The goal of the International Committee for Fair Play (CIFP) is the world-wide defence and promotion of fair play. The activity of CIFP focuses on national and international organizations working for sport and education, on high level athletes, and very emphatically on children, adolescents and on those in charge of training them - on coaches and trainers.

The CIFP's main objective is to decide about the awarding of International fair play prizes every year on the basis of the nominations filed to the CIFP by different organisations and private people. Any organisation and private person is entitled without restriction to nominate someone for a fair play prize.

Until recent years the ceremony was organized by the CIFP with the support of UNESCO and the ceremony itself took place in the UNESCO building in Paris. Although the CIFP's highly important intention is to cooperate with UNESCO as closely as possible, there is a new tendency for the CIFP to hold the award ceremonies in various places around the world so as to bring the fair play idea closer to the people of different nations.

In the course of the ceremony, honorary trophies and diplomas are awarded to athletes from all over the world chosen by the Committee for their particular commitment to fair play. Traditionally the prizes were awarded to the laureates by the Director General of UNESCO, but more recently other prestigious personalities of the sporting world have beencalled upon to award prizes. The ceremony is generally attended by the President of the International Olympic Committee, traditionally by the French Minister of Sport, as well as numerous leading celebrities of international sport organisations and national olympic committees.

The prizewinners include famous champions in men and women sport categories as well as lesser-known athletes, beginners and young people. Their conviction is to regard fairness as more important than winning at all costs. They provide an ideal for millions of athletes all over the world. The CIFP also awards prizes to outstanding athletes who have always excelled by their fairness and are now retiring from active sports. In this way the CIFP would like to encourage former athletes to remain model examples of fair play in sports.

With this aim in view, the C.I.F.P. commends attitudes matching this ideal and setting examples: every year the CIFP confers awards in three categories:

1. For an act of fair play, which cost or could have cost the victory to a contender who sacrificed or compromised his chances of winning by complying not only with the written rules of the sport, but also with the 'unwritten' ones.

2. A general attitude of sportsmanship all along a sports career, marked by an outstanding and constant spirit of fair play.

3. An activity aimed at promoting fair play: organization of national or local campaigns, lectures, books, articles, reports or comments in the media.

The awards are conferred by the Board of Directors which comprises the jury of the International Committee for Fair Play. It primarily holds its meetings in spring every year to select the nominations submitted.

In ascending order of merit, CIFP awards are as follows :

- Letter of Congratulation in all the three categories;
- Honorary Diploma in all three categories;
- International Fair Play Trophies:
1./ Pierre de Coubertin Trophy - for an athlete or a team for an act of fair play (Categorie No. 1.)
2./ Jean Borotra Trophy - for a person for his or her sporting career (Categorie No. 2.)
3./ Willi Daume Trophy - for a person or an organisation for promotion of fair-play play (Categorie No. 3.)

The Trophies and Honorary Diplomas are presented to the winners in a ceremony held every year in the autumn.

The headquarters of CIFP is in Paris (c/o CNOSF, 1 Av. Pierre de Coubertin 75640 Paris Cedex 13, France. The address of the President and the Secretary General is: Hungary - 1146 Istvánmezei út 1-3, Telephone (36) 1 460 6957 - Telefax (36) 1 460 6956 - E-mail cifp@fairplayinternational.org.
   
     
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