Olympic Summit supports next steps in implementation of Olympic Agenda 2020
Press Release
The leading representatives of the Olympic Movement met today in Lausanne for the fourth Olympic Summit convened and chaired by International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach. The Summit reviewed the implementation of Olympic Agenda 2020, with a particular emphasis on protecting the clean athletes, good governance and autonomy, The Olympic Channel, and the new Olympic Games Candidature Procedure. The participants fully backed the next steps for implementation of the recommendations leading up to and including 2016.
President Thomas Bach said: “This fourth Olympic Summit shows the unity of the Olympic Movement behind the Olympic Agenda 2020 reforms. We cannot overstate the importance of good governance, which leads to credibility. We need credibility for our sports organisations as well as for our sports competitions. With regard to the credibility of sport and the protection of clean athletes, the Summit has taken a major step forward to making anti-doping testing independent from sports organisations.”
Following the Summit, the IOC issued the following communique to Olympic Movement stakeholders.
Fourth Olympic Summit Communique
The leading representatives of the Olympic Movement met in Lausanne today to review the implementation of Olympic Agenda 2020. Sports leaders acting together discussed a number of topics which are important to the future of the Olympic Movement and came up with a number of recommendations in a unified approach. The main areas under discussion were the following:
- Protecting the Clean Athletes
- Good Governance and Autonomy
- The Olympic Channel
- The new Olympic Games Candidature Procedure
The Olympic Summit was convened and chaired by International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne. It forms part of the ongoing dialogue and consultation on the main topics of interest and concern to the Olympic Movement.
The participants congratulated the IOC on the historic milestone of sport being included in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, Agenda 2030. The political declaration of the SDGs includes sport as an ‘important enabler’ of development.
