GREATER FREEDOM OF ACTION FOR THE CONTINENTAL ASSOCIATIONS
Olympic Solidarity’s main partners have recognised the positive impact of the decentralisation policy carried out during the 2001-2004 period. Olympic Solidarity has therefore decided to continue this process and step up the decentralisation of its programmes towards the Continental Associations for the 2005-2008 period. This will be achieved through an increase in the funds made available to the Continental Associations, who will be free to choose continental programmes and their budget allocation.
In line with this decentralisation policy, the five Continental Associations will offer specific continental programmes to each of their member NOCs during this plan. Each Continental Association must therefore decide which continental programmes to run, as well as their objectives and budgets, in order to meet the specific needs and priorities of their continent.
The implementation of the continental programmes is based on specific procedures that enable each Continental Association to prepare its own action plans in the most efficient way possible. Basic aspects that must be covered include the Association’s running costs, assistance for the organisation of its statutory meetings and individual grants to help the NOCs develop their own national activity programmes.
The continental programmes are managed by the five Olympic Solidarity offices within the Continental Associations, which are fully coordinated by International Olympic Solidarity in Lausanne.
