The Olympic Week in Schools in 2022 was the so far largest edition in Greece, with the participation of 2,882 schools and 92,829 thousand students. The goal of the week was to highlight the educational and training value of the Olympic Games through different activities. Students and pupils discovered and celebrated as one the Olympic …
The EOA and the Lithuanian Olympic Academy have officially announced the topic of the EOA Seminar Klaipeda, which is called “Opportunities and limits of the Olympic Movement for international understanding and peace in the context of current time”. The seminar thus addresses a prevalent subject with regard to the Russian war in Ukraine. “Recent times …
International understanding and peace will be focus of EOA Seminar Klaipeda Read More »
The 2nd International Conference on Gender Equality in Sport, initiated and led by the Olympic Committee of Israel in partnership with key stakeholders such as Ministry of Culture and Sports, the USA embassy in Israel, the Israel Paralympic Committee, the Israel Women’s Lobby and leading universities, took place on July 10, 2022. The conference shone …
NOC of Israel strives to realize the vision of full gender equality in sports Read More »
On June 6, 2022, the Albanian Olympic Academy and National Olympic Committee organised “Festa e Vlerave Olimpike” event, which IOC President, Thomas Bach, attended. Furthermore, he inaugurated the new office of the Albanian National Olympic Committee. A greeting speech was given by the President of the Albanian National Olympic Committee, Fidel Ylli, IOC President Thomas …
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Dinos Michaelides, the former President of the Cyprus National Olympic Committee, passed away at age 79 in June 2022. Michaelides was a respected and long-time sport-lover of Cypriot sport – first, as an athlete, then as a coach and sports administrator. Through his many decades of service, he greatly influenced the Cypriot and European sport. …
The fifth EMPLOYS Multiplier Sport Event was held on June 17th, 2022, in the beautiful and historical city of Warsaw to discuss good governance in the employment relations of athletes in Olympic sports in Europe. Although attendees of the meeting were mostly participating online, the EOA and other delegates showed their support with their on-site …
The Fifth EOA Congress (formerly “EOA General Assembly & Conference”) will take place between November 21-24, 2022* at the EOA Headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. This was decided today at the Executive Board meeting. The event will finally be held face to face again after two digital editions and will feature both the annual General Assembly …
Date and place of the next EOA Congress determined Read More »
Three months after the end of the Winter Olympics, the participants of the German Olympic Youth Camps (DOJL) Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 met in Munich. Together with the leadership teams, 48 participants looked back on their time together in Frankfurt (DOJL Tokyo) and Bischofsgruen (DOJL Beijing), met Dajana Eitberger, silver medallist in luge at …
Reunion in Munich: Wrap-up meeting of the German Olympic Youth Camps 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.
June 7, 2022, saw NOA delegates convening online in several focus groups to deliberate on how the EOA should move forward in the years to come. Areas of debate covered the scope of activities, the structure and financial setup, a situation analysis and stakeholder management. The members had previously completed a survey, the results of …
EOA held focus group sessions on the strategic direction of the Association Read More »
