The process can take up to 12 months.
There are many factors that are considered during the process and these include:
World Physiotherapy member organisation
- length of World
Physiotherapy membership : ideally have been a member for at least four years - good standing: membership subscriptions must be fully paid up and organisation compliant with our
constitution - size: whether the member organisation has sufficient individual members to be representative of the profession in the country/territory
- participants: whether the member organisation can guarantee a minimum number of 400 local participants
- international congress
participation : whether the member organisation can demonstrateparticipation at previous international congresses by local members, as participants and presenters - host: whether the member organisation can demonstrate its
capacity to fulfil its role as host - conflicting events: a commitment from the member organisation not to hold competing events close to the time of a World
Physiotherapy congress and a willingness to explore partnerships for any national requirements - other events: whether there are competing events in the region at that time
Destinations
degree of geopolitical and socio-economic stability: including issues such as peace and security, political instability, human rights (eg the rights of women, workers, indigenous people, LGBTIQ+ people), safety, financial/currency stability, incidence of natural disasters and weather anomalies- accessibility for international participants: domestic, regional and international flights, availability of visa-free access, visa on arrival or preapproved visas for participants from countries/territories with a World
Physiotherapy member organisation - business practices: including tax legislation or
regulation , particularly around any need to register a local company, financial legislation relating to currency flows and any restriction on the movement of cash into or out of the country/territory - prevailing laws/customs and practices: that may impact on congress participants
- track
record : hosting large international scientific meetings and trade shows - local suppliers: providing high standards of customer service including venue, audiovisual, exhibition build, Wi-Fi, catering
- venue: facilities, capacities, flexibility, accessibility (eg support for those with physical, visual or hearing impairments), healthy spaces, green meetings strategies and sustainability practices
- location: culturally and geographically distinct from recent World
Physiotherapy congress destinations - public transport infrastructure: ease and cost of getting around
- accommodation: range of affordable accommodation/hotel options within the vicinity (immediate and within 20-minute easy commute) of the proposed congress venue
- health and
wellbeing : smoke-free policies (eg smoke-free public spaces, restaurants, transport network) in the proposed destination city - legacy and impact: World
Physiotherapy believes it is important to create a lasting impact/legacy in the host destination and/or profession as a whole - sustainability: city wide as well as venue and supplier initiatives to support sustainability in events
- site visit: fully funded
World
The board has already agreed its approach to 2027 and is not yet exploring options for 2029.
Enquiries: [email protected]
Updated April 2023