INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY 9th JOINT INTERNATIONAL SESSION FOR PRESIDENTS OR DIRECTORS OF NATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMIES AND OFFICIALS OF NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES 12-19 MAY 2008 PROCEEDINGS ANCIENT OLYMPIA 9thDoa003s018.indd 3 12/10/09 1:19:16 PM Commemorative seal of the Session Published by the International Olympic Academy and the International Olympic Committee 2009 International Olympic Academy 52, Dimitrios Vikelas Avenue 152 33 Halandri – Athens GREECE Tel.: +30 210 6878809-13, +30 210 6878888 Fax: +30 210 6878840 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.ioa.org.gr Editor: Assoc. Prof. Konstantinos Georgiadis, IOA Honorary Dean Photographs: IOA Photographic Archives Production: Livani Publishing Organization ISBN: 978-960-14-2119-3 9thDoa003s018.indd 4 12/10/09 1:19:16 PM INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY 9th JOINT INTERNATIONAL SESSION FOR PRESIDENTS OR DIRECTORS OF NATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMIES AND OFFICIALS OF NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES SPECIAL SUBJECT: NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES: THE CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL DIMENSION OF THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT ANCIENT OLYMPIA 9thDoa003s018.indd 5 12/10/09 1:19:16 PM 9thDoa003s018.indd 6 12/10/09 1:19:16 PM CONTENTS EPHORIA OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY (2008) President Minos X. KYRIAKOU Vice-President Isidoros KOUVELOS Members Lambis V. NIKOLAOU (IOC Vice-President) Emmanuel KATSIADAKIS Antonios NIKOLOPOULOS Evangelos SOUFLERIS Panagiotis KONDOS Leonidas VAROUXIS Georgios FOTINOPOULOS Honorary President Juan Antonio SAMARANCH Honorary Vice-President Nikolaos YALOURIS Honorary Dean Konstantinos GEORGIADIS 7 9thDoa003s018.indd 7 12/10/09 1:19:16 PM HELLENIC OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (2008) President Minos X. KYRIAKOU 1st Vice-President Isidoros KOUVELOS 2nd Vice-President Spyros ZANNIAS Secretary General Emmanuel KATSIADAKIS Treasurer Pavlos KANELLAKIS Deputy Secretary General Antonios NIKOLOPOULOS Deputy Treasurer Ioannis KARRAS IOC Member ex-officio Lambis V. NIKOLAOU Members Stelios AGGELOUDIS Ioannis ANTONOPOULOS Niki BAKOYIANNI Athanassios BELIGRATIS Christos CHATZIATHANASSIOU Dimitris DIATHESSOPOULOS Michalis FISSENTZIDIS Andreas FOURAS Vassilis GAGATSIS Nikos KAKLAMANAKIS Manolis KOLYMBADIS Panagiotis KONDOS Pavlos LAPPAS Thomas MEDESSIDIS Ioannis PSARELIS Dimitris RAZIS Vassilis SEVASTIS Freddy SERPIERIS Ioannis SGOUROS Georgios SMYRNEOS Evangelos SOUFLERIS Petros SYNADINOS Georgios VASSILAKOPOULOS Athanasios VASSILIADIS Ioannis VASSILIADIS Konstantinos WILLS Georgios YEROLYMPOS 8 9thDoa003s018.indd 8 12/10/09 1:19:16 PM INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE COMMISSION FOR CULTURE AND OLYMPIC EDUCATION (2008) Chairman Zhenliang HE (CHN) Members Haya Bint AL HUSSEIN (UAE) Beatrice ALLEN (GAM) Fernando F. Lima BELLO (POR) Valeriy BORZOV (UKR) Helen BROWNLEE (AUS) Philip CRAVEN (GBR) Iván DIBÓS (PER) Conrado DURÁNTEZ (ESP) Hicham EL GUERROUJ (MAR) Manuel ESTIARTE (ESP) Timothy TSUN-TING FOK (CHN) Konstantinos GEORGIADIS (GRE) Nat INDRAPANA (THA) Minos X. KYRIAKOU (GRE) Karl LENNARTZ (GER) Vladimir LISIN (RUS) Alicia MASONI de MOREA (ARG) Samih MOUDALLAL (SYR) Norbert MÜLLER (GER) Roque-Napoléon MUÑOZ-PEÑA (DOM) Mohamed MZALI (TUN) Lambis V. NIKOLAOU (GRE) Francis Were NYANGWESO (UGA) Enrico PRANDI (ITA) Sam RAMSAMY (RSA) Thomas P. ROSANDICH (USA) Mounir SABET (EGY) Melitόn SANCHEZ RIVAS (PAN) Klaus SCHORMANN (GER) Antun VRDOLJAK (CRO) Ching-Kuo WU (TPE) 9 9thDoa003s018.indd 9 12/10/09 1:19:16 PM 9thDoa003s018.indd 10 12/10/09 1:19:16 PM CONTENTS CONTENTS Foreword by the Honorary Dean of the International Olympic Academy, Assoc. Prof. Konstantinos GEORGIADIS .............................................................17 OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 9th JOINT INTERNATIONAL SESSION FOR PRESIDENTS OR DIRECTORS OF NOAs AND OFFICIALS OF NOCs AncIent OLYMPIA, 13th MAY 2008 Address by the President of the International Olympic Academy, Minos X. KYRIAKOU (GRE) .................................................................................21 Address by the Director of the IOC Department of International Cooperation and Development, T.A. Ganda SITHOLE (ZIM) ................................................................................23 WORKS OF THE 9th JOINT INTERNATIONAL SESSION FOR PRESIDENTS OR DIRECTORS OF NOAs AND OFFICIALS OF NOCs Lectures National Olympic Academies Assoc. Prof. Konstantinos GEORGIADIS (GRE) ....................................................27 11 9thDoa003s018.indd 11 12/16/09 12:46:38 PM 9th JOINT INT. SESSION FOR PRESIDENTS OR DIRECTORS OF NOAs AND OFFICIALS OF NOCs Presentation on the IOC International Cooperation and Development Department T.A. Ganda SITHOLE (ZIM) ................................................................................38 Sport and Art in Antiquity Prof. Angela TEJA (ITA) ....................................................................................43 The Contribution of Olympic Solidarity to the Development of Olympic Education Nicole GIRARD-SAVOY (SUI) ............................................................................. 63 Utilization of Information Technology in Olympic Education Prof. Denis KRUZHKOV (RUS) ............................................................................70 Films and Olympic Education Prof. Naofumi MASUMOTO (JPN) ......................................................................80 The Youth Olympic Games International Olympic Committee ...................................................................94 The Cultural Olympiad: Pylon of the Olympic Movement Dr Beatriz GARCĺA (ESP) ................................................................................ 109 Short Presentations 2008 Olympic Education Program. Final Report Frances CORDARO (AUS) .................................................................................131 The Austrian Olympic Academy (AOA) Dr Heinz ERTL (AUT) .....................................................................................138 The Brazilian Olympic Committee Maria Nirailde LIMA ÁGUEDA (BRA) .................................................................142 12 9thDoa003s018.indd 12 12/10/09 1:19:16 PM CONTENTS Engaging Canadians in the Olympic Movement Bruce DEACON and Dr Gene SUTTON (CAN) ................................................... 146 Evolution of Chad’s National Olympic Academy (CNOA) Ngarguinam Job N’DJERAYAN (CHA) .............................................................150 Project of the Estonian Olympic Academy. School Olympic Games Reele REMMELKOOR (EST) ...............................................................................156 The Finnish Olympic Academy Anja JÄRVINEN (FIN) ........................................................................................160 The activities of the National Olympic Academy of France Dr George-Ray JABALOT (FRA) ........................................................................165 “Life’s a Ball” Programme Dr Andreas HÖFER (GER) ................................................................................168 National Olympic Committee of Tunisia. National Olympic Academy of Tunisia Ridha LAYOUNI (TUN) .....................................................................................175 Ferenc Mező Intellectual School Olympic Games-Hungary Gyorgy SZLATENYI (HUN) ................................................................................177 Design of a model program for implementation of an Olympic Education scheme in schools Dr Mehrzad HAMIDI (IRI) ............................................................................... 180 Olympic Education in Iran Seyed Amir HOSSEINI (IRI) ..............................................................................182 The Iraqi Olympic Academy Dr Abdulrazaq AL-TAIEE (IRQ) ........................................................................184 13 9thDoa003s018.indd 13 12/10/09 1:19:17 PM 9th JOINT INT. SESSION FOR PRESIDENTS OR DIRECTORS OF NOAs AND OFFICIALS OF NOCs The Sports Digital Library Prof. Angela TEJA (ITA) ...................................................................................185 Argentina Olympic Committee. Information of Activities Dr Nestor TENCA (ARG) ...................................................................................189 Overview of JOA Activities Keiko WADA (JPN) ..........................................................................................191 The Activity of the Korean Olympic Academy Dr Yang Ja HONG (KOR) ................................................................................ 202 The Internationalization of the National Olympic Academy Session for Young Leaders organized by the NOA of Malaysia: Significant Highlights Dr Ann Mean LEO (MAS) ................................................................................210 National Olympic Academy of Mauritius Sanjaye GOBOODUN (MRI) ...............................................................................214 Philippine Olympic Committee. Targets and Priorities for Olympic Education and the Promotion of the Olympic Movement Marc JOSEPH and Benjamin ESPIRITU (PHI) .....................................................218 Initiatives promoted by the Romanian Olympic Academy from 2007 until now Iulian CONSTANTINESCU and Aurelia HENDREA (ROU) .......................................222 “Olympic Room & Courtyard”. Create – compete – cherish Marko STOJANOVIĆ (SRB) ...............................................................................227 Attractive forms of Olympic Εducation (Knowledge competitions about Olympism in the Slovak Republic) Dr Viera BEBČÁKOVÁ, Dr Terézia SLANČOVÁ, and Dr Veronika TIRPAKOVA (SVK)