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About ASIA

The Association of Sports Institutes in Asia

Background of the ASIA

• The Association of Sports Institutes in Asia (ASIA) is a non-profit-making and non-government organisation; it is a representative body of various high performance sports institutes in Asia to create networks to develop sports in Asia.
• It was founded in February 2015 by the Japan Sport Council, Sport Singapore, Aspire Academy (Qatar) and the Hong Kong Sports Institute.
• There are currently 20 member organisations from 16 countries/regions in Asia.

Background of the ASIA Annual Congress

• The ASIA has held the Congress annually since 2016.
• The goal of the annual congress is to explore ways to better collaborate across Asia, to provide an opportunity for sharing of best practices and for professional development of the leaders of high performance training centres.
• The annual congress has been held on five occasions. The year and location, and the host and organiser of each congress are listed in the following table.

  Edition	Year	Location	Host
  1	2016	Tokyo, Japan	Japan Sport Council
  2	2017	Hong Kong, China	Hong Kong Sports Institute
  3	2018	Singapore	Sport Singapore
  4	2019	Doha, Qatar	Aspire Academy
  5	2021	Online	Japan Sport Council