2008 Report Strength To Win

2005-2008 Quadrennial Plan 2008 Report
Contents
Introduction
Message by the Chairman of the Olympic Solidarity Commission 2
Analysis of the Year 2008 4
Olympic Solidarity History 5
Olympic Solidarity Commission 6
Olympic Solidarity Offices and Human Resources 7
World and Continental Programmes 9
Programmes and Budgets 10
A Worldwide Partnership 11
World Programmes .................................................................................................................... 14

Athletes 16
Olympic Scholarships for Athletes “Beijing 2008” 17
Team Support Grants 19
2012 – Training Grants for Young Athletes 20
Talent Identification 21
Coaches 22
Technical Courses for Coaches 23
Olympic Scholarships for Coaches 25
Development of National Sports Structure 27
NOC Management 30
NOC Administration Development 31
National Training Courses for Sports Administrators 32
International Executive Training Courses in Sports Management 33
NOC Exchange and Regional Forums 35
Promotion of Olympic Values 36
Sports Medicine 37
Sport and the Environment 38
Women and Sport 39
Sport for All 40
International Olympic Academy 41
Culture and Education 42
NOC Legacy 43
Continental Programmes ........................................................................................................ 46

Reports by the Continental Associations
Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa ( ANOCA ) 48
Pan-American Sports Organisation ( PASO ) 54
Olympic Council of Asia ( OCA ) 60
The European Olympic Committees ( EOC ) 66
Oceania National Olympic Committees ( ONOC ) 72
Olympic Games Participation ................................................................................................. 80

Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing 81
Abbreviations .............................................................................................................................. 84
2008 objectives: a remarkable
contribution from everyone!
The year 2008, the last of the past quadrennial, confirmed the positive trend in achiev-
ing the objectives planned for the last four years. The annual report which is submit-
ted for your consideration summarises, in very detailed figures, the positive impact of
Olympic Solidarity’s World and Continental Programmes on the work of the National
Olympic Committees ( NOCs ).
The high point of 2008 was the successful celebration of the Games of the XXIX
Olympiad in Beijing. This was the culmination of the programmes directly linked to the
athletes, through which 1,088 Olympic scholarship holders from 166 NOCs prepared
for and participated in the qualifying competitions for the Olympic Games, 591 of
Message by whom, from 151 NOCs, took part in the Beijing Olympic Games, and 81 of whom won
Mr Mario VÁZQUEZ RAÑA medals. This figure shows graphically what Olympic Solidarity means today to dozens
of NOCs and thousands of athletes throughout the world.
Along with the efforts to conclude the plans and programmes of the quadrennial
period, very successful work was done, by both the Lausanne office and the Continental
Associations, on evaluating the 2005–2008 period. Based on this work, the Olympic
Solidarity Commission, meeting in Acapulco, Mexico, last October, defined the general
objectives, strategy, programmes and budget for this 2009–2012 quadrennial.
A key issue for the work of Olympic Solidarity in the evaluated period, as well as in the
future, is the close coordination and necessary cooperation between the Lausanne
office and the five continental offices. The excellent results obtained in 2008 were largely
thanks to the development and consolidation of Olympic Solidarity as a global system.
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Li Ning, former Olympic gymnast

for China, makes his way to light
the flame during the Opening
Ceremony of the Games of the
XXIX Olympiad in Beijing
© Getty Images/Julian Finney
Olympic Solidarity
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Opening Ceremony of the Games
of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing
© Getty Images/Jonathan Ferrey
In submitting Olympic Solidarity’s Annual Report for 2008 for your analysis, we are
satisfied at having accomplished an important step in our work, and, above all, with
the promise of making a greater effort to continue helping the NOCs and their
athletes.
On behalf of the Olympic Solidarity Commission, which I am proud to chair, I would

like to thank the Lausanne office, the continental offices and the NOCs for their hard
work and for their important contribution to achieving the objectives set for the year.
I send you my warmest regards,
Mario VÁZQUEZ RAÑA

Chairman of the Olympic Solidarity Commission
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Closing Ceremony
of the Games of the
© Getty Images/Jeff Gross
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Introduction
A year of intensive activity

and excellent results
During this final year of the 2005–2008 quadrennial plan, while Olympic Solidarity
continued to ensure that all its programmes ran smoothly in order that they should give
maximum benefit to participants, it also laid the foundations of the forthcoming
2009–2012 plan.
During this Olympic year, particular attention was paid to the 1,088 athletes who had
received “ Beijing 2008 ” Olympic scholarships. Their preparations, participation in
qualifying competitions and, for some of them, the chance of being invited to compete
in the Games under the criteria drawn up by the ANOC / IF / IOC Tripartite Commission
were under constant scrutiny. During the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing,
Olympic Solidarity monitored the results of the 591 participating scholarship holders
on a daily basis.
The ANOC General Assembly, held in Beijing in April 2008, gave the staff of the Olympic
Solidarity international office in Lausanne a chance to meet a large number of NOC admin-
istrators. They were therefore able to assess the individual situation of each NOC in terms
of its current programmes and activities, and to analyse the functioning of this quad-
rennial plan in order to prepare for the future. To this end, the international office sent
a questionnaire to the NOCs, the primary beneficiaries of the programmes, in
order to solicit their views. At the same time, it organised an internal evalu-
ation in collaboration with the Continental Associations of NOCs. Analysis of
the results led to the drafting of some practical proposals, which were presented
to the Olympic Solidarity Commission at its meeting in Acapulco ( Mexico )
in October. The Commission was therefore able to decide on the general
direction, strategy and structure of the next quadrennial plan for 2009–2012,
as well as the relevant programmes and budgets.
The latter part of the year was devoted to preparation of the guidelines for
the world programmes aimed at the NOCs, which received the relevant file
▲ and CD-ROM in December. Throughout 2008, the international office shared
Olympic scholarship holder information and worked closely with the Continental Associations. The joint activities
Dudley Dorival of Haiti (right) and projects of the six Olympic Solidarity offices continued, including audits carried out
neck-and-neck with Marcel Van
at various NOCs throughout the world, the project aimed at developing a policy for tech-
Der Westen of the Netherlands –
Games of the XXIX Olympiad nical, administrative and financial control of the funds allocated to the NOCs, information
in Beijing exchange between the offices and the auditing of the accounts of the six Olympic
© Getty Images/Nick Laham Solidarity offices for the purposes of global consolidation.
Olympic Solidarity has had a busy year, managing and monitoring the activities
organised during this plan, carrying out daily tasks, holding important meetings and
preparing the next plan. On the whole, 2008 was a very successful year, thanks to the
constant support of ANOC and the Continental Associations, which played a vital role
and did their utmost to achieve the best possible results, as well as building good
relations and high-quality communication links with the NOCs.
Olympic Solidarity
Olympic Solidarity :
blossoming of a noble idea
In order to support a number of NOCs, whose countries had only recently become
independent, the IOC decided at the beginning of the 1960s to organise its own
methodical, comprehensive assistance programme to help the NOCs and, through
them, the development of sport and the Olympic ideals. In 1962, Count Jean de
Beaumont created the Committee for International Olympic Aid, which the IOC Executive
Board adopted as an IOC Commission with the same name in 1968. When it merged
with a similar body set up by the Permanent General Assembly of the NOCs, it finally
became the Committee for Olympic Solidarity.
Between 1973 and 1978, solidarity efforts continued with the aim of improving the
assistance offered to the NOCs that needed it most, although the lack of funds meant
that very little progress was made in this area. It is worth remembering that, during the
1960s and 1970s, more than 50 new NOCs were established in countries with very few
resources, where assistance was needed for the development of sport.
In 1979, at the constituent assembly in Puerto Rico, the IOC was asked to allocate
20% of the television rights earmarked for the NOCs to ANOC . In 1981, at the Olympic
Congress in Baden-Baden, the IOC President at the time, Juan Antonio Samaranch,
and the ANOC President, Mario Vázquez Raña, decided to create the Olympic Solidarity
Commission, which was meant to serve the interests and meet the needs of the NOCs.
It was chaired by the IOC President.
Starting at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad in Los Angeles in 1984, the increase in
revenue from television rights meant that help was offered no longer in the form of a
general subsidy, but in accordance with an income management structure that met
IOC criteria. Since 1985, the Olympic Solidarity Commission has enjoyed administrative
independence in conformity with its remit, and its administrative structure has enabled
it to develop its activities on a quadrennial plan basis.
In 2001, the new IOC President, Jacques Rogge, decided to strengthen the work of the
Olympic Solidarity Commission and reiterated his desire to continue the process of
political and administrative decentralisation of Olympic Solidarity towards the Continental
Associations and ANOC. To this end, he restructured the Commission and appointed
Mario Vázquez Raña as its Chairman.
The Commission’s work, in connection with the rise in Olympic Games TV rights income,
has resulted in the launch of some major NOC assistance programmes during the past
five quadrennial plans.
The 60th IOC Session in 1962 – NOC delegates at the ANOC working
meeting during the Olympic Congress in Baden-Baden in 1981 –
Mario Vázquez Raña’s speech at the 1981 Congress ( from top)
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Introduction
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500m final of the canoe/kayak –
Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing
© Getty Images/ Streeter Lecka
Olympic Solidarity Commission

Setting guidelines, directing activities
Chaired by Mario Vázquez Raña and mainly composed of representatives of the
Continental Associations, ANOC and the athletes, the Commission is responsible for
defining the main courses of action and managing the activities of Olympic Solidarity,
for example by approving programmes and the related budgets and monitoring their
implementation. In order to fulfil these tasks, the Commission enjoys financial, technical
and administrative independence.
Olympic Solidarity is managed by the Commission. It implements and executes the

Commission’s decisions and applies its guidelines. The Olympic Solidarity Commission
works closely with the IOC Executive Board and President and keeps them regularly
informed about its activities.
Olympic Solidarity Commission at 31 December 2008
Chairman: Mario VÁZQUEZ RAÑA

Vice-Chairman: Richard Kevan GOSPER
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Olympic scholarship holder Members: Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad AL-SABAH

Idrissa Sanou of Burkina Faso
Husain AL-MUSALLAM
(in the foreground) during
the 100m heats – Games Patrick Joseph HICKEY
of the XXIX Olympiad Gunilla LINDBERG
© Getty Images/Michael Steele Mireya LUÍS HERNÁNDEZ
The Grand Duke of LUXEMBOURG
Julio César MAGLIONE
Robin E. MITCHELL
Felipe MUÑOZ KAPAMAS
Raffaele PAGNOZZI
Intendant General Lassana PALENFO
Richard PETERKIN
Olympic Solidarity
Olympic Solidarity offices

Transparent organisation, clear objectives
In order to improve the coordination between the Olympic Solidarity office in Lausanne
and the Continental Associations, the Olympic Solidarity Commission reinforced the
overall structure of Olympic Solidarity. The aim was to strengthen all aspects relating
to the financial, technical and administrative coordination between the Olympic
Solidarity international office and each of the Continental Association Olympic Solidarity
offices. This structure provides, from a political and administrative point of view, a clear
vision of the dependency, role and responsibilities of each of the parties concerned.
Olympic Solidarity Structure
ANOC IOC
Olympic Solidarity Commission
ANOCA OCA
OS* Office OS* Office Lausanne OS* Office

Lassana Pere MIRÓ / Director Husain
PALENFO Pamela VIPOND / Deputy Director AL-MUSALLAM
PASO EOC
OS* Office ONOC OS* Office

Reynaldo Gianluca
González LÓPEZ DE ANGELIS
OS* Office
Robin MITCHELL
*Olympic Solidarity
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Introduction
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Marathon – Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing
© Getty Images/ Matt Dunham-Pool
The Olympic Solidarity international office in Lausanne, which is responsible for coor-
dination between the different Olympic Solidarity offices within the Continental
Associations, has been restructured with the whole of the 2005–2008 quadrennial plan
in mind, with a view to increasing and enhancing the quality of the services it provides
to programme beneficiaries.
International Olympic Solidarity office in Lausanne
● Director Pere MIRÓ
Programmes for Coaches – Relations with Africa/Europe – Logistics and Human Resources
● Deputy Director and Section Manager Pamela VIPOND
● Project Manager Yassine YOUSFI
● Administrative Assistant Carina DRAGOMIR
● Administrative Assistant Cynthia AMAMI
● Reception Supervisor Manuela BERTHOUD
Programmes for Athletes – Relations with Asia – Technology and Public Relations
● Section Manager Olivier NIAMKEY
● Project Manager Silvia RAGAZZO-LUCCIARINI
● Administrative Assistant Cynthia HUBER
NOC Management Programmes – Relations with America – Reports and Presentations

● Section Manager Joanna ZIPSER-GRAVES
● Project Officer Catherine LAVILLE
● Project Officer Angélica CASTRO
Programmes for the Promotion of Olympic Values – Olympic Games Participation – OCOG Coordination –
Relations with Oceania – Finances – Control and Planning – Institutional Communication
● Section Manager and Finance Manager Nicole GIRARD-SAVOY
● Project Officer Kathryn FORREST
● Administrative Assistant Jessica MARAZ
● Accountant Florian CHAPALAY
● Accountant Silvia MORARD
At 31 December 2008
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Olympic scholarship holders

Ibrahim Al Gharaghir (right) of
Jordan and Akhil Kumar of India –
15th Asian Games in Doha, Qatar
© Getty Images/ Richard Heathcote
Olympic Solidarity
World and Continental Programmes

NOC assistance at the heart of our work
In accordance with the Olympic Charter, Olympic Solidarity focuses its efforts on assis-
tance for the NOCs, particularly those in greatest need. The aid given to the NOCs to
help them develop their own structures should enable them to assume the responsi-
bilities that the Olympic Movement has given them, particularly to support the athletes
and promote Olympic values.
To help them fulfil these responsibilities, Olympic Solidarity offers the NOCs an advice
service to assist them in gaining access to financial, technical and administrative
assistance through :
● World Programmes and Olympic Games participation grants managed from the
Olympic Solidarity office in Lausanne and aimed at all NOCs, covering all areas of
sports development.
● Continental Programmes, managed by the Olympic Solidarity offices of the Continental

Associations of NOCs, designed to meet some of the specific needs of each continent.
The key concept is based on autonomy between the World and Continental Programmes,
but with complementary objectives and fully coordinated implementation and
management.
National Olympic Committee: three methods of support
International Olympic Continental Associations – International Olympic

Solidarity ( Lausanne ) Olympic Solidarity offices Solidarity ( Lausanne )
Olympic Games
World Programmes Continental Programmes Participation
Athletes
––––
Coaches
––––
NOC Management
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Promotion of
Olympic Values
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Introduction
A well-allocated budget
and well-invested resources
The only source of funding for the functioning of Olympic Solidarity and the implemen-
tation of its activities and programmes comes from the NOCs’ share of the income from
Olympic Games television rights. The development and assistance budget approved
by the Olympic Solidarity Commission for the 2005–2008 period is USD 244,000,000.
This is based on income from the sale of TV rights for the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
in Athens and the estimated revenue from the XX Olympic Winter Games in Turin, plus
the estimated net assets of Olympic Solidarity at the end of 2004 and the interest from
future investments.
The budget for 2008 was USD 49,972,750, an amount which was approved by the
members of the Olympic Solidarity Commission at their meeting on 8 December 2007.
This sum represents 20.5 % of the total budget.
Breakdown of the 2008 budget

World Programmes USD 26,030,000
Continental Programmes USD 20,517,750
Olympic Games Participation and Forums USD 1,000,000
Administration / Communication USD 2,425,000
USD 49,972,750
Breakdown of the “World Programmes” budget

Athletes USD 10,250,000
Coaches USD 6,000,000
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NOC Management USD 6,300,000
1500m freestyle heats – Games Promotion of Olympic Values USD 3,480,000
© Getty Images/ Jonathan Ferrey
USD 26,030,000
Breakdown of the “Continental Programmes” budget

ANOCA ( Africa ) – 53 NOCs USD 3,877,500
PASO ( America ) – 42 NOCs USD 3,915,000
OCA ( Asia ) – 44 NOCs USD 3,474,750
EOC ( Europe ) – 49 NOCs USD 4,316,000
ONOC ( Oceania ) – 17 NOCs USD 2,618,500
ANOC USD 2,316,000
USD 20,517,750
Olympic Solidarity
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Culture and education
symposium in Liberia
Components of the Olympic Movement :

responsibility and solidarity
During the four-year period between each edition of the Olympic Games, the main
components of the Olympic Movement – the IOC, the International Federations ( IFs ) and
the NOCs – as well as all other bodies with similar interests, are responsible for work-
ing together in order to contribute to the development of sport and the dissemination
of the values conveyed by the fundamental principles of Olympism.
The global network of partners involved in setting up, implementing and following up
Olympic Solidarity programmes, as well as providing technical expertise, is the perfect
example of this. Without the contribution of the Continental Associations, ANOC,
NOCs, IOC commissions and IFs, not forgetting the high-level training centres, univer-
sities and experts in various fields, Olympic Solidarity would be unable to fulfil its tasks.
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Lithuanian Olympic scholarship

holder Viktorija Zemaityte
competes in the heptathlon
high jump final – Games of
the XXIX Olympiad
© Getty Images /Jed Jacobsohn
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World Programmes
World Programmes
The World Programmes offer the NOCs access to technical, financial and administrative
assistance for the organisation of specific sports development activities. In principle, and
in accordance with Olympic Solidarity’s mission, priority in the budget allocation is given
to the NOCs with the greatest needs.
For the 2005–2008 quadrennial, Olympic Solidarity has made available to the NOCs
20 World Programmes within the four main areas of sports development ( Athletes,
Coaches, NOC Management and Promotion of Olympic Values ) considered essential for
NOCs to accomplish the mission that has been entrusted to them by the Olympic Charter.
The World Programmes are managed in coordination with each of the respective
Continental Associations in order to maximise the objectives of each of the continents
and regions. Olympic Solidarity relies on its partners to develop and deliver high
quality programmes to NOCs.
Twenty programmes, four areas of action
Athletes
• Torino 2006 – NOC Preparation
( Programme completed in 2006 )
• Olympic Scholarships for Athletes “Beijing 2008”
• Team Support Grants
• Continental and Regional Games – NOC Preparation
( Programme completed in 2007)
• 2012 – Training Grants for Young Athletes
• Talent Identification
Coaches
• Technical Courses for Coaches
• Olympic Scholarships for Coaches
• Development of National Sports Structure
NOC Management
• NOC Administration Development
• National Training Courses for Sports Administrators
• International Executive Training Courses
in Sports Management
• NOC Exchange and Regional Forums
Promotion of Olympic Values

• Sports Medicine
• Sport and the Environment
• Women and Sport
• Sport for All
• International Olympic Academy
• Culture and Education
• NOC Legacy
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World Programmes
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(Left to right) Piotr Malachowski of Poland,
Gerd Kanter of Estonia, both Olympic scholarship
holders, and Virgilijus Alekna of Lithuania,
medallists in the discus throw – Games of
the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing
© Getty Images/ Bongarts / Lars Baron
Programmes for athletes,

proven to be effective
The philosophy adopted for the Athletes Programmes during the past four years, which
was based on a pyramid structure allowing for a clear idea of the athlete’s technical level,
continued to demonstrate its effectiveness. This structure made it possible to better
target and direct the assistance offered to athletes, while guaranteeing interactivity
between the different levels.
• Olympic Scholarships for Athletes “Beijing 2008”

The highlight of 2008, the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
• Torino 2006 – NOC Preparation Elite in Beijing, provided an unprecedented spectacle. However,
2008 also saw the completion of the Olympic Scholarship
• Team Support Grants
• Continental and Regional Games – NOC Preparation Continental
for Athletes “ Beijing 2008 ” programme, through
which 591 scholarship holders qualified for the
• 2012 – Training Grants for Young Athletes Games, where they represented their respective
• Talent Identification Grassroots
nations.
Meanwhile, 111 teams benefited from the Team Support Grants programme, the new
format of which enabled teams at different levels to develop at their own pace.
Major continental events such as the Asian Games, All Africa Games and Pan-American
Games, as well as editions of the European Youth Olympic Festival, were held in 2006
and 2007. The programme for athletes preparing for Continental and Regional Games
therefore did not register any new activities in 2008, a year that was essentially devoted
to the closure of the programme files.
Assistance continued to be offered to young athletes. Sixteen additional NOCs bene-

fited from the 2012 – Training Grants for Young Athletes programme, bringing the
total number of participating NOCs since 2005 to 154 ! The NOCs also developed
numerous projects under the umbrella of the Talent Identification programme. The suc-
cess of these youth programmes, added to the new needs created by the Youth Olympic
Games, resulted in Olympic Solidarity reviewing this form of assistance for the future.
Athletes
Olympic Scholarships for Athletes “Beijing 2008”
591 scholarship holders

shone at the Games
Objective: to assist athletes nominated
by their NOC in their preparation
The Olympic Scholarships for Athletes “Beijing 2008” programme ended and qualification for the Games of
in August 2008 with the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing. Once the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing.
again, helping Olympic scholarship holders qualify for and participate in 2008 Budget : USD 4,500,000
the Games was the primary objective of this programme which, after the
successes achieved in Sydney and Athens, had to be repeated in order to
continue supporting the most needy athletes.
At the technical level, Olympic Solidarity continued to cooperate with the

Continental Associations, NOCs, IFs and partner training centres in order
to provide the 1,088 Olympic scholarship holders with training conditions
suitable for the demands of high-level sport. A few days before the Games
began, Olympic Solidarity was proud to note that 591 scholarship holders
from 151 NOCs had qualified for the Games either through the IFs’ quali-
fication system or at the invitation of the IOC Tripartite Commission.
China and the city of Beijing in particular provided the whole world with
an exceptional spectacle during the 16 days of competition. The Olympic
scholarship holders played an important role, winning a total of 81 medals
(19 gold, 33 silver and 29 bronze).
All these performances are brought together in the “Olympic Scholarships

for Athletes ‘Beijing 2008’ – Results” brochure, which can also be found
on the IOC’s web site www.olympic.org in the section devoted to Olympic
Solidarity. ▲
Anh Tuan Hoang of Vietnam, Olympic

scholarship holder and silver medallist
This year, the objectives set out by the Olympic Solidarity Commission were in the weightlifting 56kg category –
once again largely achieved. The high number of outstanding results and Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing
unexpected medals, together with the significant increase in the number © Getty Images/Mike Hewitt
of NOCs that benefited from the programme during this quadrennial

plan, only serves to confirm the unquestionable success of the Olympic
Scholarships for Athletes – “Beijing 2008” programme.
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World Programmes
Olympic scholarship holders by sport and by continent
Sports Africa America Asia Europe Oceania Total

Athletics 89 66 36 60 6 257
Rowing 2 9 6 19 0 36
Badminton 5 6 11 5 0 27
Boxing 24 8 27 23 0 82
Canoe-kayak 4 6 4 24 0 38
Cycling 2 9 3 9 0 23
Equestrian 0 2 1 0 0 3
Fencing 2 4 4 10 0 20
Gymnastics 4 8 10 21 0 43
Weightlifting 11 9 16 20 4 60
Judo 17 9 23 37 1 87
Wrestling 16 6 36 47 1 106
Aquatics 19 32 18 36 2 107
Modern pentathlon 1 1 1 8 0 11
Taekwondo 22 11 20 7 1 61
Tennis 1 0 1 2 0 4
Table tennis 3 2 6 6 0 17
Shooting 1 6 20 31 1 59
Archery 0 5 6 3 0 14
Triathlon 1 5 2 3 0 11
Sailing 1 4 5 12 0 22
Men 155 136 197 247 11 746
Women 70 72 59 136 5 342
Total athletes 225 208 256 383 16 1,088
Total NOCs 46 39 32 41 8 166
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Olympic scholarship holder Vida Anim

of Ghana in the 100m event –
© Getty Images / Stu Forster
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Olympic scholarship holder Irina Risenzon

of Israel competes in the individual
all-around qualification round –
© Getty Images /Jamie Squire
Athletes
Team Support Grants
Encouraging results for

NOCs in all continents Objective: to offer technical and financial
assistance to one national team per
NOC to prepare and participate in the
The Team Support Grants programme was partly governed by the same Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing
or in an international, continental
timetable as the Olympic Scholarships for Athletes programme, i.e. the
or regional competition.
Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing. While the teams that had not
qualified were concentrating on the final competitions that offered a 2008 Budget : USD 2,250,000
chance to book a ticket to Beijing, those that had qualified were finalising
their preparations for the main event in China. For this final year of the pro-
gramme, a budget was earmarked to help exclusively with the preparations
of teams that had qualified.
With a total of 111 teams receiving a grant since the programme was
launched in 2005, Olympic Solidarity can be pleased that it amended
the format of this programme for the 2005–2008 quadrennial plan by
assisting teams at different levels in both winter and summer sports.
This broader vision meant that it was possible to involve more sports and
countries, as well as give substantial new impetus to this programme,
which is very popular with the NOCs.
Grants awarded to NOCs by sport and by continent

Ice Water
Continent Teams Baseball Basketball Curling Handball Hockey
Hockey
Softball Volleyball
Polo
Africa 31 ALG ANG ANG NAM ALG EGY

BUR CAF BEN RSA KEN LES
CGO CPV CIV ZIM MAR NIG
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GBS LBA CMR RWA SEY
MAW MLI DJI SWZ TUN Charles Vandeweghe (left) of Belgium
MOZ SEN ETH during the match which pitted his
America 23 ANT BIZ ARG AHO ESA BAR CHI team against the Republic of Korea –
COL CUB BRA CAN GUA DMA PAR Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing
ECU ISV PAR URU PUR © Getty Images / Bongarts / Lars Baron
PAN PER URU
VIN
Asia 13 LIB QAT IND PRK MGL INA KAZ
SYR UZB PAK TPE IRI TJK
Europe 38 GBR BUL IRL CRO AUT LAT AND AZE HUN
SWE CZE GRE BEL BLR EST MDA
GER ISL FRA FIN GEO MNE
LTU ISR IRL LIE POL NED
MLT MKD SUI TUR ROU
SLO UKR SRB
SUI SVK
Oceania 6 ASA FIJ PNG
NZL PLW
SOL
Total 111 2 37 1 16 14 1 4 28 8
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World Programmes
2012 - Training Grants for Young Athletes
An invaluable programme
Objective: to identify and offer training to identify the talents of tomorrow
possibilities to talented young athletes
who have the potential to qualify for the
Olympic Winter Games in 2010 and the 2008 was a busy year in terms of applications and activities linked to the
Games of the XXX Olympiad in 2012. training of young athletes. Since the programme was launched in 2005, the
2008 Budget : USD 1,250,000
NOCs have understood the importance of supporting their youngest ath-
letes from an early age. They have therefore continued to ask for Olympic
Solidarity’s help to organise training camps and courses, or even to offer
individual grants to particular athletes. The programme has benefited 154
NOCs since 2005.
In parallel, Olympic Solidarity has continued to support programmes organ-

ised by the different IFs. These activities have enabled young athletes to gain
international experience by mixing with the continental and global elite of
their generation. It is important to note that some of them, having been
discovered by the IFs and helped through this programme, confirmed their
potential by taking part in the Olympic Games in Beijing.
These results serve to encourage Olympic Solidarity to continue supporting

young athletes in the future. Thanks to the Youth Olympic Games, this pro-
gramme will be given a new format in order to better target future talents.
NOCs having benefited from the programme since 2005
Continent Participating NOCs

Africa 36 ALG, BDI, BEN, BOT, BUR, CGO, CIV, CMR, DJI, EGY, GAM, GHA, KEN,
LBA, LES, LBR, MAD, MAR, MAW, MLI, MRI, NAM, NGR, NIG, RSA, SEN,
▲ SEY, SOM, STP, SUD, SWZ, TOG, TUN, UGA, ZAM, ZIM
Training programme for young America 32 AHO, ARG, ARU, BAR, BIZ, BRA, CAN, CAY, CHI, COL, CRC, CUB, DOM,
athletes in Brazil ECU, ESA, GRN, GUA, HAI, HON, ISV, IVB, JAM, LCA, MEX, NCA, PAR,
PER, PUR, SUR, TRI, URU, VIN
Asia 34 BAN, BHU, BRN, BRU, CAM, HKG, INA, IND, IRI, IRQ, JOR, KAZ, KGZ,
KOR, LAO, LIB, MAS, MGL, MYA, NEP, OMA, PAK, PHI, PLE, PRK, SIN,
SRI, SYR, THA, TJK, TKM, TPE, UZB, VIE
Europe 37 ALB, AND, ARM, AZE, BLR, BUL, CRO, CYP, CZE, DEN, EST, FIN, GEO,
GER, GRE, HUN, IRL, ISL, ISR, LAT, LIE, LTU, MDA, MKD, NOR, POL, POR,
ROU, RUS, SRB, SLO, SMR, SUI, SVK, SWE, TUR, UKR
Oceania 15 ASA, AUS, COK, FIJ, FSM, GUM, KIR, NRU, NZL, PLW, PNG, SAM,
SOL, TGA, VAN
Total 154
Athletes
Talent Identification
Great success for the NOCs
Objective: to assist NOCs

to discover young athletes who
During 2008, the NOCs set up numerous projects as part of the talent iden- show a particular sporting talent.
tification programme, which enabled them to carry out various activities
2008 Budget : USD 750,000
to identify young athletes at national level.
Some NOCs used this programme to support existing structures, such as

school sport or sports clubs. Others decided to launch new projects aimed
at identifying their most talented youngsters.
This programme was so successful among the NOCs that the number of
requests submitted to Olympic Solidarity was close to the limit dictated by
the overall budget available.
In some cases, as in previous years, a number of NOCs combined this

programme with a project to develop their national sports structure. The
visiting experts were therefore able not only to help with their talent iden-
tification programme, but also to train people to take responsibility for the
coaching of the identified young athletes.
NOC projects
Continent Projects approved

Africa 9 BDI, LBR, MAW, MLI, NIG, RWA, SEN, SEY, ZIM
America 10 BRA, GRN, GUA, HON, IVB (2), LCA, SUR, URU, VIN
Asia 2 BRN, PAK
▲
Europe 6 FIN, LTU, MDA, MLT, SRB, SUI
Work conducted in the framework of
Oceania 3 ASA, FSM, PLW
an identifying young, talented athletes
Total 30 project in Ungheni, Republic of Moldova
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North Korean judoka Kyong Jin Kim
supported by his coach – Games
© IOC / Hélène Tobler
Training of national coaches

at different levels
The programmes offered to the NOCs for the training of their coaches have been struc-
tured so as to offer them the chance to train their national coaches at different levels
and in different ways ( training courses, individual training, medium- and long-term
programmes ). The main objective of these programmes is to enable the NOCs to improve
the technical and/or scientific level of their coaches so that they can acquire the latest
knowledge and meet the training requirements of modern athletes.
The figures for 2008 clearly show that the NOCs are attaching more and more impor-
tance to coach education at all levels. They are keen to train coaches who are capable
of overseeing athletes’ preparations for national competitions and, in some cases, for
participation in Continental Games or even Olympic qualifying events.
It should also be noted that, although 2008 was a very busy year for the NOCs, who
devoted most of their resources to preparations for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
in Beijing, Olympic Solidarity received virtually the same number of requests for the
coaches programmes as in the previous years of the quadrennial plan.
Olympic Solidarity has continued to cooperate with the IFs, either in order to obtain
advance information about possible candidates, appoint an expert for technical courses
or develop national sports structure programmes. In some cases, the IFs received help
from coaches trained as part of the Olympic scholarships programme, who organised
training or technical courses in their own or neighbouring countries.
Coaches
Technical Courses for Coaches
Detailed planning and organisation

to ensure successful training courses
Objective: to provide basic training
to coaches through courses led by
The programme of technical courses is run by Olympic Solidarity in close an expert from another country in
close collaboration with IFs.
collaboration with the IFs. Level 1 courses are generally organised at national
level, while level 2 and 3 courses may take place at regional level and 2008 Budget : USD 3,250,000
involve participants from several neighbouring NOCs.
During 2008, 203 technical courses were planned. As a reminder, at the

start of the 2005–2008 quadrennial period, Olympic Solidarity asked the
NOCs to draw up a general plan of all the courses they wished to organ-
ise. The purpose of this was to encourage the NOCs to rationalise the
planning of the courses over four years and to adopt a practical approach
to coach education in each sport and at each level.
During this final year of the quadrennial plan, many NOCs managed to com-
plete all the training courses they had planned before the Games in Beijing
and submitted their reports to Olympic Solidarity, so the relevant files could
be closed. These NOCs were therefore able to concentrate their efforts on
Olympic preparations.
Finally, thanks to the increasingly rigorous management of the training

courses by the IFs, the quality of the courses is steadily improving, partic-
ularly through the establishment of strict guidelines relating to content
and certification ( duration, number of participants, theoretical and prac-
tical training, evaluation, etc. ).
Technical courses planned Technical course for rowing

coaches in Sudan
Continent Technical courses Participating NOCs
Africa 61 35
America 57 25
Asia 75 35
Europe 10 8
Oceania* – –
Total 203 103
*All the courses were organised through ONOC’s “NOC Activities” Continental Programme
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Breakdown of technical courses by sport and by continent
Athletics 21
Rowing 4
Badminton 6
Basketball 14
Boxing 7
Canoe-kayak 2
Cycling 9
Equestrian 6
Fencing 3
Football 7
Gymnastics 5
Weightlifting 9
Handball 9
Hockey 3
Judo 7
Wrestling 7
Aquatics 12
Skiing 2
Softball 1
Taekwondo 8
Tennis 25
Table tennis 8
Archery 7
Shooting 8
Triathlon 3
Sailing 4
Volleyball 6
▲
▲
Technical course for artistic gymnastics

Total 203 Africa 61 America 57 Asia 75 Europe 10 Oceania 0
coaches in Cambodia
Technical course for tennis coaches

in South America
Coaches
Olympic Scholarships for Coaches
Fundamental contribution of universities

and high-level training centres Objective: to offer coaches access
to high-level further training,
experience and knowledge, which they
The Olympic scholarships for coaches programme has been in existence for will then use to benefit their
many years and the NOCs are now totally familiar with the different respective national sports structures.
training courses available in the spring and autumn in the universities and 2008 Budget : USD 1,500,000
high-level training centres. Olympic Solidarity has therefore continued to
cooperate with the centres in Canada, Spain, France, Hungary and
Switzerland in particular.
In order to strengthen the impact of these courses, Olympic Solidarity has

encouraged the centres to implement a teaching structure that enables the
participants to link the subjects taught with practical application. For exam-
ple, most coaches have returned home with research projects that, in some
cases, have been supported by their NOCs as part of the Development of
National Sports Structure programme.
The IFs are also beginning to recognise the quality of the training and the
level of the candidates, whom they have no hesitation in asking to run tech-
nical courses or long-term development programmes alongside international
experts. Olympic Solidarity has also cooperated with the IFs in order to
offer specific courses in certain sports, which seem to be meeting a real need
among the NOCs.
Programmes are now regularly organised in archery, cycling, ice hockey

and tennis. They are run by the IFs themselves, either at their own world
training centres ( e.g. UCI ) or in continental centres ( e.g. FITA, ITF ), with ▲
the aim of passing on to coaches the very latest knowledge about their sport. Participants during the autumn session,
Centro de Alto Rendimiento (CAR)
in Barcelona, Spain
Scholarships for coaches by continent
Continent NOCs that benefited Scholarship holders

Men Women Total
Africa 36 ALG, BDI, BEN, BOT, BUR, CGO, CHA, CIV, CMR, 46 7 53
DJI, EGY, GAB, GAM, GBS, GUI, KEN, LBR, LES, MAD,
MAR, MAW, MRI, NAM, NIG, RWA, SEN, SEY, SLE,
SOM, SUD, SWZ, TOG, TUN, UGA, ZAM, ZIM
America 27 AHO, ANT, ARG, BAR, BOL, BRA, CHI, CRC, CUB, 34 8 42
DOM, ECU, ESA, GUA, HAI, HON, ISV, LCA, NCA,
PAR, PER, PUR, SKN, SUR, TRI, URU, VEN, VIN
Asia 24 AFG, BAN, BHU, BRU, CHN, HKG, IND, IRQ, JOR, 30 1 31
KOR, LIB, MAS, MDV, MGL, NEP, OMA, PAK, PHI,
PLE, PRK, SIN, SRI, SYR, TJK
Europe 13 CRO, CYP, EST, GBR, GEO, GRE, ISL, LAT, MKD, 13 2 15
MLT, ROU, SMR, TUR
Oceania* 5 FIJ, GUM, NRU, PLW, SOL 5 2 7
Total 105 128 20 148
*Numbers taken from 2008 ONOC report
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Breakdown of Olympic scholarships for coaches by sport and by continent

Athletics 17
Rowing 3
Badminton 1
Baseball 1
Basketball 11
Bobsleigh 1
Boxing 3
Canoe-kayak 3
Cycling 20
Fencing 3
Football 11
Gymnastics 4
Weightlifting 3
Handball 11
Hockey 1
Judo 6
Wrestling 2
Modern pentathlon 2
Aquatics 8
Softball 1
Taekwondo 2
Tennis 5
Table tennis 7
Archery 5
Triathlon 4
Volleyball 10
Physical conditioning 3
▲
▲ Total 148 Af rica 53 America 42 Asia 31 Europe 15 Oceania 7
Participants during the spring
session, CAR
Participants during the autumn

training session, Semmelweis University
in Budapest, Hungary
Coaches
Development of National Sports Structure
International experts and local coaches:

the ingredients of success Objective: to enable NOCs to develop
their national sports structure by
implementing a mid- to long-term
The NOCs showed a high level of interest in the Development of National ( 3 to 6 months ) action plan for a
specific sport under the direction of
Sports Structure programme during this final year of the quadrennial plan,
an international expert.
even though this type of project requires a lot of preparation, a factor that
cannot be ignored in an Olympic year. 2008 Budget : USD 1,250,000
Olympic Solidarity has continued its efforts, particularly with the help of the
IFs concerned, to facilitate the implementation of the programmes submitted
by the NOCs. The main difficulty for the NOCs remains finalising the details
of each action plan and, for the IFs, finding an expert who is available to
run a long-term mission ( between 3 and 6 months ).
In a number of cases, the solution has been to divide the expert’s visit into
several periods, which has made it possible to finalise a long-term project.
The results obtained have been very positive, particularly because local
experts are involved in the projects, working under a national coach
appointed by the international expert as his assistant to help him run the
project during his absence.
NOC projects
Continent Projects accepted

Africa 14 ALG, BDI, BEN, BUR (2), CIV, GUI, LES, MAW, MLI (2), NIG, SEN, SLE
America 12 BAR, CHI, CUB, GUA, HAI, HON, JAM, PER, TRI, URU (2), VIN
Asia 7 IND, LAO, MGL, PAK, SIN, TJK, YEM
▲
Europe 10 BUL, EST, ISL, LAT, MDA, MLT, POL, SRB, SUI, SWE
National sports structure development
Oceania 7 ASA, FIJ, FSM (2), PLW, PNG, VAN project in basketball in Haiti led by Cuban
Total 50 expert Emilio Leonides Maceira Linares
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Sports administrators course
in Ethiopia
Constant interest
in management programmes
The four NOC Management programmes endeavour to provide NOCs with tools designed
to enable them to operate in an effective and efficient way. Olympic Solidarity has pur-
sued this goal by offering direct assistance towards NOCs’ operating costs and individual
projects, providing training opportunities for staff and facilitating
the sharing of knowledge and experience within the
Educate Exchange Olympic Movement.
● National Training Courses
for Sports Administrators
● NOC Exchange and While the main focus of 2008 was defined by
● International Executive Regional Forums
Training Courses in Sports the NOCs’ intense preparations for the Games
Management of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing, demand for
Execute
the NOC Management programmes remained
● NOC Administration steady. Several NOCs even embarked on the uncharted
Development territory of the new Advanced Sports Management Courses
programme by holding the first ever courses based on the Managing
Olympic Sport Organisations manual. The other programmes were equally popular and
a number of projects were developed by means of NOC Management Initiatives, Staff
Skills Training, Sport Administrators Courses and NOC Exchanges and Internships.
In November 2008, an edition of MEMOS ( Executive Masters in Sports Organisation

Management ) in French was inaugurated in Brussels ( Belgium ). The programme attracted
great interest from four continents. Twenty-one participants were selected by the
MEMOS Selection Committee, most of whom received Olympic Solidarity MEMOS
scholarships in response to applications filed by their respective NOCs.
Also as part of the International Executive Training Courses in Sport Management

programme, the National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia ( INEFC ) hosted the
first Convention of MEMOS graduates. Graduates of the English and Spanish language
versions of MEMOS and the French language Master MOS and DESS participated in this
three-day conference, which focused on the use of information and communication
technology in sport organisations.
NOC Management
NOC Administration Development
Strengthening NOC administration

Objective: to support the administrative
structure of NOCs by contributing
towards their general running costs and
In 2008, the NOCs were still entitled to request reimbursement of up to offering a subsidy dedicated to providing
USD 1,500 for the cost of training courses organised for their staff. This educational opportunities to NOC staff.
programme was well received by the NOCs and the subsidy made train-
2008 Budget : USD 5,175,000
ing opportunities more accessible to their staff in areas such as informa-
tion technology, accounting, management, etc.
In the area of NOC Management Initiatives, the NOCs took advantage of

this personalised type of assistance in order to develop various projects with
the goal of improving the management of their organisations. The most
common type of initiative concerned information and communication
technology, with NOCs seeking Olympic Solidarity’s help to upgrade their
IT systems or equipment. Some NOCs used the programme to assist them
with the cost of organising information seminars for their stakeholders
or to facilitate their members’ participation in educational conferences
organised by other entities. NOC Management Initiatives funds were
also used to supplement the NOCs’ training budgets and to enable NOC
staff to follow management courses.
As every year, the NOCs were able to request an administrative subsidy of

USD 25,000 to help with their running costs.
NOCs that benefited, subsidies and initiatives by continent
Continent NOCs that NOCs that applied for NOC Staff ▲

benefited an administrative subsidy initiatives training Activity in the framework of the
Africa 53 53 9 40 women sports management seminar
America 42 42 14 19 organised by AISTS in Lausanne
Asia 42 42 14 27
Europe 49 48 8 36
Oceania 17 17 2 7
Total 203 202 47 129
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National Training Courses for Sports Administrators
Successful implementation of advanced

Objective: to offer NOCs the possibility
to organise training courses on a national sports management courses
basis to improve the knowledge of sports
administrators and strengthen the mana-
gement of Olympic sports organisations After the implementation of a successful pilot programme, the Advanced
through two sub-programmes: the Sports Sports Management Courses programme was opened to all the NOCs in
Administrators Courses and the Advanced
March, when programme guidelines were published. The first regular train-
Sports Management Courses.
ing session for Programme Directors, who are responsible for organising
2008 Budget : USD 625,000 the courses on behalf of their NOCs, took place in November 2008. It was
attended by several candidates from four continents, who were given
Olympic Solidarity’s approval to start the process of initiating the courses.
Close contact was maintained with the pilot group of Programme Directors
and Olympic Solidarity used their feedback to further refine the programme.
Olympic Solidarity will continue to monitor the implementation of the pro-
gramme and will use the experience of the Programme Directors who have
already organised courses in order to be able to provide the best possible infor-
mation to new candidates. Inaugural training sessions in French and Spanish,
as well as subsequent sessions in English, will be organised in 2009 and beyond.
Notwithstanding the interest generated by the new advanced courses,

Olympic Solidarity is committed to continuing the Sports Administrators
Courses, which aim to reach a much broader section of national grassroots
sport. In order to keep up with the rising standards of sport management,
Olympic Solidarity embarked on a project to revise the Sport Administration
Manual, on which the courses are based.
Advanced sports management courses by continent
Continent Africa America Asia Europe Oceania Total

Programme Directors who have
followed the training sessions 9 12 14 3 1 39
Number of courses 4 2 3 – 1 10
NOCs GHA, MAW, CHI, GUA MAS, QAT, – ONOC
Continental
RWA, ZIM TPE Association
Sports administration courses by continent

Participants
Continent Courses Participating NOCs Men Women Total
Africa 20 15 1 course: ALG, BUR, CHA, GAM, GHA, GUI,
▲
▲ RSA, TAN, TUN, ZIM
2 courses: ANG, ETH, LES, MAW, RWA 371 109 480
Advanced sports management
America 32 17 1 course: ARG, BAR, BIZ, DOM, GRN, HAI,
course in Guatemala LCA, PUR
2 courses: AHO, COL, ECU, ESA, MEX
▲
3 courses: GUA, PAR / 4 courses: PER, HON 734 323 1,057
Sports administrators course Asia 35 12 1 course: SRI / 2 courses: BAN, IRI, THA, UZB
in Haiti 3 courses: CAM, LIB, MYA
4 courses: LAO, TJK, VIE / 5 courses: IRI 666 223 889
Europe 4 3 1 course: MDA, SMR / 2 courses: EST 73 37 110
Oceania* 3 3 1 course: COK, PLW, SOL ** ** **
Total 94 50 1,844 692 2,536
*Courses organised through ONOC’s “Sports administration programme” ( Continental Programme ) / **Statistics not available
NOC Management
International Executive Training Courses in Sports Management
Support for the First MEMOS

Graduates Worldwide Convention Objective: to provide sports managers
with masters level training courses of
international significance in order that
Another two sets of MEMOS graduates finished their courses in 2008 as they may develop the knowledge required
the second edition of MEMOS in Spanish and MEMOS XI in English reached to better manage their organisations.
their conclusion. The participants in both editions completed their masters
2008 Budget : USD 500,000
programme in the second half of the year with a public presentation of their
projects at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne.
The twelfth edition of MEMOS in English commenced in September, with

a record female participation close to 42%. The first MEMOS in French
followed its predecessors, DESS and Master MOS, with a curriculum and
format fully integrated into the MEMOS structure.
A busy year for MEMOS came to an end with the First MEMOS Graduates
Worldwide Convention, which took place in November in Barcelona.
Olympic Solidarity offered to cover the cost of one airline ticket per NOC.
The response from MEMOS graduates and their NOCs was impressive,
with 110 graduates out of 315 attending the conference. Olympic Solidarity
supported 55 NOCs that requested assistance and completed a question-
naire evaluating the impact of MEMOS on the NOCs and the level of
involvement of their graduates.
Participants listened to presentations by various distinguished speakers,

including many MEMOS graduates. Some of them reported on the pres-
ent status of the implementation of MEMOS projects, which highlighted
the positive impact of this programme on the NOCs and other sport
organisations involved.
Scholarships granted and subsidies by continent
Continent NOCs Scholarships granted

MEMOS XI MEMOS XII MEMOS MEMOS Total Travel
in Spanish in French subsidies /
( 2nd édition ) Convention
H F H F H F H F
Africa 33 5 1 5 1 3 – 7 4 26 15
America 25 5 4 3 5 7 3 1 2 30 20
▲
Asia 19 6 3 4 1 – – 2 – 16 7 ▲
Europe 21 5 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 18 11 MEMOS XII participants at

Oceania 3 – 1 – – – – – – 1 2 the IOC headquarters
21 12 15 10 11 4 11 7 ▲
Total 101 33 25 15 18 91 55
MEMOS Graduates Worldwide
Convention in Barcelona
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Projects developed by participants benefiting from Olympic Solidarity scholarships
NOC MEMOS XI projects

BAR Trevor BROWNE – Measuring the performance of Olympic Sports Organisations.
A Caribbean Perspective.
BOT Moses S. MORUISI – Funding arrangements in the Botswana National Sports Federations.
BRA Paulo Villas BÔAS DE ALMEIDA – Model of Distribution of Financial Resources for
the National Sports Federation.
CAN Linda MACPHAIL – Investigation on Governance Models in Sport Organizations and
Opportunities for Maximizing Volunteer Involvement and Contribution.
The Case of the Panamerican Squash Federation and Member NSOs.
CRO Alma PAPIC – Framework for a strategic educational plan for sports managers on the local
and regional level in Croatia.
EGY Lamis Hussein Mohamed GHAZY – Strategy for Spreading Olympism in Egypt.
ESA Manuel Enrique NUILA PACAS – Design proposal of a basic qualification and certification
system for Salvadorian coaches.
FRA Francis DISTINGUIN – Surfing in the 21st Century. International Surfing Association.
A strategic approach.
GBR Wendy Louise LOCKTON – The contribution of World Class operations to the success
of British Swimming.
GUA Maria Isabel DE SANZ-AGERO – Strategic Plan for the Modern Pentathlon Association
of Guatemala 2009–2013.
IRI Seyed Saeed EFTEKHARI – Guidelines for the Iranian Sports Delegations to the Olympic Games.
LES Tsepo Damase HLOJENG – Promotion and Realisation of Sport Organisations Marketing
Initiatives and Strategies in Developing Sport in Lesotho.
LIB Mazen RAMADAN – Development of the administrative management system of
the Lebanese Olympic Committee.
▲ MDV Mohamed Mahid SHAREEF – Identifying the Human Resource Requirements for Enhancing
the Management of Sport Organisations in the Maldives.
A Spanish MEMOS participant receives
a diploma after her project presentation MLT David AZZOPARDI – A Feasibility Study for an Olympic Adventure Park in Malta.
at the Olympic Museum NCA Maria Esperanza SOLORZANO CORREA – Understanding Women and Sports in Nicaragua for Future Policies.
NGR Jonathan DYAGAS – Sponsorship strategy for Nigeria Olympic Committee.
PNG Auvita RAPILLA – A Strategic Planning Tool to assess and enhance performance of National
Federations in Papua New Guinea.
PUR Hamid SANCHEZ – Strategies to Improve the Administration of the Full Time Puerto Rican
Elite Athletes Permanent Fund Board.
QAT Mohammed Saad A.A. AL-MEGHAISEEB – Athlete welfare as prerequisite for top performance in Qatar.
SAM Lufilufi L. RASMUSSEN – An Evaluation on the Implementation of Strategic Plans
of Samoan National Sports Associations.
SOM Duran FARAH – The role of the National Olympic Committee of Somalia at the Post Civil
war situation : The use of sports as an element for building a sustainable peace in this country.
SRB Djordje VISACKI – Auditing the Strategic Environment of the NOC in a Political Transition in Serbia.
SVK Petra POSPICHALOVA KADNAROVA – A new perspective of Athletes’ Commission in Slovakia.
OCA Mahmoud Kh. K. ALI – Developing and Promoting Anti-Doping Programme in Gulf States
and Yemen to be a Model of Best Practice.
OCA Haider Abbas H. FARMAN – Development of a Coaching Structure for the Olympic Council of Asia.
MEMOS projects in Spanish

ALG Mohammed ZERROUKI – A Communication Strategy in the Algerian Olympic Committee.
ARG Eduardo César FERNÀNDEZ LECICH – Strategic Analysis and Planning of Argentine Archery.
BRA Sonia DE SOUZA ALMEIDA – Strategic Plan for the Creation of the National Olympic Training
Centre in Brazil.
CHI Jorge Enrique ROZAS SOLIS – Plan for a Better Financial Control System of the National Sports
Federations in Chile.
COL Carlos Iván BERMEO ANDRADE – Strategic Plan to Increase the Effectiveness of Colombian
Weightlifting in the 2009–2012 Olympic Cycle.
DOM Milton S. PINEDO SORIANO – Study to Develop an Anti-Doping Prevention Plan for Sport
in the Dominican Republic.
ESP David CABELLO MANRIQUE – Analysis of a Model for Financing and Evaluating Excellence
in Spanish Federated Sport.
GBS Abdulai MANÉ – Strategic Plan to Develop Boxing in Guinea Bissau, 2009–2012.
GUA Julio Fernando CÁCERES GRAJEDA – Development of a Corporate Communication Plan
for the Guatemala Olympic Committee.
PAR Sergio Rolando BARÓ LONG – Project of a Unified Strategy for National Sports Development.
MEMOS XI projects are available POR Catarina FIALHO FERNANDES ESTEVES – The Role of the Federation in Managing
in the Olympic Museum library Two High-Performance Centres in Portugal.
in Lausanne or through Olympic PUR Carmen A. TORRES RODRÍGUEZ – Property Rights, Use and Management of a New Velodrome.
Solidarity’s NOC Management
A Strategic Programme.
Section. MEMOS projects in
Spanish are available through URU Miriam Teresa SÁNCHEZ COLLAZO – Pilot Plan to Reach and Maintain an International Level
NOC Management Section only. in Artistic Gymnastics in Uruguay.
NOC Management
NOC Exchange and Regional Forums
Knowledge sharing among NOCs

Objective: to promote and facilitate
the exchange of knowledge and
experience between NOCs on an
Since the NOCs were very busy preparing for the Olympic Games, only a individual, regional and
handful of forums were organised in 2008. In Africa, Olympic Solidarity used continental basis.
the platform to help the NOCs prepare for the Olympic Games by holding 2008 Budget : USD 1,000,000
pre-delegation registration meetings with representatives of the Beijing
Organising Committee. During the European Olympic Committees ( EOC )
technical seminar that took place in Cyprus in October, the topical issue of
athletes’ performance was discussed in the wake of the Olympic Games.
The NOC internships continued to cut across continental and national

boundaries and involved participants from a diverse range of NOCs. While
interns gathered information and acquired hands-on experience by work-
ing for their Coach NOCs, the staff of the latter learned about cultural
diversities and how other, often smaller NOCs operate.
Similarly, the NOC exchanges brought together NOCs that may not have
worked together before and gave them a chance to share their experi-
ences and learn from one another. The subjects covered by the exchanges
included athlete services and relations with stakeholders, general office
and programme management, website and database management,
marketing and event organisation.
NOC Exchange and Regional Forums by continent
Continent NOCs that benefited from Regional Forums

an exchange or an intership
Africa 6 2
America 2 –
Asia 2 –
Europe – 1
Oceania 1 1
Total 11 4
▲
▲
Somalian intern (middle) at the

Zimbabwe NOC headquarters
▲
Intern from the NOC of Oman (left)

at the NOC of Malaysia
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Presentation in the framework
of the Olympic culture and education
workshop in Riga, Latvia
Promoting the Olympic values,

our perennial task
2008 was a very busy year in terms of events, culminating in the Games of the XXIX
Olympiad in Beijing, which had a real impact on some of the activities conducted by the
NOCs as part of the Promotion of Olympic Values programmes.
Public interest in the Olympic Movement is raised by the holding of the Games. In an
attempt to reach a wide audience, and not only those with a particular interest in the
sports events, the NOCs launched initiatives designed to raise their communities’
awareness of the role and mission of their organisation, of its support for their Games
delegation and of the dissemination of the values of Olympism. These initiatives included
media campaigns or sports events, educational programmes in schools and colleges,
cultural exchanges, exhibitions and competitions. However, it is important that these activ-
ities should continue even in non-Olympic years. With this in mind, Olympic Solidarity
offers the NOCs assistance programmes based on Olympic values in order to help them
to carry out their activities on an ongoing basis.
The IOC congresses on sport for all, women and sport, and culture and education, of
which Olympic Solidarity is a partner, all resulted in action plans being drawn up to enable
Olympic Solidarity to direct the NOCs in these areas and to help them to devise their
own medium- and long-term strategies. Olympic Solidarity will also refer to the IOC’s
general guidelines in order to advise NOCs wishing to create their own commissions and
develop national programmes during the next quadrennial plan.
Through the IOC Continental Seminar on Women and Sport, aimed at the Asian NOCs,
and the IOC Seminar on Sport and the Environment, Olympic Solidarity hopes to give
the NOC delegates the means to develop or deepen their knowledge, as well as share
their experiences so that they can launch programmes within their national sports
structure.
Sports Medicine
Promoting medical and

scientific knowledge
Objective : to develop and disseminate
scientific knowledge and techniques
The number of NOC activities carried out as part of the Sports Medicine in sports medicine.
programme was slightly lower than in 2007, almost certainly because the
2008 Budget : USD 675,000
NOCs were mainly concerned with preparing their delegations for the
Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing.
Nevertheless, 26 national, regional and continental sports medicine

courses were organised in the five continents, with the aim of improving
the scientific and practical skills of doctors, physiotherapists, teachers
and trainers.
Olympic Solidarity, having noted the small number of requests for educa-
tional scholarships during the first part of the quadrennial plan, decided to
alter the programme in order to offer greater flexibility to the NOCs. This
mid-plan change of format enabled the NOCs to receive, from 2007
onwards, financial assistance to help their representatives attend medical
congresses. The evaluation of the 2005–2008 quadrennial plan, carried
out by Olympic Solidarity in 2008, will result in this option being revised
for the 2009–2012 period.
The Sports Medicine programme has also been used to fund the purchase
and distribution to NOCs of specialist publications and encyclopaedias in
this field. These purchases are made and monitored by the IOC Medical and
Scientific Department, which also has full responsibility for managing the
Olympic Solidarity Sports Medicine programme. Finally, this programme
also includes a contribution to the administrative expenses and meeting costs ▲
of the continental Medical Commissions in connection with their activities Sports medicine course in Bangladesh
that benefit the NOCs.
Courses and educational scholarships by continent
Continent Participating NOCs Sports medicine Educational

courses scholarships
Africa 5 BUR, CIV, KEN, SWZ, ZIM 5 –

America 5 AHO, ECU, ESA, PAR, URU 4 2
Asia 4 BAN, HKG, IRI, TJK 4 –
Europe 18 ARM, CRO, CYP, EST, ESP, GEO, 11 9
GRE, LUX, LTU, MKD, MLT, NOR,
ROU, RUS, SLO, SRB, UKR, TUR
Oceania 4 AUS, KIR, NZL, SOL 2 2
Total 36 26 13
36 37
World Programmes
Sport and the Environment
An essential theme of
Objective: to encourage NOCs to be our awareness campaigns
actively involved in the field of sport and
environment, and to undertake, implement
and adopt programmes and initiatives, The number of requests received from NOCs for the organisation of indi-
using sport as a tool for sustainable
vidual initiatives was slightly higher in 2008 than in the other years of the
development.
plan. However, various obstacles, linked to a lack of technical expertise and
2008 Budget : USD 280,000 experience, continue to prevent many NOCs from participating fully in this
programme.
The two seminars organised by the IOC during this Olympic year were
designed to help the NOCs to fill these gaps and improve their training, as
well as to organise effective activities at national level. The first seminar, which
was open to all Asian NOCs, took place on 28 and 29 March in Incheon
( Republic of Korea ) and was attended by 26 NOCs. The second, a regional
seminar, was held on 28 and 29 November in Medellín ( Colombia ) and
attracted 15 Spanish-speaking NOCs.
As for individual initiatives, certain types of project remain popular, includ-

ing awareness campaigns on themes linked to sport and the environment,
the organisation of sports events with an environmental slant, the trans-
lation of specialist material and the celebration of an environment day
involving athletes and other personalities from the world of sport. Some
NOCs also set up long-term structured programmes, such as the drafting
of specific guidelines for certain events or sports, or the organisation of
specialist seminars on new “green” techniques for the construction and
maintenance of sports infrastructures.
▲
Individual NOC initiatives
Clean-up campaign in Togo
Continent Accepted
Africa 5 BDI, LES, SLE, TAN, TOG
America 3 CHI, ECU, VIN
Asia – –
Europe 7 ARM, CRO, DEN, EST, LAT, MKD, TUR
Oceania 4 COK, FSM, MHL, PLW
Total 19
The emblem of the IOC Sport

and Environment Commission
Women and Sport
Promoting equality in sport,

still a priority Objective: to encourage NOCs to
launch, implement and reinforce a
series of actions in order to promote
The 4th edition of the World Conference on Women and Sport was held awareness of women in sport and
to increase their participation both
from 8 to 10 March 2008 in the Middle East, in Jordan to be precise. Based
in practice and in management.
on the theme “Sport as a vehicle for social change”, several days of pre-
sentations, discussions and debates culminated in the drafting of the Dead 2008 Budget : USD 375,000
Sea Plan of Action. The 600 participants, representing the Olympic
Movement, governments, NGOs and other specialist institutions, included
delegates from the 47 NOCs that received financial assistance from Olympic
Solidarity.
Another key event on the 2008 calendar was the 3rd IOC Continental
Seminar on Women and Sport. Following Cairo in 2006 and Miami in
2007, Kuala Lumpur staged this event from 26 to 29 November. Olympic
Solidarity covered the participation costs of one delegate from each of the
34 Asian NOCs that attended.
Both of these events provided a chance to recognise the progress that has
been made in this area, as well as to note how much work still needs to
be done in order to promote equality in sport at all levels. At the same time,
the NOCs’ activities at national level continued in the form of individual
initiatives, including seminars, targeted training courses and awareness
campaigns. A number of delegates from each continent also attended the
ANOC General Assembly in Beijing in April 2008 thanks to this assistance
programme.
Continent Accepted
Africa 8 BEN, CGO, CHA, KEN, MAD, MAR, SEN, SEY
America 8 ARG, BAR, CHI, GRN, MEX ( 2 ), PER, VIN
Asia 3 JPN, KAZ, TJK
Europe 6 ARM, GER, LAT, MDA, MKD, ROU
Oceania 6 FIJ, FSM, PLW ( 2 ), TGA, VAN
Total 31
▲
▲
Women and sport regional

seminar in Seychelles
▲
“My Big Chance” women and

sport activities in Latvia
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World Programmes
Sport for All
Sport and a healthy lifestyle

go hand-in-hand
Objective: to promote sport in general
and the practice of physical activities
throughout all levels of society. Thanks to financial assistance from Olympic Solidarity, delegates from
38 NOCs ( of the 45 that were invited ) were among the 500 participants
2008 Budget : USD 500,000
in the 12th edition of the World Sport for All Congress, held in Genting
Highlands ( Malaysia ). This biennial event was organised from 3 to 6
November by the Malaysian NOC, under the patronage of the IOC and
its Sport for All Commission, in collaboration with the World Health
Organisation and the General Association of International Sports Federations.
The Congress programme included topical themes linked to sport for all :
young people, information technology, ageing populations and social
justice. In addition, various NOCs described the activities they are carrying
out in their respective countries during a session devoted to the Olympic
and Sports Movement. The benefits of the whole population practising
sport were widely recognised by the Congress participants, who urged
governments and public authorities to take measures to promote physical
activity and a healthier lifestyle.
The Congress also recognised the role of the Olympic and Sports Movement
in this area. NOCs’ individual initiatives, such as sports events for the
general population, the promotion of traditional sports and schools pro-
grammes, continued in 2008, benefiting from the momentum created
by the Olympic Games. The Olympic Day Run also remains popular, with
160 NOCs saying they planned to organise an event in 2008, 138 of which
submitted a report.
Continent Accepted
Africa 3 CGO, LBR, LES
America 2 ECU, GRN
Asia 1 BAN
Europe 3 FIN, LAT, MKD
Oceania 4 COK, FSM, NZL, PLW
▲ Total 13
▲
(Right to left) HRH Tunku Imran

and Walther Troeger, IOC members,
and Christophe Dubi, IOC Sports Director,
during the Sport for All Congress
in Malaysia
▲
Olympic Day Run in Cayman Islands

International Olympic Academy
The IOA, at the heart of

its educational role Objective: to educate, spread and
protect the ideals of the Olympic
Movement and encourage NOCs and
NOAs to send participants to the
At various points during 2008, students and professionals from the Olympic different sessions of the IOA, in order
and Sports Movement participated in the annual programme of the to study and implement educational
International Olympic Academy ( IOA ) in a very special location : Olympia, and social principles of Olympism.
birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games. 2008 Budget : USD 500,000
The 9th Joint International Session for NOA presidents or directors and
NOC officials took place from 12 to 19 May and enabled more than 110
participants to enhance their expertise and knowledge about Olympism,
and particularly to share their experiences with each other. The session was
based on the theme “ National Olympic Committees : the cultural and
educational dimension of the Olympic Movement” in recognition of the
fundamental role played by the NOCs in promoting Olympic values.
A month later, from 11 to 25 June, 147 young people ( aged between 20

and 35 ) travelled to Greece to take part in the 48th IOA International
Session for Young Participants. The two-week session involved presenta-
tions, debates and discussions on the theme of “Humanism and the Olympic
Movement”.
Olympic Solidarity continued to work in partnership with the IOA by

covering the travel costs of one representative from each NOA attending
the first session and the registration fee and half the travel costs of one
participant for the second session. It also helps to fund translation costs,
the annual Olympic studies seminar for postgraduate students and the
broadcast of the sessions on the Internet. ▲
IOA premises in Olympia

© IOC/Yo Nagaya
IOA Annual Sessions
Continent 9th Joint International Session 48th International Session

for NOA presidents or directors for Young Participants
and NOC officials
NOCs which benefited from Olympic Solidarity support
Africa 15 17
America 10 19
Asia 8 23
Europe 11 33
Oceania 1 2
Total 45 94
40 41
World Programmes
Culture and Education
Educating the current generation

Objective : to encourage NOCs through the Olympic values
and their NOAs to be actively involved
in the promotion of Culture and Olympic
Education and to undertake, implement The educational and cultural aspect of Olympism, which goes hand-in-hand
and adopt programmes and initiatives
with the sporting element, has always been a key part of this movement
in this field.
and helps to make it unique. With the first Youth Olympic Games taking
2008 Budget : USD 650,000 place in 2010, the activities and programmes conducted in this field,
particularly those aimed at young people, continue to grow in importance.
During this Olympic year, the Culture and Education programme enjoyed
continued, even increasing levels of success. More and more NOCs and
National Olympic Academies ( NOAs ) are launching regular initiatives to
support Olympic education, particularly in schools and sports clubs.
Youngsters are therefore learning that Olympism involves not only elite
sport, but also universal values such as respect, excellence, solidarity and
fair play. At the same time, the cultural aspect has enabled the public to
learn about the Olympic Movement through exhibitions and competitions.
Meanwhile, the 6th World Forum on Sport, Education and Culture, held
in Busan ( Republic of Korea ) from 25 to 27 September 2008, provided an
opportunity to review the implementation of the various projects currently
under way. The participants, representing the Olympic family, government
agencies, NGOs, the United Nations, etc., adopted a strategy for the future
in the form of the Busan Action Plan. Delegates from 35 NOCs ( out of
45 that were invited ) were able to participate thanks to the financial
support of Olympic Solidarity.
Continent Accepted
Africa 10 BDI, BUR, CGO, CHA, LBR, MLI, MRI, EGY, ERI, UGA
America 7 CHI, ESA, GRN, PER, TRI, VEN, VIN
Asia 3 IRI, SRI, TJK
Europe 14 ALB, ARM, BLR, CRO, CZE, EST, FIN (2), FRA, LAT, MKD, MLT, MNE, SVK
Oceania 4 AUS, COK, FSM, NZL
Total 38
▲
▲
VI World Forum on Sport, Education

and Culture in Busan, Korea
▲
Culture and education event

in Czech Republic
NOC Legacy
Our Olympic heritage is a credit

to every country
Objective: to encourage NOCs to
preserve their national Olympic
During this Olympic year, Olympic Solidarity noted a revival of interest and sport history and heritage.
among the NOCs in the conservation and, more particularly, the promotion
2008 Budget : USD 500,000
of Olympic heritage. For example, some NOCs took advantage of the
excitement generated by the Games of the XXIX Olympiad by organising
exhibitions ( e.g. philately ) or other events that provided an opportunity
to share the enthusiasm of the athletes and the pride of the delegations
who were travelling to Beijing, carried along by the population of their
respective countries.
The Olympic Games, as well as many other key dates in the NOCs’ calen-
dar, seem to encourage celebration of the past and of previous achievements,
such as through commemorative events and publications. It is necessary to
look back at what has been accomplished historically in order that the
NOCs can move forward on solid foundations.
Talking of the future, it is also important to note all the technological

advances that make it possible to conserve and preserve equipment,
archives and photographs more effectively, as well as the increasingly
interactive presentation techniques available to museums. A good number
of NOCs have begun or continued to develop museums, archives and
libraries, thus ensuring that their country’s Olympic and sporting heritage
is not forgotten, but shared with as many people as possible, whether the
public, researchers, teachers or schoolchildren.
▲
Individual NOC initiatives Olympic Museum in New Zealand
Continent Accepted
Africa 3 BDI, LES, ZIM
America 11 AHO, BAR ( 2 ), LCA, MEX, PER, PUR, URU, VEN ( 2 ), VIN
Asia 1 MAS
Europe 10 ARM, CRO, CZE, FRA ( 2 ), GBR, ISL, MKD, SMR, SVK
Oceania 4 FIJ, FSM, NZL, PLW
Total 29
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Continental Programmes
▼
Chinese diver Gao Min carries the Olympic
torch during the Opening Ceremony of
the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing
© Getty Images/Paul Gilham
Continental Associations choose

their own programmes
Following the positive impact of the decentralisation policy introduced during the
previous quadrennial plan, the Olympic Solidarity Commission decided to continue with
this process and to broaden the decentralisation of funding and operational decision-
making towards the Continental Associations of NOCs. This resulted in an increase in
the amount of funding allocated to the Continental Associations and in the possibility
for them to choose their own continental programmes and decide how they distribute
their budget.
In accordance with this decentralisation policy, each Continental Association therefore

decided which continental programmes to run, as well as its objectives and budgets, in
order to meet the specific needs and priorities of the continent concerned.
The continental programmes are implemented on the basis of specific procedures that
enable each Continental Association to draw up its own action plans in the most effective
way possible, including basic elements that need to be covered, such as the association’s
operational costs, assistance with the organisation of statutory meetings or individual
subsidies for NOCs for the development of their own national activity programmes.
The continental programmes are managed by the five Olympic Solidarity offices within
the Continental Associations, in full coordination with Olympic Solidarity’s international
office in Lausanne.
The reports prepared by each Continental Association are presented in the following
pages and summarise the activities carried out in 2008, taking into account the specific
characteristics of each continent.
ANOCA
Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa
President: Intendant General Lassana PALENFO
PASO
Pan-American Sports Organisation
President: Mr Mario VÁZQUEZ RAÑA
Secretary General: Mr Felipe MUÑOZ KAPAMAS
OCA
Olympic Council of Asia
President: Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad AL-SABAH
Secretary General: Raja Randhir SINGH
EOC
European Olympic Committees
President: Mr Patrick Joseph HICKEY
Secretary General: Mr Raffaele PAGNOZZI
ONOC
Oceania National Olympic Committees
President: Mr Richard Kevan GOSPER
Secretary General: Dr Robin MITCHELL
▼
Women’s fencing team epee

quarter-finals – 15th Asian
Games in Doha, Qatar
© Getty Images/Paul Gilham
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▼
Algerian Soraya Haddad, Olympic scholarship
holder and bronze medallist in the -52kg category –
© Getty Images /Nick Laham
Association of National Olympic

Committees of Africa (ANOCA)
Activities based at new Abuja headquarters
During 2008, as part of the 2005–2008 Olympic Solidarity quadrennial plan, ANOCA
continued to implement the various activities of its continental programme in the five
predefined fields, covering the Association’s administration, meetings and continental
activities (Olympafrica projects), Continental and Regional Games, and NOC activities.
However, the year was particularly marked by African athletes’ preparation for and par-
ticipation in the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing. By the end of this exceptional
edition of the Games, Africa had won 40 medals, beating its record of 35 medals won
at the Games in Sydney in 2000 and Athens in 2004.
Female athletes performed especially well, winning 17 medals ( 6 gold, 6 silver and 5
bronze ). Africa had the largest number of female flag-bearers ( 23 ), representing 44%
of the African NOCs. Even though there was a large imbalance between the numbers
of men and women participating, more female athletes took part than in previous
editions. In view of this qualitative and quantitative progress, African sport deserves to
be afforded greater attention by the decision-makers, which is why it is important for
the Olympic Movement to collaborate with African governments.
ANOCA’s visibility increased in 2008 thanks to the strengthening of its communication

policy through its website www.anoca.info and the publication of its electronic
newsletter ANOCA UPDATE and magazine ANOCA Magazine. For the Games in Beijing,
ANOCA set up a special website, www.acnoabeijing-2008, devoted exclusively to the
Games and the performances of African athletes. ANOCA now expects to continue its
efforts in this area, aware of the importance of this indispensable tool for the develop-
ment and promotion of its activities. At international level, ANOCA also took steps to
maintain and increase its cooperation with institutional partners, which gives ANOCA
a leading role in the Olympic family.
In 2008, the total budget allocated to ANOCA programmes was USD 3,877,500. At the
Association’s request, and pending the ongoing creation of the final structures at the
organisation’s headquarters in Abuja ( Nigeria ), part of this budget was managed by
Olympic Solidarity.
ANOCA
Administration
ANOCA now runs all its activities from its new headquarters in Abuja. The budget
allocated to administration in 2008 covers the running costs of the head-
quarters and the organisation of ordinary and extraordinary meetings of the
Executive Committee. It also covers the mission and travel costs of senior offi-
cials. However, the fall in the value of the dollar has affected ANOCA’s income.
ANOCA is studying ways of finding new sources of revenue and eliminating
certain limiting or cumbersome factors in its administrative structure.
2008 Budget : USD 885,000
Meetings
ANOCA organised or participated in various institutional meetings in 2008,
including the 33rd session of the Executive Committee, held at the ANOCA
headquarters in Abuja in January. The Extraordinary General Assembly was
held in Beijing in April, alongside the ANOC meetings. The Executive
Committee also held an informal session during the Olympic Games in
Beijing in August. The committee of experts of the African Union met in
Tripoli ( Libya ) to discuss the restructuring of African sport and the possi-
ble transfer of responsibility for the All Africa Games to ANOCA, while
the sports ministers of the African Union and ANOCA representatives met
in Accra ( Ghana ) from 10 to 14 October. The city of Kampala ( Uganda )
hosted the seminar for Secretaries General of the African NOCs on 4 and ▲
▲
5 December. This meeting, which is designed to be interactive, gives the
Meeting of the ANOCA Executive
Secretaries General a chance to share their experiences and widen their net- Committee in Abuja, Nigeria
work of contacts. The next seminar will be held in 2009 in Ouagadougou
▲
(Burkina Faso). Finally, ANOCA played a very active role in the Olympic flame
Mario Vázquez Raña gives the ANOC
ceremony held on 13 April in Dar-Es-Salaam in Tanzania, the only African Merit Award to Moussa Aggrey,
country included on the relay route. President of the NOC of Chad, in front
of Jacques Rogge, IOC President
2008 Budget : USD 330,000
Continental activities
In the years when there are no Continental or Regional Games, continen-
tal activities focus mainly on the Olympafrica programme, which is prov-
ing very successful, with more than 30 NOCs currently benefiting from
these projects. In 2008, the ANOCA President visited the Olympafrica
Centre of the Mozambique NOC. The Centre is having an obvious impact
on local populations. In partnership with the UNWTO-STEP Foundation
based in Seoul, ANOCA intends, in the near future, to equip all its Olympafrica
Centres with small libraries for the schoolchildren who visit the Centres.
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NOC activities
These funds, managed directly by Olympic Solidarity, but under the
authority of ANOCA, represent the largest element of the quadrennial
budget. Each of the 53 African NOCs receives an annual sum of USD 50,000
to cover the cost of implementing its activities in the various fields considered
essential for its development.
NOC Type of activities carried out

ALG Participation in the Paralympic Games in Beijing.
ANG General Assembly ; activities relating to sport for all and sport and the environment ;
creation of sports administration manuals for sports leaders ; seminar on sport
and physical education ; workshop on the resolution of disputes in sport.
BDI Assistance to athletes ( training programmes and participation in competitions ) ;
organisation of national, regional and provincial championships ; organisation of activities
in favour of sport and peace ; seminars on the Olympic values ; participation in seminars
and meetings ; organisation of cultural activities to celebrate the NOC’s 15th anniversary.
BEN National Olympic week ; purchase of office equipment; participation in different
international meetings.
BOT Preparation for the Beijing Olympic Games.
BUR Assistance to national federations ( sports equipment and financial support ) ;
subsidy towards the publication of the NOC’s “Olymp Info ” magazine ; participation
of NOC officials in various events.
CAF Air tickets for two athletes participating in the All Africa Games ; NOC General Assembly ;
participation in ANOC General Assembly, ANOCA Secretaries General meeting in
Uganda, 2nd International Forum on Peace and Sport in Monaco, working meeting
between FIFA and national federations in Switzerland, IOA international session in
Greece, VIII NOA session ; information mission regarding the organisation of the
17th Central Africa Games in Brazzaville, Congo ; additional financial support for
▲ the organisation of technical courses ; subsidies to national federations.
▲
CGO Assistance to national federations ( fencing, swimming, table tennis ) ; seminar for
Participants in the International Sports
the promotion of Olympic education and culture ; seminars for sports leaders ;
Convention in Abuja
equipment for the NOC conference room ; participation of the Secretary General in
▲ the ANOCA General Assembly ; IT development ( creation of an athlete database ).
Constitutional General Assembly CHA Purchase of office and sports equipment ; construction of a water hole at the NOC
of the Association of NOAs of Africa headquarters ; preparation of the Elective General Assembly ; organisation of
in Gammarth, Tunisia a level 1 course in applied sport sciences.
CIV Support for preparation of athletes for Olympic Games, purchase of the House
of National Federations, NOC commissions and national federations.
CMR Purchase of furniture for the new NOC office ; regional development work ;
NOA General Assembly ; seminars for Olympic club leaders ; working meeting for
the Olympic education programmes ; activities in favour of national federations.
COM 1st Olympic week for schools and universities in collaboration with the National
Education Ministry ; preparation for and participation in the Olympic Games ; 6th Games
of the Indian Ocean Commission for Youth and Sport ; assistance to national federations ;
participation in forums and congresses ; NOA ; renovation and creation of sports
infrastructures ; creation of centres for talented young athletes on each island and
organisation of talent identification activities ; organisation of conferences and forums
to promote the Olympic values ; NOC General Assembly ; assistance for the NOC
website and publications.
CPV Lusophony Games in Macau and Olympic Games in Beijing.
DJI Reports on the use of the 2008 activities budget have not yet been received.
EGY Purchase of sports equipment.
ANOCA
( cont.)

ERI Assistance to send the cycling team to the African continental championships.
ETH Ethiopian boxing and taekwondo federations: assistance for participation in African
qualifying competitions for the Olympic Games in Beijing ; support for Ethiopian
Paralympic Committee for participation in the weightlifting competition in Egypt ;
purchase of sports equipment for the government’s inter-university sports competitions ;
purchase of trophies and medals for the Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Union
inter-sport competitions.
GAB Support for national federations ; purchase of electronic scoring equipment for
the national basketball federation, organising the first national championships ;
purchase of sports equipment for the national handball federation and of audiovisual
equipment for the NOC headquarters ; organisation of a sports medicine seminar on
the theme “massage”; organisation of a press conference concerning the participation
of the national team in the Olympic Games.
GAM Installation and maintenance of wireless IT systems ; NOC programmes ( mass sports,
national clean-up exercises, etc. ) ; support for national associations ; special sports
programmes ; meetings, conferences and seminars ; infrastructure support.
GBS Payment of ANOCA subscription fee ; sports equipment for national federations ;
participation in Olympic Games.
GEQ Support for Olympafrica Centre.
GHA Staff training programme ; Olympic education programme for schools, including Olympic
quiz on television ; financial management seminar for presidents and general secretaries
of sports associations ; anti-doping workshop ; search for young talent in schools ;
sports equipment for educational institutions.
GUI Educating school and university students about Olympic culture and the promotion
of women in sport ; seminar on Olympism ; women’s basketball and volleyball galas ;
cross country race ; renovation, equipping and official opening of the NOA headquarters.
KEN –
LBA –
LBR Education on Olympism ; National University Games ; workshop for Olympic clubs in
36 high schools; AIDS awareness campaign in connection with special basketball activities.
LES Publicity costs, website and newsletter ; travel and development ; ▲
Annual General Assembly ; other activities. ▲
MAD Assistance to national federations for their participation in international competitions Refugee camp in Kintele, Congo
and national development programmes ; assistance to officials and referees for their
▲
participation in examinations for various high-level qualifications ; spreading of
the Olympic ideal and values in the different regions of Madagascar. Annual Sports Festival in Karatu,
Tanzania
MAR Purchase of sports equipment.
MAW Annual General Assembly and various committee meetings ; national sports competitions ;
Olympafrica project ; meetings with and subsidies for national federations.
MLI Participation in the Olympic Games ; participation of the NOC in the use of five stadiums
recently constructed by the government ; purchase of sports equipment for various
regional sports associations ; continuation of the 3E programme.
MOZ Operating costs for the Olympafrica Centre in Boane ; preparation and participation
of the delegation in the Olympic Games in Beijing ; technical assistance for the
Olympafrica Centres in Boane and Manica.
MRI Assistance for national federations ; organisation of a national women and sport seminar ;
sports administrators’ courses in Mauritius and Rodrigues ; NOA regional and national
seminars.
MTN Olympic Day ( bringing together young people from the suburbs of Nouakchott for sports
activities, athletics competitions and cultural activities to promote the Olympic values ) ;
purchase of trophies and sports equipment ; other activities.
NAM Preparation of athletes for the Beijing Olympic Games; assistance to national federations.
NGR Course for sports journalists.
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NIG Repairs to the stands at the Olympafrica Centre; construction of a metal garage
for the NOC bus ; waterproofing of NOC office, stands and garage ; building of WCs
and showers at the Olympafrica Centre ; air tickets for two delegates to participate
in the ANOC General Assembly in Beijing.
RSA Zone VI under-20 championships in Potchefstroom, involving 143 South African athletes ;
workshop for national federation coaches to constitute the NOC Coaches Commission.
RWA Assistance to national federations for the training of coaches and referees, as well
as the preparation, participation and purchase of sports equipment for the Olympic
Games ( athletics, cycling, swimming and handisports ) ; assistance to the national athletics
federation for the organisation of the 4th International Marathon for Peace ; assistance
to the national cycling federation for the 10th tour of Rwanda ; assistance to the national
Sport for All association ; statutory meetings of the NOC ; payment of an expert athletics coach.
SEN Preparation and participation of the Olympic Games delegation in Beijing.
SEY Preparation of athletes for qualification competitions for the Olympic Games in Beijing ;
NOA assistance.
SLE Purchase of sports equipment ; support for Olympic Games in Beijing ( participation
in regional competitions, etc. ).
▲ SOM Assistance to national federations ; MEMOS delegates’ travel expenses ; Annual General
Assembly ; equipment and furniture ; NOC sessions.
South African Olympic scholarship holder
Shaun Rubenstein during the heats – STP Activities relating to the preparation of the delegation for participation in the Olympic
Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing Games in Beijing.
© Getty Images /Jed Jacobsohn SUD Support for national federations holding national championships ; local training
for coaches ; purchase of sports equipment ; funding for the 11 NOC commissions ;
NOA activities ; preparing swimmers for the Olympic Games in Beijing ;
maintenance of the NOC headquarters.
SWZ –
TAN Karatu annual sports festival ; Annual General Assembly ; women and sport seminar ;
Olympafrica Centre.
TOG Activities organised in Sotouboua, Dapaong, Tohoun and Lomé ( to be champions
of the environment : clean-up of sports facilities and planting of trees by schoolchildren,
introduction to different sports for disabled people, social integration of disabled people
through cultural and environmental activities ).
TUN Course for waterpolo judges and referees ; seminars and events ; purchase of sports
equipment.
UGA Assistance for national federations ( athletics, badminton, boxing, table tennis,
weightlifting, swimming ) ; air tickets to attend various events ; organisation
of NOC statutory meetings.
ZAM Equipment and assistance for national federations ; General Assembly and Executive
Board meetings ; camp for Youth Games ; logistical expenses for meetings and
2011 All Africa Games preparations ; uniforms for Olympic Games ; IT requirements ;
audit / accounting fees.
ZIM Executive Board meeting ; NOC forum and General Assembly ; Bulawayo stakeholders
meetings ; commission expenses ; organisation of the greatest race on earth ;
Olympic Day Run ; IOC and NOA activities ; Olympic sports centre ; national federation
skills development ; NOC strategic plan review.
2008 Budget : USD 2,650,000

ANOCA
Special projects
The funds allocated to this programme, although modest, are used to
support specific humanitarian aid projects. ANOCA, like any credible and
respectable organisation, is aware of its social responsibilities and, in
partnership with the IOC and the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ), plans to finance projects in refugee
camps in Kenya, Malawi and Chad. For some time already, it has been
working with its partners to mobilise the funds needed to implement
these projects.
2008 Budget : USD 12,500
Report by Intendant General Lassana Palenfo, President

▼
Kadiatou Camara of Mali,

Olympic scholarship holder,
in the 200m heats – Games of
© Getty Images /Stu Forster
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Olympic scholarship holder Usain Bolt of Jamaica
breaks the world record and wins the gold medal in
the 200 m – Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing
© Getty Images/Michael Steele
Pan-American Sports
Organisation (PASO)
Support focused on athlete preparation
In 2008, PASO and its 42 member NOCs mainly concentrated their efforts on preparing
the athletes for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing, evaluating the quadrennial
period 2005–2008, and developing a strategic plan for the period 2009–2012.
The work accomplished over the previous years, thanks to the world and continental
programmes as well as the special support programme financed by PASO’s own funds,
considerably helped the NOCs to prepare their athletes for the Olympic Games. The high-
level technical courses continental programme, in place from 2002 to 2006, contributed
to raising the qualification level of the coaches of the 42 member NOCs. Finally, PASO
allocated the amount of USD 100,000 from its own funds to each NOC for it to pre-
pare its athletes in the best possible way.
The results obtained at the Beijing Olympic Games by the American NOCs measure up
to the resources invested. We can confirm that, through both the number of athletes
qualified and the number of finalists and medals obtained, the results of the American
NOCs at the Beijing Olympic Games were the best in history.
In 2008, as during the previous four years, PASO and its 42 NOCs continued their efforts
to strengthen and improve the methods and practices aimed at guaranteeing efficient
control and transparency in using the financial resources allocated by Olympic Solidarity.
On the American continent, the situation is very positive, and PASO is aware of the need
to act with responsibility and transparency as regards managing the funds allocated to
each activity set up by the NOCs. Solid bases have been established for more efficient
work, which is producing better results.
PASO
The continental programmes and the additional resources from the PASO funds have
had an obvious impact and demonstrated the positive influence of Olympic Solidarity
on the activities of the American NOCs. Thus, this support has become of great assis-
tance for the running of the NOCs, particularly those which have limited resources or
which receive very little or even no financial assistance from the governments of their
countries.
The coordination of activities and collaboration between the Olympic Solidarity office
in Lausanne and that of PASO allowed for the efficient implementation of Olympic
Solidarity programmes on the American continent, meaning valuable support and an
increase in benefits for the NOCs.
In 2008, PASO managed all the Olympic Solidarity continental programmes for America
with an overall budget of USD 3,915,000.
▼
Cuban Olympic scholarship

holder Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo
(right), silver medallist in light
welter weight, and his opponent
Driss Moussaid of Morocco –
Games of the XXIX Olympiad
in Beijing
© Getty Images/Clive Rose
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Administration
This subsidy was used mainly to pay the salaries of the staff members,
running costs and the administrative activities of the PASO office.
2008 Budget : USD 400,000
Continental meetings
This programme served as a basis for the organisation and smooth run-
ning of the various PASO meetings in 2008. The PASO General Assembly,
organised in October in Acapulco ( Mexico ) and in which the 42 member
NOCs participated, adopted important decisions for the future of the
organisation. Another important meeting was the 3rd Pan-American
Sports Conference, also in October in Acapulco, at which the NOCs and
governments of American countries decided to strengthen and extend
their cooperation. Finally, the two annual meetings of the PASO Executive
Committee were held in Guadalajara ( Mexico ) and Acapulco. Besides
the above-mentioned events in Acapulco, these meetings focused
their attention on the organisation of the XVI Pan-American Games in
Guadalajara in 2011.
2008 Budget : USD 300,000
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▲
ODEPA XLVI General Assembly
in Acapulco, Mexico
As 2008 was the year of the Beijing Olympic Games, specific continental
▲
activities, such as those carried out in 2006 and 2007, with high-level
Continental course in handball
seminars and technical improvement courses, did not take place. Efforts
in Mexico
and human and financial resources were indeed focused on the prepara-
tion of the delegations and athletes of the PASO-member NOCs.
2008 Budget : USD 1,115,000

PASO
NOC activities
This programme, aimed at lending support to each of the NOCs’ own
activities depending on their specific needs, was run in accordance with
the rules established by PASO. The funds, USD 50,000 per NOC, were
distributed twice, half-yearly, and each NOC gave an account of its activities
through its reports on using the finances allocated by this programme,
which serves as a basis for granting the corresponding financial resources.
In 2008, the NOCs used the allocated funds mainly for preparing their
athletes for the Beijing Olympic Games, their presence at preparatory
events, organising national courses and seminars, transport to competi-
tion venues, participation in training camps, hiring coaches and acquiring
sports equipment for the preparation of their athletes.
2008 Budget : USD 2,100,000

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Dalia Contreras Rivero of

Venezuela, Olympic scholarship
holder and bronze medallist in the
taekwondo -49kg category, in her
coach's arms – Games of the
© Getty Images /Jamie Squire
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Olympic scholarship holder Jia Wei Li
won the second ever Olympic medal for
Singapore and first ever in table tennis –
© Getty Images/Bongarts/Vladimir Rys
Olympic Council of Asia (OCA)
Olympic podiums for Asian athletes
The numerous activities managed by the OCA in 2008 culminated in the highly
successful Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing, at which 132 Olympic records and
43 world records were broken. Nineteen of the 87 NOCs whose athletes won medals
were from Asia. These Games resulted in the first ever Olympic medals for Afghanistan
and Tajikistan, the first ever gold medals for Bahrain and Mongolia, and the first ever
individual gold medal for India. As the NOCs were very busy with their various activ-
ities, especially with the Beijing Olympic Games, Olympic Solidarity and the OCA jointly
decided to postpone the Regional Forums until 2009.
The inauguration of the new OCA headquarters is scheduled in Kuwait on 15 March 2009.
Following the inauguration, the OCA will organise a three-day sports science congress.
The OCA, in coordination with the World Anti-Doping Agency ( WADA ) headquarters
and its regional office in Tokyo ( Japan ), established a regional anti-doping office in
Kuwait, which will work in close cooperation with the office in Tokyo. The OCA is
extremely confident that this new office in Kuwait will help to raise public awareness
about doping and assist in the global fight against doping.
The OCA managed and funded all of the Olympic Solidarity continental programmes,
with a budget of USD 3,474,750.
OCA
Administration
The grant provided by Olympic Solidarity was used for the day-to-day
functioning of the OCA temporary headquarters, which particularly included
expenses linked to communication, transport, staff salaries, rent, main-
tenance, upgrading of the website, the Internet and office modernisation.
2008 Budget : USD 554,750
OCA meetings and

Standing Committee activities
Through this programme, the OCA organised/participated in the follow-
ing meetings/events in 2008 :
Date Event / meeting Place

05–06.01 Follow-up meeting with the Preparatory Committee for
the 2nd Asian Beach Games, Muscat 2010 Muscat
14–15.01 Transfer Of Knowledge meeting between the OCA, 2nd Asian
Indoor Games Organising Committee, Macau 2007, and 1st Asian
Beach Games Organising Committee, Bali 2008 Bali
17.01 Asian Games Fun Run Hanoi
17–18.01 Transfer Of Knowledge meeting between the OCA, 2nd Asian
Indoor Games Organising Committee, Macau 2007, and
3rd Asian Indoor Games Organising Committee, Vietnam 2009 Hanoi
20.01 Coordination Committee with the Preparatory Committee for
the 2nd Asian Beach Games, Muscat 2010 Muscat ▲
▲
30.01 OCA President inaugurates the new Macau NOC headquarters Macau
27th OCA General Assembly
31.01 Inaugural meeting of the Steering Committee for Incheon’s
Vision 2014 programme Macau ▲
01.02 Signing Ceremony of 16th Asian Games marketing agreement Guangzhou Chefs de Mission meeting for
04.02 1st OCA Sports Science Congress : preparatory meeting with the 1st Asian Beach Games
the Iranian NOC President Tehran
08–11.02 Meeting of the West Asian regional anti-doping offices Amman
11–12.02 2nd seminar on the autonomy of the Olympic and Sport Movement Lausanne
27.02 Follow-up meeting with Preparatory Committee for the
2nd Asian Beach Games, Muscat 2010 Muscat
16–19.03 Visit to WADA regional office Tokyo
20–21.03 OCA Sports Committee Chairman’s visit to NOC of Turkmenistan Ashgabat
23–24.03 Meeting with the Preparatory Committee of the 7th Asian Winter Almaty and
Games, Almaty 2011 Astana
26.03 Marketing meeting Guangzhou
02.04 Second meeting of the Steering Committee for Incheon’s
Vision 2014 programme Bangkok
03.04 52nd OCA Executive Board meeting Bangkok
05–10.04 XVI ANOC General Assembly Beijing
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Date Event / meeting Place

08–09.04 Joint meeting between the OCA, Bali Asian Indoor Games
Organising Committee and technical delegates of Asian Federations Bali
28.04 Mascot launching ceremony for the 16th Asian Games,
Guangzhou 2010 Guangzhou
29–30.04 4th meeting of Coordination Committee for Guangzhou 2010
Asian Games Guangzhou
13–16.05 Meeting of the South Asian regional anti-doping offices Manila
21–24.05 71st AIPS Congress and OCA Media Committee meeting Beijing
21–22.05 Follow-up meeting with Preparatory Committee for the 1st Asian
Youth Games, Singapore 2009 Singapore
24–28.05 5th meeting of the International Intergovernmental Consultative
Group on Anti-Doping Seoul
25–26.05 Visit of CCTV delegates for new OCA headquarters opening ceremony Kuwait
04.06 1st preparatory meeting for 2009 OCA Congress Bangkok
06.06 Athletes Committee meeting Bali
06.06 Culture and Education Committee meeting Bali
06.06 Sport and Environment Committee meeting Bali
07.06 Chefs de Mission meeting for the 1st Asian Beach Games, Bali 2009 Bali
08.06 OCA Women’s Committee meeting Bali
11.06 Launch ceremony for logo of the 2nd Asian Beach Games,
Muscat 2010 Muscat
11.06 Peace Through Sport Committee meeting Muscat
18–20.06 Follow-up meeting with Organising Committee for the 3rd
Asian Beach Games, Haiyang 2012 Haiyang
01–03.07 Follow-up meeting with Preparatory Committee for the
1st Asian Youth Games, Singapore 2009 Singapore
12.07 Meeting between OCA President and Organising Committee
▲ for the 2nd Asian Beach Games, Muscat 2010 Muscat
▲
Coordination Committee of the 16th 13–14.07 Meeting between OCA President, NOC of Thailand and Sports
Asian Games in Guangzhou (China) Minister (1st Asian Martial Arts Games, Thailand 2009 ) Bangkok
29.07 Joint meeting between IOC, OCA, Iraqi NOC and government officials Lausanne
▲
08–24.08 Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing 2008 Beijing
Signing ceremony of the Host City
Contract and commercial rights release 30–31.08 Meeting of the OCA Medical Committee and Anti-Doping
for the 1st Youth Asian Games Commission Bali
in Singapore 04.09 2nd preparatory meeting for 2009 OCA Congress Dubai
06.09 OCA Sport Congress meeting Dubai
18.10 Finance Committee meeting Bali
18.10 Rules Committee meeting Bali
20.10 53rd OCA Executive Board meeting Bali
21.10 27th OCA General Assembly Bali
11.11 5th meeting of Coordination Committee for Guangzhou Asian Games Guangzhou
12.11 Guangzhou 2-year countdown ceremony Guangzhou
27.11 Women and Sport seminar Kuala Lumpur
05.12 East Asian Games, 1-year countdown Hong Kong
15.12 3rd OCA preparatory meeting for 2009 OCA Congress Kuwait
2008 Budget : USD 450,000

OCA
Olympasia Projects
The Olympasia projects in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
and Yemen were completed during 2008, while the projects in Bangladesh,
Bhutan and Pakistan are still in progress. The project in the Maldives is
currently in a tendering process. The OCA is waiting for documents from
the NOCs of Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon and Tajikistan concerning
pending projects.
2008 Budget : USD 200,000
Asian Games Fun Run

The philosophy of the Asian Games Fun Run is to spread the message of
the Asian Games to every corner of Asia. The OCA’s aim is to encourage
the general population, especially young people, to participate in the runs
in order to increase awareness of the Asian Games and their values and
objectives, i.e. not only competitions but exchanges between the various
cultures and societies of Asia. In 2008, the only Fun Run was held in Hanoi
( Vietnam ) on 17 January.
2008 Budget : USD 50,000
▲
▲
OCA Special Projects Olympic scholarship holder Aliya Yussupova

of Kazakhstan competes in the individual
The OCA has contributed financially to the crime and drug prevention all-around qualification round – Games of
programme run by the United Nations International Drug Control Office. © Getty Images/Jamie Squire
▲
2008 Budget : USD 50,000 New headquarters of the NOC of Sri Lanka
which benefited from the support of the
Olympasia programme
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Continental and Regional Games

The 11th South Asian Federation ( SAF ) Games were supposed to be held
in Dhaka ( Bangladesh ) in 2008, but have now been postponed until the
end of 2009. Funds from this programme were used to cover some of the
meetings held in cities that will stage future continental games, such as Bali
( Indonesia ), Guangzhou ( China ) and Muscat ( Oman ).
After their successful participation in the Beijing Olympic Games, Asian

NOCs celebrated the inaugural Asian Beach Games, held in Bali from 18
to 26 October 2008. Preparations for the 3rd Asian Indoor Games in
Vietnam in 2009 are under way. The OCA Coordination Committee vis-
ited Vietnam to observe the progress made by the host cities, Hanoi and
Ho Chi Minh.
The 52nd OCA Executive Board meeting held in Bangkok ( Thailand ) in

April unanimously approved the holding of the 1st Asian Youth Games in
Singapore from 30 June to 6 July 2009. The OCA, in coordination with the
Singapore Asian Youth Games Organising Committee, will shortly finalise
the competition programme. These Games will be a precursor to the Youth
Olympic Games to be held in Singapore in 2010.
The OCA Executive Board also approved the holding of the 1st Asian
Martial Arts Games in Bangkok in early 2009. The Games will include
martial arts from around the world and indigenous martial arts from Asia.
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▲
2008 Budget : USD 20,000
OCA President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad
Al-Sabah talks during the Opening
Ceremony of the 1st Asian Beach Games
in Nusa Dua, Indonesia
© Getty Images /Cameron Spencer
NOC activities
▲
Indian delegation during the Closing The OCA granted USD 50,000 to each member NOC in two equal instal-
Ceremony of the 1st Asian Beach Games ments paid in January and July. The NOCs used these funds to purchase
© Getty Images /Quinn Rooney office and sports equipment, attend various competitions and meetings,
cover salaries, rent, etc.
2008 Budget : USD 2,150,000

( excluding funds for the NOC of Timor Leste )
OCA
Report by Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, President

▼
North Korean Olympic scholarship

holder Choe Kum Hui and her
compatriot Kim Un Hyang during
the synchronised 10 m platform
diving event – Games of the XXIX
Olympiad in Beijing
© Getty Images /Jed Jacobsohn
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(Right to left) Victoria Tereshuk of Ukraine
and Lena Schoeneborn of Germany, both Olympic
scholarship holders, and Great Britian’s Heather Fell,
medallists in the modern pentathlon – Games of
© Getty Images/Clive Rose
The European Olympic

Committees (EOC)
Four years of effort well rewarded
During 2008, an Olympic Games year, NOCs were able to see the fruits of four years
of hard work. The EOC’s activities were therefore essentially aimed at offering its
members the best possible support for Beijing. This support was primarily given by
means of the annual Seminar for Secretaries General and Chefs de Mission. From this
year, this seminar was completely redesigned as a more interactive communication
platform that better meets the participants’ needs. It was renamed the “EOC Seminar”.
After being successfully tested in Riga ( Latvia ) in spring 2007, it was definitively launched
in Sorrento ( Italy ) in May 2008 and received a positive response from all European
NOCs and stakeholders.
2008 is also the last year of the four-year Olympic Solidarity Continental Programme.
Although final results are still to be consolidated, the EOC believes that the outcome
will be more than positive, despite the chronic weakness of the dollar and the general
increase in inflation across Europe, which have eaten up the increase in the budget for
the quadrennial plan, obliging the EOC to work hard at optimising the resources
available. In spite of these difficulties, the European NOCs have had the opportunity
to benefit fully from the resources made available to them, both directly and indirectly.
As in the past, the EOC has continued to support its members in their preparations for
the European Youth Olympic Festival ( EYOF ) and the Games of the Small States of
Europe (GSSE), as well as for the forthcoming Olympic Games ( Vancouver and London ).
It has contributed to the further development and modernisation of its 49 members,
acted as a supportive go-between with all bodies of the Olympic Movement and closely
monitored the activities of the European Union and other bodies influencing European
sport.
EOC
Benefiting from the experience it has gained in running the programme and the
excellent team spirit that has developed between the Lausanne and Rome offices, the
EOC is confident that the services offered to the NOCs have greatly improved and will
continue to do so throughout the next quadrennial plan.
The 2008 EOC/ Olympic Solidarity Continental Programme continued to operate in an

efficient way to benefit the 49 members of the EOC. The EOC maintained the level of
funding of all activities directly benefiting the European NOCs. Again, as in the past, most
of the EOC’s investments continue to go towards direct support for the NOCs’ activi-
ties and special projects. Other EOC activities indirectly assist the members through
their participation in different meetings. A further part is devoted to the organisation
of “institutional” meetings, such as the General Assembly and the EOC Seminar in its
new format.
In line with modern-day good governance practices and to ensure ever greater trans-
parency and efficiency, the EOC has modified the way it monitors its finances by
appointing an Audit Committee responsible for ensuring that the EOC’s funds are
spent wisely. This Committee meets regularly and reports to the Executive Committee.
Of course, the EOC continues to use professional external auditors who work in
conjunction with the Olympic Solidarity auditors.
The EOC managed all the continental programmes and the related funds, with a budget
of USD 4,366,000.
▼
Olympic scholarship holder

Scott Evans of Ireland during
the Games of the XXIX
Olympiad in Beijing
© Getty Images / Nick Laham
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Administration
The EOC Secretariat manages all the organisational and administrative
aspects of the EOC and its activities. As always, in 2008 the Secretariat
endeavoured to keep up with technological developments, particularly in the
fields of communication and office management, updating its equipment
in order to increase efficiency, but also streamlining its administrative tasks.
The Secretary General, Mr Raffaele Pagnozzi, continues to bring new
impetus to the work of the Rome Secretariat, bearing in mind that, from a
logistical point of view, he is also the Secretary General of the Italian NOC.
The EOC therefore continues to benefit from substantial help from CONI.
2008 Budget : USD 861,000
Meetings
The funds allocated to this programme were used to organise the EOC
institutional meetings, which include the General Assembly and the Seminar
for Secretaries General and Chefs de Mission. In 2008, the EOC organised
the EOC Seminar in Sorrento ( Italy ) from 22 to 24 May, where the main
topics were the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing in 2008, Olympic
marketing and anti-doping, while workshops were devoted to the EYOF and
preparations for the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. The General
Assembly was held in Istanbul ( Turkey ) on 21 and 22 November.
2008 Budget : USD 420,000

▲
▲
37th EOC General Assembly in Istanbul,

Turkey
▲ Continental and Regional Games
The Flame is lit for the 10th edition of the
Winter EYOF in Slask Beskidy in front of Regarding the Continental and Regional Games, 2008 was a year of prepa-
Alexander Kozlovsky, EOC Vice-President, ration for the 2009 events. The EYOF winter edition will be held in Slask-Beskidy
Jacques Rogge, IOC President, and Piotr ( Poland ) and the summer edition in Tampere ( Finland ). These Games are
Nurowski, President of the NOC of Poland
becoming increasingly popular among the European NOCs and are well
(left to right)
established as a very important event for developing the sporting poten-
tial of talented future champions. A standardised accreditation system
for the EYOF has been implemented in order to ease the workload of the
organising committees. The EOC will support these events with financial
contributions to the organising committees and to some NOCs, with grants
based on the number of participants ( athletes and officials ). The GSSE will
be held in Nicosia ( Cyprus ). These Games are for NOCs from countries
with populations of less than one million and are very successful for the
eight countries that participate : Andorra, Cyprus, Iceland, Liechtenstein,
Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco and San Marino. Since their creation, they have
proved to be a fantastic tool with which to develop sporting talent and sports
facilities. The EOC has supported these events with a financial contribution
to the organising committee and the participating NOCs.
2008 Budget : USD 10,000

EOC
The budget earmarked for this programme was used to organise and
support EOC activities. In 2008, the EOC organised the following meetings
and continental activities:
Meetings Dates Place

Executive Committee : 20 February Lausanne ( SUI )
activities of the Executive Committee members 22 May Sorrento ( ITA )
are also included in this category
26 September Paris ( FRA )
20 November Istanbul ( TUR )
Commission and working group meetings :
– Technical Cooperation and 01 March Rome ( ITA )
Sport Development Commission
– Preparation of the Olympic Games
Commission
– “Environment and Sport for All” 21 May Sorrento ( ITA )
Working Group
– “Communication” Working Group
– Athletes’ Commission
– Medical and Scientific Commission 31 May Valletta ( MLT )
– EYOF Commission 25 October Zurich ( SUI )
– European Union Commission 28 October Brussels ( BEL )
In cooperation with Olympic Solidarity and the NOC of Cyprus, the EOC
also staged the 7th EOC Technical Seminar in Larnaca from 31 October to
2 November. As in the past, the Technical Commission took care of the
organisation and contents of the seminar, the main topic of which was
“From talents to medals – planning for the sports technical programme ▲
▲
for London 2012 and beyond ”. Meeting of the EU Ministers responsible

for sport in Brussels
The EOC also took part in the 4th meeting of the six Olympic Solidarity offices ▲
in Rome on 11 and 12 November. The EOC, in cooperation with the Italian Executive Committee meeting in Sorrento
NOC, which hosted the meeting, was directly involved in the organisation
of the event. The EOC office was represented by Gianluca De Angelis,
manager of the Olympic Solidarity Continental Programme in Europe. The
EOC also held three auditors’ meetings in order to continue the exercise
of strict financial controls over the EOC’s financial policy.
Regarding communication, the EOC website is constantly updated by the

content management technology department, while the monthly EOC
Newsletter, produced in-house by the EOC staff, is mailed out as well as
posted on the website. These are effective tools for improving communi-
cation and supporting the EOC’s goals. In addition, the EOC directors
continue to reach out to the European NOCs by carrying out numerous
visits, particularly supporting the smaller members who have recently
joined the EOC.
2008 Budget : USD 525,000
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NOC activities
As in the past, most of the annual budget was paid directly to the NOCs
for their activities. The EOC paid a lump sum of USD 40,000 to each
European NOC.
Regarding “NOC Special Activities”, the EOC provided European NOCs with
financial support to enable them to implement a specific activity. The
analysis of the reports received shows how these funds are used to cover
a broad range of expenditure, from basic running costs and upgrading of
IT to activities linked to the preparation of the Olympic Games.
In 2008, 28 NOCs were supported within the framework of the “ NOC

Special Activities ” budget, receiving a total of USD 522,000.
NOC Type of special activities carried out

▲
ALB Update and improvement of the Albanian NOC’s technological resources.
Olympic scholarship holder Alina
ARM Preparation for the Olympic Games in Beijing in boxing, judo, weightlifting and wrestling.
Alesandra Dumitru (in blue) won the first
Olympic gold medal in judo for Romania – AZE Publications, purchase of technical equipment, administrative expenses, etc.
Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing BUL Albena Youth Festival 2008 – youth sport event ( 7 disciplines ).
© IOC/Kishimoto CYP Telephone system – Organisation and security of NOC library operations.
ESP Technical course for group 1 basketball referees.
EST Estonian Athlete of the Year 2008 Award Ceremony.
FIN Sports academy – supporting athletes’ education, career planning and training.
FRA European Youth and Sport Forum 2008.
GEO Medical rehabilitation for Georgian athletes through Georgian sports medicine
association ; NOC office’s equipment.
IRL Assistance for Irish curling team.
ISR Women in elite sport – Coaching female athletes.
LAT Development of NOC website and database in connection with the Olympic Games in Beijing.
LTU Medical scientific group for the Olympic Games in Beijing.
MDA Purchase of sports equipment and uniforms for the Olympic Games in Beijing.
MKD Construction of athletic track in Ohrid.
MLT Upgrading and replacing NOC’s IT System, NOC museum, Hall of Fame, library.
MNE Support for the Olympic water polo team.
NED Sports coalition in action – Sport and development cooperation.
NOR Preparation camp for the Beijing Olympic Games at Jixian ( China )
ROU National Olympic education programme “All different, all equal”.
SRB IT system for Serbian NOC.
SLO Anti-doping measures, visit to the Olympic venues, organisation of seminars.
SMR Organisation of a Seminar on sports medicine and antidoping.
SVK Publication : Peking 2008 ( Beijing 2008 ).
SWE Coach preparation programme, Beijing.
TUR Free sports school – sport and law seminar.
UKR NOC administration office equipment and software.
2008 Budget : USD 2,550,000

EOC
Report by Raffaele Pagnozzi, Secretary General

▼
Lesya Kalitovska of Ukraine,

and bronze medallist, celebrates
after her race – Games of the
© Getty Images /Nick Laham
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Olympic scholarship holder Itte Detenamo
of Nauru competes during the 105kg category
event – Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing
© Getty Images /Julian Finney
Oceania National Olympic

Committees (ONOC)
NOCs very busy in preparation for the Games
During 2008, the main focus for the NOCs in the Oceanian region was on the prepa-
ration and participation of their teams in the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing.
In order to facilitate their activities, ONOC provided supplementary funding in its
annual budget. There was therefore an increase in the level of grants allocated for
the preparation of athletes aiming to qualify for Beijing, as well as in the quality of their
preparations. A higher number of athletes from the Pacific islands qualified on merit.
Meanwhile, Australia and New Zealand sent large delegations and achieved excellent
results, with Australia finishing sixth in the medals table and New Zealand also performing
well in view of its relatively small population.
The NOCs made good use of the Olympic Solidarity programmes during this final year
of the plan, except for three programmes: Olympoceania, Sports Administration and IF
and NOC Technical Experts. In 2008, funding to these areas was either reduced or can-
celled and reallocated primarily to the athlete preparation programme and the new
programmes devoted to the Athletes and Women and Sport Commissions.
ONOC managed all the continental programmes and the related funds in 2008, with a
budget of USD 2,768,500, as well as some world programmes ( Olympic Scholarships
for Athletes “ Beijing 2008 ”, Continental and Regional Games – NOC Preparation,
2012 – Training Grants for Young Athletes, Olympic Scholarships for Coaches and
NOC Administration Development – administrative subsidy ). For the NOC Administration
Development programme, ONOC asked the NOCs to submit an annual report on their
activities and a financial audit for the previous year, before the subsidy was paid to them.
The results of these programmes are described in the section on world programmes.
ONOC
Administration
The funds allocated to this programme were used to meet the general
running costs of the ONOC headquarters based at the Pacific Island Forum
Secretariat Complex in Suva ( Fiji ). These costs included staff salaries and
the cost of holding meetings of the ONOC commissions and Executive
Committee and the ONOC General Assembly. In 2008, ONOC also provided
medical insurance for some of its staff members. The ONOC President’s
office and the Oceania Foundation are both based at Milton House,
Melbourne.
2008 Budget : USD 510,000
NOC activities
National technical programmes ( including grants awarded for Sports
Development Officers and equipment )
Fourteen Oceanian NOCs received grants, which included a sum of
USD 5,000 to purchase sports equipment. As in previous years, most of the
NOCs used their budget to employ one or more Sports Development
Officers, who worked with their regional counterparts to develop sport
within their NOC. A large number of NOCs used their budget to prepare
their athletes for the Olympic Games in Beijing. Olympic Solidarity provided
a supplementary budget to the three newly recognised Oceanian NOCs,
i.e. Kiribati, Marshall Islands and Tuvalu. In total, the 17 NOCs planned 131 ▲
▲
activities and technical programmes at national level.
ONOC Regional Forum in Suva, Fiji
▲
2008 Budget : USD 1,060,000
Olympic scholarship holder Anju Jason
(red) of the Marshall Islands fights
against Great Britain's Aaron Cook
Technical programme : IF Expert Expenses during a preliminary round - Games of
On the basis of experts’ reports and claims submitted by the relevant IFs,
© Getty Images /Quinn Rooney
reimbursements were made for experts’ travel expenses and per diems.
The budget of this programme was also used to cover the cost of official
project-related travel and per diems of ONOC staff.
2008 Budget : USD 40,000
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Regional and National Games

Grants were paid to the Australian Youth Olympic Festival, the organising
committees of the XIV Pacific Games in 2011 in Noumea ( New Caledonia )
and the VIII Pacific Mini-Games in Rarotonga (Cook Islands), and to the Pacific
Games Council. The NOCs of Fiji and the Marshall Islands also received
grants for the organisation of their National Games. However, most of the
budget was spent on the establishment and administration of the ONOC
office in the Olympic Village in Beijing. The office provided administrative
support for Pacific island chefs de mission and their delegations, offered
medical and physiotherapy services and coordinated volunteers, transport
and tickets for athletes and officials. Part of the premises was also used as
a 24-hour Internet Café for athletes and officials. The ONOC office also
worked in close cooperation with the offices of the Australian and New
Zealand NOCs, which were also in the Olympic Village. Meanwhile, Oceania
Hospitality House, which was established by ONOC at the Xinhai Jinjian Hotel,
enabled nine Pacific island NOCs to host receptions for their delegations.
▲
It also provided an opportunity for governments and business partners to
Olympic scholarship holder Ryan Pini
of Papua New Guinea competes in meet their Chinese counterparts.
the 200m freestyle heat – Games
of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing 2008 Budget : USD 235,000
© Getty Images / Adam Pretty
Sports administration programme

Payments were made to the NOCs of the Cook Islands, Palau and the
Solomon Islands for a series of sports administration training programmes
in 2008. These also covered the travel costs of the ONOC project manager
who ran these programmes in the region.
2008 Budget : USD 50,000
Regional projects
Collaboration with regional federations
In 2008, ONOC provided support grants to the following Oceanian Olympic
sports federations to assist with the development of their activities in the
region: Oceania Athletics Association, Oceania Badminton Federation, Baseball
Confederation of Oceania, FIBA Oceania, Oceania Weightlifting Federation,
Oceania Hockey Federation, Oceania Swimming Federation, Oceania Tennis
Federation, Oceania Table Tennis Federation and Oceania Archery Confederation.
2008 Budget : USD 275,000

ONOC
Regional training centres

Grants were paid to support the activities of the High Performance Training
Centre of the International Amateur Athletics Federation ( IAAF ) in Auckland
( New Zealand ), the Regional Weightlifting Centre of the International
Weightlifting Federation ( IWF ) in Noumea ( New Caledonia ) and the Regional
Training Centre of the International Tennis Federation ( ITF ) in Lautoka ( Fiji ).
2008 Budget : USD 60,000
Oceania Sports Education Programme ( OSEP )

Schools, universities and NOCs registered with the NOCs of Fiji, Palau,
Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu and Vanuatu to participate in the first phase of
this programme – community sports administration and sports coaching
courses. The International Rugby Board ( Oceania ) delivered the first
community sports administration course in September.
The funds were mainly used to cover different activities such as the pilot
project for the Tuvalu NOC ; the talent identification programme for the
Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, American Samoa and Vanuatu in col-
laboration with the Olympic Solidarity office in Lausanne, Samsung, Monash
University and the Oceania Foundation ; the Oceania “Train the Trainers ”
workshop ; the MOSO pilot project for senior NOC staff and Secretaries
General, launched in November during the Regional Olympic Forum ; and
the Oceania RADO sports education programmes. The budget also covered
the salary costs of the OSEP Manager, as well as his travel costs and those
of the Regional Development Manager.
▲
▲
OSEP is managed by a Board appointed by its partners, i.e. the Australian
Participants in the Oceania sports
Sports Commission, the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat ( Regional
education programme in Tuvalu
Governments ), the University of the South Pacific, the Olympic Sports
▲
Federations of Oceania and ONOC. The Management Committee is chaired
OSEP trainers course in Suva, Fiji
by the Secretary General of the New Zealand NOC, Barry Maister.
2008 Budget : USD 160,000
Sporting Pulse
The 2008 support grant for the development of the oceaniasport.com
web portal, NOC websites and competition management software was
paid in full.
2008 Budget : USD 50,000
74 75
Training Grant for Young Athletes ( new programme )

This programme was launched to supplement the Olympic Solidarity world
programme managed by ONOC. It enabled athletes to receive financial
support for their preparations for the Youth Commonwealth Games held
in Pune (India) in October and regional Oceanian Federation championships.
2008 Budget : USD 25,000
Athlete Preparation Programme ( new programme )

Also launched to supplement the Olympic Solidarity world programme for
athletes and managed by ONOC, this programme provided financial sup-
port to athletes preparing for qualification competitions for the Olympic
Games in Beijing, as well as training scholarships for those already selected.
2008 Budget : USD 111,500
▲
Scholarships for Coaches ( new programme )
Course for hockey umpires
in Lautoka, Fiji The budget allocated to this programme at continental level completed the
budget allocated at world level in order to cover all the NOCs’ requests
received in 2008 for coaches’ training.
2008 Budget : USD 22,000
Athletes’ Commission ( new programme )

This programme is designed to support the work and encourage the
development of the ONOC Athletes’ Commission in the region. In 2008,
the funds were used to organise the ONOC Athletes’ Commission workshop
in Auckland ( New Zealand ) in February and to support the participation of
athletes in the ONOC General Assembly.
2008 Budget : USD 50,000
Oceania Women in Sports Commission ( new programme )

Aimed at supporting the work of the Oceania Women and Sport Commission
in the region, this programme made it possible to establish a secretariat in
Palau to assist the Commission Chairperson, Baklai Temengil. A grant was
paid to the delegates who took part in the IOC World Conference on
Women and Sport in Jordan, the ONOC General Assembly in Fiji and the
women and sport workshop organised by the Oceania Table Tennis
Federation in Papeete ( Tahiti ).
2008 Budget : USD 50,000

ONOC
Oceania Sports Information Centre ( OSIC )

Based at the regional University of the South Pacific, the Oceania Sports
Information Centre provides various services to the NOCs, sports federa-
tions and the increasing number of students studying sport in the region.
It also houses the archives for the South Pacific Games.
2008 Budget : USD 70,000
Olympoceania
No budget was provided for this programme in 2008 due to the delays in
launching Olympoceania projects since 2005, primarily because of the
difficulty in finding suitable land.
Report by Dr Robin Mitchell, Secretary General

▼

Niko Verekauta of Fiji (centre)
competes in the 200m heats -
Games of the XXIX Olympiad
in Beijing
© Getty Images /Cameron Spencer
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Olympic Games Participation
▼
The Olympic flame is lit in
the Beijing National Stadium
© Getty Images / Cameron Spencer
NOCs’ Games participation

Financial assistance in three stages
The Olympic Games Participation programme is intended to help the NOCs to participate
in the Olympic Games. The financial assistance provided has two quite different yet
complementary objectives : to help foster the universal spirit of the Olympic Games
by guaranteeing the participation of all NOCs, and to give additional support to NOCs
which contribute partly to the development and success of the Games.
This financial assistance is given in three phases :
Before the Games : travel expenses for one person to attend the meeting between the
Chefs de Mission and the Organising Committee for the Olympic Games ( OCOG ).
During the Games : travel expenses for a number of athletes and officials, subsidy
for logistical expenses and subsidy towards the transport and accommodation costs
of NOC Presidents and Secretaries General.
After the Games : subsidy to the NOCs for their participation in, and their contribution
to, the success of the Games.
Additionally, if the OCOG organises an International Youth Camp, Olympic Solidarity

contributes by covering the travel expenses of one young person designated by
each NOC.
A grandiose edition that will

never be forgotten
The Games of the XXIX Olympiad, which were held in Beijing from 8 to 24
August, will go down in history as a spectacular and memorable edition.
Some 10,951 athletes represented their countries at the Games.
All the NOCs whose athletes participated in the Games received financial
assistance from Olympic Solidarity. The grant they were given was higher
than for previous editions following the decision taken by the Olympic
Solidarity Commission in December 2007. Each NOC received USD 12,000
for logistical expenses, as well as assistance with the transport and accom-
modation costs of each NOC’s President and Secretary General at a rate of
USD 8,000 per person.
Olympic Solidarity also paid the transport costs of a maximum of six ath-
letes and two officials participating in the Games, and for one participant
in the International Youth Camp. These funds were supplemented by
the Beijing Organising Committee ( BOCOG ) subsidy for transport of the
delegations.
According to BOCOG’s official figures, Olympic Solidarity paid each NOC

a subsidy for its contribution to the success of the Games, calculated on
the basis of USD 1,700 per participating athlete in its delegation.
▲
▲
At the time of publication, Olympic Solidarity had paid the NOCs a total Fireworks light up the National Stadium
of USD 26,596,610, a sum that will be taken from the budget of the during the Opening Ceremony of the
2009–2012 plan, since it is funded by revenue from the sale of the tele- Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing
© Getty Images /Mark Dadswell
vision rights for the Games in Beijing and Vancouver, earmarked for the
development of the 2009–2012 quadrennial plan. ▲
Closing Ceremony of the Games of

© Getty Images /Bongarts / Alexander Hassenstein
80 81
Olympic Games Participation
Athletes who participated in the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing
NOC Athletes NOC Athletes NOC Athletes

Africa America Asia
ALG 58 AHO 3 AFG 4
ANG 32 ANT 5 BAN 5
BDI 3 ARG 136 BHU 2
BEN 5 ARU 2 BRN 14
BOT 11 BAH 25 CAM 4
BUR 6 BAR 8 CHN 603
CAF 3 BER 6 HKG 34
CGO 5 BIZ 4 INA 24
CHA 2 BOL 7 IND 53
CIV 23 BRA 267 IRI 54
CMR 34 CAN 332 IRQ 4
COD 5 CAY 4 JOR 7
COM 3 CHI 26 JPN 336
CPV 2 COL 67 KAZ 130
DJI 2 CRC 8 KGZ 20
EGY 101 CUB 157 KOR 268
ERI 10 DMA 2 KSA 14
ETH 27 DOM 24 KUW 8
GAB 4 ECU 25 LAO 4
GAM 3 ESA 11 LIB 6
GBS 3 GRN 9 MAS 32
GEQ 3 GUA 12 MDV 4
GHA 9 GUY 4 MGL 28
GUI 5 HAI 7 MYA 6
KEN 46 HON 26 NEP 8
LBA 6 ISV 7 OMA 4
LBR 3 IVB 2 PAK 21
LES 5 JAM 50 PHI 15
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▲
MAD 6 LCA 4 PLE 4
Polish team (in red) against Italy during MAR 47 MEX 83 PRK 62
the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing MAW 4 NCA 6 QAT 20
© Getty Images /Phil Walter MLI 17 PAN 5 SIN 25
▲
MOZ 4 PAR 7 SRI 8
MRI 11 PER 13 SYR 7
Vijender Kumar of India, Olympic
scholarship holder and bronze medallist MTN 2 PUR 22 THA 51
in boxing, middleweight category – NAM 10 SKN 4 TJK 15
Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing NGR 79 SUR 4 TKM 10
© Getty Images /Cameron Spencer NIG 4 TRI 28 TLS 1
RSA 134 URU 12 TPE 80
RWA 4 USA 591 UAE 8
SEN 15 VEN 110 UZB 56
SEY 9 VIN 2 VIE 12
SLE 3 YEM 5
SOM 2
STP 3
SUD 9
SWZ 4
TAN 9
TOG 4
TUN 26
UGA 11
ZAM 8
ZIM 13
Total 857 Total 2,127 Total 2,076
NOC Athletes NOC Athletes
Europe Oceania
ALB 11 ASA 4
AND 5 AUS 434
ARM 25 COK 4
AUT 70 FIJ 6
AZE 44 FSM 5
BEL 95 GUM 6
BIH 5 KIR 2
BLR 175 MHL 5
BUL 70 NRU 1
CRO 99 NZL 181
CYP 17 PLW 5
CZE 134 PNG 7
DEN 84 SAM 6
ESP 284 SOL 3
EST 47 TGA 3
FIN 57 TUV 3
FRA 310 VAN 3
GBR 304
GEO 35
GER 422
GRE 152
HUN 171
IRL 54
ISL 27
ISR 43
ITA 335
LAT 47
LIE 2
LTU 71 ▲
▲
LUX 13 Scholarship holder Dmitrijs Milkevics
MDA 29 of Latvia (right) – Games of the
MKD 7 XXIX Olympiad in Beijing
MLT 6 © Getty Images / Mark Dadswell
MNE 19 ▲
MON 5 Medal ceremony for the women’s team
NED 240 competition in artistic gymnastics –
NOR 84 Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing
POL 256 © Getty Images /Nick Laham
POR 76
ROU 101
RUS 454
SRB 91
SLO 61
SMR 4
SUI 83
SVK 57
SWE 124
TUR 67
UKR 241
Total 5,213 Total 678
82 83
Abbreviations
NOC Associations
ANOC Association of National Olympic Committees
ANOCA Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa
PASO Pan-American Sports Organisation
OCA Olympic Council of Asia
EOC The European Olympic Committees
ONOC Oceania National Olympic Committees

International Olympic Federations
Summer
IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations
FISA International Rowing Federation
BWF Badminton World Federation
IBAF International BAseball Federation
FIBA International Basketball Federation
AIBA International Boxing Association
ICF International Canoe Federation
UCI International Cycling Union
FEI Fédération Equestre Internationale
FIE Fédération Internationale d’Escrime
FIFA Fédération Internationale de Football Association
FIG International Gymnastics Federation
IWF International Weightlifting Federation
IHF International Handball Federation
FIH International Hockey Federation
IJF International Judo Federation
FILA International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles
FINA Fédération Internationale de Natation
UIPM Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne
ISF International Softball Federation
WTF World Taekwondo Federation
ITF International Tennis Federation
ITTF International Table Tennis Federation
ISSF International Shooting Sport Federation
FITA International Archery Federation
ITU International Triathlon Union
ISAF International Sailing Federation
FIVB International Volleyball Federation
Winter
IBU International Biathlon Union
FIBT International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation
WCF World Curling Federation
IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation
FIL International Luge Federation
ISU International Skating Union
FIS International Ski Federation
84 85
Abbreviations
National Olympic Committees
Africa ( 53 NOCs ) America ( 42 NOCs )

RSA South Africa ANT Antigua and Barbuda
ALG Algeria AHO Netherlands Antilles
ANG Angola ARG Argentina
BEN Benin ARU Aruba
BOT Botswana BAH Bahamas
BUR Burkina Faso BAR Barbados
BDI Burundi BIZ Belize
CMR Cameroon BER Bermuda
CPV Cape Verde BOL Bolivia
CAF Central Africa BRA Brazil
COM Comoros CAY Cayman Islands
CGO Republic of Congo CAN Canada
COD Democratic Republic CHI Chile
of the Congo COL Colombia
CIV République de Côte d’Ivoire CRC Costa Rica
DJI Djibouti CUB Cuba
EGY Egypt DOM Dominican Republic
ERI Eritrea DMA Dominica
ETH Ethiopia ESA El Salvador
GAB Gabon ECU Ecuador
GAM Gambia USA United States of America
GHA Ghana GRN Grenada
GUI Guinea GUA Guatemala
GBS Guinea-Bissau GUY Guyana
GEQ Equatorial Guinea HAI Haiti
KEN Kenya HON Honduras
LES Lesotho JAM Jamaica
LBR Liberia MEX Mexico
LBA Libyan Jamahiriya NCA Nicaragua
MAD Madagascar PAN Republic of Panama
MAW Malawi PAR Paraguay
MLI Mali PER Peru
MAR Morocco PUR Puerto Rico
MRI Mauritius SKN Saint Kitts and Nevis
MTN Mauritania LCA Saint Lucia
MOZ Mozambique VIN Saint Vincent and
NAM Namibia the Grenadines
NIG Niger SUR Suriname
NGR Nigeria TRI Trinidad and Tobago
UGA Uganda URU Uruguay
RWA Rwanda VEN Venezuela
STP Sao Tome and Principe IVB Virgin islands, British
SEN Senegal ISV Virgin Islands, US
SEY Seychelles
SLE Sierra Leone Asia ( 44 NOCs )
SOM Somalia AFG Afghanistan
SUD Sudan KSA Saudi Arabia
SWZ Swaziland BRN Bahrain
TAN United Republic of Tanzania BAN Bangladesh
CHA Chad BHU Bhutan
TOG Togo BRU Brunei Darussalam
TUN Tunisia CAM Cambodia
ZAM Zambia CHN Peoples’s Republic of China
ZIM Zimbabwe KOR Republic of Korea
UAE United Arab Emirates FIN Finland
HKG Hong Kong, China FRA France
IND India GEO Georgia
INA Indonesia GBR Great Britain
IRI Islamic Republic of Iran GRE Greece
IRQ Iraq HUN Hungary
JPN Japan IRL Ireland
JOR Jordan ISL Iceland
KAZ Kazakhstan ISR Israel
KGZ Kyrgyzstan ITA Italy
KUW Kuwait LAT Latvia
LAO Lao People’s LIE Liechtenstein
Democratic Republic LTU Lithuania
LIB Lebanon LUX Luxembourg
MAS Malaysia MLT Malta
MDV Maldives MDA Republic of Moldova
MGL Mongolia MON Monaco
MYA Myanmar MNE Republic of Montenegro
NEP Nepal NOR Norway
OMA Oman NED Netherlands
UZB Uzbekistan POL Poland
PAK Pakistan POR Portugal
PLE Palestine ROU Romania
PHI Philippines RUS Russian Federation
QAT Qatar SMR San Marino
PRK Democratic People’s SRB Republic of Serbia
Republic of Korea SVK Slovakia
SIN Singapore SLO Slovenia
SRI Sri Lanka SWE Sweden
SYR Syrian Arab Republic SUI Switzerland
TJK Tajikistan CZE Czech Republic
TPE Chinese Taipei TUR Turkey
THA Thailand UKR Ukraine
TLS Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
TKM Turkmenistan Oceania ( 17 NOCs )
VIE Vietnam AUS Australia
YEM Yemen COK Cook Islands
FIJ Fiji
Europe ( 49 NOCs ) FSM Federated States of Micronesia
ALB Albania GUM Guam
GER Germany KIR Kiribati
AND Andorra MHL Marshall Islands
ARM Armenia NRU Nauru
AUT Austria NZL New Zealand
AZE Azerbaijan PLW Palau
BLR Belarus PNG Papua New Guinea
BEL Belgium SOL Solomon Islands
BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina SAM Samoa
BUL Republic of Bulgaria ASA American Samoa
CYP Cyprus TGA Tonga
CRO Croatia TUV Tuvalu
DEN Denmark VAN Vanuatu
ESP Spain
EST Estonia
MKD The Former Yugoslav Republic 205 National Olympic Committees
of Macedonia are recognised by the IOC
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2005-2008 Quadrennial Plan 2008 Report

World Programmes .................................................................................................................... 14

Continental Programmes ........................................................................................................ 46

Olympic Games Participation ................................................................................................. 80

Li Ning, former Olympic gymnast

On behalf of the Olympic Solidarity Commission, which I am proud to chair, I would

I send you my warmest regards,

Mario VÁZQUEZ RAÑA

A year of intensive activity

Olympic Solidarity Commission

Olympic Solidarity is managed by the Commission. It implements and executes the

Olympic Solidarity Commission at 31 December 2008

Chairman: Mario VÁZQUEZ RAÑA

Olympic scholarship holder Members: Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad AL-SABAH

Olympic Solidarity offices

Olympic Solidarity Structure

Olympic Solidarity Commission

OS* Office OS* Office Lausanne OS* Office

OS* Office ONOC OS* Office

International Olympic Solidarity office in Lausanne

● Director Pere MIRÓ

NOC Management Programmes – Relations with America – Reports and Presentations

Olympic scholarship holders

World and Continental Programmes

● Continental Programmes, managed by the Olympic Solidarity offices of the Continental

National Olympic Committee: three methods of support

International Olympic Continental Associations – International Olympic

Breakdown of the 2008 budget

Breakdown of the “World Programmes” budget

Breakdown of the “Continental Programmes” budget

Components of the Olympic Movement :

Lithuanian Olympic scholarship

Promotion of Olympic Values

Programmes for athletes,

• Olympic Scholarships for Athletes “Beijing 2008”

Assistance continued to be offered to young athletes. Sixteen additional NOCs bene-

Olympic Scholarships for Athletes “Beijing 2008”

591 scholarship holders

At the technical level, Olympic Solidarity continued to cooperate with the

All these performances are brought together in the “Olympic Scholarships

Anh Tuan Hoang of Vietnam, Olympic

of NOCs that benefited from the programme during this quadrennial

Olympic scholarship holders by sport and by continent

Sports Africa America Asia Europe Oceania Total

Olympic scholarship holder Vida Anim

Olympic scholarship holder Irina Risenzon

Team Support Grants

Encouraging results for

Grants awarded to NOCs by sport and by continent

Africa 31 ALG ANG ANG NAM ALG EGY

2012 - Training Grants for Young Athletes

In parallel, Olympic Solidarity has continued to support programmes organ-

These results serve to encourage Olympic Solidarity to continue supporting

NOCs having benefited from the programme since 2005

Continent Participating NOCs

Great success for the NOCs

Objective: to assist NOCs

Some NOCs used this programme to support existing structures, such as

In some cases, as in previous years, a number of NOCs combined this