Press ReleaseFIM Europe Course in Motorcycle Management

Diploma Ceremony in Rome (Italy)

Rome - The first edition of theFIM Europe Course in Motorcy-cle Management was very suc-cessful, and today it endedwith the distribution of the di-plomas to the students. The ceremony was held at theConsular Room Giulio Marinozziof the University of Rome "ForoItalico", at the presence of itsRector Prof. Fabio Pigozzi andof Pro-Rector Prof. GennaroTerracciano, of the FIM EuropePresident Dr. Wolfgang Srb andof FIM Europe Secretary Gene-ral Alessandro Sambuco, of theFMI President Avv. Giovanni Co-pioli and of the FMI SecretaryGeneral Alberto Rinaldelli.

On top, the group at the end of the ceremony. Above, from left, Dr.Wolfgang Srb and Prof. Fabio Pigozzi

The course started in No-vember 11th and finishedlast February 25th. Thestudents of the Master, bythe means of 150 hours oflessons, spread in 12 wee-kends of attendance, had a general overview, Stage and Final Project Work, ofthe main themes connected with motorcycling: from international sporting orga-nization and institutions of motorcycling to business and contractual laws, fromeconomy and management applied to sport to basis of sport communication, fromstrategy and governance of the motorcycling sporting organizations to sport mar-keting, from leadership to techniques of Team Building, up to the leading figuresof collaboration in the motorcycling team.

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From the left, Alessandro Sambuco, Prof.Gennaro Terracciano, Dr. Wolfgang Srb,Prof. Fabio Pigozzi, Avv. Giovanni Co-pioli and Alberto Rinaldelli

As foreseen for the second phase of the pilotproject of these Courses, contacts with otherUniversities and other Federations are alreadyin progress, in order to start an exchange oflectures and students, for conferring a Conti-nental dimension to such initiatives. In particular, a meeting with DMSB and Hoch -

schule Kaiserslautern – University of Applied Sciences, organizing the MBA Motor-sport Management Course, is foreseen shortly. The great opportunity is to create a new generation of managers, well trainedand able to play different roles in motorcycling at international level, to whomhave been offered, in addition to all subjects covered by the study plan, a wide

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From top, Cristiano Barberis, Francesco Bartoli,Francesca Yasmine Duran, Federico Falco and Mi-chele Fusillo

and deep knowledge of the InternationalSports Law, of the Institutions of Motorcy-cling, as well as of their functioning.Among the 15 students who completed thecourse, 10 were present to discuss theirfinal works: Cristiano Barberis – Creation and management of a Motorcycling TeamFrancesco Bartoli – The organization of a Moto3 monobrand cup for young riders: orga-nizing aspects, rules and communication plan managementFrancesca Yasmine Duran – The importance of the athlete image for the advertisingmessage: the sports sponsorship contractsFederico Falco – The agile methodology applied to a Motorcycling Team

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From top, Stefania Guernieri, Simone Petrosemolo,Gianmarco Pinto, Riccardo Santilli and Lavinia Sop-pelsa

Press ReleaseMichele Fusillo – The overwinning obsession Stefania Guernieri – The communication strategy of a motorcycling teamSimone Petrosemolo – Team Management: organization and contractual aspects andrider managementGianmarco Pinto – Relationships between sports juridical rules and State juridical rulesRiccardo Santilli – From the Moto Club to the Team: which juridical and fiscal regime?Lavinia Soppelsa – The motorcycle rider’s performance: the role of physical training,nutritional control and mental training. For FIM Europe also the Second Deputy President Silvio Manicardi and the Lawyer Ro-dolfo Romeo attended the ceremony.“The first Course in Motorcycling Management was a huge achievement”, Dr. WolfgangSrb stated. “I am grateful to the University, to all Professors who gave lessons, butfirst and foremost to all the students that attended the course and were successful.They have learned a lot in these past weeks and months which will be most useful intheir jobs, might it be with a team or a Federation. I wish them all a great future.”

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About FIM Europe (www.fim-europe.com) - The FIM Europe (in the past UEM, Union Europèenne de Motocyclisme) includes47 National Federations (FMNs) and 6 Regional Motorcycling Associations and is a European organization acting within its attri-butions in all matters in relation with motorcycling activities and, as such, in domains ranging from sport, tourism, leisure, envi-ronment, mobility, road safety, legislative affairs, protection and defence of the rights and interests of motorcycle users. As far asmotorcycle sport is concerned, the FIM Europe is the supreme and sole European authority empowered by the FIM to controlEuropean motorcycling sport activities organized under its jurisdiction throughout Europe.The aims of FIM Europe are to developand promote all forms of motorcycling in Europe as well as the co-operation and friendship between its members, and notably:to examine all questions related to the development of motorcycling in Europe; to organize European Championships and toestablish all competitions that appear beneficial subject to the prior approval of the FIM; to co-operate with the FIM in all mattersrelating to the organization of international events and motorcycling in general; to organize camps and seminars for riders, officials,coaches and administrators of various European FMNs; to support the creation and development of motorcycling activities in allEuropean countries; to promote the co-operation among all European FMNs; to promote motorcycling among young people,both as sport and motorcycling in general; to encourage the use of motorcycles in European countries and to develop motorcycletourism; to represent the interests of motorcyclists before European authorities; to promote in the media the sport of motorcyclingand the use of motorcycles in all of Europe.Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/europeanmotorcycling

PRESS RELEASE nr. 94/2017 - May 9th 2017FOR MORE INFORMATION: Fiammetta La Guidara

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