Dilan Perera, President of the Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation was appointed Chairman, Asian Volleyball Confederation (Central Zone Secretariat) at a meeting chaired by Dr. B. Sivanthi Adityan, First Vice President of the FIVB (the world governing body for volleyball) and Executive Vice President, AVC, which had 14 countries affiliated to this body. The meeting took place in Chennai.The countries in the Central Zone Secretariat are: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Maldives, Kirigastan, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India and Turkmenistan.
It was unanimously resolved that the Asian Zone Secretariat be established in Sri Lanka and Dilan Perera, President of the Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation and Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, be its Chairman.
Susil Ranasinghe, Secretary General of Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation as the Secretary General.
This move is a clear indication of what the Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation has achieved during the last few years under the guidance of Dilan Perera.
The activities of the Secretariat apart from the monitoring the activities of all Asian Zone Countries would include several other functions. The primary activities will be: (a) Ascertaining the feasibility of conducting qualification tournaments amongst Central Zone countries prior to their participation in Asian Central Zone championships. (b) The organizing of various Central Zone Championships among member countries with suitable dates, venue, etc. (c) Organizing of Asian Central Zone Beach Volleyball Championships with suitable dates, venue, etc. (d) South Asian Federation Championships for different age groups. (e) Zonal competitions for Junior and Youth level. (f) Conducting international technical seminars and clinics.
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