From a commitment to promote gender equality in sport and a sense of responsibility for shaping the image of sport in Israel, the Charter for Gender Equality of the Olympic Committee of Israel was written and signed on Olympic Day 2018. In the spirit of the values of the State of Israel and the Olympic […]
IOC President Bach signed the Gender Equality Charter of the NOC of Israel Read More »
Connecting the world of art and sport is a current activity of the Slovak Olympic Academy (SOA). After all, sport and art go together, and the Sakura Challenge photo competition organised in cooperation with the Gymnázium Pierra de Coubertina in Piestany was one of the SOA’s pilot activities in the field of culture and sports
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Lessons learned from the EOA Seminar Klaipeda Lithuanian Olympic Academy successfully hosted first EOA Seminar in Klaipeda The picturesque Baltic city of Klaipeda in Lithuania marked the venue of the first EOA Seminar on August 24-26, 2022. This new event series offers a regional forum for the Academies to exchange their expertise and debate a
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Registration for online participation in the EOA Seminar Klaipeda is still open and the EOA cordially invites all sports administrators, athletes, students, journalists and fans of the Olympic Games to learn more about “Opportunities and limits of the Olympic Movement for international understanding and peace in the context of current time”. Promising lectures by a
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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
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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
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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.
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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
