The International Symposium on Traditional Sports Practices and Sustainable Cultural Tourism took place from the 7th to the 12th in Tamanrasset, Algeria.

The symposium covered the description and analysis of traditional sporting games (TSGs), their cultural contexts, games and sports in relation to questions of identity, and the contribution of TSGs to sustainable tourism.

Professor Pere Lavega represented GIAM at the congress. Participants included leading researchers in motor praxeology: Pierre Parlebas, Bertrand During and Michel Boutin (France), Enrico Ferretti (Switzerland), Joseba Etxebeste and Clara Urdangarin (Spain), Iman Nefil, Ahmed Torki and Ismail Bekai (Algeria), and Ezzeddine Bouzid and Shaira Ben Chaabane (Tunisia).