About the congress
About TAFISA
TAFISA — The Association For International Sport for All — is the leading international organisation for Sport for All and physical activity. It is recognised by the International Olympic Committee and has members in more than 170 countries, ranging from government ministries and national sports confederations to community organisations and universities.
Its purpose is straightforward: that everybody, everywhere should have access to sport and physical activity, regardless of ability, age, income, gender or where they happen to live.
The World Congress
The TAFISA World Congress is held every two years and brings together practitioners, policy makers, researchers, national federations and community leaders. It is deliberately a practitioner-facing event: the emphasis falls on programmes that work, evidence that can be acted on, and partnerships that survive a change of government.
Each congress adopts a declaration that sets out shared commitments for the movement, and hands over to the following host at its close.
Gaborone 2027
The 30th TAFISA World Congress runs from 17 to 21 October 2027 in Gaborone, Botswana, hosted by the Botswana National Sports Commission. It is the first TAFISA World Congress to be held in Botswana.
The programme runs over five days: an opening day with the TAFISA General Assembly and opening ceremony, two days of plenary and parallel sessions drawn from an open call for abstracts, a day of field visits to community programmes in and around Gaborone, and a closing day for the congress declaration, awards and handover.
Congress at a glance
- Edition: 30th TAFISA World Congress
- Dates: 17–21 October 2027
- Location: Gaborone, Botswana
- Language: English
- Convened by: The Association For International Sport for All
Related pages
- Congress CommitteesWho is organising the congress
- Botswana National Sports CommissionYour host organisation
- General ProgrammeThe five-day structure
- Contact UsReach the secretariat