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On the occasion of the restructuring of the IOA’s educational programme within the new framework that is being set in cooperation with the International Olympic Committee, planned to be launched in 2021, the IOA has decided to establish a Development Working Group, comprised of distinguished academics and experts specialized in the field of Olympic Education, who are familiar with the physiognomy of the IOA, in order to establish a scientifically based educational pattern. Their main task will be to study and develop new educational activities, with joint forces, which will mark the new era of the IOA. The constitution of the Development Working Group is considered the first step in the pursuit of the IOA’s broadened role in the modern Olympic time. The first online meeting has already taken place on 26th June, in which the members set the initial planning of the development and structure of their tasks and projects.
The Members of the IOA Development Working Group: Prof. Emilio FERNÁNDEZ PEÑA (ESP), Director, Olympic Studies Centre, Barcelona, Prof. Dionyssis GANGAS (IOA), IOA’s Develpoment Projects Consultant, Assoc. Prof. Dimitris GARGALIANOS (GRE) Sport Management, Democritus University of Thrace, Prof. Konstantinos GEORGIADIS (IOA), IOA Honorary Dean, Dr Beatriz GARCIA (ESP), Director, Cities of Culture Research Observatory, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Communication and Media, University of Liverpool, Ms Alexandra KARAISKOU (IOA), NOAs Relations, IOA, Prof. Mike McNAMEE (GBR), Professor of Applied Ethics College of Engineering, Swansea University, Mr Thomas ZUNOD (SUI), Head of UEFA Academy, Prof. Stephan WASSONG (GER), German Sport University Cologne, Head of Institute of Sport History, Director of Olympic Studies Centre.
SOURCE – IOA
