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All America and the Caribbean celebrate together the birth of the PANAM OPEN.

As part of the launch of a new meeting point for the best electronic athletes in the region, we welcome the PANAM OPEN in its first edition.

This event will take place in the city of Buenos Aires – Argentina and its purpose is to help strengthen the esports ecosystem in the Pan-American region, the PANAM OPEN is the qualifying tournament on the way to the esports World Championship. IESF 2022, which will be held at the end of the year on the island of Bali in Indonesia.

It will be organized by IESF PANAM, IESF's regional marketing and business office, which in its first edition works to offer an international class diffusion due to its high production values.

It will have the support of the federal and regulatory entity of the continental government of the Pan American Confederation of Electronic Sports (PAMESCO), who will support the motorization and integration of its national affiliates.

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IESF – Founded in 2008, it is the international governance organization for esports, working with continental and national federations and collaborating with other organizations inside and outside of esports.

WESCO - World Esports Consortium, a joint entity that standardizes the actions, legislation and regulation of esports, has a Chamber of Arbitration for Esports (CAES) and works with classified esports, education and inclusion events.

PAMESCO: Founded in 2016, Continental Esports Governance Organization, works with the National Organizations of the Continent and is Affiliated and Recognized by WESCO and in 2021 Affiliated and Recognized by IESF.

IESF PANAM: founded in 2021, it is the regional office of IESF, exclusively for marketing and business, for the promotion of electronic sports.

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From this alliance, the school esports programs of the countries affiliated to PAMESCO - PAN AMERICAN ELECTRONIC SPORTS CONFEDERATION will grow in strength and youthful impact, if we take into account that, with this alliance, students will not only develop their skills in video games, but they are also going to connect that passion with electronic sports, already in a competitive environment, having the possibility of advancing their personal and professional development.

NASEF is a global NGO, which provides a support framework for educators from all over the world, so that they can direct the professional and personal skills of students towards meaningful learning that provides them with great knowledge that they can apply to life itself. .

The idea of PAMESCO, with this alliance, is that students from its affiliated countries not only play, but also have the possibility of finding professional careers related to electronic sports.

NASEF taps into the massive student interest in competitive team gaming, offering a meaningful career and STEAM education along with tournaments in the best gaming titles. Students learn about potential career paths, participate in Beyond the Game analytical and creative challenges, manage clubs and events and raise funds, and compete in tournaments in popular titles including, but not limited to, Rocket League, Valorant, and Minecraft, to name a few. .

PAMESCO's vision is to create and foster competitive esports programs through the lens of academics and learning in middle and high schools by providing assistance, hosting tournaments, and presenting information to schools and advisors. NASEF supports similar organizations around the world and freely shares its unique expertise in developing global educational and career paths. As a nonprofit organization, NASEF focuses on youth impact, emphasizing the cultivation of talent in all students, particularly those from underserved populations. Through its partnerships, NASEF also helps students discover pathways to college scholarships and careers in the gaming industry around the world.

So PAMESCO, with this important strategy, is supporting and inviting all students from its affiliated countries to get involved so that students and educators can learn best practices from school programs, to potentiate them in their lives and in their academic tasks.

NASEF's mission is to provide the opportunity for all students to use esports as a platform to gain critical communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills needed to thrive in work and life. NASEF operates under the umbrella of the World Wide Scholastic Esports Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Atlanta, GA. The IESF - International Electronic Sports Federation has entrusted NASEF with the training and support of its more than 130 member federations as they undertake the development of school esports programs.

This is one more PAMESCO alliance that strengthens meaningful learning in all fields of life for those who are affiliated and that allows students at all levels to carry out their academic activity more effectively and with the best results.

Links: 

https://www.nasef.org/

https://www.nasef.org/about

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CARACAS, Venezuela, June 29, 2021.- After various protocol acts, the president of the Venezuelan Olympic Committee –COV- Eduardo Álvarez Camacho, inaugurated an initiative to provide support and recognition to the federative sports movement of his country, an event that was held at La Casa Venezuela, a spacious facility in the Caracas city, which was refurbished to become the home of national sports federations that have no headquarters.

Through a formal consignment act, Professor Álvarez handed over the keys to the first offices to various federative leaders, including Emgelbert Farfán, president of the Venezuelan Electronic Sports Federation (FVDE).

Farfán, aware of the symbolic value of this recognition said: “On behalf of all the cyber athletes of our country, the FVDE board and all of our team, we want to express our deep gratitude to the entire COV family, especially to Professor Eduardo Alvares and Dr. Elida Parraga for all the support for the development and growth of the eSports in our country. Their vision and trust commit us to continue working and giving the best of ourselves as a platform for the projection of human resources at a national, regional, and international level, from this new space. We hope together with all federative colleagues to take on new challenges and leave the name of Venezuela high. Thank you!!”

Emgelbert Farfán has a degree in Social Communication, he has dedicated his entire professional life to the development of the video games and digital entertainment industry in his country. With more than 17 years of experience, he continues to bet on the growth of this sector despite the hostile conditions for his union. Among his career and achievements, the following stand out: being a Founding Member and Executive Director of the largest call event about games in his country, GAMEXPO; be an activist in defense of the rights of independent developers, users and wholesalers, as president of the Foundation for Information and Protection of Video Game Users Filantropía, which since 2009 has been fighting a vindication battle against the infamous instrument of censorship of the Law for the Prohibition of Video Games and War Toys, its consequences have led to a devastating drain of talent and human resources in the sector. Currently the foundation has made progress with the new permanent Commission of science, technology, education and health of the National Assembly in Venezuela.

In 2017, he presented the project proposal toc create the Venezuelan Electronic Sports Federation before the board of directors of the COV, so thanks to the vision of Professor Eduardo Álvarez, he began the arduous work of complying with all the requirements until becoming an organization affiliated to the COV, at the same time he carried out the procedures before the National Sports Institute (IND) where, thanks to its constancy, the category of “Electronic Sports” has been opened in the national sports registry, which cemented the way for the formalization of the discipline at the highest levels in Venezuela.

From the presidency of the FVDE, he has made an invaluable contribution to the eSport movement in his country against all odds, by obtaining international recognition and certifications as a full member of the International Esport Federation (IESF), the World Esports Consortium (WESCO), the Pan American Esports Confederation (PAMESCO), which, in recognition of his career, appointed him as a member of the Board of Directors, where he hopes to continue supporting the continental movement.

To conclude, we asked Farfán for a message for the regional movement and its perspectives for the future, “We are going through the golden age of the flourishing and progressive consolidation of the eSports ecosystem, I am happy to assume the historical call together with a group of extraordinary leaders in the region, where from PAMESCO with its more than 18 member nations, we will have the enormous responsibility of projecting the region and highlighting the best of each organized movement and high performance in Latin America and the Caribbean, to position ourselves as referents in the most prestigious international stages.

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By: Gustavo Rodríguez - PAMESCO VP Communications

Translated by: Constanza Mora Pedraza - AIPS Member

CALI, Colombia, June 14, 2021. -The Pan American Confederation of Electronic Sports, PAMESCO, the America’s representative with 18 countries members, announces the work agreement with the International Sports Press Association, AIPS America, for the publishing of information on a continental level.

AIPS AMERICA is the association that gathers the National Associations of Sports Journalists in the American Continent, its aim is to publish the sports information generated by the athletes and entities of the member countries, to give greater exposure at the international level.

Given the growth of Esports worldwide, PAMESCO and AIPS AMERICA seek to stay at the forefront of the communication to users, fans and the industry per se and with this agreement, strengthen the institutional framework, the promotion and the Electronic Sports events among its 18 federated members, working with serious, timely and professional information.

In addition to this, it seeks that the information flows directly in every communication media of each affiliated country, for the spreading of official content of the Confederation that governs and organizes Electronic Sports in America.