The European Olympic Committees recently held their 52nd General Assembly in Istanbul, from October 6th to 7th 2023. President Manfred Laemmer attended the event on behalf of the European Olympic Academies. Here is everything you need to know: The General Assembly of the European Olympic Committees was held in Istanbul on October 6-7. The main […]
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Since its establishment in 2018 with 24 founding members, the EOA has grown steadily. With each new year, at least one new academy joined us. In the last two years, the number of members rose to 30 with the latest addition of the NOAs of Kosovo and Malta. Now, the EOA is preparing for the
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Three weeks from now the EOA Congress will take place in Vilnius from 8th to 11th November 2023! This year’s congress, entitled “The Olympic Movement in a Changing World” will be about the challenges, whether political, social, health, climatic or economic, that society is facing. These challenges also run through sport and its events, for
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Frankfurt – At a meeting on 10-11 October 2023, the experts of the EU project BESST addressed the underlying mechanisms of abuse and harassment in sport, and ways in which sport organisations in Europe can take preventive action. BESST suggests that the root of harmful behaviour lies in the misuse of prevailing relationships of power.
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The Hellenic Olympic Academy shows once again with its latest project that it is doing an exemplary job in fulfilling the mission of the Olympic Movement. In collaboration with the French Olympic Academy, they have recently translated the educational book “Cinq Anneaux, Un Monde. Jeux Olympiques et Valeurs” into French. Published for the first time
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The Lithuanian Olympic Academy is running the project “Mens sana in Corpore Sano” to promote physical activity and Olympic values among children aged 10 to 13. The project, which started on 1 August 2023, has a duration of 12 months and will run until July 31, 2024. The idea of the project was born from
by Marleen Haandrikman Last week, IGNITX and the Windesheim University of Applied Science were present at the Safe Sports International Global Sports Conference in London, UK. This year’s theme contained ‘Hope and Healing: Supporting Athletes & Transforming Sports Cultures’. The main objective of the attendance was to collect the most updated information in the market
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From 11th to 17th September, the German Olympic Academy (DOA) held its “Olympia Seminar” on the premises of the IOA in Ancient Olympia. 90 participants consisting of students from 10 universities as well as experts and multipliers from sports organisations, sport politics, media and academia spent an intensive week together. Under the overall theme of
On June 3rd 2023, a remarkable project was unveiled at the 16th International Session of NOAs and NOCs Delegates in Olympia. The “International Fair Play Passport”, the result of collaboration between the National Olympic Academiy of Italy (AONI) and Greece (HOA), is set to positively influence the world of sport and beyond. Under the auspices
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At that moment on 26 July 2023, everything was just falling into place – for the pole vaulter Magdalena Rauter (AUT) as well as for photographer Patrick Steiner, who both secured first place, in the pole vault final and in the EYOF Maribor Photo Contest respectively. On the third day of the European Youth Olympic
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