INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY 7th JOINT - IOA

demonstrate excellence in performance and strength in Olympic
values
• Emphasize on the education of those who educate (teachers,
coaches, etc)
• Approach the IOA to activate national educational contest for
youth, the final contest to take place in Olympia
• Transmit messages through the education system, symbols and
images
• Encompass expressions of the Youth Culture – electronic media,
dance, their role models, power of TV and web
• Promote cross cultural exchanges, studies of other
countries/peoples
• Develop a cooperation between the Olympic Movement and the
museums, the libraries etc
• Promote a continuous in-depth market analysis to assess
Olympic Education level of children and search for more
modern means to improve it
• Realise interviews and produce films with Olympic champions
• Encourage the involvement of Olympians as ambassadors of the
NOAs and the Olympic Culture in order to transmit the message
of peace in relation to the Olympic Games
• Make research on traditional, popular forms of sport
• Develop a close cooperation according to a strategic plan
between the IOC, the IOA and the NOAs in order for a
programme of Olympic education to be coordinated
Question 4: Do we encourage team or individual Sports? Why?
The groups concluded that we all must encourage all sports –both
individual and team- each for the benefits that they provide and
because both kinds transfer the Olympic values.
Individual sports:
• promote personal excellence and achievement and can require
lower levels of organization for preparation.
• provide more opportunities for recognition of excellence, that’s
why there is nowadays an ongoing interest in individual sports.
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