2014 ANNUAL REPORT A DIRECT LINE ! OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY 2014 ANNUAL REPORT 1 2 3 4 5 6 200 WORLD CONTINENTAL 1 FOREWORDS 3 PROGRAMMES 4 PROGRAMMES • President of the International Olympic Committee 4 INTRODUCTION 13 INTRODUCTION 42 • Chair of the Olympic Solidarity Commission 5 ATHLETES REPORTS OF THE CONTINENTAL ASSOCIATIONS • Introduction 15 • Association of National Olympic Committees • Olympic Scholarships for Athletes “ Sochi 2014 ” 16 of Africa ( ANOCA ) 43 • Olympic Scholarships for Athletes “ Rio 2016 ” 17 • Pan-American Sports Organisation ( PASO ) 47 GENERAL • Team Support Grant 18 • Olympic Council of Asia ( OCA ) 51 2 INTRODUCTION • Continental Athlete Support Grant 19 • The European Olympic Committees ( EOC ) 55 • Youth Olympic Games – Athlete Support 20 • Oceania National Olympic Committees ( ONOC ) 58 • Analysis of the year 2014 7 • Olympic Solidarity Commission 8 COACHES • Olympic Solidarity continental offices organisation 9 • Introduction 22 • Organisation of the Olympic Solidarity international • Technical Courses for Coaches 23 office in Lausanne 10 • Olympic Scholarships for Coaches 25 OLYMPIC GAMES • 2014 Budget 11 • Development of the National Sports Structure 27 5 SUBSIDIES COUL. 4 NOC MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION 63 OK MK • Introduction 29 • XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi 63 • NOC Administration Development 30 C 38 • National CTraining 90 Courses forC S ports82 AdministratorsC 8031 C 50 C 0 M 4 • InternationalM 55 Executive TrainingM 10Courses M 0 M 0 M 40 in Sports Management 32 J 0 • NOC ExchangesJ 0 J 0 J 3533 JC O90MPLEMENTAJ RY75 N 19 N 10 N 0 N 10 6 NP R0OGRAMMESN 5 PROMOTION OF OLYMPIC VALUES • Introduction 35 INTRODUCTION 65 • Sports Medicine 36 • 2014 Activities 65 • Environmental Sustainability in Sport 37 • Women and Sport 38 • Sport for All 39 • Olympic Education, Culture and Legacy ( incl. International Olympic Academy ) 40 ABBREVIATIONS 67 CONTACT 69 HELP PAGE 70 CONTENTSCONTENTS OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY 2014 ANNUAL REPORT 1 2 3 4 5 6 FOREWORDS 3 1 FOREWORDS • President of the International Olympic Committee 4 • Chair of the Olympic Solidarity Commission 5 COUL. 4 OK MK C 38 C 90 C 82 C 80 C 50 C 0 M 4 M 55 M 10 M 0 M 0 M 40 J 0 J 0 J 0 J 35 J 90 J 75 N 19 N 10 N 0 N 10 N 0 N 5 i L Feng / mages I © Getty OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY 2014 ANNUAL REPORT 1 2 3 4 5 6 FOREWORDS 4 OUR SOLIDARITY, THE CEMENT Olympic Solidarity is not just for today’s champions, but also for OF THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT those of tomorrow. For the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, Olympic Solidarity’s programme made 361 preparation grants available to promising qualified young athletes, enabling them not only to qualify Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee and compete, but also to win medals! Solidarity is a fundamental part of the language of the Olympics. For Rio 2016, the scholarship programme has already been launched, The unity of the Olympic Movement would be meaningless without and should once again be successful. Hassenstein A solidarity. The universality of the Olympic Games would be meaningless / IOC without solidarity. On behalf of the IOC, I would like to thank all the members of the © Olympic Solidarity Commission for their excellent work under the Over the last 50 years, the IOC has striven to put this solidarity into leadership of Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah. I would like also to practice through programmes intended for each of the 205 National pay tribute to our late friend Mario Vázquez Raña, who served with Olympic Committees. All Olympic Solidarity’s programmes are aimed great commitment during 11 years as Chairman of the Commission. at developing and promoting sport worldwide, and encouraging athletes’ participation in the Olympic Games. The results obtained by Olympic Solidarity over the years are proof that this support is crucial in identifying talented athletes across the This assistance – mainly financial – comes from the NOC share of world and giving them an equal chance of succeeding in their Olympic the broadcast rights from the Olympic Games. The Olympic Solidarity dream. budget for the 2013 – 2016 quadrennialCOUL. plan 4 ( USD 438 million ) has increased by nearly 40 per cent comparedOK MK to the previous plan. All this money is distributed to the NOCs through programmes run by “ Solidarity is a fundamental part of the language of Olympic Solidarity, in close cooperation with the AssociationC 38 of the C 90 C 82 C 80 C 50 C 0 National Olympic Committees, the Continental AssociationsM 4 and the Mthe 55 Olympics. TheM 10 unity of the OlympicM 0 MovementM 0would M 40 NOCs themselves. J 0 Jbe 0 meaninglessJ without 0 solidarity.J 35 The universalityJ 90 J 75 The Annual Report provides a clear illustration of whatN 19 was under- Nof 10 the Olympic NGames 0 would beN meaningless 10 withoutN 0 N 5 taken and accomplished in 2014 in the programmes which focused on solidarity.” athletes, coaches, NOC management and promotion of the Olympic values. The support and hard work of Olympic Solidarity paid off. For the Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014, 440 individual Olympic schol- arships were allocated, 273 Olympic scholarship holders qualified, 77 NOCs benefited from the programme and 17 medals awarded, in some cases the country’s first-ever Olympic Winter Games medal. OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY 2014 ANNUAL REPORT 1 2 3 4 5 6 FOREWORDS 5 EFFICIENCY AND TEAM SPIRIT, Once again, the continental associations have helped to prepare this GUARANTEES OF OUR SUCCESSES report in the framework of the continental programmes. They also worked with Olympic Solidarity on organising various continental forums Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, on the theme of compliance with the basic principles of good govern- Chair of the Olympic Solidarity Commission ance, which is an integral part of the Olympic Agenda 2020 recommen- dations. Several of these recommendations have a direct impact to a Another year of intense work and activity has ended for Olympic greater or lesser degree on the projects and work of Olympic Solidarity. Solidarity. This report reflects the main results of this. The Olympic As a result, Olympic Solidarity will do its utmost over the coming months Solidarity office in Lausanne has continued its efforts to ensure that all to comply with these new requirements. ll rights reserved A the National Olympic Committees make optimum use of the various © world and continental programmes, which are now fully operational, Before concluding, I wish to pay tribute to an emblematic figure of the whilst carefully monitoring how they are used. Olympic Movement, who made his mark on Olympic Solidarity. For 11 years, the late Mario Vázquez Raña led our Commission with dyna- This second year of the 2013 – 2016 quadrennial plan was marked mism and determination. He guided it along the path of modernity and by the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, the 2nd Summer Youth enabled it to become what it is today. Olympic Games in Nanjing and the launch of the “ Rio 2016 ” Olympic scholarships programme. So priority was given to the programmes Lastly, on behalf of the Olympic Solidarity Commission, I would like to aimed at the athletes, particularly the “ Sochi 2014 ” programme, express my warmest thanks to each of the 205 NOCs ; to the six Olympic which was used by 77 NOCs. Of the 440 athletes who benefited from Solidarity offices, in Lausanne and within the continental associations ; this programme, 273, or 62 per cent,COUL. qualified 4 for the Games and to ANOC ; and to all the partners who play an important role in ensuring won a total of 17 medals and 51 OKdiplomas. MK The YOG programme that the programmes run properly, for their efficiency and team spirit. allowed 116 NOCs to identify talented young athletes and 108 NOCs Without them, it would not have been possible to achieve the excellent to prepare them for qualification. Olympic SolidarityC thus38 allocated Cresults 90 presented inC this 82 report. C 80 C 50 C 0 361 preparation grants to promising young athletes whoM 4 qualified. M 55 M 10 M 0 M 0 M 40 Parallel to this, the NOCs were very active in variousJ areas, 0 including J“ With0 the holdingJ 0of the OlympicJ 35Winter GamesJ 90 J 75 coaching. The big increase in the number of technicalN 19 courses N 10 N 0 N 10 N 0 N 5 in Sochi and the YOG in Nanjing, and with an eye to organised and national sports structure development programmes shows the NOCs’ growing willingness to adopt effective strategic the future editions of these Games, priority was given plans. Where the management programmes are concerned, the in 2014 to the programmes for athletes.” NOCs undertook numerous exchanges, which bears witness to better cooperation between them and a constantly growing need to share their knowledge. They also launched a larger number of initiatives aimed at promoting the Olympic values. OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY 2014 ANNUAL REPORT 1 2 3 4 5 6 GENERAL INTRODUCTION 6 GENERAL 2 INTRODUCTION • Analysis of the year 2014 7 • Olympic Solidarity Commission 8 • Olympic Solidarity continental offices organisation 9 • Organisation of the Olympic Solidarity international office in Lausanne 10 • 2014 Budget 11 COUL. 4 OK MK C 38 C 90 C 82 C 80 C 50 C 0 M 4 M 55 M 10 M 0 M 0 M 40 J 0 J 0 J 0 J 35 J 90 J 75 N 19 N 10 N 0 N 10 N 0 N 5 chaffo T Jean / ANOCA © OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY 2014 ANNUAL REPORT 1 2 3 4 5 6 GENERAL INTRODUCTION 7 THE NOCs HAVE EVERYTHING These events included the ANOC General Assembly in November TO GAIN FROM GOOD GOVERNANCE in Bangkok ; NOC regional and continental meetings ; regional and continental games, such as the African Youth Games in Gaborone OF THEIR STRUCTURES paricio ( Botswana ) and the Asian Games in Incheon ( Republic of Korea ) ; A various MEMOS ( Executive Masters in Sports Organisation Manage- Quique / The NOCs, both participants in and the main beneficiaries of the ment ) modules ; training for coaches at approved centres or universi- ico R projects and programmes made available by Olympic Solidarity, ties; and other events related to the promotion of the Olympic values, showed their initiative by setting up numerous activities in their territo- such as the IOC World Conference on Sports Medicine in Monaco.