Ethiopian Olympic Committee

International Table Tennis Course successfully con

A technical course for coaches in table tennis has been held in Addis Ababa from April 17-23, 2007. The International coaching course for ITTF Level One Coaches was given to 28 trainees from the nine regional states and two city administrations. Olympic Solidarity, Ethiopian Olympic Committee and Ethiopian Table Tennis Federation as well as International Table Tennis Federation organized the course. According to the trainer Mr. Sylvain Chermette, “In the immediate future the country will not be a world leader in high level table tennis like Germany, but if motivation and passion count for anything, their progress will be rapid and standard of table tennis in the country will no doubt grow. The Ethiopian National Team was third at the African Table Tennis Championship in 2004 and could be regular claimant to African titles and medals in the next few years.”

EOC organizes Sports Medicine Course

Ethiopian Olympic Committee, in collaboration with International Olympic Committee, has recently organized a four-day Sports Medicine Course for National Coaches. The course attended by 27 coaches drawn from national sports federations took place from April 25-28, 2007 in Addis Ababa. Participants appreciated the course and called for its conduct at all regional states and city administrations. Mr. Zerihun Biyadigilgn, a senior instructor who offered the training, on his part lauded EOC for making all national coaches of all federations attend the course and urged the consolidation of the effort, while calling on the trainees to implement the knowledge they have acquired.

First Ethiopian Olympic marathon runner passes awa

The first Ethiopian Olympic Marathon runner, Seargent Bashaye Feleke passed away late last month due to poor health. The 91-year-old athlete represented Ethiopia at the 16th Melbourne Olympiad held in Australia in 1956. At this Olympiad, where Ethiopia took part for the first time, the marathon runner managed to stand 21st. Sergeant Bashaye is survived by his wife and seven children.

Mission and Role of the EOC

To ensure the observance of the Olympic Charter and to disseminate Olympism at national level.

To acquaint the public with the Olympic ideals and Olympic Charter and to encourage them to support the Olympic Movement.

To promote and encourage the development of high performance sports and Sports for All.

To draw up and implement educational program with the objective of disseminating the ideals of the Olympic Movement.

To promote the principles and values of Olympism in schools, sports and physical education as well as higher learning institutions.

To establish healthy and sustained relationship with the International Olympic Committee and IOC-affiliated bodies such as the International Federations, Regional, Continental Federations/Associations, and NOCs, among others.

To create effective and harmonious relationship with governmental and non-governmental organizations towards the development of sports without contravening the Olympic Charter.

To participate, by obligation, in the Games of Olympiad by sending athletes to the Games where the EOC shall have the exclusive power for the representation of the country. It shall also have the exclusive power for representation of the country at Regional, Continental and International multi-sports competitions patronized by the IOC and ANOCA.

To organize and lead its delegation at the Olympic Games, at multi-sports competitions patronized by the IOC and ANOCA.

To fight against abuse of drugs banned by the International Olympic Committee.

To prepare and keep biographies of national athletes including the results obtained at the Olympic Games and other multi-sports competitions.

To set up National Olympic Academy, Olympic museum and to organize Olympic and sports exhibitions.

To annually organize an Olympic Day Run, in cooperation with IOC, and to encourage children and youth to take part in Olympic-related ceremonies.

To publish newsletters and books with themes on sports education, culture and arts with a view to promoting Olympic Movement.

To support public sport organizations such as schools, higher learning institutions, Trade unions, armed forces and police.

To enhance the role of women in sports by providing the necessary ground for their participation in international forum and to organize technical and management courses aimed at training female administrators to run sports in the country.

To offer all possible assistance to international and regional sports organizations whose offices may happen to be located in Ethiopia .

To hold educational courses at national and international levels in Ethiopia in collaboration with the IOC commissions, especially, Olympic Solidarity and national sport federations or educational institutions concerned.

To dispatch competent individuals to educational courses abroad.

To investigate cases of misconduct and to make necessary decisions on complaints lodged by any national or international sports Federations against Ethiopian National Sports Federations/Associations and organizations or against the country's athletes, coaches, referees and other officials.

To conclude agreements with national sponsors and partners in accordance with national and international rules based on provisions of the IOC.

To set up economic foundations to help secure the budget of EOC.

To preserve its independence and autonomy by resisting all commercial, religious or political pressures.

To do anything that may be necessary pursuant to the objects of this statutes including the employing and making payment of remuneration to employees and expenses incurred by persons for services rendered on behalf of EOC.

To make, adopt, vary and publish by-laws, rules and regulations as deemed necessary.

To collect and receive subscriptions, contributions, donations and grants and administer its funds.

To purchase, take on lease or in exchange, hire or otherwise acquire any movable and immovable property as convenient for the purpose of the EOC and to construct, alter, repair and maintain such property.

To open and operate bank accounts and to draw, accept, endorse, discount and negotiate bills of exchange and promissory notes.