By Inga Galstian, EOA editor As part of the EOA Congress in November, the EOA hosted a conference in which several important issues were addressed. The three previous sessions on Politics & Peace, Sustainability and Integrity were documented in this Conference Logbook series. The final session of the day concerned credibility. Stefan Klos and Alexandre …
By Inga Galstian, EOA editor The EOA held its annual congress in Frankfurt in November 2022. During the congress, a handful of current challenges within the Olympic Movement were addressed in a series of conferences. Two conferences on the topics of Politics & Peace, and Sustainability have previously been reported on in the Conference Logbook …
Conference logbook pt. 3: steps to take for fair play and safe sport Read More »
By Inga Galstian, EOA editor Little seems as relevant as climate change and its consequences at the present time. Humanity finds itself in the midst of a so-called “triple planetary crisis”. It is not without reason that researchers call attention to the urgency of tackling this crisis and governments, institutions and politicians sit down to …
Conference logbook pt. 2: steering towards sustainability Read More »
The lectures given by renowned academics at our recent seminar are now available online. The print edition of “The Olympic Movement for international understanding and peace” was exclusively distributed to the EOA Members in November. Now, the collection of five brilliant lectures can be downloaded directly from the EOA website. The EOA has retained some …
Klaipeda Conference Proceeding now available to download Read More »
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 …
Conference logbook pt. 1: politics & peace – the fine line that sport must walk Read More »
The topic of human rights education through the Olympic Movement was dissected and researched by Rebekka Lang Fuentes in her master’s thesis, which is a study that aims at exploring how present this call is in contemporary European Olympic Education and what similarities and differences exist between different countries.
The Lithuanian Olympic Academy conducted a study on the Olympic values of pupils in Lithuania. The research team lead by Prof. Dr. Asta Sarkauskiene, who is a member of the EOA Olympic Education Commission, examined the knowledge, skills and attitudes of pupils in grades 5 and 6 regarding Olympic values. Based on the analysis of …
What is the level of knowledge, skills and attitudes of pupils regarding Olympic values? Read More »
