Report 6th World Forum on Sport, Education and Culture “ Sport and Education for the Now Generation ” 25 - 27 September 2008, Busan, Republic of Korea International Cooperation and Development Dept. INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE Château de Vidy, 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland, Tel. +41 21 621 6111 / Fax +41 21 621 6216 / www.olympic.org Report © International Olympic Committee Château de Vidy – C.P. 356 – CH-1007 Lausanne/Switzerland Tel. +41 21 621 61 11 – Fax +41 21 621 62 16 www.olympic.org Published by the International Olympic Committee – March 2009 All rights reserved Cover picture: Veronica Movie: Darumvision – Unineo Printing by: DidWeDo S.à.r.l., Lausanne, Switzerland Printed in Switzerland 6th World Forum on Sport, Education and Culture International Cooperation and Development Dept. Page 2 / 224 Report TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Forewords .................................................................................................................7 1.1. Message from the IOC President, Dr Jacques Rogge ..........................................................7 1.2. Message from the Chairman of the IOC Commission for Culture and Olympic Education, Mr Zhenliang He .....................................................................................................8 1.3. Message from the Mayor of Busan, Mr Nam-Sik Hur ............................................................9 1.4. Message from the Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura ..........................10 2. Introduction ...........................................................................................................11 2.1. An introduction by Mr T. A. Ganda Sithole, Director of IOC International Cooperation and Development Department .........................................................................11 3. Programme .............................................................................................................12 4. Summaries ..............................................................................................................17 4.1 Opening Ceremony ..................................................................................................................17 4.2. Plenary 1 ...................................................................................................................................19 4.3. Plenary 2 ...................................................................................................................................20 4.4. Parallel A ..................................................................................................................................22 4.5. Parallel B ..................................................................................................................................23 4.6. Parallel C ..................................................................................................................................24 4.7. Parallel D ..................................................................................................................................25 4.8. Parallel E ..................................................................................................................................25 4.9. Parallel F ..................................................................................................................................26 4.10. Parallel G ..................................................................................................................................28 4.11. Parallel H ..................................................................................................................................29 4.12. Plenary 3 ...................................................................................................................................30 4.13. Plenary 4 ...................................................................................................................................31 4.14. Closing Ceremony ..................................................................................................................32 5. The Busan Action Plan...........................................................................................33 6th World Forum on Sport, Education and Culture International Cooperation and Development Dept. Page 3 / 224 Report 6. Presentations ..........................................................................................................37 6.1. Opening Ceremony .................................................................................................................37 6.1.1. Welcome Speech by the President of the Korean Olympic Committee, Mr Yun-Tæk Lee .......37 6.1.2. Speech by the Mayor of the Metropolitan City of Busan, Mr Nam-Sik Hur ..............................38 6.1.3. Welcome Speech by the Director of Division of social sciences, research and policy of UNESCO, Mr Wataru Iwamoto ..............................................................................................39 6.1.4. Speech by the Chairman of the IOC Commission for Culture and Olympic Education, Mr Zhenliang He ........................................................................................................................41 6.1.5. Welcome speech by the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Korea, Mr In-Chon Yu ...........................................................................................................................43 6.1.6. Speech by IOC President Dr Jacques Rogge read by Mr Lambis V. Nikolaou, 1st Vice-President......................................................................................................................44 6.2. Plenary 1 – Olympic and Non-Olympic Sport as a platform for Educating Youth .............46 6.3. Plenary 2 – Creating a sporting event with a strong education programme – Youth Olympic Games (YOG) .............................................................................................................49 6.4. Parallel A – Benefi tting from the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) ...........................................55 6.4.1. Education programmes themed on the Olympic Games ..........................................................55 6.4.2. Linking the Games to national programmes ..............................................................................58 6.4.3. Olympism today and the promotion of Olympism’s principles ..................................................65 6.4.4. Sport as a platform for culture and youth education .................................................................71 6.5. Parallel B – Educating sports persons for life post competition .........................................73 6.5.1. Introduction – IOC Focus on post-athletic life ...........................................................................73 6.5.2. My story .....................................................................................................................................75 6.5.3. My story .....................................................................................................................................76 6.5.4. Educating sports persons around the world: challenges and issues ........................................78 6.6. Parallel C – We are the Now ....................................................................................................83 6.6.1. My story .....................................................................................................................................83 6.6.2. My story .....................................................................................................................................85 6.6.3. My story .....................................................................................................................................87 6.7. Parallel D – Addressing the doping scourge .........................................................................89 6.7.1. The doping menace: is there a way out? ...................................................................................89 6.7.2. Traditional medicines and unintentional doping ........................................................................94 6.8. Parallel E – The role of specialised organisations in delivering youth education..............98 6.8.1. Panathlon Declaration on ethics in youth sport .........................................................................98 6.8.2. International Pierre de Coubertin Committee – educational role and activities ......................104 6.8.3. Mentor International: prevention, opportunity and protection – collaborating to add value ...107 6.8.4. Teaming up to give young people a sporting chance: How UNICEF and partners are using sport to increase access to quality education for children and young persons ............111 6.9. Parallel F – Value of National institutions and initiatives ...................................................113 6.9.1. The Tunisian experience of disseminating Olympic education in schools ..............................113 6.9.2. Olympic Academies: offi cial school of Olympic Education .....................................................119 6.9.3. The introduction of an Olympic education programme in Korean schools .............................122 6.9.4. Olympic Studies – on the way to a multicultural and multidisciplinary network .....................126 6th World Forum on Sport, Education and Culture International Cooperation and Development Dept. Page 4 / 224 Report