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The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has the great pleasure of unveiling the members of the Selection Committee for its ground-breaking project - The AIBA Boxing Academy.

The four-strong committee consists of IOC member Sir Craig Reedie as Chairman and members Andrew Ryan (ASOIF Director), Claude Stricker (AISTS Director) and AIBA Executive Director Ho Kim.

The AIBA Boxing Academy Selection Committee will be responsible for evaluating the hosting bids from different federations around the world before making a short list of candidates for the AIBA Executive Committee to vote on in August 2008.

The AIBA Boxing Academy will comprise of centres of excellence (one on each continent) offering the best integrated educational and physical training programs in order to lead the development of boxing around the world. Areas of focus within the boxing family include athletes, coaches, referees and judges, ringside physicians, sport managers and administrators.

AIBA Boxing Academy Selection Committee member profiles:

Chairman: Sir Craig Reedie
A former President of the International Badminton Federation, Sir Reedie has been an IOC Member since 1994 and is currently on the Coordination for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing 2008, Olympic Programme and IOC Ethics Commissions as well as being a WADA Council member.
 
Member: Mr Andrew Ryan
Mr Ryan is the current Director of ASOIF and formerly the International Badminton Federation's Chief Operating Officer.

Member: Mr Claude Stricker
Mr Stricker is the AISTS (The International Academy of Sports Science and Technology) Director in Lausanne, Switzerland and as a graduate in Sports and Physical Education from the University of Lausanne has a Ph.D. in Economic Sciences and a postgraduate master in Business Information Systems.

The AIBA Boxing Academy Timeline:

February 11, 2008
Confirmation of Bidding Plan and sending of 1st Request For Proposal (RFP) file in the form of a Brief Questionnaire to select two short listed cities in each continent
March 7, 2008 
Deadline to receive 1st RFP file replies
March 10, 2008
1st Selection Committee Meeting in Lausanne. Selection of the two final candidate cities and finalizing of the Final Bidding RFP file
March 28, 2008 
Sending of the Final Bidding RFP file including the final selection guidelines
June 20, 2008 
Deadline for submission of Final Bidding files
July 17, 2008 
Presentation of all candidate cities to the final Selection Committee Meeting and drafting of final proposal for the AIBA Executive Committee
August 7, 2008 
Selection Committee Report to AIBA Executive Committee for the Final Decision on all Host Cities