June 2013 Olympism in Action Sport Serving Humankind Department of International Cooperation and Development Olympism in Action – Sport Serving Humankind Cover Photo Credit: IOC International Olympic Committee, June 2013 1 Olympism in Action – Sport Serving Humankind Olympism in Action Sport Serving Humankind Contents Message By Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee .................................................................... 5 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 7 By T. A. Ganda Sithole, Director of the Department of International Cooperation and Development. ................... 7 1.1 The IOC and the UN ............................................................................................................................................. 7 1.2 Relations with UN family ...................................................................................................................................... 8 1.3 Development through sport................................................................................................................................... 8 1.4 Sport for peace ...................................................................................................................................................... 8 1.5 Humanitarian actions ......................................................................................................................................... 10 1.6 Talking to young people ........................................................................................................................................ 11 1.7 Sport and gender equality ..................................................................................................................................... 11 1.8 Olympic education and culture ............................................................................................................................ 12 1.9 Sport, environment and the Olympic Legacy ...................................................................................................... 13 1.10 Conferences and seminars ................................................................................................................................... 13 2. Human Development ................................................................................................................................................ 14 2.1 Our philosophy ................................................................................................................................................... 14 2.2 Capacity building efforts .................................................................................................................................... 15 2.3 Social integration ............................................................................................................................................... 16 2.4 Making the difference for children and youth .................................................................................................. 16 2.5 Olympic Games legacy ....................................................................................................................................... 17 2.6 Bringing joy and hope to the most vulnerable ................................................................................................. 18 2.7 Giving is Winning .............................................................................................................................................. 19 2 Olympism in Action – Sport Serving Humankind 2.8 Support of major humanitarian crises ............................................................................................................. 20 2.9 Still more to be done ......................................................................................................................................... 20 3. Health and Well-being ............................................................................................................................................ 21 3.1 Our philosophy .................................................................................................................................................. 21 3.2 Healthy legacy of the Olympic Games ............................................................................................................. 22 3.3 Sport as a key for healthy lifestyles for all ....................................................................................................... 23 3.4 Fighting against the HIV/AIDS epidemic ........................................................................................................ 25 4. The Promotion of Peace ......................................................................................................................................... 27 4.1 Translating the Olympic Truce into reality ...................................................................................................... 28 4.2 National and regional advocacy ....................................................................................................................... 29 4.3 From advocacy to field action .......................................................................................................................... 30 4.4 The Olympic Truce and the Games ................................................................................................................... 31 5. Education and Culture ........................................................................................................................................... 34 5.1 The Olympism platform ................................................................................................................................... 34 5.2 A global dialogue ............................................................................................................................................... 35 5.3 The blending of sport, culture and education .................................................................................................. 36 5.4 The communication of cultural capital ............................................................................................................ 37 5.5 A 365-day model ............................................................................................................................................... 38 5.7 The road ahead................................................................................................................................................... 41 6. Gender Equality ....................................................................................................................................................... 42 6.1 The IOC and gender equality policy ................................................................................................................. 42 6.2 Coming a long way ............................................................................................................................................ 43 6.3 Key factor to success ......................................................................................................................................... 44 6.4 Women leaders ................................................................................................................................................. 45 6.5 Gender mainstreaming programmes ............................................................................................................... 47 6.6 World conferences ............................................................................................................................................ 49 6.7 IOC Women and Sport Awards ........................................................................................................................ 50 6.8 The way forward – building on partnerships .................................................................................................. 50 3 Olympism in Action – Sport Serving Humankind 7. Environmental Sustainability ............................................................................................................................... 51 7.1 IOC heeding the clarion call .............................................................................................................................. 51 7.2 Harnessing inspiration ..................................................................................................................................... 52 7.3 A communicative synergy through regional seminars .................................................................................... 53 7.4 Partner engagement on sustainability ............................................................................................................. 54 7.5 Going the extra mile ......................................................................................................................................... 55 8. The IOC Youth Strategy ......................................................................................................................................... 56 8.1 The vision, mission, and objectives .................................................................................................................. 56