This morning at the Foro Italico, meeting no. 1043 of CONI's National Board took place, and it started by approving the minutes of the previous meeting of 26 January. In his communications, President Malagò complimented the Italian team for its good performance at the YOGs of Lillehammer, gaining nine medals, an improvement compared to the previous edition of Innsbruck 2012.  The Board approved the reform plan for Meritorious Associations, for a more effective streamlining of facilities, instrumental also in making funds available for projects. The topic "Sport and Suburbs" was then discussed, which saw the appointment of Danilo Del Gaizo, Vincenzo Nunziata and Carlo Deodato to the dedicated committee. Malagò explained that 1,672 project requests were received, 45% coming from the eight regions of Southern Italy. 50% of projects are below 500,000 Euros and 57% concern multi-purpose facilities.

Furthermore, 75% refer to facilities that need to be refurbished or completed, while 25% refer to facilities that have not yet been built, a confirmation that a wealth of facilities is already in existence, but that these need to be improved or maintained. An agreement with the Ministry of Work was then illustrated to the Board, with the purpose of finding employment for athletes at the end of their competitive career. The contents will be presented during a press conference on Wednesday 9 March at 12:30 pm in the Aula Magna of the Acqua Acetosa sport centre, which will be attended by President Malagò and Minister Poletti.   The board was then updated on the candidature dossier for Rome 2024.  The 2016 CONI trophy was then approved. The new meeting of the Board will take place in the prestigious Villa Niscemi branch in Palermo on 22 March, while at the following meeting of 27 April, the standard-bearer for Italy at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will be officially appointed.  Malagò also asked Pancalli to announce publicly the name of the standard-bearer for the Paralympics by the same date. After having examined a long series of other organisational and administrative issues, and having formulated the necessary resolutions, the Board ended the meeting at 11:40 am.