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Conference logbook pt. 1: politics & peace – the fine line that sport must walk

December 9, 2022 / Conference Logbook, EOA Congress, Research

By Inga Galstian, EOA editor In difficult times like the present, political issues permeate our everyday lives. The importance to fight for peace is becoming more and more prevalent, and consequently, roles are also being reconsidered and redistributed. This begs the question: how can such a social entity like sport contribute to peace or what […]

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Are Olympic athletes workers? Final EMPLOYS conference held in Brussels

December 7, 2022 / EMPLOYS

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

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EOA held its annual Congress in Frankfurt

November 25, 2022 / EOA Congress, EOA events

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

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EOA paves the way for future developments

November 23, 2022 / EOA Congress

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

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EOA Congress: Here’s what happened on Monday and Tuesday

November 22, 2022 / EOA Congress

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

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Less than a week until the EOA Congress 2022

November 16, 2022 / EOA Congress

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

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Update on 2022 EOA Elections

November 2, 2022 / EOA Congress

After the first four years of the EOA’s existence, the General Assembly will elect a new Executive Board in November 2022. According to the Statutes, the Board holds the duty to make decisions on strategic orientation and content for the EOA. The Board consists of a President, a General Secretary, a Treasurer, two Vice Presidents

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EOA working group met in Frankfurt to finalise Strategic Plan

October 25, 2022 / EOA news

Following the strategic plan workshop in June 2022, the EOA working group gathered for a two-day work session to further develop and finalise the long-term strategic plan. The meeting took place at the EOA Head Office in Frankfurt on 24-25 October 2022. The working group, steered by the EOA Development and Cooperation Commission, was complemented

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War in Ukraine: Has the Olympic Movement reached its limit?

August 30, 2022 / EOA Seminars

Lessons learned from the EOA Seminar Klaipeda Lithuanian Olympic Academy successfully hosted first EOA Seminar in Klaipeda The picturesque Baltic city of Klaipeda in Lithuania marked the venue of the first EOA Seminar on August 24-26, 2022. This new event series offers a regional forum for the Academies to exchange their expertise and debate a

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Listen in at the EOA Seminar Klaipeda on Aug 25

August 19, 2022 / EOA Seminars

Registration for online participation in the EOA Seminar Klaipeda is still open and the EOA cordially invites all sports administrators, athletes, students, journalists and fans of the Olympic Games to learn more about “Opportunities and limits of the Olympic Movement for international understanding and peace in the context of current time”. Promising lectures by a

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