Representatives of the International Sports Press Association Europe (AIPS Europe) and the European Olympic Academies (EOA) met in mid-October 2023 to discuss further ways of partnership. Both associations had jointly organised the Photo Contest at the EYOF Maribor earlier this year. A seminar for sports journalists during the Games of the Small States of Europe […]
Taking advantage of the presence at the EOA Congress Vilnius, the presidents of the NOAs of France, Arnaud Richard, and Portugal, Tiago Viegas, signed a protocol establishing the partnership between the two entities with a view to marking, initially, the celebration of the Paris 2024 Olympics. The agreement came into force immediately, lasting for the
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“The Olympic Movement in a Changing World”, the topic of this year’s EOA Congress held in Vilnius from 8-11 November 2023, was reflected in extensive debates and lectures on topics from human rights, and autonomy of sport to safeguarding. In addition to the discussions and a unique cultural programme, the members of the European Olympic
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The members of the European Olympic Academies gathered for their annual General Assembly on 10 November 2023 which brought new members, an amendment to the Statutes and new guidelines for the EOA Commissions. Four organisations were confirmed as new members this year. The Andorran Olympic Committee, the Olympic Federation of Ireland, the Luxembourg Olympic and
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At the EOA Congress Vilnius on November 8, 2023, the delegates of the Olympic Academy of Ukraine and the Czech Olympic Academy were presented with the EOA Flame Awards trophies. The distinction was given for the first time in 2023. With its project “The All-Ukrainian Network of Olympic Education Schools”, the Olympic Academy of Ukraine
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Former Head of the Slovenian Olympic Academy, Director for EU Projects at the NOC of Slovenia and former EOA Treasurer – Ales Solar has been one of the key influences since the very beginning. His commitment was pivotal to the birth of the EOA that was realised in Slovenia in 2018 and he has pushed
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A precise look back into the past – this is precisely what the Czech Olympic Academy is doing with its new book series “Retrospective Monographs”. It takes an in-depth look at the Olympic Games in the period from 1896 to 1936 and subsequently publishes a book on each of these Games in Czech. The Jury
The Olympic Academy of Ukraine shows us how it’s done: the dissemination and integration of Olympic values in the national education system. With the project “The All-Ukrainian Network of Olympic Education Schools”, they have committed for many years and the initiative acts as a blueprint for other National Olympic Academies. The Jury of the EOA
On 23 and 24 October, the third project meeting of the EU project SOPROS took place in Cascais, Portugal, where the current status and further steps of the project on athletes’ social protection in Olympic sports were discussed. The fact that social protection for athletes in Olympic sports is a topic of immense importance was
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On the eve of the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, Paris (France) hosted the “Journées européennes du patrimoine à la découverte de la Sorbonne Olympique”. From September 17th – 18th, 2023, EOA Vice-President Prof. Dr. M. Bulatova visited the events and took part in the celebrations. During the events, the experts got acquainted with the
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