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which it receives instructions.
In order to improve cooperation between, on the one hand, the OCOG and, on
the other hand, the IOC, the IFs and the NOCs, the IOC establishes a Coordination
Commission to manage the working relationships between the parties. This commission
which includes representatives of the IOC, the IFs and the NOCs, monitors
the progress of the OCOG, provides assistance to the OCOG, helps to liaise
between the OCOG and the IOC, the IFs and the NOCs and exercises any additional
authority conferred upon it by the Executive Board.
The tasks of the Coordination Commission are laid down in Chapter 5 of the
Olympic Charter.
During this preparatory phase, the IOC's activities are not restricted to what we
have just mentioned. Indeed, special mention should be made of the work of the
various commissions and the IOC's administration.
The IOC's commissions, of which there are about 23, are generally composed
of IOC members, representatives of the IFs and the NOCs, athletes and representatives
of other organizations such as the press, television, or specialists and individual
members depending on the commission's terms of reference.
Here are a few examples of the activities of the IOC's commissions:
- The Medical Commission works closely with the newly elected OCOG and
with the IFs and NOCs, in particular with respect to medical matters and doping
controls; it provides information on medical controls during the Olympic Games
and on medical services at the Olympic Village by means of various publications;
sets up laboratories for doping control tests, a process which requires at least three
years of preparation, etc.
- The Commission on Sport and the Environment proposes the criteria to be
adopted for the selection of host cities with regard to environmental awareness, as
described in the manual for candidate cities applying for the Games.
- The Juridical Commission which, in conformity with its mandate, issues legal
opinions for the President, the Executive Board and the Session on all legal mat
ters, contracts, amendments to the Charter, etc., follows, in close contact with the
Director General, the work of the Legal Affairs Department whose most important
task is to update the contract signed with the host city and conditions for the use
of the Olympic symbol by the candidate cities applying for the Olympic Games, as
well as all questions pertaining to legal documents.
- The Commission of New Sources of Financing and marketing has the task of
proposing a programme that can ensure the financial stability of the Olympic Mo
vement, whose main aim is to provide financial support to the IFs, the NOCs and
the OCOG, etc. (special reference should be made here to the activity of Olympic
Solidarity about which you will be hearing from Mrs Myriam Gross-Traverso). This
Commission is therefore entrusted with the task of finding possible sources of in
come and recommending a strategy to the Executive Board, whilst safeguarding
the Olympic Movement's autonomy. It is the Marketing Department that imple
ments these recommendations by developing new programmes, including the
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