8.E 49 EC 06 / 09 Report to the 49th ANOC Executive meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland.

MEETINGS

Annual General Assembly

The 2009 ONOC General Assembly and associated meetings were held in Queenstown, New Zealand on the 31st March and the 1st April 2009. Prior to the General Assembly, ONOC held joint workshops with representatives of the Olympic Sports Federations of Oceania (OSFO) covering a number of areas of mutual interest to both organizations.

During the course of the meeting, presentations were made by 2009 , Rarotonga, 2010 Youth , Singapore 2011 , Noumea, 2012 Olympic Games, London, GBR

The 4 cities bidding for the right to host the 2016 Olympic Games from Chicago, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and Madrid also made presentations to the Assembly as did 5 of the 7 sports shortlisted to be included on the Olympic programme in 2016 (, , Rugby 7’s, Softball and ).

ONOC Executive for the 2009 – 2012 Olympiad.

Kevan Gosper, the President of ONOC since 1989 did not seek reelection and was replaced by Robin Mitchell who has served as Secretary General of ONOC since 1993. The new office bearers of the ONOC include :

President : Robin Mitchell (FIJ, IOC Member) Vice President : Barry Maister (NZL, NOC Secretary General) Secretary General : Ricardo Blas (GUM, NOC President) Executive Members : Joe Carlo (VAN, NOC President) Jim Tobin (FSM, NOC Secretary General) Ken Tupua (ASA, NOC Secretary General) Mrs Baklai Temengil (PLW, NOC Secretary General) 49th ANOC Executive Council Meeting – Lausanne, 14.06.2009 – Report by the Vice-President for Oceania 1 The IOC Members in Oceania are also part of the ONOC Executive : Kevan Gosper, Phil Coles, John Coates (all from AUS) together with ONOC Athletes Commission Chair : Barbara Kendall (NZL).

Kevan Gosper was duly acknowledged for his contribution to the region in an emotional farewell function in the presence of IOC President Jacques Rogge, ONOC and international representatives on the final night of the Assembly.

As a result of the elections, the ONOC Headquarters as required by our constitution is based with the new ONOC Secretary General Ricardo Blas in . The ONOC Secretariat continues to operate from the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat in Suva, and provides the technical support to the region.

Executive Board Meetings

Since the last General Assembly, the ONOC Executive Board has met in Melbourne in December 2008 and in Queenstown on the 30th March 2009 just before the 2009 General Assembly.

Regional Olympic Forum ONOC Secretaries General Meeting, Suva, Fiji.

NOC Secretaries General and a number of NOC Administrators met in late October / early November 2008 in Suva FIJ to review the 2005 – 2008 ONOC Programs in the region, the region’s performances at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and to focus on new initiatives for the 2009 – 2012 Olympiad.

Alongside this meeting, Part One of an Advanced Sport Management Course was also delivered for selected NOC participants. This was a pilot course aimed at testing the delivery of the new IOC “Management of Olympic Sports Organisations” training materials. The second part of the course was delivered immediately prior to the 2009 ONOC Annual General Assembly in Queenstown, New Zealand.

The Olympic Solidarity World Program “Regional Forums” financed a major part of the costs for these meetings.

The 2009 Olympic Forum was held in Queenstown after the ONOC General Assembly and covered two areas :

2009 – 2012 Olympic Solidarity programme. Preparing for the 2010 in Singapore.

49th ANOC Executive Council Meeting – Lausanne, 14.06.2009 – Report by the Vice-President for Oceania 2 2008 OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY PROGRAM

2008 ONOC Continental Programs included :

National Solidarity programs, including Equipment grants Regional Olympic Solidarity Programs (in conjunction with Oceania International Federations) Regional Training Centre grants : Regional Centre FIJ, IAAF High Performance Centre NZL, Regional Baseball Academy AUS, Regional Weightlifting Centre, New Caledonia. Oceania Sports Education Program Technology – Sporting Pulse grant Olympoceania program Sports Administration program Oceania Sports Information Centre Regional / National Games Support IF / NOC Technical Experts program ONOC Administration Grant Oceania Athletes Commission Oceania Women in Sport Commission

World Programs (conducted by ONOC on behalf of Olympic Solidarity in 2005 – 2008 Olympiad)

Continental and Regional Games – NOC Preparation 2012 Training Grants for Young Athletes Olympic Scholarships for Coaches Regional Olympic Forum Olympic Scholarships for Athletes “Beijing 2008” Administrative Subsidy to NOCs

NOC Audits

As part of Olympic Solidarity’s review of the delivery of its programs, two NOCs from Oceania are selected each year to undergo an audit by Nicole Girard- Savoy of Olympic Solidarity Lausanne, accompanied by Dennis Miller of the ONOC Secretariat.

NOCs selected were :

2008 NOCs of Fiji and . 2009 NOCs of and New Zealand.

Following the audits, the NOCs concerned are provided with comprehensive reports on the outcomes of discussions along with recommendations for future action.

49th ANOC Executive Council Meeting – Lausanne, 14.06.2009 – Report by the Vice-President for Oceania 3 Joint Meeting of the Olympic Solidarity Offices

ONOC Secretary General Dr. Robin Mitchell and Programmes Manager Dennis Miller attended the 4th Joint Meeting of the 6 Olympic Solidarity Offices at the Headquarters of the European Olympic Committees in Rome on 11th and 12th November 2008.

Techology Partner – Sporting Pulse (Oceaniasport.com)

Oceaniasport continues to provide an excellent platform for sports administration throughout our Region despite the relatively low level of connectivity’ available in many areas. The platform has been significantly upgraded over the past 12 months and now provides web sites and an online database which is at an appropriate level of sophistication to meet our needs while maintaining a simplicity that makes the tools easy to access and use.

Oceaniasport was recently presented to the First MEMOS Worldwide convention in Barcelona and appears to be well regarded by the Olympic Movement following its inclusion as an example of best practice in the recently published Management of Olympic Sports Organisations (MOSO) Manual.

Membership of National Federations

A survey was carried out of the 22 Island entities to determine what sports were played and which had obtained full membership to their NOC/Pacific Games Association (PGA). In some countries, associate member status is catered for and in some countries there are sports played that have no membership status as such.

The purpose of this survey was to assist regional sports federations to determine their development targets within the Region and also to provide feedback to Regional bodies such as ONOC and the Pacific Games Association.

Oceania Sports Education Programme (OSEP)

This regional programme is now underway with projects being implemented in a number of NOCs.

Talent Identification

Through the Oceania Foundation and Monash Sport we have been able to deliver Talent ID Programs to , Federated States of Micronesia and during 2008 and so far, in 2009. The programme was sponsored by Samsung and supplemented by grants from the Solidarity World program.

An important benefit of the Talent Identification Program is the provision of fitness testing and training equipment that adds a new dimension to the assessment and development of athletes within the country.

49th ANOC Executive Council Meeting – Lausanne, 14.06.2009 – Report by the Vice-President for Oceania 4 IOC / ONOC / UNAIDS Joint Program

Since the launch of STOP HIV in March 2008, the program has extended to Fiji, and Vanuatu with also taking a leading role through the Sport for Development Initiative and PNG National Olympic Committee.

The program has recently been shortlisted for an award in the inaugural “Beyond Sports Awards” in the category Best Project by a Sport Federation or Governing Body.

Regional Anti-Doping Organisation

The programme is progressing very well with the Officers’ duties including being selected by WADA to attend the in Pune as part of the WADA Outreach programme for this event. She also took the opportunity to visit the Countries of the North Pacific in order to determine the feasibility of establishing NADOs in the Micronesia countries.

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

The 2007 meeting of ONOC Secretaries General supported ONOCs coordination of administration for Pacific Islands NOCs within the Games Village and include in that, greater contact with Australia and New Zealand for the mutual benefit of all.

ONOC staff members, Dennis Miller, Hanisivae Visanti and Sainimili Talatoka were responsible prior to and during the Games for the setup and management of the ONOC Operations Centre in the Olympic Village. They were assisted in their duties by a number of NOC administrative staff and BOCOG NOC Assistants and volunteers.

A combined Oceania Hospitality Centre was also established in downtown Beijing in association with Sportsworld Australasia. A number of NOCs utilized the Centre to hold country receptions during the Games.

Performances in Beijing

Australia was represented by 435 athletes and 318 support staff across 26 sports in Beijing. They confirmed Australia’s position as an Olympic superpower finishing sixth on the medal tally with 14 gold, 15 silver and 17 bronze.

Six-time Olympic rower James Tomkins carried the Australian flag in the Opening Ceremony and the star of the team Stephanie Rice, with three gold and three world records in the pool, carried the flag in the Closing Ceremony.

New Zealand had their most successful Games since 1992 winning 9 medals (3 Gold, 1 Silver and 5 Bronze medals) and also achieved 25 top 8 finishes in the Games.

49th ANOC Executive Council Meeting – Lausanne, 14.06.2009 – Report by the Vice-President for Oceania 5 Sixty five athletes representing 15 Pacific Islands NOCs attended the Games across a total of 70 events in 12 sporting disciplines, 18 of whom had reached qualifying standards. This represented an improvement over our efforts to get to Athens. While we appear to be holding our own in terms of overall performances, it is of concern that the progress towards qualifying athletes on merit remains slow. Furthermore, the outstanding individual performances that occurred in Beijing do not appear to be supported by a system that will throw up new champions in the near future. This reality puts into question the effectiveness of the programs that we are currently supporting to produce a better quality of athlete at Olympic level.

The overall performance of Pacific athletes in Beijing sets our benchmark and with 3 years to go before London 2012 it is essential that our NOCs are encouraged to better target their efforts.

London 2012 Olympic Games

Following discussions prior to, and during the 2008 Olympic Games, between ONOC and NOC representatives and subsequent visits to the North West England region by Mrs. Anne King, Brian Minikin, Dennis Miller and Robin Mitchell, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between ONOC (on behalf of the 15 island NOCs) and the Northwest Regional Development Agency in November 2008. The MOU is a commitment for the Pacific Islands of Oceania and the Northwest to work together exclusively on using the region as the Training base for Oceania National Olympic Committees in the build up to London 2012 and hopefully beyond looking to the 2014 in Glasgow. The NWDA and its partners will now work with ONOC with a view to developing the agreement to start roll out early in 2009.

MEMOS

Lufilufi Rasmussen (SAM) and Auvita Rapilla (PNG) completed their MEMOS Programs during 2008 with Auvita winning the inaugural Madella Award for the Best MEMOS Project in MEMOS XI. Auvita’s project has produced a useful assessment tool for classifying the current level of development of National Federations across five key areas and can be used as an initial assessment tool by NOCs when assessing their member NF needs and priorities for development. Work is underway to fine tune this valuable tool.

Brian Minikin (ONOC) has undertaken to do a MEMOS Program for 2008/2009 to produce a paper entitled A Question of Readiness’, in which a tool will be developed to assist NOC and their respective member NF’s to determine if in fact they are ready to undertake development program and other sport opportunities, particularly those that receive external funding.

49th ANOC Executive Council Meeting – Lausanne, 14.06.2009 – Report by the Vice-President for Oceania 6 2009 2012 Strategic Plan

During the Secretaries General Meeting and Advanced Sports Management Course held in November 2008, participants were tasked with identifying the core components of ONOC’s 2009 – 2012 Strategic Plan.

As a result, the following vision, mission and strategic priority areas were identified :

1. Our Vision Promote Olympic Values in our endeavor to assist National Olympic Committees and their athletes in the pursuit of excellence in the Olympic Games.

2. Our Mission Strengthen the Infrastructure Of Oceania NOCs through Sports Development, Education Competitions in cooperation with all our Stakeholders.

3. Strategic Priority Areas This Strategic Plan has been structured to reflect the responsibilities and accountability of each major area of the organisation. In the next 4 years the focus areas are :

Area 1 – Governance Management Structure Area 2 – Financial Management Area 3 – Sports Development Area 4 – Competitions Area 5 – Marketing and Public Relations

Within these 5 Key Areas, a number of objectives and strategies have been developed.

Logo ONOC has a new logo which was selected after a regional competition held in 2008. The logo symbolizes the sail of an ocean- going canoe, a symbol common to all Pacific Island communities.

ONOC Calendar

18 – 19 July ONOC Executive Meeting, Guam

21 – 24 July Regional Forum – Women in Sports, Guam

25 – 26 July Regional Forum – Sport Environment, Apia SAM

28 July – 1 Aug Regional Forum – Olympic Education, Suva, FIJI

25 Aug – 5 Sep Vanuatu National Games, Port Vila, Vanuatu

21 Sep – 2 Oct Pacific Mini Games, Rarotonga, Cook Islands.

18 – 29 Nov 2009 PNG National Games, PNG 49th ANOC Executive Council Meeting – Lausanne, 14.06.2009 – Report by the Vice-President for Oceania 7