1. www.ioapa.org International Olympic Academy Participants Association

2. www.ioapa.org Summary  What is the IOAPA?  What does the IOAPA?  How can I get involved?  Current situation and future possibilities

3. www.ioapa.org International Olympic Academy (IOA)  Founded in 1961 in Olympia, Greece, following the original idea of Pierre de Coubertin  IOA Mission: To function as an International Academic Centre for Olympic Studies, Education and Research

4. www.ioapa.org IOAPA Timeline  1985/86/87: Idea during IOA Young Participants Sessions  1989: IOAPA foundation. First Session held at the IOA  Difficult first years but now an active network worldwide: 800 members from more than 100 countries

5. www.ioapa.org What does the IOAPA?

6. www.ioapa.org Mission Statement To foster an international and multicultural Olympic fellowship of IOA past participants, providing tools and resources to facilitate Olympic education and support Olympism worldwide

7. www.ioapa.org IOAPA Objectives To:  Offer its members continuous education and engagement in the Olympic Movement  Support the IOA and other branches of the Olympic Movement  Run an effective network  Provide relevant information to its members

8. www.ioapa.org IOAPA Activities I  IOAPA Sessions: Conference at the IOA every 2 years Winter Sessions Hans Van Haute Fund  Support the IOA: Pilgrimage to Olympia  Assist other branches of the Olympic Movement: Volunteering at the Games Country Co-ordinator Network

9. www.ioapa.org IOAPA Activities II  Mailgroup  Website: www.ioapa.orgwww.ioapa.org  Arete Newsletter  Support new IOA participants  Reunions at the Olympic Games  Participating in the Torch Relay

10. www.ioapa.org How do I get involved?

11. www.ioapa.org IOAPA Membership  Open for every participant of any of the IOA official sessions  Lifetime membership −Regular membership: 40 Euros fee

12. www.ioapa.org IOA IOAPA NOA “National IOAPA”  Similar objectives as IOAPA at national level  Provide knowledgeable volunteers for the NOAs and the NOCs “National IOAPAs”

13. www.ioapa.org Current situation and Future possibilities

14. www.ioapa.org IOAPA Partners  International Olympic Academy  International Olympic Committee  International Pierre de Coubertin Committee  International Society of Olympic Historians

15. www.ioapa.org Future Possibilities  Recommendation of IOC 2000 Commission report: “to search for ways to better involve the 70,000 IOA graduates and all former Olympians in educational programmes for the Olympic Movement”  IOC Recognition

16. www.ioapa.org Summary  What is the IOAPA?  What does the IOAPA?  How can I get involved?  Current situation and future possibilities

17. www.ioapa.org Success is not and end but a means to aim higher. Pierre de Coubertin