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L’ACNOA EN ACTION NOV 2020 OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY SPECIAL PLAN STRATEGIQUE DE L ACNOA 2021-2024 2021-2024 OLYMPIAD 1 2021-2024 OLYMPIAD 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’ 2 2021-2024 OLYMPIAD 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 Olympic Games 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 3 SPECIAL FEATURE 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 4 SPECIAL FEATURE 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. 5 SPECIAL FEATURE 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.. ». 6 SPECIAL FEATURE 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 7 SPECIAL FEATURE 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