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United Nations Refugee Agency Receives ‘Fair Play for Peace’ Award on World Fair Play Day

United Nations Refugee Agency Receives ‘Fair Play for Peace’ Award

/ EFPM, EOA news, Executive Board

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has been awarded the prestigious ‘Fair Play for Peace’ award by our partner, the European Fair Play Movement (EFPM), honouring its significant contribution to promoting the positive values of peace and solidarity through sport. This annual award is given to institutions or associations that have had a […]

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Makkabi Deutschland meets European Olympic Academy

EOA Attends Maccabi Memorial ceremony

/ EOA news, Executive Board

In the run-up to the European Maccabi Youth Games (EMYG) 2024 in London, the juniors of the Maccabi Germany delegation completed an intensive pre-camp in Frankfurt. It was characterised by challenging training sessions, informative educational seminars, a joint Shabbat celebration and a moving memorial ceremony for the victims of the 1972 Olympic attacks. EOA President

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Time-out for Soenke Schadwinkel

/ Careers

For four years, Soenke Schadwinkel was the tireless driver of the development of our still young community as CEO. He made a significant contribution to its strategic orientation and organised congresses and seminars. Schadwinkel created and maintained a dense network of communication with our members, IOC, EOC, IOA and other partners, thus giving the EOA

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BESST engages with football-for-good experts in workshop during EURO 2024

/ BESST Project

In July, the week before the final of the EURO 2024 Football Championship, Common Goal partnered with the UEFA Foundation for Children and hosted a Forum in Berlin, Germany. Around 100 participants from organisations from the football-for-good sector worldwide discussed current challenges and projects for social impact through sport and football in various formats. For

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Vilnius Festivities – 100th anniversary and International Children Day

/ Executive Board, Lithuanian Olympic Academy, Olympic Academy of Ukraine

In the last days of May, EOA Vice-President Prof. Mariia Bulatova visited Vilnius and congratulated the Lithuanian Olympic family on the 100th anniversary of the recognition of the Lithuanian NOC by the International Olympic Committee. A magnificent gala event was held as part of the celebrations on 29 May, 2024. At this event, the President

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Preparations for the EOA Congress Olympia 2024 are in full swing

/ EOA Congress, Hellenic Olympic Academy

Anticipation is building for this year’s EOA Congress, which will take place from 24 to 28 September at the premises of the International Olympic Academy (IOA) in Ancient Olympia. The hosts, the Hellenic Olympic Academy (HOA) and the co-host IOA, are eagerly preparing for the event. In April, EOA President Manfred Laemmer met with HOA

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Placing the athlete at the centre of Olympic education: Take-aways from the International Session for NOAs in Olympia

/ EOA news

The 17th International Session for NOAs and NOCs Delegates of the International Olympic Academy took place in Ancient Olympia, Greece, from 13-20 May 2024. The theme was “The athlete in society” and brought the NOAs a lively exchange on the role of the athlete in the Olympic Movement and as facilitators for Olympic Education. The

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Discussing Athletes’ Social Protection: Insights from the SOPROS Conference in Cologne

/ SOPROS

The first SOPROS conference held on April 8th, 2024 in Cologne marked a milestone for the Erasmus+ project, focusing on athletes’ social protection. The event convened stakeholders from politics, sports, and academia to present various approaches and deliberate on the future need for a holistic approach of athletes’ social protection in Europe. The SOPROS project

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BESST publishes conceptual framework of transgressive behaviour

/ BESST Project

The BESST project team published a report as part of its task to develop a single definition of abuse and harassment and unifying speech and debate on the subject throughout Europe by considering current documents and academic literature on the topic. You can download the report below: Summary European citizens’ engagement in physical activities and

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