Sport and peace - english version

FIRST INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON 

SPORT, PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT 

2009

First International Forum on 

Sport, Peace and Development 

7 and 8 May 2009, Olympic Museum, Lausanne 

International Cooperation and Development Department 

INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE 

Château de Vidy, 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland, Tel. +41 21 621 6111 / Fax +41 21 621 6216 / www.olympic.org

First International Forum on Sport, Peace and Development 

International Cooperation and Development Departement 

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TABLE OF CONTENT 



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Forewords .....................................................................................................................5 

1. Introduction ..............................................................................................................7 

2. Forum Programme ...................................................................................................9 

3. Summaries of Presentations .................................................................................12 

3.1. Session I ......................................................................................................................................12 

3.2. Session II .....................................................................................................................................13 

3.3. Session III ....................................................................................................................................16 

3.4. Session IV ....................................................................................................................................19 

3.5. Session V .....................................................................................................................................21 

3.6. Session VI ....................................................................................................................................24 

3.7. Closing session ............................................................................................................................27 

4. Recommendations .................................................................................................29 

5. List of participants .................................................................................................31 

Annex 

CD-ROM with fi les of presentations and images .........…….…………………………………….....inside cover 

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Forewords 



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Message from the President of the International Olympic Committee, 

Dr Jacques Rogge 

How can sport contribute to humanity’s quest for peace and development? 

Such was the starting point for the fi rst International Forum on Sport, Peace and Development, 

organised at The Olympic Museum in Lausanne under the patronage of the International Olympic 

Truce Foundation (IOTF) and the IOC International Relations’ Commission, whose Chairman is 

Mario Pescante. 

Indeed, today there is no longer any doubt that the IOC and the sports movement have a social 

responsibility – namely to enable the largest number of people to have access to the practice of 

sport, and to make this a key element of sustainable social and human well-being for individuals 

and society. 

At the same time, as I have often said, sport is not a cure for all the ills of our society. The IOC 

and the sports community on their own cannot solve all the socio-economic problems which 

constantly threaten peace in the world. This is the role of the competent authorities, such as 

governments or the United Nations. 

What sport can do, however, and what it has been doing up to now, is to work with partners capable 

of supporting its vast network, encouraging sports practice among young people, expanding its 

reach and providing it with resources. 

For this reason, the IOC is involved in various development initiatives in cooperation with numerous 

organisations active in this area, both within and outside the sports family, which recognise the 

value of sport as a development tool and a means of establishing peace around the world. 

Here, I wish to thank the 250 or more participants who made this fi rst Forum a success, by 

sharing their experiences and recalling the importance of concerted efforts to make use of the 

huge potential of sport, its communication power and its effects on socio-economic and human 

development, especially among young people. 

Our task is now to act upon the 12 recommendations adopted at the end of the Lausanne Forum, 

and to continue our action so that our society as a whole guarantees sport the place it deserves, 

namely at the centre of everyone’s lives. 

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Message from the Chairman of the IOC 

International Relations’ Commission, Dr Mario Pescante 



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Humanity is currently experiencing a period of diffi cult and turbulent coexistence. Much of this 

is the result of a lack of dialogue, knowledge and exchanges between peoples, a lack which is 

sometimes the cause of the misunderstandings that often lead to confl ict. In this third millennium, 

it is increasingly clear that sport can and must play the role of catalyst within our society. More 

than ever, sport is by its very essence the only language understood by all. It is capable of uniting 

when nationalities, politics, religions and cultures all too often divide. It teaches respect and 

tolerance, two values which are indispensable to our world today. 

Sport provides us with so many well-known or lesser-known examples of this every day, by 

facilitating encounters between young people whom politics and discrimination of all kinds 

separate today, and will cause to fi ght each other tomorrow in never-ending confl icts. 

This is precisely the rationale for the fi rst International Forum on Sport, Peace and Development, 

held on 7 and 8 May 2009 at The Olympic Museum in Lausanne. Over two days, more than 

250 representatives from the Olympic Movement, United Nations agencies, governments, and 

non-governmental and intergovernmental organisations exchanged experiences and opinions on 

what sport can contribute to peace, national cohesion and development, as shown in the texts 

and presentations of this fi nal report. They also exchanged ideas on the way forward for their 

partnership, in order to design projects which share the same values of peace and development 

through sport. 

I wish here to express my sincere thanks to the participants, for their active collaboration and 

enthusiasm, and my deep gratitude to my IOC International Relations’ Commission colleagues, 

for their considerable work and untiring commitment. 

May the 12 recommendations adopted unanimously play a catalysing role in improving the lot of 

humanity and offering it a better future thanks to sport. 

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1. Introduction 

1.1. Introduction by the IOC Director of International Cooperation 

and Development, Mr T.A. Ganda Sithole 



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The International Olympic Committee and the International Olympic Truce Foundation (IOTF) 

have on various occasions before organized forums on sport for development and peace. But 

these have been on either a regional scale or for small groups consisting mostly of countries 

suffering internal confl ict or in post confl ict reconstruction mode. Kenya, Cyprus, Jordan and 

Greece (Olympia), among other countries, have hosted these forums which also brought around 

the table UN peacekeeping missions, National Olympic Committees and politicians. 

The Lausanne Forum was different. It was an open-door event with larger and broader participation. 

For the fi rst time, non-governmental organizations, religious groups, governments, international 

sports federations, UN agencies, NOCs and individuals and activists in the area of sport for peace 

and development as well as governments shared the same space over two days and discussed 

vexing questions about the role of sport in peace and development and if there was more that 

could be done to make it more effective. 

Organizing the Forum was a diffi cult undertaking, not least because the numbers of participants 

ballooned just two weeks before the opening and space in The Olympic Museum is limited. 

Technology came to the rescue. The 50 or so delegates who could not be seated in the 200-seater 

auditorium followed the proceedings live on the big screen in another room. That opened up another 

possibility which turned out to be a fi rst, broadcasting the entire proceedings live on the internet 

worldwide. 

There must have been hundreds of thousands out there, possibly millions, who followed the 

interesting presentations, discussions and conclusions in the conference, if the calls from abroad 

from places as far fl ung as Bujumbura and New Delhi are to be used as a measure of the viewership 

interest in the forum. 

It was, to put it simply, good that for the fi rst time a forum of this nature was no further than one’s 

website wherever they were. But the Forum was just the beginning. Work really starts with the 

implementation of the multi-point fi nal resolution which acknowledged the importance of sport to 

community’s search for, and maintenance of peace and drive development. 

For the umpteenth time, those in the “business” of applying sport to peace and development were 

made aware that unless there was coordinated approach to the issue efforts could be wasted and 

resources misplaced and this would result in donors withdrawing funding. 

The t-shirt, video and photo approach to dealing with poor people and children and communities 

affected by confl ict, whereby more money is poured into developing PR portfolios certainly has 

no place among the serious groups that met in Lausanne. They declared their wish to make their 

contributions count by directly improving the lives of those in need. 

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The UN and UN agencies will certainly have been satisfi ed with the outcome, with the acceptance 

by the Forum that the achievement of the eight UN Millennium Development Goals was one sure 

way of eradicating successfully most of what ailed the world. 

As the Forum ended, the parting words of the President of the IOC will certainly have been one of 

the take-homes: “Sport cannot cure the ills that affl ict society. It cannot make peace. What sport 

can do is it can help cure the ills that affl ict society. It can help foster peace.” 



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2. Forum Programme 

7 May 2009 SESSION I 

The potential of sport in the search for peace and development 

Keynote address Dr Jacques Rogge, IOC President 

Mr Wilfried Lemke, Special Adviser of the UN Secretary General on sport 

for development and peace 

SESSION II 

Promoting a culture of peace among young people 

Keynote address Empowering youth leaders from hostile regions with sport 

by HRH Prince Feisal Bin Al Hussein of Jordan, President and Founder 

of Generations For Peace 

Presentations Activating sport as a tool for peace-building among armed forces 

Brigadier General Gianni Gola, President of the International Military 

Sports Council (CISM) 

The example of ugandan charity sports league 

Mr Ernst Suur, Project Advisor, Warchild Uganda, 

and Mr Edwin Odur-Luru, Social Worker 

Hope through sport in Somalia 

HE. Suleyman Olad Roble, Minister of Youth and Sport, Somalia Government 



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Best practices on sport for peace – preliminary research results 

Dr Eugenia Vathakou, International Olympic Truce Centre, and Dr Max Stephenson, 

Director, Institute for Policy and Governance, Virginia Tech University, USA 

SESSION III 

Sport for community and youth development 

Keynote address Mr Lamine Diack, President of the International Association 

of Athletics Federation (IAAF) 

Presentations The Olympic Movement driving the social and development agenda 

General Lassana Palenfo, IOC Member, Member of the IOC International 

Relations’ Commission 

The contribution of football to grass-root development 

Mr Jérôme Champagne, Director of International Relations, International Federation 

of Football Association (FIFA) 

The African Union perspective 

Dr Johan Strijdom, Department of Social Affairs, African Union Commission 

The Oceania example 

Mr Brent Espeland, Acting Chief Executive Offi cer, Australian Sports Commission 

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SESSION IV 

Promotion of education and healthy life-styles through sport 

Keynote address Mr Frankie Fredericks, Chairman of the IOC Athletes’ Commission 

Presentations Vancouver Games: sharing the dream through youth engagement 

Mr John Furlong, President of the Vancouver Organizing Committee 

of the Olympic Winter Games (VANOC) 

Physical activity for health: current trends among youth 

Dr Timothy Armstrong, Coordinator Surveillance & Population-based 

Prevention Unit, Department of Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion, 

World Health Organisation (WHO) 

“Sport is the school for life” programme 

Mr Jean-Edouard Baker, President of the Haiti Olympic Committee 

Changing gender norms and stereotypes through sport: 

successes and challenges 

Prof. Margaret Talbot, President of the International Council on Sport Sciences 

and Physical Education (ICSSPE) 

8 May 2009 SESSION V 

The Olympic Games: legacy for education, development and peace 

Keynote address Mr Hein Verbruggen, President of the General Association of International Sports 

Federations (GAISF) and former Chairman of the Coordination Commission 

of the Beijing Olympic Games 

London’s Olympic legacy: inspiring the future 

The Right Honourable Tessa Jowell, Minister for the Olympics, Cabinet Offi ce, 

UK Government 

Dr Mario Pescante, Chairman of IOC International Relations’ Commission 

Presentations The Singapore Youth Olympic Games: tackling societal issues 

of young generations. 

Mr Ser Miang Ng, IOC Member 

Capitalizing on the Olympic Games’ volunteers 

Mr Markus Pilgrim, Manager, The Youth Employment Network (YEN) 

SESSION VI 

Capitalizing on partnerships and networking 



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Keynote address Mr Yasushi Akashi, former UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and 

Emergency Relief Coordinator, Chairman of the Japan Centre for Confl ict Prevention 

Presentations From collective conscience to effi cient political actions 

Mr Joël Bouzou, President and Founder of “Peace and Sport” 

Leveraging aid for development through sport: 

the European Union perspective 

Dr Pal Schmitt, Member of the European Parliament, IOC Vice-President 

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Mobilizing young people through sport for active participation in urban life 

Mr Subramonia Ananthakrishnan, Chief of Partners and Youth Branch, UN-Habitat 

Capitalizing on partnerships: the Red Cross perspective 

Mr Christopher Lamb, Special Adviser, International Relations, International 

Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) 

SESSION VII 

Next Steps 

Report of rapporteurs 

Lord Colin Moynihan and Mr Patrick Baumann 

Discussions and wrap-up 

CLOSING SESSION 

Presentation of recommendations and adoption 

Lord Colin Moynihan 

Closing remarks Dr Mario Pescante, Chairman of IOC International Relations’ Commission 

Mr Wilfried Lemke, Special Adviser of the UN Secretary General on sport 

for development and peace 

Dr Jacques Rogge, IOC President 



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3. Summaries of presentation 

3.1. SESSION I – The potential of sport in the search for peace 

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The IOC President opened the Forum by offering his thanks to Mr Wilfried Lemke, Special Adviser 

to the UN Secretary General on Sport for Development and Peace, for his support and presence. 

He praised the relationship with the UN system which enabled the delivery of the Olympic values 

in many ways. As a leader of the Olympic Movement, the IOC had worked for over a century to 

place sport at the core of human development and peace, while remaining despite all of this a 

sports organisation fi rst and foremost. 

He reiterated that sport was more than ever a healthy practice that gathered together millions of 

athletes, volunteers, coaches, administrators and technicians around the world every day. It was a 

universal language which strengthened body and mind and taught social skills. But the enormous 

socio-economic and educational power of sport had yet to be exploited to its full potential, and he 

called for increased collaboration and investment around it to meaningfully contribute to achieve 

the UN Millennium Development Goals and world peace. The IOC, as a leader of the Olympic 

Movement, was engaged in numerous initiatives in the fi elds of poverty eradication, sustainable 

development, gender equality, humanitarian assistance, healthy life-styles promotion and 

education, capitalising on fruitful partnerships with UN organisations, governments and NGOs. 

Beyond the contribution of grassroots sports practice to mobilise young people for community 

development, the IOC President further highlighted that the Olympic Games were leaving an 

increasing positive legacy for the host city and the nation at large, putting human, economic 

and social development at the core of its objectives. The Vancouver and London Games were a 

striking example of this. 

He concluded in recalling that while sport’s survival had to contribute to seeking answers to society’s 

real concerns, it had to remain true to its own values of drug-free competition, fair play and respect. 

Mr Wilfried Lemke 

The Special Adviser on Sport for Peace and Development began by stressing that the 

United Nations recognised that the international community had to work together to 

successfully address the numerous choices and challenges that young people faced today. 

As such, and despite diversity, sport was one language and an inexpensive and powerful 

tool for development and peace building, to create a healthier and more prosperous 

community. It was a powerful mechanism as a humanitarian, social and political instrument 

that communities, governments, sports federations, NGOs and international organisations 

should increasingly use. His presentation of how sport was directly contributing to each of 

the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) further reinforced this idea. Nevertheless, 

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sport was not considered a priority in many countries and efforts should be deployed to raise 

awareness and build support in mobilising government actions around sport for development 

and peace. 

Thanking the IOC for its long involvement in these fi eld in partnership with numerous UN agencies 

and programmes, Mr Lemke praised the organisers for holding such a forum, and invited all 

participants to refl ect on how sport could be made accessible to more people around the world, 

how increased cooperation opportunities could be developed, and how evidence on sport’s 

power could be further collected and shared in the international community to make the case for 

sport. In this regard, he saw his role based on three complementary aspects: as an advocate, 

leading and coordinating the UN system’s effort to promote sport as a tool for social change; 

as a facilitator, encouraging dialogue and partnerships; and fi nally as a representative of the UN 

Secretary General at global sports events. 

3.2. SESSION II – Promoting a culture of peace among 

young people 

HRH Prince Feisal Bin Al-Hussein 

As current President of the Jordanian Olympic Committee and Founder of Generations for Peace 

initiative, Prince Feisal strove daily to promote a simple vision: use sport to equip young people 

with the skills and knowledge they required to create change and ensure a valuable contribution 

to enduring peace. The objective was to fi ll the void for young people in the world’s most troubled 

communities, drawing upon the power of sport to instil tolerance, respect and understanding. 

Confl icts left a void in their lives which could be fi lled with many negative elements, which in turn 

led to the perpetuation of confl ict. 

Strongly believing in the value of leaders and leadership skills in particular, Generation for Peace 

had organised since its creation numerous training camps for young people, emphasising a trainthe-trainer 

approach which could in turn set up cascade programmes when they returned home. 

Results so far had been very encouraging, with numerous successful case studies from delegates 

who had launched sport for peace initiatives in their own communities. 

Prince Feisal further stressed that each sports organisation and NGO had a responsibility to 

understand the power of sport to promote peace and use that power to the best of its abilities. To 

ensure effective and productive delivery of these initiatives, it was similarly important that sports 

and non-sports bodies increased their cooperation, in partnership with governments and other 

interested parties. 

He concluded in applauding the IOC for the meaningful leadership role it had taken over the 

years in promoting sport as a universal language for all and the relevance of the Olympic values 

of goodwill, understanding and peace among young people who would become the leaders of 

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Brigadier General Gianni Gola 



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General Gola gave a presentation on how the CISM was activating sport as a tool for peacebuilding 

among armed forces. Recalling the origins of the Allied Forces Sports Council, which 

later led to the creation of the CISM in 1948, the motto of the organisation was still the same: to 

develop friendly relations among armed forces, promote physical education and sports activities, 

and contribute to the international effort for universal peace. 

Since then, the CISM had been running a number of programmes to support this mission, including 

the organisation of the Military World Games gathering together over 10,000 athletes in 24 sports, 

as well as various continental and regional championships on the fi ve continents. 

General Gola further indicated that the CISM was also working to offer military sport aid, through 

a number of armed forces who were ready to put their aircrafts at the service of sport for peace 

projects, taking sports equipment where it was needed. 

It had also organised several international seminars on sport and peace to further raise awareness 

among armed forces that more could be done in this fi eld. In particular, the second Forum, 

organised in India in 2007 in partnership with the IOC, had led to a major initiative, where delegates 

asked member states to integrate sport as a tool of peace-keeping and reconciliation into their 

activities. 

The CISM was also working with other sports organisations such as FIFA, to reinforce the 

possibilities of building bridges between the communities and armed forces through sport, and 

contributing to the promotion of peace. 

Mr Ernst Suur 

Mr Edwin Odur-Luru 

Mr Ernst Suur and Mr Edwin Odur-Luru presented an inspirational case study of WarChild, a 

Dutch NGO that was working in different countries around the world to empower young people 

through creativity and recreation (including sport) and reinforce peace-building. 

They presented their Ugandan project of inter-parish charity sports leagues, where almost 21 

years of confl ict had forced people into camps; and women and people with disabilities were 

among the most affected at sociological, psychological and emotional levels. Lack of trust and 

self-esteem, hopelessness and stigmatisation were some of the issues that the NGO addressed 

through its sports-based programme. 

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WarChild’s approach focused on education, child protection, peace-building and psychological 

support. Sport and play were very signifi cant tools in this respect as they were low cost interventions 

and could quickly be community owned. Sports competitions were coupled with charity work, 

and helped young people play a positive role in the development of their community (agents of 

change), as well as bring joy and relaxation. They supported the reintegration process of formerly 

abducted children. 

HE. Suleyman Olad Roble, 

repesented by Mr Duran Farah 

Speaking on behalf of the Minister of Sport, Mr Duran Farah, Vice-President of the Somali Olympic 

Committee, presented the case study of Somalia. His country had been through several decades 

of civil war which had led to the destruction of the whole sports context. While sport and physical 

activity were still on the school curricula, they could not be implemented due to a crucial lack of 

fi nancial and technical resources as well as suitable infrastructures. And not surprisingly, sport 

was not among the development priorities for the country’s authorities. 

But, despite hostilities and differences, sport remained the only event that united all Somalis and 

was an effective tool for confl ict resolution. But gathering support for these activities was a real 

challenge. In a recent survey run by the NOC in several parts of the country, results showed that 

only 12% of existing sports facilities was actually used for these purposes. The main challenges 

faced by sports organisations included a shortage of qualifi ed coaches, insecurity, and lack of 

proper facilities. 

Mr Farah recognised the support which Somalia received from several international partners, 

including the IOC, Olympic Solidarity, FIFA and Generations for Peace, in order to build up its 

sports equipment and train its coaches and leaders. The NOC main focus in the coming years 

would be on the rehabilitation of sports and leisure facilities, the provision of equipment to schools 

and youth centres, and the strengthening of the physical education curriculum in partnership with 

education institutions. In a second phase, the NOC planned to use sport to teach fundamental 

values through the organisation of sports competitions in different zones. Mr Farah concluded in 

further calling on partnerships of all sports and international organisations to support this lengthy 

but worthy process. 

Dr Eugenia Vathakou 

Dr Max Stephenson 

Their joint speech presented the details of the research project launched by the International 

Olympic Truce Centre, aiming to develop a manual for peace-keepers and staff in post-confl ict 

regions on how sport could be used in this process to facilitate dialogue and strengthen 

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Building on the assumption that peace processes were designed as broader social change initiatives 

that transformed confl ict through learning processes, peace pedagogy, peace journalism, peace 

business and peace and sports, the presenters stressed the importance of sport and its values 

as a valuable toolbox to reach these goals and contribute to the transformation of societies.The 

project aimed to gain a more complete understanding on how UN offi cials were using sport in 

their activities, to offer them a synopsis of the most effective initiatives, and to provide an overview 

of how sport could fi t into a larger palette of community-centred peace-building activities: in 

short, a handbook with practical outcomes for professionals in the fi eld. 

The project team was building on a methodology which integrated various tools, including 

structured questionnaires, review of academics, NGOs and others’ reports on peace and sport, 

and the assistance of a panel of experts. 

3.3. SESSION III – Sport for community and youth development 

Mr Lamine Diack 

Mr Diack referred to his personal experience and how he had been able to combine good studies 

with a high-level career in athletics, football and volleyball, then a career as a sports manager, 

and in politics alongside President Senghor for whom he served, among others, as General 

Commissioner for Sport. Although his country experiencing a period of great social troubles, 

he experienced how young people supported sport spontaneously and were ready to make 

concessions and efforts to be included in teams. From then on he was convinced that there was 

no better educational vehicle than sport. 

To meet the expectations of these young people, one had to create structures for participation 

in their neighbourhoods, encouraging their own development and thus the development of their 

community and country. The Navétane clubs were created in this context and were a minor 

revolution. However, funding services did not believe in sport as a tool for developing and 

mobilising the community, and, as Minister then as Mayor, he tried to convince decision-makers 

to support them, without success. 

He concluded in stressing that sport was essential for humankind and that he would have liked 

to see such a Forum take place 40 years previously. The fact that sport now occupied an ever 

smaller place in schools was behind many ills and even catastrophes. There was therefore the 

need to take sport to schools, but also to create an alternative education for those who had not 

had the chance to integrate formal education settings. 

General Lassana Palenfo 

General Palenfo recalled that the practice of sport was a basic human right, and that the Olympic 

values were a valuable and effi cient tool for facing the major challenges of the time and the 

confl icts ravaging our world. 



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In this regard, the setting up of the fi rst Forum on Youth, Sport, Peace and Development in 

Brazzaville and the many related activities demonstrated the interest that African leaders attached 

to sporting issues, and that they were becoming aware of the mobilising power of sport, which 

cemented unity and solidarity among people; This tendency should now lead them to include 

sport in national development plans, becoming therefore eligible for development assistance and 

international fi nancing. 

As ANOCA President, he was pleased by the IOC’s contribution to the sport, peace and 

development triptych, which benefi ted the most vulnerable groups, and had also joined forces 

with the UNHCR to develop a policy targeted at young African refugees and internally displaced 

people. He further stressed that sport as a universal language had a social role and could improve 

quality of life and well-being and was a school of citizenship. Although it was not a panacea 

for all the problems of society, it could, however, produce positive effects and be valuable tool 

for development, such as demonstrated in the Olympafrica centres, or through the workshops 

for integrating young people launched by CONFEJES (Conference of Ministers of Sports and 

Governments of Francophone countries). 

However, cooperation was key to success. General Palenfo therefore called upon governments to 

support the sports movement, in addressing the challenges faced by the nearly one billion people 

in Africa, of whom 500 million were aged under 17. 

Mr Jérôme Champagne 

Mr Champagne focused his presentation on the role of football for grassroots development at 

world, national and local levels. 

Nowadays, the impact of football development could be witnessed at the level of the individual, 

where football taught life-skills, respect for rules and opponents, and considered child protection 

and gender equality as well. It had a second impact at community level, through the fi nancial 

assistance FIFA provided to its national federations to invest in youth competitions; the support 

provided to NGOs such as SOS Villages; and the fi ght to protect the environment with the 

assistance provided to the Mathare Youth League in Kenya, among other examples. Finally, 

football development had an impact at national and continental levels, particularly through the 

role of the World Cup, in bringing communities together and catalysing development for the 

whole region; the efforts made over the recent years to improve good governance among national 

football federations; and the rules and regulations adopted to protect minors/children participating 

in football competitions. 

FIFA initiatives and global investment were therefore substantial. It was currently using one-third 

of its budget for development, amounting to about USD 150 million used for sports competitions 

and programmes to help development. Mr Champagne further referred to FIFA work in the fi eld 

of social responsibility, in which it worked with several partners to help eradicate child labour, 

and worked with refugees. More importantly, it helped local structures to develop Football for 

Hope, in partnership with a street football NGO, which used local means to ensure sustainable 

development. It was also active in the promotion of peace among communities, with numerous 

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Dr Johan Strijdom 



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In presenting the African Union’s position, Dr Strijdom indicated that sports activities were perceived as 

necessary and of special help to contribute to sustainable development. The 2010 Football World Cup 

was perceived in this framework as a great opportunity to support economic and social development 

on the African continent. This approach was supported by various heads of state and government 

who had taken parting in various AU Ministerial conferences and led to declaration on this subject. 

He also thanked the partners of the African Union for their participation in re-launching the 

African sports movement. Many challenges still remained to be faced by the African Union and 

harmonisation between governmental initiatives and those of national, regional and continental 

organisations was a crucial one. The AU had implemented for its part several actions based on 

sport, aiming for instance to offer sports activities to soldiers and youth of communities during 

post-confl ict situations; it had also developed a comprehensive action plan on controlling drugs 

and preventing criminality as well as a Code on relations between the governments and national 

and international sports organisations. 

Within the AU, it was the Division for Sport and Culture, which was responsible for ensuring 

that the African sports movement implemented the 20 key issues of the Policy Framework for 

Sustainable Development of Sport in Africa. And the AU Commission would participate in, among 

other things, advocating for the implementation of this policy. Olympic values were also recently 

introduced into the programmes of the four strategic pillars of the AU Commission. 

Mr Brent Espeland 

Mr Espeland’ presentation focused on the work of the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) in 

the Oceania region and especially the existing cooperation between governmental departments, 

regional bodies and national organisations, including National Olympic Committees, to help 

communities manage their own sports programme independently, thus contributing to improving 

health, promoting social cohesion and encouraging youth leadership. 

The Australian Sports Outreach Programme, which was currently implemented in several countries 

of Oceania, provided quality sports programmes based on transparency, constant dialogue and 

recognition of each other’s agenda. The success of this programmes was based on two key 

principles: 

1) to comply with development principles and strategies, as the challenge for sport in development 

was to ensure that it was integrated into mainstream aid policy and strategies; 

2) to build on what already existed, as small and isolated communities of Oceania had limited 

capacities to support activities implanted by external programmes; this was key to ensure 

sustainable programmes and local motivation. 

To conclude, Mr Espeland added that the ASC would remain committed to contributing to the 

programmes that had an impact in small communities, to drive regional sport and to contribute 

to the progression of thinking in the regional and international arena so that sport as a social 

movement could be accorded its rightful value. 

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3.4. SESSION IV – Promotion of education and healthy life-styles 

through sport 

Mr Frankie Fredericks 



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Inspired by his personal experience which enabled him to jointly build his sports career and 

education at the highest levels, Mr Fredericks stressed that sport was a unique catalyst for young 

people to set goals and fi nd their own place in society. Sport was a school of life, teaching them 

how to make proper choices in life. Through sport, young people could be engaged in a way that 

was different from traditional education. A child in sport was a child out of jail, drug or alcohol 

abuse, armed confl icts or exploitation. The fundamental principles of the Olympic Movement 

mirrored this approach, aiming to build a peaceful and better world by educating young people 

through sport and its values. 

He congratulated the IOC on its initiative to establish the Youth Olympic Games, an event which 

would no doubt get the young generation back on the sports fi eld and serve wider education 

objectives. 

In concluding, he reminded institutions responsible for sport development that sport, culture and 

education should jointly play an integral part of youth development and be fully integrated into 

their policies, ensuring among other things a smoother transition towards life after sport. 

Mr John Furlong 

Mr Furlong recalled that the Vancouver Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic 

Games was convinced of the ability of such a project to transform the lives of young people, in 

a profound way and throughout the vast country of Canada, and really saw sport as a catalyst 

for change. The ideals of tolerance, equality and fair play were at the core of the Olympic and 

Paralympic Games of Vancouver. 

He presented the interesting example of the Kugloctok community, in a remote area of the country, 

which developed a real interest in the Olympic Games and the spirit of the Olympic Movement. 

The community, which was facing a diffi cult situation with numerous social and violence issues, 

had decided to address them through sport and Olympic-Games related programmes. Beyond 

the fact that this community was connected to the Games in a powerful manner, good behaviour in 

community life would enable young kids to remain in sports programme that had been embraced 

by the schools and the local government. 

More generally, VANOC was also engaging Canadian youngsters in the classrooms through a 

comprehensive Games education programme. A special platform had been created to educate 

teachers on Olympic values and enable genuine Olympic experiences. Internet pages had been 

developed to facilitate the sharing of experiences, and well-known athletes had been invited to 

classrooms to speak to children, and become real heroes for the young generation. 

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Other education programme included the SportFit Challenge, in partnership with the Government 

of Canada and British Colombia, which allowed children to discover which sport suited them best 

in the future and enabled them to become active kids in the future. The Vancouver Games had 

also established a strong connection with the aboriginal and fi rst nations of Canada. An Aboriginal 

Youth Sport Legacy Fund had been created (to fi nance the development of activities and help 

them fi nd their passion in sports programmes). National legacies, parks for leisure and relaxation, 

and an Olympic Truce youth engagement programme were some of the other many initiatives that 

had given concrete form to VANOC ambition to use sport as a catalyst for change and leverage 

every opportunity to touch as many lives as possible in Canada and abroad. 

Dr Timothy Armstrong 

Dr Armstrong presented the current trends in physical activity among young people and the 

response of the World Health Organisation (WHO) to the growing burden of non-communicable 

diseases (NCDs). These accounted for 60% deaths globally in both developed and developing 

countries. Data also predicted that 60% of the population would be overweight or obese by 

2013. 

At the same time, statistics confi rmed that young people were less physically active than they 

used to be. Some 70% of them did not meet the minimum requirements from a health perspective 

and constituted a dangerous trend that could feed NCDs. 

The WHO had a real interest in physical activity as it could have an important impact in addressing 

these health challenges worldwide. The WHO 2004 Global Strategy and its later 2008-2013 

Action Plan had therefore included physical activity for the fi rst time among its core preventive 

measures. 

Considering the multi-stakeholder approach as a key element to success, the WHO was working 

with governments, in partnership with the global private sector and other UN agencies, to encourage 

them to implement these recommendations in their national policies. It was currently working to 

develop guidelines on physical activity for health and implement school-based programmes in 

line with these. The Plan also targeted transport policies that were linked to this and the promotion 

of safe places to practise physical activity. 

Mr Jean-Edouard Baker 

Mr Baker presented the Haitian innovative programme “Sport for Development and Peace” 

which, since 2006, had been used to address violence and immigration problems at the border 

with the Dominican Republic, initiate responsible behaviour among the youth of both countries 

and develop Olympic and life-skills education among them. 

The programme, composed of three dimensions – yearly Peace and Friendship Games, an education 

programme in schools on HIV, environment protection and civic values, and summer camps – has 

been highly successful in bringing the youth of both countries together and encouraging friendly 

relationships. With limited access to organised sport in Haiti due to a patent lack of infrastructure 

and lack of national sports policy, the NOC of Haiti, in cooperation with partners such as UNICEF, 

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and Education) and the private sector, had been leading this programme, reaching thousands 

of kids through an innovative and effi cient strategy. The evaluation of the fi rst three years of 

the programme had showed a behaviour change in kids and parents, an increase in condoms 

being sold, increased visits to health centres, increased environment initiatives, and new sports 

disciplines being formally introduced in school curricula. 

Mr Baker hoped that the initial positive results of this programme would encourage governments 

and civil society to invest further in sports infrastructures in the two countries and secure human 

development and peace building. 

Prof. Margaret Talbot 

Speaking on behalf of the International Council of Sports Sciences and Physical Education 

(ICSSPE), Professor Talbot highlighted the numerous challenges and opportunities related to 

gender issues and sport. Stressing that issues around interpretation of sex, gender and identity in 

sport were for all to engage on, she was convinced that science could particularly help disentangle 

the existing triangle around myths about performance, sex at birth, and social constructions of 

powerful gender stereotypes and sexualisation in governance of sport. These issues polarized 

men and women and affected ways in which rules and services were made. The practice of 

physical activity and sport was to be formed and informed by research, and could in turn inform 

and form policies. 

To challenge what was often perceived as “anomalies” and double standards, Professor Talbot 

encouraged us all, through a series of striking examples, to revisit the idea of ability and stereotyped 

views of male and female achievements, to question why some experiences were more valued 

than others and acknowledge and change structural inequalities in sport. This was a necessary 

investment in the future of sport, that her organization would support. 

3.5. SESSION V – The Olympic Games: legacy for education, 

development and peace 

Mr Hein Verbruggen 

Building on his experience as former chairman of the IOC Coordination Commission for the 

2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Mr Verbruggen highlighted the various dimensions of the Olympic 

Games’ environmental, social and economic legacy and their contribution to improve quality of 

life and human well-being. This was strongly based on the DNA of Olympism and its values, which 

promoted tolerance, solidarity, respect, non-discrimination, friendship, dedication and fair-play 

among others. 

Leveraging Olympic values to promote better understanding between people, nations and 

religions, to enhance the development of mankind and peace, stood at the core of the mission 

of the Olympic Movement. Hence the IOC’s commitment to work with Organizing Committees to 



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achieve a unique legacy for the city and the nation with the help of the Olympic Games. And in 

this framework, the Beijing Games had been very successful in ensuring a long-term education 

and culture legacy, allowing one fi fth of humanity to experience the values of Olympism and discover 

a unique country. Similarly the Beijing Paralympic Games provided a platform to raise awareness 

and stimulate action on advancing the rights and opportunities of people with disabilities. 

Nevertheless, the IOC was not a political organization and although it was concerned about 

social and human challenges faced by society generally, it should remain realistic and realize that 

its infl uence lied in areas connected with sport and its ideals, but not in political objectives. This 

was particularly misunderstood by NGOs who tended to take the IOC’s work and the Olympic 

Games out of their real sports context to serve their own objectives. Other bodies and institutions 

were better positioned to address political issues which fell outside the mandate of sports 

organisations. 

The Right Honorable Tessa Jowell 

Minister Jowell set out the challenges and opportunities facing London as it moves towards 

hosting the 2012 Olympic Games, and the role of sport in helping to reshape the economies of 

countries in the developed and developing world. In time of economic crisis, the link between 

sport and moving the world forward had to be made even more, and it was therefore important 

that the Olympic Movement clarifi ed what objective he had in terms of sport and peace. 

London 2012 committed to put the power of sports and Olympic values in practice during the 

Olympic Games, to be the thread that stitched together the activities to fi ght poverty, environment 

sustainability, or gender equality and catalyze the possibility to broaden their reach and impact. 

The ambition to mobilizing the inspirational part of Olympism to ensure that more British people 

get active and access sport was translated in investment in children’ school programmes for 

physical activity, aiming to increase from 23% to over 90% the number of children playing sport 

more than two hours per week. 

She also referred to the “International Inspiration” programme as a unique example of this 

ambition, driving the power of sport for good in partnership with governments of 20 targeted 

countries. Not only core skills were taught to teachers, coaches and young leaders through sport 

and education, but also assistance was provided to shape national policies on physical education 

and sport. Several countries were already benefi ting from this 51 million £ programme and LOCOG 

was hoping to pass on this programme to future organizing cities too, as they saw a need for 

a development of a strategic approach, tackling participation from a bottom-up approach and 

investing in grass-root sport to high-level professional sport. 

Minister Jowell was convinced that the IOC had a vital role to play in coordinating and leading 

efforts to maximize actions to promote sport for peace and development and further encouraged 

the Olympic Movement at large and Olympic sponsors to work with the UN system and government 

to help meet the MDGs. 



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Dr Mario Pescante 



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The concept of sport was an extraordinary instrument for building a better national and international 

society. However, part of the efforts deployed by the sporting community in this regard was still not 

perceived to its full extent by governments, educators and international institutions generally. 

Witnessing the current challenges faced by past educational systems and considering the 

increasing feeling of mistrust by the young generation towards rules of behaviours, be they in the 

family or at school, our society was facing a situation of real confl ict between generations. 

Against this lack of reference to values, sport could contribute in providing young people with 

ideals that were at the basis of a sound education: respect for the adversary, discipline, excellence, 

enthusiasm and striving for effort. These sports ideals had their origins in the ancient Olympic 

Games themselves and had been enriched by modern Olympism since then. 

While reaffi rming that sport could contribute to peace-building, it could not be denied that the 

Olympic Truce proclamation, which was supported by the United Nations, remained a mere 

symbolic message with great signifi cance and a hope from the world of sport to have its ideals 

of peace recognised. 

Nevertheless, the joined commitment of politicians, sports people and international institutions 

still had the potential to represent a true army without weapons, tooled with the values of 

Olympism and sport that could succeed in transforming a society’s dream into a reality of peace 

and understanding. 

Mr Ser Miang Ng 

With over 3,600 young athletes coming from 205 National Olympic Committees, competing in 26 

sports, the Singapore Youth Olympic Games would bring 12 days of culture, education and sports 

competition to the youth of the world. 

A variety of activities would deliver the IOC’s vision around fi ve main themes: Olympism, skills 

development, well-being and healthy living, social responsibility and digital media. Through these 

themes, young people would be able to address some of the most important issues they were 

currently facing in society, such as healthy life-styles promotion, environment and sustainable 

development, and community relations. 

Designed “for the youth by the youth”, these Games had also put young people at the core of the 

organisation itself, encouraging the participation of young team leaders, chefs de mission, journalists 

and other offi cials in the preparation and implementation of the Games. 

The Education programme aimed to reach beyond the participants themselves, through the twinning 

of schools in Singapore and in the 204 participating NOCs before and during the Games, and the 

delivery of a range of fi eld activities and online initiatives to engage and empower them. 

Through this comprehensive education and sporting approach, the YOG planned to leave a legacy 

that offered young people with a unique opportunity to connect leading up to, during and beyond 

the Games themselves, as well as to contribute, in a meaningful way, to their education for life and 

sporting development. 

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Recalling the mandate of the Youth Employment Network – a tripartite initiative between the United 

Nations, the International Labour Organisation, and the World Bank – Mr Pilgrim highlighted the 

importance of contracting unemployed youngsters for big sports events thereby increasing their 

technical skills to better integrate the labour market and improve their employability. In this regard, he 

was pleased to see that future OCOGs had already taken this approach in their countries, although 

complementary training on soft skills would bring added value to their Olympic experience. 

Beyond this approach, the YEN was striving in particular to address the challenge of youth 

employability in Africa and in developing countries, where on average 20% were currently 

unemployed, and among which 50% lived on less than USD 2 a day in absolute poverty. 

In response to this the YEN had recently launched a competitive grant scheme on youth employment, 

in partnership and with the fi nancial support of UNIDO and the World Bank, in four pilot countries 

(Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia). The 300 small-scale proposals that had been 

gathered to date not only offered innovative solutions to tackle youth unemployment, but also 

constituted a useful tool to encourage youth participation and ensure their proactive involvement 

in their own development. 

Building on this programme, a special call for proposals could be developed on sport and youth 

development, enabling for instance the training of youngsters to become coaches, sports events 

managers, or local grassroots sport coordinators. YEN was ready to offer its technical expertise and 

local infrastructures along with the fi nancial support of the key partners of the global programme, 

to implement this new approach. 

3.6. SESSION VI – Capitalizing on partnerships and networking 

Mr Yasushi Akashi 

Mr Akashi reminded us from a historical perspective how the Olympic Movement and sport in 

general had been able to positively affect our own history although a world without confl ict was 

not conceivable. 

While the nature of the confl icts and of their causes varied from place to place, undoubtedly 

poverty was the fundamental cause for confl icts and instabilities. With a glimpse of hope, stronger 

positive international cooperation had helped address the great depression of the 20th century 

and the economical recession of this past year. 

In this context, the Olympic Games could play an important role, such as they did in Tokyo, Seoul 

and Beijing. He stressed the examples of the innovative features of international co-operation 

through exchanges of students and athletes that Nagano and Salt Lake City promoted, the 

educative efforts made by Vancouver and London, the ability to postpone acts of war such as the 

postponement of the bombing of Iraq shortly before Nagano Games, or also the positive values 

of the Japanese-Korean 2002 FIFA World Cup. 

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Nevertheless, he was mindful that the Olympic Truce could not be replicated and be as effective 

as it was 1,200 years ago. Confl icts were still ongoing around the Beijing Games, not to forget the 

three Olympic Games that had to be cancelled between World War I and World War II as well as 

the Cold War effects in Montreal, Moscow and Los Angeles. 

In concluding, while political infl uence and impact of nationalism was unavoidable in the Olympic 

Games, Mr Akashi stressed that it was therefore important to preserve the fi nest qualities of 

the Games, keeping their size reasonable, avoiding to succumb to the commercial interests of 

sponsors, strengthening the decision-making processes to involve all stakeholders and broadening 

participation of developing countries through increased subsidies. Similarly, some of the political 

infl uence and nationalism could be reduced with successful exchange programs, such as the 

one he was directly involved in with youngsters from Israel and Palestine, educating them on 

diversities to increase tolerance and thus reduce confl icts. 

Mr Joel Bouzou 

Mr Bouzou introduced the organisation “Peace and Sport” and the way it looked at concretely using 

sport to promote peace through effective partnerships between sports, political and economic 

networks. He felt that, thanks to the IOC and the Olympic Movement’s work, mentalities had 

changed over the past two decades, recognizing sport as a catalyst for social impulsion, although 

there was still room for greater effi ciency and more synergies among key players in these fi elds. 

Peace and Sport was particularly striving to work more closely with sports governing bodies, 

such as the IFs, NOCs, top athletes and champions, as well as Governments, international 

organisations and NGOs, and the corporate world, to raise their awareness about the added 

value of such partnerships to construct a more lasting peace in the world and nurture their social 

responsibility objectives. 

While they were linked by a seemingly common objective, the absence of coordination among all 

actors involved in sport, development and peace was at the root of the current lack of effi ciency 

in resources allocation or projects fragmentation and redundancy. Based on his experience, he 

was convinced that sport, when based on partnership and integrated into global development 

policies, could be a successful vehicle for reconciliation, peace and social cohesion. 

To address this challenge, Mr Bouzou’s organization structured its work around four main 

approaches: a strong networking (via their annual International Forum as a unique platform of 

sharing and cooperation); an online resource center (database and virtual forum on sport for 

peace); sport and peace awards (promoting best practices and catalyzing political action); and 

numerous grass-root projects in disadvantaged communities around the world. 

Dr Pal Schmitt 

Dr Schmitt, as a member of the EU Parliament and IOC member, presented the current situation 

of sport within the European Union. 

While sport still remained mainly the responsibility of Member States or other international 

organizations, EU policies had had an increasing impact on sport. It was with this in mind that IOC 

President Rogge and EU Commissioner Figel expressed the necessity to reinforce partnership 



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in order to better address current challenges around sport such as autonomy, fi nances, betting, 

application of EU competition law, free movement of people, and the fi ght against doping. 

With the Treaty of Lisbon, sport was recognized for the fi rst time with a special status which 

allowed it to have a special status considering its dual nature as an economic activity as well 

as one of the most important tools for education and social phenomenon. In the same line, 

the EU had also decided to put emphasis on sport and physical education to improve school 

attendance and address through it broader issues such as women’s access to education or health 

promotion. 

But beyond internal affairs, Dr Schmitt emphasized the recent EU move to use sport as a tool for 

its external relations. This was embedded in the 2007 White Paper on Sport where it was clearly 

identifi ed as a vehicle for inter-cultural dialogue, anti-discrimination, social integration, postconfl 

ict reconstruction and community development and peace. EU public diplomacy through 

sport could help raise its profi le abroad. In this regard, the work of the European Commission 

through sport-related projects in developing countries was to be commended and the MoU 

with FIFA to make football a force for development in several continents was part of this new 

approach. Dr Schmitt’s hope was to see this trend continue and be further reinforced in the future, 

so that sport could play an even greater role as a cross-cutting tool to promote education, health, 

development and peace. 

Mr Subramonia Ananthakrishnan 

A different perspective was presented by UN-Habitat and Mr Ananthakrishnan. Considering the 

fast speeding process of urbanization, faster even in developed countries, coupled with the fact 

that youth represented 18% of the world population, issues were raising where the urbanization 

was progressing without careful planning. Slums’ population, poverty and inequalities, and 

structural violence that occurred in such environment were increasingly associated. 

UNHABITAT therefore was concentrating its efforts on the Urban Youth, offering them opportunities 

to meet, practice sport, climb mountains to focus on environmental issues but also fostering team 

spirit. This was done in close partnership with the IOC, with which it had signed an MoU recently, 

and other sports organizations. Equally important for young people was their participation in 

city planning and in renovating/planning for sport facilities and community meeting grounds. 

Mr Ananthakrishnan presented the example of the “One Stop Youth Information Centre” in Kenya 

as a concrete opportunity for the youth to come together, be trained as leaders and coaches and 

create an urban entrepreneurship programme. 

Youth and sport were therefore more than ever linked for UN-Habitat for community mobilization, 

planning, governance and violence prevention. They also were key to youth empowerment through 

the learning of generic skills, leadership and teamwork. 

Mr Christopher Lamb 

Mr Lamb’s presentation focused on the issue of partnerships’ value and how to better capitalize 

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The example of the cooperation between the IOC and the Red Cross movement was used to this 

end. The International Federation of the Red Cross and red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the 

IOC shared the same fundamental principles and both had the ability to reach down to villages, 

to the street due to their particular federalist structures. In 2003 an MoU was signed between 

both organisations and particular emphasis was given to create opportunities at national levels by 

aligning the operational side between the national societies and the National Olympic Committees. 

Joint workshops around HIV and AIDS prevention were implemented among others in South 

Africa with an immediate impact in several countries of that region. Further workshops were held 

since in India, China, Oceania and soon Latin America. 

Other opportunities of partnership were identifi ed around disaster response in case of accidents 

that occur during sport events. In that framework, the Red Cross was among the recurrent 

partners of Organizing Committees of Olympic Games to help them address fi rst aid training and 

implementation. Experiences with the Beijing organizers were particularly successful and good 

perspectives were open with London 2012 Olympic Games and 2010 Singapore Youth Olympic 

Games already. 

However, it was crucial that these partnerships be constantly reviewed to understand whether the 

partners capitalized on it. An MoU was not suffi cient. It was important to check the content, assess 

the motivation and the delivery capacity of the partnerships, to include operational expectations 

and guidelines on implementation. It should be based on transparency of objectives and due 

diligence in order to be effective too. 

In concluding, he saw one of the main challenges facing society nowadays in its capacity to 

enable youth empowerment. As such the Olympic movement was well equipped to contribute to 

it as young people playing sport learned the value of teamwork, how to make decisions and take 

responsibilities, improved their psychological well-being and relationships with others. And the 

Youth Olympic Games were a unique platform to help meet this important goal. 

3.7. CLOSING SESSION 

Dr Mario Pescante 

Dr Pescante’s closing remarks stressed once again the intrinsic link between sport and peace. 

While recalling its core contribution in the long Olympic history, this link was still relevant nowadays 

and illustrated through many examples such as the ping-pong diplomacy between the USA and 

China, the cricket diplomacy with India and Pakistan, the friendship of the Georgian and Russian 

athlete hugging each other in Beijing, or the Israeli and Palestinian regular peaceful confrontations 

on the sports fi elds. However, this link remained still too unknown in the political arena. 

He therefore hoped that building on the successes of this Forum, the sports, political and 

diplomatic worlds would further commit in the future to ensure that their common dream of peace 

would become reality through sport. 



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Mr Lemke thanked the Forum organisers for this successful event. More than ever, he felt that it 

was now everyone’s duty to convince governments that sport was necessary, above all because it 

could help them to achieve their own goals. He had experienced this during his career as Minister 

for Education and Sciences, struggling to prove to the various authorities sport helped children to 

increase attendance and improve their performances; that sport contributed to reducing health 

budgets and improving life expectancy, and that it could create jobs and contribute to developing 

communities. 

There was now a need for a better overall view of all the projects developed around the world, 

and increased work with universities and the academic world to obtain more concrete data. The 

recommendations adopted at the Forum would support this approach and it was important that 

everyone committed to help governments implement them. 

Mr Lemke concluded that, although not everyone could be an Olympic champion, there were 

however many small heroes in the world whose contribution and experience in leveraging sport 

for development had to be shared and better supported to better lives thanks to sport. 


The IOC President concluded the Forum by thanking all participants and speakers in particular for 

their valuable contribution to this event and for making it a real success, as well as all local teams 

which supported its organisation. 

He stressed once more that sport itself had no capacity to deliver peace or human development, 

which were mandates of governments and the UN system. Sport could however be a real partner 

that offered its network, infl uence, reach and resources to meet these global challenges. 

He renewed once again the commitment of the IOC to continue to work on educating youth as 

leaders of tomorrow and empower them to meet these social and human challenges through 

sport. 

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4. Recommendations 

FIRST INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON SPORT, PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT 

Meeting in Lausanne, on 7 and 8 May 2009 



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Representatives of the International Olympic Committee led by its President; representatives of the 

United Nations, led by Wilfried Lemke, Special Adviser of the UN Secretary General on Sport for 

Development and Peace; representatives of the International Sports Federations; representatives 

of the NOCs from throughout the world as well as representatives of the International Paralympic 

Committee, NGOs and representatives from academia agreed: 

1) To stress the importance that the holding of this First Forum on Sport, Peace and 

Development, as it was the fi rst time that representatives of all the Olympic Movement, 

the United Nations, NGOs and academia were meeting under the auspices of the IOC to 

analyze and discuss these themes of growing importance for the development of sport 

for all involved in the Olympic Family. Furthermore to emphasize that sport has the power 

for peace building and development, ranging from prevention of violence to humanitarian 

relief and the long term construction of society. The role of sport in peace building is 

always in close cooperation with government authorities and further to emphasize 

governmental organizations. 

2) To agree that the Olympic Movement and its partners cooperate wherever possible to 

strengthen efforts to use sport and recreational programmes to overcome the growing 

health challenges facing the world including obesity, poor nutrition and ill health. 

3) To underline the commitment of the Olympic Movement to assist, in every way possible it 

can, the delivery of the UN Millennium Development Goals through sport as an important 

catalyst for development and peace. 

4) To emphasize that the Olympic Movement will commit to used its infl uence to build support 

among political, community and civil society leaders in order to mobilize action around 

sport and recreational initiatives to promote peace, development and the integration of 

sport and recreational programmes in all schools; ensuring where applicable that schools 

engage with the Olympic Family, community groups, sports federations, government 

authorities and local clubs to maximize opportunities for sport and physical activity. 

5) To affi rm that the Olympic Movement supports the furtherance of dialogue between 

nations and individuals to contribute to the eradication of prejudice, to foster mutual 

understanding and to strive to achieve dignity of all individuals and peoples. 

6) To state that priority should be attributed to advance the cause of women in and 

through sport; seeking to promote equal opportunities for women to participate in sports 

competition, administration and coaching and to regard to equal opportunities for women 

a a fundamental human right. 

7) That the Olympic Movement should strive for the promotion of peace through the 

International Olympic truce Foundation’s work and the Olympic Truce. 

8) To ask the IOC, together with the Offi ce of the Special Adviser of the UN Secretary General 

on sport for development and peace, to establish a Working Party to consider how best to 

consider the best ways of achieving a comprehensive exchange of information, expertise 

and experience to generate best international practice between the Olympic Family and 

all organisations active in the fi eld of sport, development and peace and to report to the 

IOC International Relations’ Commission by 30th September 2009. 

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9) To recommend to the IOC that the proceedings, fi ndings and conclusions reached 

during the International Forum on Sport, Peace and Development, should be considered 

in detail and where possible included for consideration by the Editorial Committee of the 

2009 IOC Copenhagen Congress in preparing for the Congress. 

10) To ascertain that wherever the Olympic Family is committed to development and peace 

programmes it ensures that the interests of those with disabilities are fully considered, 

recognized and integrated into the relevant programmes. 

11) To call on the National Olympic Committees and International Sports Federations to 

demonstrate leadership to promote peace and understanding and to design, implement 

and support programmes to that end through the power of sport. 

12) To agree that this First Forum, which in particular served to study the present situation 

should be the fi rst step towards future editions that are to be developed periodically and 

no less than two years apart. 



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5. Liste of participants 

TITLE FULL NAME COMPANY FUNCTION E-MAIL ADDRESS ADDRESS 

HRH THE PRINCE NAWAF FAISAL IOC International Relations 

FAHD ABDULAZIZ Commission 

Ms ABATE Claudia The Foundation for Post 

Confl ict Development 

M. ABOLO BIWOLE 

Emmanuel Claude 

Mrs ADI Ana UWS / IOC Olympic Studies 

Centre 

Dr AJÁN Tamás IOC International Relations 

Commission 

Mr AKASHI Yasushi International Olympic Truce 

Foundation 

Member saoc@saudiolympic.org.sa P.O. Box 6040, 

Prince Faisal Fahd 

Olympic Complex 

Executive Director cabate@postconfl ictdev.org 245 Park Avenue, 

24th Floor 



POST 

CODE 

CITY COUNTRY 

PHONE 

NUMBER 

Report 

FAX 

11442 RIYADH SAUDIA ARABIA +966 1482 1832 +966 1482 1951 

10167 NEW YORK UNITED STATES OF 

AMERICA 

+1 212 643 5467 +1 212 372 8798 

NOC of Cameroon Secretary General camnosc2@yahoo.fr B.P. 528 YAOUNDE CAMEROON +237 221 2205 +237 221 2206 

Doctoral Researcher ana.adi@gmail.com 12 Madras Place G79 3PQ GREAT BRITAIN +44 784 643 9920 

Member iwf@iwf.net 

House of Hungarian 

tamas.ajan@iwfnet.net Sports, Istvanmezei 

aniko.nemeth-mora@iwfnet.net ut 1-3 

1146 BUDAPEST HUNGARY +361 353 0530 +361 353 0199 

Member of the Board yasushi.akashi@nifty.com 106 5-15-21 Roppongi, 106-0032 

Minat-ku 

TOKYO JAPAN +81 3 3560 3221 +81 3 3560 3237 

M. AKOUALA GOELOT Pascal Présidence de la République Conseiller pascalakouala@yahoo.fr BP 497, P13-161 

du Congo 

Sonaco Moukonao 

Mr ALEXANDRAKIS Evangelos International Association of 

Sports Law (IASL) 

Syed ALI Shahid International Olympic Truce 

Foundation 

Mme ALIWAN NOUREDDINE Iman Noujoum Al Riyadah 

Magazine 

BRAZZAVILLE CONGO +242 670 5959 +242 281 2364 

Research vagos317st@yahoo.gr Kekropos 8 16672 VARI ATHENS GREECE +30 697 360 6921 

Member ssa@treetonline.com Syed Maratib Ali Road 

1 FCC 

Editor in Chief imanan@hotmail.com Zeidanieh, Saha and 

Cowa Gym 

Dr ALSEBAIE Rashed Hamad H NOC of Saudi Arabia Secretary General saoc@saudiolympic.org.sa P.O. Box 6040, Prince 

Faisal Fahd Olympic 

Complex, Arabie saoudite 

Mme AMANT Valérie Peace & Sport Head of 

Communication 

Mr ANANTHAKRISHNAN 

Subramonia 

valamant@yahoo.fr 42 ter Boulevard du 

Jardin Exotique 

54000 GULBERG, LAHORE PAKISTAN +92 425 151 440 +92 425 836 770 

BEYROUTH LEBANON 

RIYADH 11442 SAUDIA ARABIA +966 1482 1832 +966 1482 1951 

98000 MONACO MONACO +377 97 97 7800 +377 97 97 1891 

UNHABITAT Chief of Partners and Anantha.Krishnan@unhabitat.org PO Box 30030 

Youth branch 

200 NAIROBI KENYA +254 20 762 3870 +254 20 762 3900 

Dr ARMSTRONG Tim WHO Coordinator, 

Surveillance & 

Population based 

Prevention Unit 

armstrongt@who.int Av. Appia 20 1202 GENÈVE SWITZERLAND +41 22 791 12 74 +41 22 791 15 18 

M. AYER Jean Marie WTF Director wtf-lausanne@bluewin.ch av. de Rhodanie 54 1007 LAUSANNE SWITZERLAND +41 21 601 5013 

M. AZAM Saber UNHCR Deputy Director, 

External Relations 

Mr. BAKER Jean-Edouard NOC of Haiti President mail@olympichaiti.org 

jedouardbaker@hotmail.com 

Ms BATES Kylie Australian Sports Commission Senior Sport for 

Development 

Consultant 

azam@unhcr.org Rue de Montbrillant 94 1211 GENEVE SWITZERLAND +41 22 739 8585 

B.P. 2405, 199 route de 

Delmas, Étage Triangle 

Shopping Center 

PORT-AU-PRINCE HAITI +509 246 1771 +509 246 2211 

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M. GOTTSCHALL Jean-Pierre Panathlon International Former Board 

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M. MONTEIRO Alain Claude NOC of Senegal Directeur 

administratif 

cnoss@sentoo.sn 

alainmonteiro@hotmail.com 

cnoss@orange.sn 

Boîte postale 356 DAKAR SENEGAL +221 33 864 1125 +221 33 864 1126 

M. MORISOD Alexandre CISM Directeur des affaires alexandre.morisod@cism-milsport.com 26 rue Jordaens 

Générales 

1000 BRUXELLES BELGIUM +32 473 714 685 +32 264 753 87 

Mr MORRIS Bill LOCOG 2012 Director of Culture, 

Ceremonies and 

Education 

Lord MOYNIHAN Colin Berkeley International Relations 

Commission 

Ms MTEMA Nelly Tanzania Standard 

Newspapers 

Mr MULLER Harald FEI Executive 

Development 

Director 

23rd Floor, 

One Churchill Place 

E14 5LN LONDON GREAT BRITAIN +44 203 2012 014 

Member m.mcgowan@cmagroup.org.uk 9th Floor Prince Consort SE1 7TJ LONDON GREAT BRITAIN +44 207 840 9580 +44 207 820 7808 

boa@boa.org.uk 

House, 27-29 Albert 

Embankment 

Journalist 497 Samora Avenue DAR-ES-SALAAM UNITED REPUBLIC OF 

TANZANIA 

M. MZALI Mohamed IOC Member med_mzali@yahoo.fr 20 rue Essayde Souda 

Bent Zamaa, 

El Menzah 9 

+255 754 565 043 +255 222 135 239 

harald.muller@fei.org Avenue Mon-Repos 24, 1005 

Case postale 157 

LAUSANNE SWITZERLAND +41 21 310 44 80 +41 21 310 47 60 

TUNIS TUNISIA +216 71 888 630 +216 71 888 583 

Mlle N’KOUE Carine Olympic Museum Project Offi cer carine.nkoue@olympic.org Quai d'Ouchy 1 1001 LAUSANNE SWITZERLAND +41 21 621 65 21 +41 21 621 65 12 

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Mme NARBEL Marie Joelle IOC International Cooperation Project Offi cer 


marie_joelle.narbel@olympic.org Château de Vidy 1007 LAUSANNE SWITZERLAND +41 21 621 61 11 +41 21 621 62 16 

Mr NG Ser Miang IOC Executive Board Member 230 Stadium Boulevard 397799 SINGAPORE SINGAPORE +65 65 00 55 00 +65 63 45 52 42 

Dr NGENDAKURIYO Gordien NOC of Burundi Secretary General gordienn@yahoo.fr 

cno.burundi@cnobdi.org 

M. NIAMKEY Deqa FITA Coordinateur 

développement 

B.P. 6247, Avenue du 18 

septembre 

dniamkey@archery.org Maison du Sport 

International, Av de 

Rhodanie 54 

FAX 

BUJUMBURA BURUNDI +257 22 21 87 24 +257 22 21 74 05 

1007 LAUSANNE SWITZERLAND +41 21 614 30 50 + 41 21 614 30 55 

M. NIAMKEY Olivier Olympic Solidarity Project Manager olivier.niamkey@olympic.org Château de Vidy 1007 LAUSANNE SWITZERLAND +41 21 621 61 11 +41 21 621 62 16 

Mme NIYONIZIGIYE Dominique IOC International Cooperation Project Offi cer 


dominique.niyonizigiye@olympic.org Château de Vidy 1007 LAUSANNE SWITZERLAND +41 21 621 61 11 + 4121 621 62 16 

Mr NOKO Ishmael Lutheran World Federation Secretary General 150 Route de Ferney, 

PO Box 2100 

GENEVA SWITZERLAND 

Mr NZABONIMPA Abel Channel Africa Journalist nzabonimpaaa@sabc.co.za PO Box 91313 2006 JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA +27 117 14 41 98 +27 117 14 24 24 

Mr ODUR-LURU Edwin War Child Holland Social Worker edwinodur@yahoo.com PO Box 1033 256 LIRA UGANDA 

M. OKOMBI Dieudonné NOC of Congo Vice-President olympicongo@yahoo.fr BP 1007 BRAZZAVILLE CONGO +242 553 6515 

Intendant PALENFO Lassana International Relations 

Général 

Commission 

Member lassanapalenfo@hotmail.com 22 Av. Théophile Gautier 75016 PARIS FRANCE +33 6 86 074 195 +33 1 45 755 093 

Mr PALOMO PACAS Eduardo NOC of El Salvador President Eduardo.palomo@coes.org.sv Apartado Postal 759, 45 

Av. Sur N°, Colonia Flor 

BLanca 

Mme PALOS Manuela ANOC Administrative 

Director 

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m.palos@acnolympic.org 54 avenue Hoche 75008 PARIS FRANCE +33 1 56 60 52 80 +33 1 56 60 55 55 

Ms PAQUELET Christiane RIO 2016 cob@cob.org.br 22631-000 RIO DE JANEIRO RJ BRAZIL 

M. PARK Kyunghee WTF Offi ce Manager Kyunghee.park@wtf.org Av. de Rhodanie 54 1007 LAUSANNE SWITZERLAND +41 21 601 50 13 

Mrs PATERSON Jan British Olympic Association Chef de Cabinet jan.paterson@boa.org.uk 

alice.constance@boa.org.uk 

1 Wandsworth Plain SW18 1EH LONDON UNITED-KINGDOM +44 20 88 71 26 77 +44 20 88 71 91 04 

Mr PEACOCK Byron Graduate Institute Postgraduate Byron.Peacock@graduateinstitute.ch Route de la Bâtie 40 1290 VERSOIX SWITZERLAND +41 22 755 35 51 

of International and researcher on Sport 

Development Studies / for Development 

David M. Kennedy Center for and Peace & NGO 

International Studies Delegate at UNOG 

Mrs PEDERSEN Line UNHCR Sports Development pedersen@unhcr.org 

Offi cer - Corporate 

Relations 

94 rue de Montbrilliant 1202 GENEVE SWITZERLAND +41 22 739 8930 

M. PESCANTE Mario IOC International Relations 

Commission 

Mr PINTO Alessandro UNICEF Italy Head of sport for 

development 

Chairman s.rettondini@eurolympic.org Palazzina CONI "Villino 

Giulio ONESTI", Via della 

Pallacanestro 19 

00194 ROMA ITALY +39 06 36 85 76 19 +39 06 36 85 76 66 

a.pinto@unicef.it Via Palestro 8 ROME ITALY 

Mr POIVEY Jerome NOC Relations Project Manager jerome.poivey@olympic.org Villa Mont-Repos, Parc 

Mont-Repos 1 

1001 LAUSANNE SWITZERLAND +41 21 310 26 00 +41 21 310 26 99 

M. POLI Raffaele UNIL Maître-assistant, 

Institut des Sciences 

du Sport 

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Ms POLTIER MUTAL Aziyade PNUD Responsable aziyade.poltier@undp.org 11/13 Chemin des 

Partenariats pour la 

Communication 

Anémones 

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Mr PORTER Don E ISF President isf@internationalsoftball.com 1900 South Park Road, 33563 PLANT CITY, FL UNITED STATES OF 

Plan City 

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Mr PRADHAN Dhruba Bahadur NOC of Nepal President olympic@wlink.com.np P.O. Box 11455, 

Maharajgunj, Bansabari 

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Mr RAHMAN MANU Mizanur NOC of Bangladesh Vice-President noc-ban@bdonline.com National Sports Council 1000 

Building, Purana Paltan 

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DHAKA BANGLADESH +880 2 956 0369 +880 2 956 3304 

Mr RBEIZ Georges NOC of Saudi Arabia IR Executive saoc@saudiolympic.org P.O. Box 6040, Prince 


Complex 

HE ROBLE Suleyman Olad Government of Somalia Minister of Youth 

& Sport 

11442 RIYADH SAUDIA ARABIA +96 614 82 18 32 +96 614 82 19 51 

suleymaancolaad@hotmail.com MOGADISHU SOMALIA +25 250 99 81 08 

Dr ROGGE Jacques IOC President Château de Vidy 1007 LAUSANNE SWITZERLAND +41 21 621 61 11 + 4121 621 62 16 

Mr SABHARWAL Sunil International Fair Play 

Committee 

Treasurer sunil@sabharwal.biz Istvanmezei ut 1-3 H-1146 BUDAPEST HUNGARY +44 7770 933 373 +44 20 7900 3605 

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Ms SAFARIKOVA Simona Université Palacky Etudiante au doctorat simona.safarikova@upol.cz 

(Faculté de la 

culture physique, 

département de 

kinantropologie) 

Tr. Miru 115 77900 OLOMOUC CZECH REPUBLIC +420 776 120 278 

Mme SALLOIS DEMBREVILLE 

Marie 

IOC, Offi ce of the DG Head, Corporate 

Development 

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marie.sallois_dembreville@olympic.org Château de Vidy 1007 LAUSANNE SWITZERLAND +41 21 621 61 11 +41 21 621 62 16 

M. SAMARANCH Juan Antonio IOC Honorary President juan_antonio.samaranch@olympic.org Château de Vidy 1007 LAUSANNE SWITZERLAND +41 21 621 65 11 +41 21 621 65 12 

Mr SCHIOTZ Jan Eirik IJF Director Judo for 

Peace Commission 

jschiotz@online.no serviceboks 1 U.S. 0840 OSLO NORWAY +47 99 79 83 02 +47 21 02 98 21 

Mr SCHMITT Pál IOC International Relations 

Commission 

Mrs SCHOLL Katie Research Team Olympia, 

Johannes Gutemberg 

Universität Mainz 

Member pal.schmitt@ioc.olympic.org Magyar Sportok, Háza 

Istvánmezei Ut 1-3 

Member katie.scholl@gmx.de Albert Schwerer 

Strasse 22 

Mr SEHAIBANI Mohammad S. NOC of Saudi Arabia Head of Technical saoc@saudiolympic.org.sa P.O. Box 6040, Prince 

Affairs Department 


Complex, Arabie 

Saoudite 

Mr SELLIAAS Andreas NOC of Norway Special Adviser, 

Department of 

Communication 

Mme SELVARAJU Usha Swiss Academy for 


FAX 

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55099 MAINZ GERMANY +49 1757 471504 

RIYADH 11442 SAUDIA ARABIA +966 1482 1832 +966 1482 1951 

andreas.selliaas@idrettsforbundet.no Sognsveien 751 0840 OSLO NORWAY +47 957 546 75 +47 210 29 050 

Project Offi cer, 

International Platform 

on Sport and 

Development 

selvaraju@sad.ch Bözingenstrasse 71 2502 BIEL SWITZERLAND +41 32 344 3055 +41 32 341 0810 

Mr SIMMONS Erskine NOC of Barbados Secretary General erskine_simmons@sagicor.com P.O. Box 659 BRIDGETOWN BARBADOS +12 46 429 19 98 +12 46 426 19 98 

Mr SINER John Olympic Games Department Project Manager john.siner@olympic.org Château de Vidy 1007 LAUSANNE SWITZERLAND +41 21 621 61 11 +41 21 621 62 16 

Raja SINGH Randhir International Olympic Truce 

Foundation 

Member of the Board randhirsinghpatiala@hotmail.com Shanti Farm, Village 

randhirpatiala@gmail.com Chandanhula, MEHRAULI 

110 030 NEW DEHLI INDIA +91 11 10 32 22 44 +91 11 26 85 23 86 

Mr SITHOLE Tomas A. Ganda IOC International Cooperation Director 


tomas.sithole@olympic.org Château de Vidy 1007 LAUSANNE SWITZERLAND +41 21 621 61 11 +41 21 621 62 16 

Ms SLUYTER-MATHEW Elizabeth IOC International Cooperation Project Offi cer 


elizabeth.sluyter_mathew@olympic.org Château de Vidy 1007 LAUSANNE SWITZERLAND +41 21 621 61 11 +41 21 621 62 16 

Mr SMIRNOV Vitaly International Relations 

Commission 

Member Smirnov@roc.ru Luzhnetskaya nab. 8 119992 MOSCOW RUSSIAN FEDERATION +74 957 254 501 +74 956 370 255 

Mr SOO Hung Li WTF Vice Chairman of fi neusainc@aol.com 

4th Fl. JoYang Building 135-090 KOREA +82 2 566 25 05 +82 2 598 90 09 

Advisory Council fi nepowersystems@yahoo.com 113, Samseong-dong, 

Gangnam-gu 

M. SORGE Jean-Claude CONFEJES Conseiller jcsorge@yahoo.fr BP 3314 DAKAR SENEGAL +33 674 48 96 85 +33 174 63 07 94 

Mr SPECK Joe Ministry for the Olympics Private Secretary LONDON GREAT BRITAIN 

Mr STEPHENSON Max Virginia Tech Institute for 

Policy and Governance 

Mrs STIKOVAC KNEZEVIC 

Jadranka 

Mr STOLTENBERG Thorvald International Olympic Truce 

Foundation 

Director mstephen@vt.edu 205 W Roanoke St. 24061 BLACKSBURG UNITED STATES OF 

AMERICA 

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Generation for Peace Programme Director Info@joc.jo PO Box 19258 11196 AMMAN JORDAN +962 6 5692287 +962 6 5671189 

Dr. STRIJDOM Johan African Union Commission Drug control and 

sport 

Member of the Board Thorvald@krc.no, astrid@krc.no c/o Key Resources AS, 

Arbiens gate 2 

strijdomj@africa-union.org AU Commission, Box 

3243 

253 OSLO NORWAY + 47 23 31 59 50 

Mr SUUR Ernst War Child Holland Project Advisor Ernst.Suur@warchild.nl PO Box 10018 1001 AMSTERDAM NETHERLANDS 

Mr SYRIGOS Evangelos International Olympic Truce 

Centre 

Mrs SZEWINSKA Irena International Olympic Truce 

Foundation 

Mrs TALBOT Margaret International Council of 

Sport Science and Physical 

Education 

ADDIS ABABA ETHIOPIA +251 9111 54154 +251 1150 4985 

Director angelos@syrigos.gr 7 Kiffi ssias Avenue 11523 ATHENS GREECE + 30 210 649 70 91 + 30 210 649 70 21 

Member of the Board iszewinska@pkol.pl 82 Wislana Street 05-092 LOMIANKI POLAND +48 22 75 12 372 +48 22 82 92 656 

President margaret.talbot@btconnect.com 89 Leeds Road, Rawdon LS19 6NT LEEDS GREAT BRITAIN +44 113 250 5693 

Mr TALPAHEWA Chanaka NOC of Sri Lanka Member ctalpe@hotmail.com Olympic House COLOMBO SRI LANKA +94 712 697 212 

Mlle TAVCAR Ziva UNIL Student ziva_tavcar@yahoo.com rue de Lausanne 33 1028 PREVERENGES SWITZERLAND 

Mrs TERPSTRA Erica G. International Olympic Truce 

Foundation 

Member of the Board erica.terpstra@noc-nsf.nl P.O. Box 302 6816 AH ARNHEM NETHERLANDS +31 26 483 45 02 +31 26 483 4444 

M. TONOLI Gilles Need for Sport Consulting Independant gillestonoli@gmail.com Avenue Marc-Dufour 9 1007 LAUSANNE SWITZERLAND +41 78 924 69 06 

Dr TROXLER Mark USA Track & Field Chair, Substance 

Abuse Education 

Committee 

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AMERICA 

+1 918 237 5649 +1 918 369 4535 

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Mr TSAI Cheng Wei NOC of Chinese Taipei President tpe.noc@msa.hinet.net Chu-lun St. 20 104 TAIPEI CHINESE TAIPEI +886 2 8771 1394 +886 2 2777 3803 

Mr USMANOV Alisher FEI President Alisherusmanov@eurofancing.info 17 Arsenalna Street, 

fl at 10 

Mr VARSHAVIAK Zvi NOC of Israel President nocil@nocil.co.il P.O. Box 53310, Shitrit 

Street 2 

Dr VATHAKOU Eugenia International Olympic Truce 

Center 

Mrs VELTHUIJSEN Hanneke Change the Game / 

Camino Seguro 

Mr VERBRUGGEN Hein International Olympic 


01133 KIEV UKRAINE +38 044 28 57 432 

69482 TEL-AVIV ISRAEL +972 3 649 8385 +972 3 649 8395 

Expert evathakou@europers.gr 1 El. Venizelou str. 15669 ATHENS GREECE +30 6945331184 +30 210 2710960 

Sports Director 

(Guatemala) 

Hanneke_velthuijsen@hotmail.com Lotifi cacion San Pedro 

en Panorama Calle Real 

Seccion A, no 37A Villa 

Catelina 

Member of the Board jennifer.o_brien@olympic.org c/o Union Cycliste 

Internationale 

ANTIGUA GUATEMALA +502 5269 4666 

1860 AIGLE SWITZERLAND +41 24 468 58 11 +41 24 468 58 12 

Mr VINCENT Charles WFP Executive Director Charles.Vincent@wfp.org International 

Environment House, 

Chemin des Anémones 

11-13 

1219 CHÂTELAINE SWITZERLAND +41 22 917 85 68 +41 22 917 80 18 

Ms WAWERU La Tanya American University of Paris Researcher 

(Master 2) 

Mr WEI Wang BOCOG Vice-President & 

Secretary General 

Mr WENZEL Andreas Right to Play, Switzerland National Director jorridge@righttoplay.com 65 Queen Street West, 


Suite 1900 

Mr WILLS Ned Laureus Sport for Good 

Foundation 

Mr WILMSHURST Euan THE COCA-COLA COMPANY Manager, 

International 

Government 

Relations 

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coc@olympic.cn Tiyuguan Road 9 100763 BEIJING CHINA +86 10 6711 66 69 +86 10 6711 58 58 

M5H 2M5 TORONTO, ONTARIO CANADA +1 416 498 1922 

ext. 259 

Global Director Ned.wills@laureus.com 460 Fulham Road SW6 1BZ LONDON GREAT BRITAIN +44 20 7514 2852 

ewilmshurst@eur.ko.com 1 Queen Caroline Street W6 9HQ LONDON GREAT BRITAIN +44 20 8237 3574 

FAX 

+1 416 498 1942 

Mr YANG Chia Jung NOC of Chinese Taipei Project Coordinator tpe.noc@msa.hinet.net Chu-lun St. 20 104 TAIPEI CHINESE TAIPEI +886 2 8771 1394 +886 2 2777 3803 

Mr YOUSFI Yassine Olympic Solidarity Project Manager yassine.yousfi @olympic,org Villa Mont-Repos, Parc 

Mont-Repos 1 

1005 LAUSANNE SWITZERLAND +41 21 310 260 00 + 41 21 310 26 99 

Mr YU Zaiqing Executive Board / 

Vice President 

Member ocprc@Sport.gov.cn 

yuzq@olympic.cn 

Tiyuguan Road 2 100763 BEIJING CHINA +86 10 67 116 669 +86 10 67 115 858 

Mrs ZELDIN Jill USOC Strategic Planning jill.zeldin@usoc.org One Olympic Plaza 80909 COLORADO SPRINGS UNITED SATES +1 719 632 55 51 +1 719 866 46 54 

Ms ZHANG Xiuping China Sports Daily Journalist zhangxp@sports.cn 8 Tiyuguan Road BEIJING CHINA +86 10 67 145 549 +86 10 67 141 577 

Mme ZIPSER-GRAVES Joanna Olympic Solidarity Project Manager joanna.zipser_graves@olympic.org Château de Vidy 1007 LAUSANNE SWITZERLAND +41 21 621 61 11 +41 21 621 62 16 

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