{"id":330523,"date":"2025-03-22T11:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T05:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=330523"},"modified":"2025-03-23T10:40:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T05:10:53","slug":"international-olympic-committee-ioc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/international-olympic-committee-ioc\/","title":{"rendered":"International Olympic Committee (IOC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong>&#8211; Kirsty Coventry Becomes First Woman and African President of the <strong>International Olympic Committee (IOC).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-330623 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/International-Olympic-Committee-IOC.png?resize=504%2C334&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"International Olympic Committee (IOC)\" width=\"504\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/International-Olympic-Committee-IOC.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/International-Olympic-Committee-IOC.png?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/International-Olympic-Committee-IOC.png?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/International-Olympic-Committee-IOC.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>About International Olympic Committee (IOC)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It was established in 1894 by <em>Pierre de Coubertin<\/em> to revive the ancient Greek Olympics.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Headquarters<\/strong>: Lausanne, Switzerland.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mission<\/strong>: &#8220;<em>Building a Better World through Sport<\/em>.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Roles &amp; Responsibilities<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Governs the Summer, Winter, and Youth Olympics.<\/li>\n<li>Oversees National Olympic Committees (NOCs) globally.<\/li>\n<li>Ensures compliance with the Olympic Charter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>IOC Session:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an annual meeting of IOC members to make key decisions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Members<\/strong>: 101 voting members + 45 honorary members.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Decides on<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Amending the Olympic Charter.<\/li>\n<li>Electing the IOC President and Executive Board.<\/li>\n<li>Selecting the host city for future Olympic Games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Process of selecting Olympic host Country:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Informal Dialogue<\/strong>: IOC discusses potential bids with interested nations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Targeted Dialogue<\/strong>: IOC\u2019s Executive Board invites a &#8220;preferred host&#8221; to refine its proposal.<\/li>\n<li><strong>No Fixed Timeline<\/strong>: Selection depends on political, economic, and environmental factors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Key selection criteria<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Geopolitical, socio-economic, human development and environmental factors<\/li>\n<li>Alignment with existing long-term development plans<\/li>\n<li>Envisaged sustainability and legacy impacts<\/li>\n<li>Political and public support<\/li>\n<li>Funding strategy<\/li>\n<li>Infrastructure readiness (transport, venues, accommodation)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News&#8211; Kirsty Coventry Becomes First Woman and African President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). About International Olympic Committee (IOC) It was established in 1894 by Pierre de Coubertin to revive the ancient Greek Olympics. Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland. Mission: &#8220;Building a Better World through Sport.&#8221; Roles &amp; Responsibilities: Governs the Summer, Winter, and Youth Olympics.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/international-olympic-committee-ioc\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">International Olympic Committee (IOC)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10367,"featured_media":330623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1236,12039,7965],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-330523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-organisations","category-knolls","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/International-Olympic-Committee-IOC.png?fit=1280%2C850&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}