Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The first ever Athletes’ Forum for Asian para-athletes was announced by the Asian Paralympic Committee on Wednesday, September 23.

The virtual event will take place over two days, on 2-3 December 2020, and is timed to coincide with the International Day of People with Disabilities which falls on the closing day.

Athlete representatives from all of the 44 Asian National Paralympic Committees will be invited to participate and discuss topics covering a wide range of areas including information on future Games, increasing female participation in sports and preparing a career post-competing.

APC President Majid Rashed commented: “We have a clear vision to make for an inclusive Asia through para-sport and it is the athletes acting as role models who will drive this. We put them at the heart of our activity and therefore I’m delighted to announce the first ever Athlete Forum for our region.

 “This will help our athletes be informed about key issues that can help in their sporting careers and afterwards but also crucially it gives them a platform to share their views which will help us in our future decision-making,” Rashed added.

A number of expert speakers will take part to lead on the various topics and the APC Athletes’ Committee Chair Lee Jeong-min will act as moderator supported by other members of the committee.

The Forum is being supported by the Korea Paralympic Committee who, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic had offered to host the meeting in South Korea.