Final Report

Teacher and pupil at a
technical course for
boxing coaches in
Brazzaville, Congo
2001–2004 expenditure
US$ 10,000,000
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Technical Courses
Real training needs met
The Technical Courses for Coaches programme, which is particularly designed to provide
basic (level 1 and 2) training for coaches in Olympic sports, was one of the first assistance
programmes offered to the NOCs. The training is organised in close collaboration with the
IFs, who appoint experts to run the courses. Level 1 courses are usually organised at
national level, while levels 2 and 3 courses may be regional in nature, involving participants
from several neighbouring NOCs and thus giving them the chance to receive higherlevel
training.
Between 2001 and 2004, 138 NOCs organised a total of 1,040 technical courses. Africa
remains the continent which has benefited the most from this programme (384 courses),
followed by Asia (364) and America (280). Following the decentralisation of these programmes,
Olympic Solidarity has not been involved in organising technical courses in
Europe and Oceania, where they have been planned and implemented by the NOCs with
the support of their Continental Association. For both continents, Olympic Solidarity only
organised the regional courses.
Although the annual number of courses dropped slightly in 2004 because of the Athens
Games, the NOCs’ interest in this programme remains strong, since it meets a real need
in terms of training. Athletics, boxing, basketball, taekwondo, table tennis and volleyball
were the most common sports. Olympic Solidarity would like to continue in this vein and
hopes to enhance further the planning of training courses and follow-up of participants.
Therefore, for the 2005–2008 quadrennial plan, the NOCs will be required to
draw up a calendar of training courses and submit a summary of the content of each course,
a list of participants and a detailed breakdown of the budget for the activities they are planning.
Cooperation with the IFs will have to be stepped up through the implementation of
a proper development plan, improvement in the quality of training, a study of the standards
of course content and better follow-up of participants.
Technical courses organised
Continent Courses organised NOCs
Africa 384 52
America 280 36
Asia 364 39
Europe 12* 11*
Oceania ** **
Total 1,040 138
* Regional courses only. The other courses were organised through EOC Continental programme “NOC Activities”
** Courses organised through ONOC Continental programme “NOC Activities”