left of the FILA President (on the second seat). The FILA officials will occupy the second row (Vice-Presidents, Honorary Presidents, Secretary General, President of the Officiating Department, Medical Commission and Olympic Commission). The local VIPs, sponsors' representatives and FILA officials' wives will sit in the third row. A private room at the competition venue will be made available to these guests and the VIPs. Refreshments such as coffee or tea will be served.
