Report V World Forum on Sport, Education and Culture “SPORT AND A WORLD OF HARMONY: The Role of Olympic Education and Culture” 22-24 October 2006, Beijing, China 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 V World Forum on Sport, Education and Culture International Cooperation and Development Dept Page 2/270 Report TABLE OF CONTENT 1. Forewords.............................................................................................................. 7 1.1. Message from the President of the International Olympic Committee, 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 President of the Beijing Organising Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG), Mr Qi Liu ................................................................................. 9 1.4. Message from the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura ...................................................................... 10 2. Introduction ......................................................................................................... 11 2.1. Introduction by T.A. Ganda Sithole, IOC Director of International Cooperation and Development............................................................................................................................ 11 3. Programme of the Forum ................................................................................... 13 4. Summaries........................................................................................................... 18 4.1. Opening Ceremony................................................................................................................. 18 4.2. Plenary 1 .................................................................................................................................. 20 4.3. Parallel A.................................................................................................................................. 23 4.4. Parallel B.................................................................................................................................. 26 4.5. Parallel C.................................................................................................................................. 28 4.6. Parallel D.................................................................................................................................. 30 4.7. Plenary 2 .................................................................................................................................. 32 4.8. Parallel E .................................................................................................................................. 34 4.9. Parallel F .................................................................................................................................. 36 4.10. Parallel G.................................................................................................................................. 36 4.11. Parallel H.................................................................................................................................. 38 4.12. Plenary 3 .................................................................................................................................. 39 4.13. Closing Ceremony .................................................................................................................. 41 5. Beijing Forum Declaration.................................................................................. 42 6. Presentations ...................................................................................................... 44 6.1. Opening Ceremony................................................................................................................. 44 6.1.1. Message from Mr Peng Liu, President of the Chinese Olympic Committee............................. 44 6.1.2. Message from Mr Zhenliang He, Chairman of the IOC Commission for Culture and Olympic Education .................................................................................................................................. 45 6.1.3. Message from Mr Pierre Sané, representing the Director General of UNESCO...................... 47 6.1.4. Message from Ms Zhili Chen, State Councilor.......................................................................... 49 6.1.5. Message from Mr Qi Liu, BOCOG President............................................................................ 51 6.1.6. Message from Dr Jacques Rogge, IOC President.................................................................... 53 6.2. Plenary 1 – Cultural and educational perspective of the Olympic Games........................ 55 6.2.1. The concept of harmony delivered in Olympic education......................................................... 55 6.2.2. The role of physical education, sport and culture ..................................................................... 59 6.2.3. Olympic Games: education and cultural opportunities ............................................................. 61 6.2.4. Education and life after the Games........................................................................................... 66 V World Forum on Sport, Education and Culture International Cooperation and Development Dept Page 3/270 Report 6.3. Parallel A – Olympism and multiculturalism........................................................................ 68 6.3.1. Ceremonies and rituals in the ancient games........................................................................... 68 6.3.2. Cultural programme in the Torino Winter Olympic Games ....................................................... 71 6.3.3. Cultural programme in Beijing Games ...................................................................................... 83 6.3.4. Multicultural nature of modern Olympism ................................................................................. 86 6.3.5. Safeguarding traditional sports and games .............................................................................. 89 6.4. Parallel B – Physical education and sport............................................................................ 91 6.4.1. Role of physical education and sport in education ................................................................... 91 6.4.2. Revival of physical education and sport in educational institutions .......................................... 94 6.4.3. Physical education for women and girls: overcoming cultural and other barriers..................... 98 6.4.4. Sport for health........................................................................................................................ 103 6.5. Parallel C – Athletes, education and post-career opportunities ...................................... 108 6.5.1. Combining education and high level sport.............................................................................. 108 6.5.2. Athletes and nationality: opportunity or opportunism?............................................................ 111 6.5.3. Employment opportunities and skills development through sport .......................................... 113 6.5.4. Training athletes for life after the Games................................................................................ 117 6.6. Parallel D – Sport and social harmony ............................................................................... 122 6.6.1. Intervention: Cyprus NOC education project (a case study)................................................... 122 6.6.2. Sport and disadvantaged people? Who are the disadvantaged?........................................... 127 6.6.3. Sport and human values ......................................................................................................... 130 6.6.4. Traditional sport of ethnic minorities, its cultural value and prospect ..................................... 131 6.7. Plenary 2 – Olympic education looking ahead .................................................................. 133 6.7.1. IOC Olympic Values Education Project (OVEP)..................................................................... 133 6.7.2. Food-Force Video Games....................................................................................................... 144 6.7.3. Education, sport and video games.......................................................................................... 150 6.7.4. Olympic education keeping pace with time............................................................................. 157 6.8. Parallel E – Education for clean sport ................................................................................ 161 6.8.1. Educating young people for clean sport.................................................................................. 161 6.8.2. Educating young people on informal doping........................................................................... 163 6.8.3. Anti-doping convention...........................................................................................................