2023 turns its spotlight to the continent’s northeast when Vilnius becomes the centre of Olympic values promotion in Europe. The Lithuanian Olympic Academy is hosting the EOA Congress from 8-11 November 2023.
Congress theme: The Olympic Movement in a Changing World
The last few years have been marked by fundamental changes in the world. Political, social, climatic, health, and economic crises have turned the international politics and power relations upside down. These new realities have also had a big impact on sport and the organisation of major sporting events such as the Olympic Games. Between tradition and necessary adaptations, the Olympic Movement has to react. This year’s EOA Congress will examine some of these pressing issues with experts from the academia and representatives from organised sport and discuss how to respond to these challenges.
Schedule
All times in Vilnius local time (EET)
Wednesday, 8 November 2023
| All day | Arrival of participants |
| 10.00 | 19th EOA Executive Board Meeting |
| 15.00 | Conference Opening Welcome Addresses by Prof. Dr. Asta Sarkauskiene, LOA President Prof. Dr. Manfred Laemmer, EOA President Mrs. Daina Gudzineviciute, LTOK President Mr. Isidoros Kouvelos, IOA President Local authority |
| 16.00 | Peace, War and Human Rights: On the Responsibility of the Olympic Movement |
| 20.00 | Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony |
Thursday, 9 November 2023
| 09.00 | The Olympic Movement between Autonomy and Public Intervention |
| 11.00 | Partners of National Olympic Academies: Collaboration for Sustainable Development |
| 13.00 | Working Lunch |
| 14.00 | Practice-oriented workshops for National Olympic Academies Albanian Olympic Academy (Eda Caushi) Olympic Committee of Slovenia (Ales Solar) Romanian Olympic Academy (Simona Amanar & Anita Sterea) French National Olympic Academy (Arnaud Richard) |
Friday, 10 November 2023
| 09.00 | Building European Safe Sport Together Roundtable on an EOA-led EU project Alenka Hiti, Rudi Hiti Academy Andreja McQuarrie, Olympic Committee of Slovenia Miriam Reijnen, National Olympic Committee of Netherlands/NOC*NSF Ugne Chmeliauskaite, ENGSO Youth Agne Vanagiene, Lithuanian National Olympic Committee Chaired by Katrin Wallmann, European Olympic Academies |
| 11.00 | Sixth EOA General Assembly |
| 13.00 | Working Lunch |
| 13.50 | City Tour in Vilnius |
Saturday, 11 November 2023
| 8.30 | Trakai Castle Tour |
| All day | Departure of participants |
Confirmed Organisations
National Olympic Academies
- Albanian Olympic Academy
- National Olympic Academy of Andorra
- National Olympic Academy of Azerbaijan
- Cyprus National Olympic Academy
- Czech Olympic Academy
- Estonian Olympic Academy
- French Olympic Academy
- German Olympic Academy
- Hellenic Olympic Academy
- Hungarian Olympic Academy
- Israel Olympic Academy
- Kosovo Olympic Academy
- Latvian Olympic academy
- Lithuanian Olympic Academy
- Maltese Olympic Academy
- NOC*NSF – NOA of Netherlands
- Portuguese Olympic Academy
- Romanian Olympic Academy
- Olympic Academy of Serbia
- Slovak Olympic Academy
- Slovenian Olympic Academy
- Royal Spanish Olympic Academy
- Olympic Academy of Ukraine
Observers/Partners
- International Olympic Committee (IOC)
- European Olympic Committees (EOC)
- International Olympic Academy (IOA)
- Lithuanian National Olympic Committee (LNOC)
