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part, the Seminar for the Training of Basketball Referees from 11th to
14th August with 189 referees present, and the Municipality of Athens
Archeology Seminar from 5th to 9th September in which 40 delegates took
part. Another special seminar held was that concerning the Greek Federation's
"Special Olympics" on 8th and 9th October, with the participation of
100 teachers, physical education monitors and parents plus voluntary specialists
in the field of the mentally handicapped.
The educational excursions aroused considerable interest this year. The
visits made within the framework of this programme lasted from one to two
days and their programme included the study of archeological sites, a visit to
the Museum of the Modern Olympic Games and a special presentation in
the IOA's conference room. The IOA is at the disposal of those taking part in
the educational excursions which are organised by Greek and foreign education
authorities, sports associations, National Olympic Academies and
other similar organisations. The relevant details can be found in the attached
list of IOA events.
The extraordinary meetings, which are one or two hours long, take place
in the main conference hall of the IOA during the visit of groups from
educational institutions, sports associations, etc., to Ancient Olympia, and
these represent one of the IOA's most important activities. We should particularly
note the extraordinary meeting which took place on 25th May, on
the occasion of the visit by students in their third year at the Military Cadet
School. These students visit Ancient Olympia and the IOA each year.
Extraordinary meetings were also held with the Central Committee of
Former Greek Scouts, the Association of Greek Participants at the Olympic
Games, the Association of Friends of Classical Athletics, the AHEPA
Group, the Hungarian Olympic Academy, a group from the Stuttgart Evangelical
School, etc.
The International Olympic Academy has organised Greek and International
Sessions: the 4th Special Session of Members and Officials of the
Greek Sports Federations took place from 6th to 10th June. Presentations
were made on behalf of the NOC of Greece by Messrs. Jean Papadoyannakis,
First Vice President of the NOC and Georges Vichos, its Secretary
General. Six speakers were to deal with the special subject "The role of the
Sports Federations and sports clubs in the spreading of the principles of
Olympism". This session was followed by officials from the General Secretariat
for Sport, the Executive Committee for the candidature for the Olympic
Games of 1996, the Greek Shooting Federation, the Greek Amateur
Athletics Association, the Greek Fencing Federation and the Greek Federation
of Football Coaches. Unfortunately, several representatives from
sports federations were not present although they had confirmed their
attendance, bringing the final number of participants to fifty.
The Third International Seminar for Sports Journalists took place from
14th to 19th June, with 50 participants including sports journalists from 23
countries attending. A number of distinguished speakers presented and fully
covered the main topic of "Olympism" and the special subject "The Press
and the Olympic Games". The speech of welcome to the participants was
made by Messrs. N. Filaretos, President of the IOA and IOC members,
El. Sperides (GR), Vice President of the International Association of Sports
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