Artist: Mel Revision No: 04 20 November 2006 Kevan Gosper AO Dr Robin Mitchell OOF John D Coates AC LLB President, Oceania National Secretary General, President, Australian Message from Kevan Gosper, AO President – Oceania National Olympic Committees. Olympic Committees Oceania National Olympic Olympic Committee Former Vice President, Committees Member, International International Olympic Member, International Olympic Committee The Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) with the endorsement of the Committee Olympic Committee International Olympic Committee President, Jacques Rogge, has today formalised the establishment of the Oceania Foundation, based in Melbourne, to tap into charitable and philanthropic sources within Australia, New Zealand and across the region to augment the current flow of funds from the International Olympic Committee aimed at Sports development throughout the Oceania region. Funds from the Foundation will target community activities at the grass roots level via Sport, in the themes of Education, Health, and participation of women. Melbourne has been chosen as the centre for the Foundation with a view to commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the 1956 Olympic Games, the 25th Anniversary of the Oceania Peter Hordern Anne King Steve Smith National Olympic Committees, which had its origins in Melbourne and the highly Partner, Minter Ellison Executive Director and Chairman, Olympic Sports successful Melbourne Commonwealth Games earlier this year. Revenue Group Company Secretary Federations of Oceania Chairman, Marian & EH Secretary General FIBA Flack Charitable Trust Oceania We are extremely grateful for the generosity of the Victorian Government in making the very first contribution of $500,000 to the Oceania Foundation, thanks to the surplus Mrs Anne King, Executive Director delivered by the successful outcome of the Commonwealth Games. This gesture will lead Oceania Foundation the way in getting the Oceania Foundation up and running and deliver a commendable ‘Milton House’, 25 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000, legacy not only for the State but for our Pacific Island neighbours who together with VIC Australia Australia will share in the benefits of Victoria hosting the Games. This Foundation Tel +61 3 9666 8656 Fax + 61 3 9666 8686 initiative is the first of its kind, representing one of the Olympic rings and has the potential Email: [email protected] to present as a model for other Olympic regions to improve grass roots sports and www.oceaniasport.com community programmes. We look forward to additional institutional and community support to ensure the ongoing Proudly sponsored by: success of the Oceania Foundation. Kevan Gosper AO President Oceania National Olympic Committees Printed by C King Print Management Pty Ltd [email protected] Creating opportunities through sport and education. NEW1381_6pp A4 brochure.indd 1 13/11/06 12:22:38 PM Sporting opportunities At the Oceania Foundation, we encourage young people to strive for excellence, respect themselves and value the Oceania Foundation - Aims And Objectives friendships they make through their sporting endeavours. The Oceania Foundation, under the care of the Oceania National Olympic Committees Subsequently, encouraged by the then IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch and (ONOC), will encourage, promote and provide new and expanded opportunities for the sustained through the Presidency of Jacques Rogge, the composition of the Oceania Education participation of people, particularly the youth, in sport throughout Australia and its National Olympic Committees has grown to include seventeen independent Island Nations. The work we do with children encourages them to learn Pacific Island neighbours by In addition to Australia and New Zealand, Fiji and Papua New Guinea these over time have a range of values through sport, including health and included Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, American Samoa, Vanuatu, Guam, Cook Islands, • Developing and providing sports education programmes directed to promoting the well-being, the merits of healthy lifestyles and playing Nauru, Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, Kiribati, Marshall Islands. In 2006 New health and well-being of people through their engagement in sport. by the rules. Caledonia was granted Associated Membership. And in 2007 we anticipate adding Tuvalu, • Developing early talent identification programmes to encourage youth to enter into which will mean that all fully independent countries by United Nations definition will sport and recreational activities that best match their natural, social, physical and have achieved National Olympic Committee status in our region. intellectual abilities. • Providing athletic scholarships. Under a financially supported sports development programme, called Olympic Solidarity, • Encouraging greater participation of women in sport and sports administration. these NOC countries receive a flow of funds for the development of sport through athletic Technology and Communications • Provision of technology to keep the region abreast of innovation. competition, talent identification, coaching and administration training and scholarships, The Oceania Foundation provides connection and a Team presence at an Olympic Games. through distance learning, and continues to be a leader in technology for sport development. History Of The Oceania National Olympic Committees Integral to the success of the sport development programme in Oceania is the Olympic Sports Federations of Oceania (OSFO). Disabled Sport through co-operation with the The Olympic Movement is structured into regional territories reflecting the five Olympic International Paralympic Committee is also involved. “Continental” rings; Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and Oceania. Women’s participation The Oceania Foundation has been inaugurated to enable us to do more at the grass roots Athough Oceania is the most remote and smallest in number, notwithstanding the Pacific A large part of the Oceania Foundation’s work is Ocean, our home, covers a third of the globe’s surface. In the lead up to the 1956 Melbourne level in the fields of sport development, education, health, talent identification and encouraging women to take part in sport. Whether actually Olympic Games, Australia and New Zealand whose presence within the Olympic Movement women’s participation, as well as an awareness of environmental responsibility. All of this participating or in administration, sport helps build their dates back in combined and separate terms to 1896, were joined by Fiji in 1955 to augment is intended to extend the Olympic Movement’s commitment to social responsibility. self-esteem and confidence. the Oceania flavour, even though at the time Fiji was not an independent nation. The staging of an Olympic Games requires the guidance and management of the International During the 1970’s the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) was formed Olympic Committee (IOC). The International Sports Federations, which deliver the sports to give this important group a common Olympic voice. In 1981, at the Olympic Congress competitions, and the National Olympic Committees, which are responsible for providing in Baden Baden the Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) was formed comprising the participating Teams, together with the International Olympic Committee form the at that time, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Papua New Guinea. Olympic Movement. Talent identification The earlier we can introduce young people to sport, the earlier we can offer them the opportunity to reach their potential and achieve their goals. NEW1381_6pp A4 brochure.indd 2 13/11/06 12:22:39 PM.