ANNUAL CREDIBILITY REPORT SUSTAINABILITY 2020 YOUTH The IOC Annual Report is produced on a 100% recycled and carbon-balanced paper stock, and printed at a carbon-neutral printer. Front cover: In April 2020, just days after the postponement of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, the IOC set in motion the #StayStrong campaign – connecting athletes with the public through engaging and inspirational content generated by Olympians around the world. ANNUAL REPORT 2020 CREDIBILITY SUSTAINABILITY YOUTH 2 Contents CONTENTS Letter from President Bach 4 The IOC in 2020 6 Leading the Olympic Movement 8 The Olympic Movement 10 The International Olympic Committee 12 Olympic Agenda 2020 14 IOC President Addresses G20 Summit 15 Olympic Solidarity 16 National Olympic Committees 18 International Federations 20 Olympic Movement Partners 22 Olympic Broadcasting 28 Sustainability 32 Governance and Ethics 38 IOC Members 46 The COVID-19 Pandemic 52 Tokyo 2020 Postponement 54 IOC Support for the Olympic Movement 55 #StayStrong Digital Campaign 56 #StrongerTogether 57 Sport and Coronavirus Recovery 58 TOP Partners Support the Fight Against COVID-19 59 Celebrating the Olympic Games 62 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 64 Preparations for Future Games 68 Future Hosts 73 Winter Youth Olympic Games Lausanne 2020 76 Future Youth Olympic Games 80 Sustainability, Legacy and the Olympic Games 82 IOC Annual Report 2020 Credibility, Sustainability, Youth 3 Supporting and Protecting Clean Athletes 86 Olympic Solidarity in 2020 88 Athlete Programmes 90 Fighting for Clean Sport 98 Supporting Athlete Welfare 102 Promoting Olympism in Society 104 Olympic Channel 106 Sport and Active Society 108 Social Development through Sport 110 Promoting Gender Equality in Sport 116 Culture and Education 119 IOC Young Leaders 122 Olympic Agenda 2020 Highlights 124 Olympic Agenda 2020 126 Olympic Games 128 Athletes 130 Protection of Clean Athletes 132 Good Governance 134 Gender Equality 136 Solidarity 137 Relevance of Sport in Society 138 Sustainability 140 Olympic Channel 141 Trust Creates Stability 142 Financial Statements 144 IOC Financial Statements 2020 146 Report of the Statutory Auditor to the Session 152 Consolidated Financial Statements 2020 154 4 Letter from President Bach Contents LETTER FROM PRESIDENT BACH It is impossible to understate what an undertaking that has required the solidarity, unprecedented year 2020 was, not only creativity, determination and flexibility of for the Olympic Movement but for all of everyone within the Olympic Movement. humankind. The global coronavirus crisis has affected us all – and while its long-term Our top priority was, is and remains effects on communities across the globe organising safe and secure Olympic and are only beginning to be understood, it is Paralympic Games for everyone: for the clear that it has already changed the world athletes and all participants, and of course in profound ways. for our gracious hosts, the Japanese people. When we celebrated the incredible success This is why, together with our Japanese of the Winter Youth Olympic Games partners, we have put in place extraordinary Lausanne 2020 at the start of the year, COVID-19 countermeasures for the athletes we never could have predicted what would of the world to come together in a safe unfold in the months ahead. environment – guided by science and facts. When the athletes finally come together As the spread of the coronavirus accelerated in Tokyo, it will send a strong message of around the world in March, our consultations solidarity, resilience and unity in all our with our Japanese partners resulted in the diversity. In this way, the Olympic flame can conclusion that the Games of the XXXII be the light at the end of the dark tunnel in Olympiad in Tokyo must be rescheduled to a which the world still finds itself. date beyond 2020 but not later than summer 2021, to safeguard the health of the athletes, This incredible task would not have been everybody involved in the Olympic Games possible without the cooperation and and the international community. support of the IOC Members, the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee, the Japanese This conclusion presented us with an government, the International Federations, extraordinary challenge: the organisation the National Olympic Committees, the of a postponed Olympic Games for the first athletes, our partners, our stakeholders and, time in our long history. This has been a huge last but not least, the staff of the IOC. IOC Annual Report 2020 Credibility, Sustainability, Youth Contents 5 Thanks to their great commitment and determination, we can say that Tokyo is “ We have all learned one important lesson still the best-prepared Olympic city ever. from this crisis: we need more solidarity. We have all learned one important lesson More solidarity within societies and more from this crisis: we need more solidarity. More solidarity within societies and more solidarity among societies. This is also true solidarity among societies. This is also true for all of us in the Olympic community. for all of us in the Olympic community.” Thomas Bach, IOC President Since the outbreak of the coronavirus crisis, the IOC has actively strengthened solidarity by supporting the athletes, the NOCs and the IFs through an aid package programme of around USD 150 million. Many in our Olympic community were and are facing significant financial hardship, and this aid package has enabled them to continue supporting their athletes, their sports and activities at all levels. We have also supported more than 1,600 athletes from 185 NOCs and the IOC Refugee Olympic Team with Tokyo 2020 society with our “#StayStrong #StayActive Encouraged by this recognition, we Olympic Scholarships, allowing them #StayHealthy” campaign. By organising the are already looking to the future. The to continue their preparations for these world’s biggest digital Olympic workout on coronavirus has already fundamentally postponed Games. Olympic Day, half a billion people on one day changed our world, and nobody should were introduced to this important role that even dream of going back to the way In another strong demonstration of sport plays in society. things were. Even once we have finally solidarity in action, the IOC Executive overcome the health crisis, we will face Board agreed to increase the budget Beyond the role that sport plays in the far-reaching social, financial, economic of Olympic Solidarity for the period benefiting our physical and mental health, and political consequences. In order to 2021 to 2024 by 16 per cent to a record its overall positive contribution to society turn these challenges into opportunities, USD 590 million. At 25 per cent, the increase has been widely recognised throughout we must address this future environment in funding for athlete support programmes the pandemic. When the General Assembly without delay. for the new Olympiad is even higher than of the United Nations adopted the “Sport the overall increase, and athletes who are as an enabler of sustainable development” Building on the great strength and stability members of Olympic teams will also benefit resolution on 1 December 2020, it summed that Olympic Agenda 2020 has brought to from the 25 per cent increase for NOCs. up the recognition and support that we the IOC and the entire Olympic Movement, With this decision, the IOC further receive from the international community: we have a solid foundation on which to strengthens its support to athletes, NOCs from the UN, the World Health Organization shape the post-coronavirus world, which and Continental Associations of NOCs, and many more. This resolution, adopted will need sport and its values. We are ready providing the athletes and NOCs with by consensus of all 193 UN Member to contribute to shaping this new world with more certainty as they prepare for the States, is so significant because it also our Olympic ideals, as we continue to pursue Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 and recognises the important role of sport in our mission to make the world a better place the Olympic Games Paris 2024. post-COVID-19 recovery plans, calling on through sport. UN Member States to include sport and The COVID-19 pandemic created many physical activity in their recovery plans and challenges throughout 2020. But for those national development strategies. With it, of us within the Olympic community, I can the UN explicitly recognises and affirms say that we have managed to turn these the invaluable contribution of the Olympic challenges into opportunities. We were Movement as a global accelerator for peace Thomas Bach able to strengthen the role of sport in and development. IOC President 6 The IOC in 2020 Contents THE IOC IN 2020 The IOC faced the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic – and thanks to the stability that Olympic Agenda 2020 has brought to the entire Olympic Movement, the organisation has a solid foundation on which to shape the post-coronavirus world. Guardian of the Leader of the Olympic Games Olympic Movement The world will come together in The IOC acted quickly to provide July 2021 for the Olympic Games Tokyo support of USD 150m for the Olympic 2020, which were postponed to protect Movement during the pandemic the health and wellbeing of all involved See page 55 and of the international community See pages 54 and 64 The Olympic Solidarity budget for 2021-2024 to support athletes The Winter Youth Olympic Games and National Olympic Committees Lausanne 2020, held in January, were grew to a record USD 590m – the biggest and most successful yet a 16 per cent increase See page 76 See page 16 Despite the pandemic, strong progress The IOC, a non-profit organisation, was made towards six future Olympic continues to distribute 90 per cent of and Youth Olympic Games all revenue to the Olympic Movement See page 68 See page 12 IOC Annual Report 2020 Credibility, Sustainability, Youth Contents 7 Olympic Agenda 2020 Olympic Agenda 2020 has resulted in profound change and progress across the entire Olympic Movement – with 88 per cent of the 40 recommendations achieved by the end of 2020.