INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY 7th JOINT - IOA

To fulfil these aims, 2 projects have been developed and a
scientific conference has been carried out:
1. PROJECT “FAIR PLAY IN YOUTH SPORT” started in 1999
The purpose of this project is to evaluate the honesty and the
respecting companions in the youth sport.
The essence of this project is a contest among young sportsmen,
who conduct themselves in the most respective way in the sports field.
The winners will be awarded with medals and T-shirts with the special
logo. The first 2 laureates have already been chosen.
Under the network of this project a short educational video “Fair
play” was developed in cooperation with Georgian TV - 1 st channel).
2. PROJECT “OLYMPIC EDUCATION IN GEORGIA”
It is the most extensive project of the NOA of Georgia, the aims of
which are the following:
• to evaluate Olympic Education in Georgian sports
movement;
• to give opportunity for better understanding history and
philosophy of the Olympic Games and Olympic Movement;
• to work out future strategy of Olympic Education in Georgia
in cooperation with NOC of Georgia.
Under the network of this project the NOA of Georgia in
cooperation with NOC of Georgia organized two seminars on
Olympic Education (in 2000, in Telavi and 2003 in Tbilisi) and
elaborated the strategy of Olympic Education in Georgia. According
to this strategy the essential target groups to whom activities will be
directed are schools, where the future Olympic athletes, coaches,
lecturers etc. get their education. In addition to schools, universities,
sports Academy, Olympic teams as well as hobby-sportsmen should
be involved in this project. The best distribution of Olympic
Education should be guaranteed by the Olympic means in teaching
(textbook, videos, posters, and booklets), advanced education
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