Orange Sports Forum
Orange Sports Forum is a platform for the promotion of companies, organisations and institutions affiliated to Dutch sport.
The OSF, Orange Sports Forum invites its members for a member meeting during the Rabo FIH Champions Trophy on June 28, 2011.
Programme:
We hope this invitation will fit into our Members’ schedule and we are looking forward to see you on June 28th.
Indo-Dutch Football Schools In India Today – June 10, 2011
In: India
20 Jun 2011Tapping the craze for football in India seems to be the latest trend among western countries and Dutch sports management company Orange Sports Forum (OSF) will be providing the All India Football Federation. (AIFF) with a technical team which will supervise the talent in the country at the grassroots level.
The much touted technical director – who was not only going to personally supervise the grassroots development of the game, but also bridge the gap in communication between the senior team coach and the junior teams – will now be replaced by a team of directors who will calculate the progress and prepare reports for the federation to assess.
Although the federation has refused to go on record with the development, saying that only initial talks have been held so far, an AIFF official confirmed that they are impressed with the plan of the Holland- based group and that the deal is on.
“The deal is set to be signed. Although the company arrive in India at the end of the month for a presentation for the federation, it will be more of an effort from their side to understand the football culture in the country and the infrastructural conditions,” the official told MAIL TODAY.
“They will be travelling across the country and get accustomed to the Indian culture. Although the basic principles of the programme will be same as that of the Dutch style of play – something which is famous all over the world – it will be customised to suit India’s needs,” he noted.
“It is a win-win situation for Indian football. Not only does OSF pump in money for the technical team to operate in India, but if all goes well, legends like Guus Hiddink could be coming over to chalk out grassroots development plan for the country. Honestly, we don’t have the financial feasibility to approach someone like Hiddink.”
According to the official, it is the keenness shown by European corporate, who operate in India, which really set the ball rolling for the plan to see the light of the day. “OSF has received a lot of offers from European companies who are eager to invest in the Indian market. They are really eager to tap the market in the country. They feel that India is one country whose potential in the world market is untouched. “They feel being associated with the federation would help them in their endeavour to tap the Indian market. It is no surprise that the game has a huge following in the country, despite the national team not doing that well,” he said.
Meeting Orange Sports Forum on October 5th, 2010
In: Uncategorized
20 Jun 2011On October 5th, 2010 the OSF will organize the first meeting of the new Orange Sports Forum, from 11 am until 2 pm at Randstad Holding, Diemermere 25 in 1112 TC Diemen, Netherlands.
Our host will be Frans Cornelis MBA, Managing Director, Group Marketing & Communications of Randstad Holding NV. Frans is, among others, responsible for all of Randstad’s corporate sponsorships.
As you all know the Orange Sports Forum foundation was established in July 2010 and has meanwhile welcomed its first participants and renowned endorsement partners. The committee, chaired by Marcel de Rooij (director of Twynstra Gudde), has started its work. The efforts aimed on India have so far resulted in two concrete applications which offer great opportunities for the OSF and its members. In short, it is time to exchange ideas and to name concrete activities and to take some decisions.
The programme will be as follows:
11 am Welcome by Frans Cornelis MBA
11.05 am OSF update by Ronald Kramer (OSF executive)
11.15 am “Selling Holland abroad” by Hans van Driem, Managing Director Holland Business Promotion Office
11.35 am India applications and the role of OSF by Arun SwamiPersaud
Noon Questions/discussion/decisions
12.15 pm Coffee break
12.30 pm Presentation Randstad Holding and its Top Sport Academy
1.00 pm Lunch offered by Randstad Holding (incl. networking)
2.00 pm End
We have chosen to invite widely. This means that our participants, endorsing partners and all companies which have previously been invited and companies that have shown interest in the OSF are cordially welcome at this meeting.
You can register for this meeting til September 25th as OSF participant / endorsing partner or participant by email: d.degroot@orangesportsforum.nl.
For further information on the Orange Sports Forum: www.orangesportsforum.nl.
You can also contact Ronald Kramer (+31 6 51 59 73 67) or Arun SwamiPersaud (+31 6 22 41 74 32).
We are looking forward to meeting you on October 5th!
Report OSF meeting May 25th, 2010 – UBF Hilversum
In: Uncategorized
20 Jun 2011On May 25th about 20 people/organisations attended the Orange Sports Forum meeting at the United Broadcast Facilities’ offices in Hilversum.
At this meeting the parties discussed the Orange Sports Forum’s agenda. The Orange Sports Forum is charged with developing a network of and for Dutch companies and organizations, in order that they can widely market their knowledge and expertise on sports to (up and coming) markets and relations, with their counterparts in these up and coming countries.
The Orange Sports Forum wants to develop into a network where sport associations, sport technical companies and businesses with a strong affinity for sport can meet. The companies and organizations can share knowledge within this network and profile in the field of sport expertise and, where necessary, develop business opportunities together. The persons present stated that the establishment of such a platform in the Netherlands seems definitely significant.
The sports market in India is considered as one of the first markets that will be explored by Orange Sports Forum. This market is in full development and therefore offers great opportunities. We want to research how we, the Orange Sports Forum, can work together to apply these opportunities and how we can establish a structural relation with the Indian sports industry.
This means that we, in the near future, want to apply ourselves together with the other participants, to establish and extend the Orange Sports Forum network. Secondly we will research how we can give further shape to our relations with Sports India.
Meeting Orange Sports Forum at United Broadcast Facilities, May 25 2010
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20 Jun 2011The first meeting of the new Orange Sports Forum will be held on Tuesday May 25th, 2010. During this meeting we will discuss the latest developments within the sports market in India and how we can adapt to this together and individually. United Broadcast Facilities (UBF) in Hilversum will be our host. Harry Heinsius will introduce the company. Rein Jansma, architect and director/owner of Zwarts & Jansma Architecten in Amsterdam will present his impressions of the Sports and Innovation Seminar held at the World Championships Hockey in India.
Meeting: Orange X-Sport / Orange Sports Forum
Date: Tuesday May 25th, 2010
Time: 10.00-12.00 am
Location: United Broadcast Facilities, Naarderweg 16, Hilversum
You can register for this meeting contact Diana de Groot at dianadegroot@thebridge.nl.
High Level Sports Lunch hosted by Dutch Embassy In New Delhi – March 10th, 2010
In: India
20 Jun 2011by Ronald Kramer
At the invitation of the Dutch ambassador Bob Hiensch a ‘High Level Sport Lunch’ took place on March 10th, 2010, at his residence in New Delhi. The meeting was highly successful and initiated a further cooperation between the Netherlands and India in the field of sports. The guests were:
Netherlands:
Maurits Hendriks, Technical Director NOC-NSF and Chef de Mission London Summer Olympics 2012, former National Hockey Coach for the Netherlands (Olympic gold as assistant to Roelant Oltmans in 1996 and Olympic gold in 2000 as head coach) and National Hockey Coach of Spain , George de Jong, Director Innosport, Rein Jansma, Director Zwarts&Jansma Architects, Ronald Kramer, Director DRK, Sports Management and Consultancy, George Taylor, President/CEO, Sports Arts, Theo Groothuizen, Counsellor, Science & Technology, Guus Lamers, First Secretary, Economic and Commercial Affairs.
India:
Mrs. Khullar, Secretary Sports, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, GoI, Pravir Krishn, Jt Secretary & Special Officer, Common Wealth Games, Sports Authority of India, Alberto Colaco, General Secretary, All India Football Federation, Abhinav Bindra, Shooter, Gold Medallist Beijing Olympics, Hiren (Henry) Sheth, MD, Sportina, Representative Desso Sports Systems.
Many topics were addressed during the animated discussions. The good will to cooperate in the field of sports was confirmed by the Ambassador as well as by Mrs Khullar. However, Mrs Khullar differentiated hardware and software. Tenders will be given out for hardware, open for everyone, including Dutch companies. Tenders are expected for sport accommodations and sport scientific institutions. The distance between government and sports federations seems still big (compared to that in the Netherlands in 1980).
It is a problem for the government to realize objectives (sport for all and top sport) with limited resources. Co-operation can therefore be important. The Indian soccer association named the Dutch youth training and women’s soccer as an example. The latter especially drew the attention of Mrs. Khullar. There was actually talk of an exchange of women’s teams.
The conclusion was that a co-operation could be established through the following means:
- Institutional co-operation
- Scientifical co-operation (sports health care, nutrition, training/monitoring)
- Exchange of best practices and people
- Board and management of sports (exchange on governmental level)
In short, a promising step forward. Progress will be monitored by the Embassy.
Golden Hockey Coach Marc Lammers in India
In: Uncategorized
20 Jun 2011
Following Marc Lammers’ presentation at the Global Sport Summit, the Indian news channel Cable News Network-Indian Broadcasing Network (CNN-IBN) broadcasted a report. Marc was compared with Kabir Khan, trainer and coach in the popular Bollywood sports film “Chak de India”. In this movie the popular actor Sharuk Kahn plays the role of Kabir Khan, a trainer who reaches the World Championships Hockey with the Indian women’s team. The movie was a smash hit in 2007 and showed something Indian fans were hoping for for a long time: India is back on the international hockey field and is a team that should be taken into account.
httpv://ibnlive.in.com/videos/108286/top-dutch-hockey-coach-ready-to-help-india.html
The presentation of Marc Lammers, in which he emphasizes on the importance of innovation, the investment in good sports facilities, owning responsibility and strength, was greatly appreciated by the Indian media and public. Marc pointed out that it might even be easier to take the Indian women to the top than the Indian men’s team. Meanwhile there is a large number of Indians who hope that Marc will become the national coach of the Indian team some day….
Global Sports Summit 2009 New Delhi – December 9 2009
In: India
20 Jun 2011Invitation from India
Lavesh Lakhina of the Indian Expat Society and Arun SwamiPersaud of The Bridge were approached by India to take part, together with Dutch companies, in the Global Sports Summit seminar in New Dehli. This was a big sports seminar organized by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce Trade and Industry (FICCI).
FICCI indicated that members were very interested in the Dutch sports knowledge in the field of infrastructure, coaching, marketing, media and the organization of top events and the sport for all.
Involvement of the Dutch Ministery of Economic Affairs
The Ministry of Economic Affairs in the Netherlands supported the delegation extensively. The promoting of Dutch sport and its sports companies offered a good chance for Holland Branding in India. The Ministry values the promotion of the Netherlands as a sporting country also in view of the 2028 Olympic Plan.
The Bridge was asked by EVD International to execute a market survey to research the opportunities on the upcoming Indian sports market and to mobilize a group of sports companies and associations that could be interested in a trade mission to India. Ronald Kramer (DRK management) supported the preparations for this mission.
Connecting the Dutch & Indian sports sector
On December 9th, 2009, the delegation, consisting of a variety of companies, architects, builders, suppliers of artificial turf, sport management advisors, media companies and sport associations, took part in the Global Sport Summit. Marc Lammers, Dutch top hockey coach and Olympic gold medal winner, addressed the participants at the summit.
Consequently the Dutch companies had great exposure and enlarged the opportunity to actually market their products and knowledge in India.
Dutch sport companies united in a forum
The trade mission to the Global Sports Summit consisted of seven Dutch companies. First contacts between associations and companies have been established. One of the delegation’s conclusions was that doing business in India needs the building up of relations. We want to research how we can implement a long standing programme and sports network for sports exchanges between the Netherlands and India and other upcoming markets. This sports forum will be called Orange Sports Forum.
Bijeenkomst Orange Sports Forum op 5 oktober
In: Uncategorized
13 Sep 2010Op 5 oktober aanstaande organiseren wij de eerste bijeenkomst van het nieuwe Orange Sports Forum, van 11.00 tot 14.00 uur bij Randstad Holding aan de Diemermere 25, 1112 TC in Diemen.
Onze gastheer is Frans Cornelis MBA, Managing Director Group Marketing & Communications van Randstad Holding NV. In deze capaciteit is Frans o.a. verantwoordelijk voor alle corporate sponsorships van Randstad.
Zoals bekend is in juli 2010 de stichting Orange Sports Forum opgericht en heeft zij haar eerste participanten en gerenommeerde endorsement partners mogen begroeten. Het bestuur, onder leiding van Marcel de Rooij (directeur Twynstra Gudde), is inmiddels aan de slag gegaan. De inspanningen gericht op India hebben totnogtoe geleid tot twee concrete aanvragen die voor het OSF en haar leden mooie kansen bieden. Kortom, hoog tijd om met elkaar van gedachten te wisselen en concrete activiteiten te benoemen en eventuele besluiten te nemen.
Het volledige programma vindt u onderstaand.
11.00 uur Welkom door Frans Cornelis MBA
11.05 uur OSF update door Ronald Kramer (OSF executive)
11.15 uur ‘Holland verkopen in het buitenland’ door Hans van Driem, Managing Director Holland Business Promotion Office (HBPO)
11.35 uur Aanvragen India en rol OSF door Arun SwamiPersaud
12.00 uur Tijd voor vragen/discussie/besluiten
12.15 uur Koffie break
12.30 uur Presentatie Randstad Holding en haar Topsport Academie
13.00 uur Lunch aangeboden door Randstad Holding (incl. netwerken)
14.00 uur Einde
Deze keer hebben we er nog voor gekozen om breed uit te nodigen. Dit betekent dat onze participanten, endorsing partners en alle bedrijven die eerder genodigd zijn en de bedrijven die afgelopen tijd interesse in OSF hebben getoond op deze bijeenkomst van harte welkom zijn.
U kunt zich tot zich tot 25 september a.s. aanmelden als OSF participant / endorsing partner of deelnemer aan de bijkomst bij d.degroot@orangesportsforum.nl.
Voor verdere informatie over het Orange Sports Forum, zie www.orangesportsforum.nl. U kunt natuurljk ook altijd bellen met Ronald Kramer (06 – 51 59 73 67) of Arun SwamiPersaud (06 – 22 41 74 32).
Wij hopen u te mogen begroeten op de 5e october a.s!
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