(ATR) It’s time to put ideas to paper on changing the Olympics and the IOC.
Through the next week, 14 different groups will meet in Lausanne as part of the Olympic Agenda 2020 launched by IOC president Thomas Bach.
On Thursday, Bach himself will lead the panel on creation of an Olympic TV network.
Earlier this week, working groups met on strategic review of sponsorship, licensing and merchandising, Olympic Games management, IOC membership, Differentiation of the Olympic Games, and the Youth Olympic Games.
"It's been very positive and productive with some good debate on the future of the Olympic Movement," IOC press chief Mark Adams reports.
IOC members chair each panel which consists of other IOC members as well as technical experts and individuals outside the Olympic movement. Meetings this week have lasted the entire day, Adams says. The rest of the working groups meet through June 24.
One of the main tasks for the working groups is to sift through the thousands of suggestions for change emailed to the IOC by an April 15 deadline.
The results of these working group meetings will be presented to the IOC Executive Board July 7 to 9 in Lausanne. The EB then sends the working group findings to be hammered out further at a July 19 Olympic Summit. The summit, similar to one held last year at the start of the Olympic Agenda 2020 process, will include representatives from all the major stakeholders of the IOC: athletes, national Olympic committees, and international federations.
Following the Olympic Summit, the working group recommendations will get further review in September when relevant IOC commissions meet to scrutinize the proposals.
In October, the executive board meets again. That’s when specific proposals are expected to become available for public discussion and comment. Those proposals then will face a vote by an extraordinary session of the IOC which is scheduled to take place in Monaco December 7-9.
Written by Ed Hula
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