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NOV 2020

OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY SPECIAL PLAN STRATEGIQUE DE L ACNOA 2021-2024 2021-2024 OLYMPIAD

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DEAR NOC PRESIDENTS AND SECRETARIES GENERAL

beneficiaries: the athletes and the NOCs.

As a result, the budget of the Olympic Solidarity programme for the next four-year cycle will see an overall increase by 16% to USD 590 million. Within this budget, the funding of direct athlete support programmes, which remains at the heart of Olympic Solidarity’s sport development priorities, sees an increase of 25% to USD 160 million.

JAMES MACLEOD The priorities of Olympic Solidarity for 2021-2024 Director of NOC Relations and are as follows: Olympic Solidarity -Empower NOCs to keep The Olympic Solidarity plan for 2021- athletes at the heart of 2024 was presented by Olympic the Olympic Movement Solidarity Commission Chair, Dr Robin through increased Mitchell, for the approval of the IOC support to athletes for Executive Board on 11 November development at all levels, 2020. The Olympic Solidarity facilitating engagement Commission worked on the 2021- through forums and 2024 plan with a clear objective in exchanges, strengthening mind and in alignment with the IOC opportunities for the global strategy, which is that funding athletes’ entourage to play and programmes are addressed, as a effective support roles, priority, to Olympic Solidarity’s direct and ensuring that the provisions of the Athletes’

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Rights and Responsibilities Continental Programmes Declaration can be implemented responding to continental by the NOCs. specificities. -Ensure good governance, -And finally, to introduce a financial control and compliance robust monitoring, evaluation by strengthening capacity- and learning framework for all building programmes for NOCs. Olympic Solidarity programmes. -Strengthen the Olympic Movement’s solidarity funding With a view to improving our model by prioritising the services to NOCs, we are principal Olympic Solidarity upgrading our online tools, in mission of focusing on NOCs with particular the Olympic Solidarity the greatest needs and ensuring Online Platform, to render them effective communication of all more efficient and facilitate their streams of Olympic Solidarity use by the NOCs. Improved funding by the NOCs. services will be available as of the -Align with the IOC’s strategy start of next Olympic Solidarity for the post-coronavirus world plan in January 2021 and detailed with the enhancement of information will be shared with dedicated Olympic Solidarity you in due time. programmes to facilitate the NOCs’ participation in future For further information, please Olympic and Youth Olympic visit the Olympic Solidarity section Games, and by providing of NOCnet where updates, online education, advocacy and guidelines and information training opportunities for NOCs. related to the Olympic Solidarity -Enable NOCs to contribute to 2021-2024 plan will be posted on the promotion of the Olympic a regular basis - or get in touch values by aligning Olympic with us directly. Solidarity programmes with the IOC’s strategy, lending support to We look forward to successfully refugee athletes and facilitating collaborating with your NOC the participation of the IOC over the next four years, towards Refugee Olympic Team at the a greater benefit for athletes Tokyo 2020. as well as the development of -Provide individualised services sport and the promotion of the to NOCs by means of targeted Olympic Values. and direct support to 206 unique organisations through Kind regards, guaranteeing the minimum funding available for each NOC and reinforcing decentralised

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2021-2024 OLYMPIAD SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY BUDGET FOR MORE SUPPORT TO ATHLETES

eeting on 11 November Olympiad to the great satisfaction 2020, the IOC Executive of all members present. The budget MBoard approved a 16% will now go up to US $ 590 million increase in the overall Olympic and, with this, the IOC intends to Solidarity budget for the 2021-2024 bolster support to athletes, National

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Olympic Committees and Continental The supreme governing body the Associations. While presenting the global Olympic Movement, under 2021-2024 plan during the Session, the stewardship of its President, Dr Robin Mitchell, IOC Executive Board Thomas Bach, redistributes 90% of member and Chair of the Olympic its income to athletes and for the Solidarity Commission, maintained development of sport the world that it suits the post Covid-19 context. over. Thanks to this solidarity-based According to him, the approved funding paradigm, the IOC has budget is intended primarily for funded athlete support programmes the direct beneficiaries of Olympic of the 206 NOCs, the Refugee Olympic Solidarity action, namely athletes and Team and all Olympic Sports to the NOCs. It is for this reason that there tune of five billion US dollars. is a net increase of 25% in the portion of the approved budget allocated Athlete support programmes cover to the various athlete support every aspect of an athlete’s sporting programmes for this period, to life, from the basic to elite level, and ensure that more opportunities and even upon retirement. Olympic scholarships are available to athletes. This increase demonstrates, It should be noted that during the if need be, that the IOC places the 2017-2020 quadrennial, over 25,000 development of athletes at the centre athletes received support through of its priorities. Olympic Solidarity, including 3,000 summer and winter sport athletes It should be noted that Olympic who received Olympic scholarships Solidarity is one of IOC’s flagship to enable them prepare for upcoming income redistribution programmes. editions of the Games.

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INCREASE IN THE OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY BUDGET IOC president, Dr Thomas Bach, provides details

IOC President, Dr Thomas Bach, commented his institution’s decision to approve an increase in the Olympic Solidarity budget. This approval boosts his organization’s policy to support athletes across the world against a backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic which is ravaging both the sports world and athletes. Excerpts!

One important lesson that I budget of our Olympic Solidarity hope we have all learned from programme for the next four-year « the current corona virus crisis cycle by 16 per cent, to US $ 590 is that we need more solidarity. We million, is a very powerful gesture need more solidarity within societies, in times of a worldwide crisis, (...) At but also among societies. Solidarity 25%, the increase in the funding of is one of the key Olympic values direct athlete support programmes which the Olympic community is is even higher than the overall actively promoting. Today’s decision increase. In addition, the athletes (11 November 2020) to increase the as members of the Olympic teams will benefit from the 25% increase for NOCs. The IOC continues to help all NOCs, particularly those with the greatest needs and the IOC Refugee Olympic Team, through a wide range of programmes prioritising athletes’ development, and the training and education of their entourage.. ».

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OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY’S 2021-2024 BUDGET More empowered Continental Associations

he 2021-2024 Olympic Solidarity that, from inception in 1981, ANOCA plan approved during the has steadily built a rich and fruitful TIOC Executive Board meeting partnership with Olympic Solidarity. attaches great importance to This partnership has improved in decentralised powers to Continental successive Olympiads in terms of Associations. This will make it easier increased support to athletes and to develop programmes that are sport in general. Thanks to this monitored and that address the strategic partner, Olympic Solidarity, specificities of each continent. For African NOCs have made giant strides this purpose, the amount allocated to in their preparation of athletes for each NOC for the Olympics has been world events, refresher training for increased to US$ 500,000. In the coaches, combatting doping, etc. same vein, the budgets of continent specific programmes have increased by 24%.

Thus, Continental Associations like ANOCA in the case of Africa, will be able to develop more programmes better tailored to the specific needs of Africa, which will further contribute to the full development of athletes of the continent! It should be recalled

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OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY Priorities for 2021-2024

s a major IOC institution, Olympic greatest needs and ensuring effective Solidarity provides financial communication of all streams of Asupport through targeted Olympic Solidarity funding by the NOCs. programmes selected based on their - Align with the IOC strategy for the relevance in promoting sport and post-coronavirus world by polishing Olympic values. These programmes are up dedicated Olympic Solidarity designed for NOCs in general and for programmes to facilitate NOC the needy in particularly. Its increasingly participation in future Olympic diversified activities focus on the following and Youth Olympic Games, and by areas: athlete development, training of providing online education, advocacy coaches and sports administrators, and and training opportunities for NOCs. promotion of Olympic values. - Enable NOCs to contribute to the promotion of Olympic values by aligning For the 2021-2024 Olympiad, Olympic Olympic Solidarity programmes with Solidarity priorities presented to the the IOC strategy, providing support IOC Executive Board, are as follows: to refugee athletes and facilitating the participation of the IOC Refugee - Empower NOCs to keep athletes at Olympic Team in the Tokyo 2020 the heart of the Olympic Movement Olympic Games. through increased support to athletes - Provide individualised services to NOCs for development at all levels, facilitating by means of targeted and direct support engagement through forums and to each of the 206 organisations by exchanges, giving more opportunities guaranteeing that minimum funding is to their entourage to provide them available for each NOC and reinforcing with effective support, and ensuring decentralised Continental Programmes that the provisions of the Declaration that address continental specificities. of Athletes’ Rights and Responsibilities - And finally, introduce a strong can be implemented by the NOCs. monitoring, evaluation and learning - Strengthen the Olympic Movement’s framework for all Olympic Solidarity solidarity funding model by prioritising programmes. the principal Olympic Solidarity mission of focusing on NOCs with the

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SOUTH AFRICA Barry Hendricks elected new SASCOC President

he elective General Assembly Assembly, the newly elected President of the South African Sports appreciated his peers for their trust TConfederation and Olympic and support and then congratulated Committee (SASCOC) met on the new SASCOC leadership team. 7 November 2020 with several He promised to work with everyone, dignitaries in attendance, including before expressing his gratitude to the the Honourable Minister of Sport, Arts Honourable Minister Nathi Mthethwa, and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa. A new the International Olympic Committee executive is now in place with Barry (IOC), the International Paralympic Hendricks as President, and Lwandile Committee (IPC) and Dr. Sam Ramsamy Simelane and Debbie Alexander for supporting the process. This was as first and second vice presidents patent proof that SASCOC is a dynamic respectively. organisation, he noted, concluding that he counted on valuable expertise Five Board Members were elected of all these dignitaries, which expertise out of the 24 contenders registered. will be needed to transform SASCOC. These include: Alan Fritz (runner up), Qondisa Ngwenya, Kim Pople, The General Assembly also adopted Ilhaam Groenewald and Welhemina the audited financial statements and Grobbelaar. reappointed Mazars as auditors for the next financial year. Addressing the members of the General

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SOUTH AFRICA ANOCA President Congratulates New SASCOC President

ollowing the election of Barry Association of National Olympic Hendricks as SASCOC President Committees of Africa (ANOCA), Fby the General Assembly of the through the entire Executive South African Sports Confederation Committee, wishes to assure you of and Olympic Committee on 7 its support and commitment to work November 2020, for a four-year term, with you in the interest of the entire ANOCA President, Mustapha Berraf, sports movement,» wrote the steward immediately addressed him this of the supreme governing body of the message of congratulation: African Olympic and Sports Movement. «We are well aware of the daunting «It is with great pleasure that I write challenges you will have to rise to, to heartily congratulate you on your and would thus be infinitely grateful election. As a matter of fact, your for the invaluable contribution you election to the helm of SASCOC is a will make in the edification of a huge success for the South African more vibrant African Olympic and sports movement and a wonderful Sports Movement,» President Berraf opportunity Africa as a whole. As concluded. you begin your tenure of office, the

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NOC General Assembly adopts the moral and financial balance sheets for financial year 2019

he Ordinary General Assembly of 2020- Olympic Games billed for 2021. the Algeria Olympic Committee T(COA) met in on 14 During deliberations, participants November 2020, and was effectively unanimously adopted the moral chaired by the new president of the and financial balance sheets for institution, Abderrahmane Hammad. the year 2019, thereby approving While opening deliberations, the new the transparent and cutting-edge president gave an overview of COA management of the former COA team activities for 2019, not forgetting the headed by Mustapha Berraf. They also difficulties encountered by Olympic approved the action plan and budget. federations in this period marked by the In addition, members of the General Covid-19 pandemic. «We are aware of Assembly endorsed the admission of the issues and challenges you face,” he the Algerian Triathlon Federation as an declared, “but you should know that ex-officio member of the body. the Olympic body has never failed in its missions and will always be by your The COA executive bureau was also side to achieve the desired goals,». partially renewed with the election of The COA President also welcomed two new members by secret ballot: the support from all the partners of they are Feriel Chouiter, medical the national sports movement, and doctor, and Elhadi Mossab, president called on the Olympic family to step up of the National Federation of Sport for efforts and support the athletes who All. are bracing for qualifiers for the Tokyo

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INFRASTRUCTURE Headquarters of NOC São Tome and Principe Commissioned

he headquarters of NOC São two structures for the benefit of sport Tome and Principe was reopened and athletes in this country. Ton 3 November 2020, by His Excellency the Prime Minister and Head According to the NOC President, of Government, Dr Jorge Bom Jesus. Joao Manuel Costa Alegre, also first The crowd pulling event was attended vice-president of ANOCA, the NOC by several dignitaries including the headquarters will be home to all Ministers of Youth and Sports, Tourism Olympians and of the entire national and Culture and Labour, as well as Olympic and Sports Movement. It is the Mayor of the District of Água. located in Quinta de S. António and is The UNDP resident representative called Palacio_da_Juvent_e_Desporto and the UNICEF representative (Youth and Sports Complex). This were also in attendance, as well as building will house institutions such as several presidents of national sports the National Olympic Committee, the federations and officials of the local Directorate General of Sports and the NOC. The renovated building is the Youth Institute. A hall fully equipped fruit of a synergy of action between with computers with internet access the government, through the Ministry was also inaugurated and placed at of Youth and Sports, and NOC São the disposal of National Federations Tome and Principe, which testifies to that do not yet have their own the good collaboration between the headquarters.

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