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Executive Board, Commissions, etc.) considered necessary to enable it to function
properly.
Continental Association Activities
This programme provides support for the development of specific activities
for the continent, for the benefit of the NOCs, which are considered priority by
each Continental Association. It covers areas not included in the list of world
programmes or complements and strengthens areas already included, but with
special interest for the continent.
Continental and Regional Games (organisation)
Through this programme, the Continental Association receives financial
support so that it can assist with the organisation of Continental and/
or Regional Games in its continent. The policy for distributing these
funds in each continent remains the complete responsibility of the Continental
Association. This programme does not cover assistance for the preparation
of athletes for these games, since this concept is covered by the
World programme "Regional and Continental Games - NOC preparation
programme".
NOCs Activities
Already existing in the past quadrennial, this programme aimed to provide
each NOC with a fixed subsidy per year to enable them to develop their own
priority and specific activities. For the 2001-2004 quadrennial, the distribution
of these funds is the responsibility of the Continental Associations, as well as the
conditions for obtaining the subsidies and the systems of technical and financial
control.
Conclusion
The presentation of the Olympic Solidarity programmes gives an insight into
the activities and the actions, which are undertaken by the Olympic Movement
during an Olympiad. These programmes are designed to respect the fundamental
principles of universal ethics as described in the Olympic Charter.
The practice of sport is progressing throughout the world. People are
becoming more dedicated and more interested, thanks to sports education
programmes in schools, the creation of modern sports infrastructure, access to
diverse sports disciplines is made easier.
Without the constant help from the IOC, the international Federations, the
Continental Associations of the NOC's, the National Olympic Committees and with
other sport institutions, the realisation of these programmes would be impossible.
The activities of the Olympic Movement are universal and permanent. They
reach their highest point when all the worlds' athletes are assembled at one sport
festival which are the Olympic Games. In 1896, during the first Olympic Games
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