ASM officers Frans Deguara President and Johann Pace attended the ‘European Union for Motorcycling’ UEM Congress which was held in Belgrade, Serbia recently.
This was the first time that Malta was represented in a UEM Congress which was made possible through the support from Kunsill Malti ghall-isport – KMS.
Forty seven countries were represented in various workshops and decisions were taken for the future of the sport. It was clearly understood that some problems are common in all countries.
The local delegation attended the sittings regarding Motocross in Europe and M.Cycle Track racing chaired by Mr Farm and Mr Frank respectively.
Discussions were held with Engineer A. Leonzo and Peter Hansen both responsible for track specifications and homologations to European and international standards. Other meetings were also prepared with one particular company whose products are recommended and used in many UEM events for its versatility and accuracy. This company provides Timing equipment not only for all UEM Motorcycle sport, but also produces systems that can be used in Cars and Karts events too.
Saturday in Belgrade was a very busy day as the official Congress commenced early in the afternoon. About 270 officers from 47 countries were present.
Each country’s federation representative, including ASM-Malta, had the voting rights during the meeting. The financial 2011 report, together with the 2012 budget, were discussed and approved. The possibility to change the UEM name as proposed by FIM was also discussed and is to be decided during another meeting to be held in Monaco on 1 December 2012.
It’s very important that ASM will be present again at this forthcoming event.
This Congress gave the ASM delegation chance to discuss and exchange views and future plans with Officers of neighbouring and far away countries including representatives from Qatar, Romania, Germany, Great Britain, Israel and many more.
The ASM officers proposed to hold in Malta the 2015 edition of the UEM Congress. This proposal was welcomed and is to be brought before the Assembly for voting next December. “It’s great to hold this Congress in Malta,” said UEM President Dott. Mazzi and Alessandro Sambuco, UEM’s Secretary General.
Other meetings were held for the UEM FMN’s secretaries and for a Road Safety meeting. The UEM’s IT Dept. launched new projects for 2013. Among other items, all administration documents for FMN’s and riders will be available online and a common events planning system for all member countries is to be introduced in Sweden in the next few days when communication between all federation members will be greatly improved.
Another intelligent system named ‘Rescue’ will be available to both riders when in training and riders on the road. This will be installed in the personal iphone which automatically calls for help if the rider is involved in an accident. A demonstration followed the introduction of the system. Other innovative system are to be introduced to add safety to motorcycle riders in competition and while on the road.
UEM President Dott. V. Mazzi and Secretary Alessandro Sambuco among others thanked ASM-Malta officers for their presence and their contribution towards this Congress as Malta can be the right link with other Mediterranean and North African countries in motorcycle sport and road safety awareness.