The World Taekwondo Federation is set to host a Partnership Workshop during its 2017 World Championships in Muju ©WTF

The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) will host a Partnership Workshop during its 2017 World Championships in Muju in South Korea, providing information and insight which will aim to help participants deliver successful WTF events.

The event is scheduled to take place on June 26 at the Taekwondowon, where the Championships will be held from June 24 to 30.

Among the objectives of the workshop is introducing the new concept and process of WTF events to potential hosts.

It will also look to outline the "life-cycle" of WTF events for member national associations and host cities and to share information on benefits and commercial opportunities for stakeholders of hosting WTF events.

"The World Taekwondo Federation has initiated an innovative host city selection process which will allow the WTF and potential hosts to enter into a dialogue in order to ensure that the WTF events fit into a city's long-term development agenda," the international governing body states on its website. 

"In this regard, the WTF is organising the second edition of the Partnership Workshop under the theme of 'WTF Events, Why and How Bid?' 

"This workshop will provide an opportunity for the WTF and potential hosts to better understand and clarify each other's expectations and objectives from the earliest stage."

WTF President Chungwon Choue will deliver a welcome speech following the Opening Ceremony. 

The schedule also includes a case study from GB Taekwondo, entitled "Successful partnership with Governments, cities and sponsors", and a presentation on how to make taekwondo fans better engage with events. 

Objectives of the workshop include introducing the new concept and process of WTF events to potential hosts ©WTF
Objectives of the workshop include introducing the new concept and process of WTF events to potential hosts ©WTF

Presentation of bids and host city selection for events from 2018 to 2020 is due to take place on June 22, during the WTF Council meeting in Muju.

Among the events on offer for 2018 are the World Taekwondo Junior Championships, with the chosen hosts also being granted the right to organise the qualification tournament for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Argentina's capital Buenos Aires.

Next year's World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final and World Taekwondo Team Championships, which can be hosted in conjunction with one another, are also up for grabs.

The events available in 2019 are the World Para Taekwondo Championships and the first and third legs of the World Taekwondo Grand Prix Series, while those in 2020 are the World Taekwondo Junior Championships, the World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final and the World Taekwondo Team Championships.

In March, the WTF extended the bid registration deadline for events from 2018 to 2020 to April 14.

It claimed the extension reflected "lots of requests from the bidders in need of more time for their internal processes".

Bid files had to be submitted by May 19, with an expert group's evaluation scheduled for June 8.