INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY 7th JOINT - IOA

THE ACTIVITIES OF THE NATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY
OF GEORGIA IN THE FIELD OF OLYMPIC EDUCATION
Mr Merab MIRTSKHULAVA (GEO)
The National Olympic Academy of Georgia was founded in 1991.
The aims of the NOA of Georgia are the following:
1. To spread and promote the Olympic principles.
2. To organize scientific events and research on the developing
of the Olympic Movement and the spreading of Olympism.
3. To work out scientific projects on the training of Olympic
athletes.
4. To organize refresher courses for the coaches training the
Olympic athletes.
5. To educate youth on the Olympic Movement and the
philosophy of Olympism.
6. To study the history of the Olympic Movement.
In the last years the NOA of Georgia has paid more attention to
Olympic Education in Georgia and took purpose to spread and
promote the Olympic principles among Georgian youth on different
levels:
1. in the elementary - school - level - organizing School
Olympics;
2. in the secondary - school - level - organizing School
Olympics and contest “Fair Play and Olympism in Youth
Sport”;
3. in the Academy - level - lectures on Olympism (in the
academy of physical Education and Sports of Georgia from
1997) and to organize the annual Olympic essaycompetitions
for choosing participants to the IOA Sessions
for Young Participants (the best essays have been published
in the Georgian NOC magazine “Olympieli”);
4. In the post-graduate - level to send participants to the IOA
Post Graduate Seminars, which is a perfect possibility to
study Olympic Games, Olympic Movement and Olympism
and to work on personal scientific papers on Olympic
studies.
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