Latest news about EOA programmes and activities
The members of the European Olympic Academies gathered for their annual General Assembly on 10 November 2023 which brought new members, an amendment to the Statutes and new guidelines for the EOA Commissions. Four organisations were confirmed as new members this year. The Andorran Olympic Committee, the Olympic Federation of Ireland, the Luxembourg Olympic and […]
Conclusions of the EOA General Assembly in Vilnius Read More »
At the EOA Congress Vilnius on November 8, 2023, the delegates of the Olympic Academy of Ukraine and the Czech Olympic Academy were presented with the EOA Flame Awards trophies. The distinction was given for the first time in 2023. With its project “The All-Ukrainian Network of Olympic Education Schools”, the Olympic Academy of Ukraine
EOA Flame Award winners received trophies Read More »
Former Head of the Slovenian Olympic Academy, Director for EU Projects at the NOC of Slovenia and former EOA Treasurer – Ales Solar has been one of the key influences since the very beginning. His commitment was pivotal to the birth of the EOA that was realised in Slovenia in 2018 and he has pushed
Former Treasurer Ales Solar receives first ever EOA Medal of Merit Read More »
A precise look back into the past – this is precisely what the Czech Olympic Academy is doing with its new book series “Retrospective Monographs”. It takes an in-depth look at the Olympic Games in the period from 1896 to 1936 and subsequently publishes a book on each of these Games in Czech. The Jury
The Olympic Academy of Ukraine shows us how it’s done: the dissemination and integration of Olympic values in the national education system. With the project “The All-Ukrainian Network of Olympic Education Schools”, they have committed for many years and the initiative acts as a blueprint for other National Olympic Academies. The Jury of the EOA
On 23 and 24 October, the third project meeting of the EU project SOPROS took place in Cascais, Portugal, where the current status and further steps of the project on athletes’ social protection in Olympic sports were discussed. The fact that social protection for athletes in Olympic sports is a topic of immense importance was
Insufficient coverage for athletes in Olympic sports? Focus on social protection Read More »
On the eve of the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, Paris (France) hosted the “Journées européennes du patrimoine à la découverte de la Sorbonne Olympique”. From September 17th – 18th, 2023, EOA Vice-President Prof. Dr. M. Bulatova visited the events and took part in the celebrations. During the events, the experts got acquainted with the
Days of the European Olympic Heritage in Paris Read More »
Since its establishment in 2018 with 24 founding members, the EOA has grown steadily. With each new year, at least one new academy joined us. In the last two years, the number of members rose to 30 with the latest addition of the NOAs of Kosovo and Malta. Now, the EOA is preparing for the
EOA is a growing community: Luxembourg, Andorra, Moldova, Ireland to join for 2024 Read More »
Three weeks from now the EOA Congress will take place in Vilnius from 8th to 11th November 2023! This year’s congress, entitled “The Olympic Movement in a Changing World” will be about the challenges, whether political, social, health, climatic or economic, that society is facing. These challenges also run through sport and its events, for
Time is ticking: three more weeks to Vilnius Read More »
Frankfurt – At a meeting on 10-11 October 2023, the experts of the EU project BESST addressed the underlying mechanisms of abuse and harassment in sport, and ways in which sport organisations in Europe can take preventive action. BESST suggests that the root of harmful behaviour lies in the misuse of prevailing relationships of power.
Not-so-safe-sport: a problem of misused relationships of power? Read More »
