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Olympic Day in Germany – EOA Family Celebrates Olympic Day (VIII)

The Olympic Day 2026 once again demonstrated the power of sport to connect people, inspire movement, and promote Olympic values across Germany. Under the global theme “Let’s Move”, numerous activities encouraged children, young people, and communities to embrace an active lifestyle and experience the spirit of the Olympic Movement. The central German Olympic Day event,

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EOA Flame Award Olympic Education : Winners 2025

October 5, 2025 / EOA Flame Awards, EOA news, German Olympic Academy, Olympic Academy of Serbia

The European Olympic Academies (EOA) proudly announce the winners of the EOA Flame Award 2025 in the category Olympic Education. This year, the Serbian Olympic Academy and the German Olympic Academy were recognised for their remarkable contributions to promoting Olympic values and education across generations. Project: Olympic Education in Action – Serbia’s “Promotion of Olympic

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Beyond Competition: Values, Safeguarding and Friendship at EYOF Skopje 2025

August 20, 2025 / BESST Project, EOA news, EYOF, German Olympic Academy

From July 20 to 26, the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) 2025 in Skopje brought together nearly 4,000 athletes from 48 countries for a celebration of sport and culture that went far beyond competition. Alongside thrilling performances in 15 disciplines, the Festival offered a vibrant stage for Olympic values, innovative safeguarding measures and international friendship.

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Olympic Day 2025 in Cologne, Germany: A Lively Celebration of Olympic Values

July 1, 2025 / German Olympic Academy, NOA news

Anyone who believes that museums are quiet oases of contemplation has never experienced the Olympic Day at the German Sport & Olympic Museum (DSOM) in Cologne. On June 18, 2025, the museum was once again transformed into a lively venue for sport, movement and Olympic values, as 500 enthusiastic schoolchildren from across North Rhine-Westphalia celebrated

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Learning from Lithuania – OVEP in Practice

January 17, 2025 / EOA news, German Olympic Academy, NOA news

A look back that serves as an outlook: In November 2024, representatives from 17 European countries gathered in Birštonas, Lithuania, for an intensive seven-day training seminar. Entitled “Training of Trainers – Working with the Olympic Values Education Programme (OVEP)”, it was a unique opportunity that allowed participants to delve into the role of sport and

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EOA Flame Award winners 2024 received trophies

October 1, 2024 / EOA Flame Awards, EOA news, German Olympic Academy, Hellenic Olympic Academy, National Olympic Academy of France

At the EOA Congress in Olympia on September 27, 2024, we proudly celebrated the winners of the EOA Flame Awards during a special ceremony. This year’s awards recognised outstanding projects that have significantly contributed to preserving Olympic Heritage and advancing Olympic Education. The trophies were presented to the delegates of the National Olympic Academy of

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EOA Flame Award Olympic Education : Winners 2024

September 20, 2024 / EOA Flame Awards, German Olympic Academy, Hellenic Olympic Academy

The Olympic Academies of Greece and Germany set a strong example of how to successfully integrate and promote Olympic values within national education systems. Through their projects, they have strengthened their long-standing commitment in anticipation of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. This initiative serves as a blueprint for other National Olympic Academies to follow. Project:

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Olympic Day celebrations in Germany

June 28, 2024 / German Olympic Academy

“Never change a winning team” – following this tactic, the German Olympic Academy (DOA) organised its Olympic Day at the German Sport & Olympic Museum (DSOM) in Cologne for the ninth time. Around 500 children from 11 schools came together on 18 June for the first of many national events to mark IOC Foundation Day.

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Between ancient sites and current issues of the Olympic Movement: Olympia Seminar of the German Olympic Academy

September 20, 2023 / EOA news, German Olympic Academy

From 11th to 17th September, the German Olympic Academy (DOA) held its “Olympia Seminar” on the premises of the IOA in Ancient Olympia. 90 participants consisting of students from 10 universities as well as experts and multipliers from sports organisations, sport politics, media and academia spent an intensive week together. Under the overall theme of

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Bright sun and beaming faces at the Olympic Museum in Cologne, Germany

June 29, 2023 / German Olympic Academy

With the regional summer holidays in mind, the German Olympic Academy (DOA) hosted Olympic Day on Tuesday – three days before the founding day of the International Olympic Committee, which was founded 129 years ago on 23 June 1894. For the eighth time, the German Sports & Olympic Museum (DSOM), located directly at the Rhine

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