-
Are Olympic athletes workers? Final EMPLOYS conference held in Brussels
After two years of work, the EMPLOYS team culminated their project in a final conference with stakeholders and experts on 6 December 2022. The meeting in Brussels served to discuss the recommendations that emerged from the fact base of the legal and socio-political situation and the evaluation of good governance in athletes’ relations, the first …
Are Olympic athletes workers? Final EMPLOYS conference held in Brussels Read More »
Latest news
-
The Congress through the eyes of the German Olympic Academy
The German Olympic Academy (DOA), together with the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) and the EOA, acted as hosts for the four-day event. Numerous other tasks were involved in organising the congress. The German Olympic Academy Media Team lets you catch a glimpse behind the scenes from four different vantage points.
-
EOA held its annual Congress in Frankfurt
The FIFA World Cup in Qatar gets overshadowed by escalating human rights discussions; war breaks out in Ukraine whereupon Russian and Belarusian athletes are banned from competitions; more and more abuse cases in sport come to light; the world is facing a climate crisis and the questions about the credibility of sport and its values …
-
EOA paves the way for future developments
Within the framework of the EOA Congress, the EOA sets sail for its future strategic development across the “Stormy Waters of the Olympic Movement”, as echoed in the congress theme. The General Assembly approves Manfred Laemmer for his second term as President, adopts the EOA Strategic Plan and adds the Maltese Olympic Academy as its …
-
EOA Congress: Here’s what happened on Monday and Tuesday
After three years of digital exchange, the delegates finally got the chance to meet and exchange with each other again during the official congress opening on Monday. Biebrich Castle is located only a few kilometres away from the venue of the 2012 Conference of European NOAs, which took place in Eltville and which it said …
EOA Congress: Here’s what happened on Monday and Tuesday Read More »
-
In Memoriam: Kalle Voolaid
Kalle Voolaid, the Secretary General of the Estonian Olympic Academy, unexpectedly passed away on 11th November 2022 at the age of 53. He was an established sports historian known for his outstanding engagement as a museologist in the Estonian Sports and Olympic Museum. Kalle Voolaid started serving as Secretary General for the Estonian Olympic Academy …
-
Less than a week until the EOA Congress 2022
Next week, the national flags of European countries will fly at the House of German Sport in Frankfurt, the venue for this year’s congress of the European Olympic Academies. The event will be held in physical attendance again after two years of pandemic digital gatherings. The hosts, the German Olympic Academy (DOA) and the German …
More News
EOA members
