INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY 7th JOINT - IOA

THE NATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY OF THE
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Mr Sonsola MUTOMBO (COD)
The Olympic Academy of the Democratic Republic of Congo
exists from a juridical point of view since 1998. It was actually in the
course of 1998 that the National Olympic Committee proceeded with
its constitution, by inserting in its statutes the appropriate provisions.
According to the statutes in question, the National Olympic
Academy is a permanent institution of the Olympic Committee of
Congo. It is autonomous in its way of operation; its members are
appointed and, eventually, if necessary, relieved of their mandate by
the Executive Board, i.e. the Council of Administration of the
Olympic Committee of Congo. An internal regulation governs its
organization and operation.
In March 2002, I was assigned the duties of the President of the
Academy in question. I carry out those duties simultaneously with
those of the Second Vice-President of the National Olympic
Committee.
At that time, our Academy was not equipped with the
abovementioned Internal Regulation and had not organized any
activity within the framework of its missions. The first task we had to
undertake was that of filling the gap from the point of view of
organization.
Therefore, after participating, in the course of the same year, in the
sixth international session of the International Olympic Academy for
Presidents or Directors of NOAs and Officials of NOCs, we prepared
and submitted a project of Internal Regulation to the Office of the
National Olympic Committee for approval.
While waiting for this approval and the appointment of other
members of the managing team, we initiated and presented, in 2003, a
series of television programmes, with the cooperation of the
Department of Sports of the National Television.
These programmes dealt with:
• The Olympic Games in antiquity and modern times
• Olympism and the Olympic Movement
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