1st semester: 15/9 – 18/11/2023, 2nd semester: 7/4 – 9/6/2024 Application deadline: 30 April 2023 IOA, Campus The Department of Sports Organization and Management (in Sparta-Greece) of the University of Peloponnese in collaboration with the International Olympic Academy organizes for the Academic year of…
The candidature process for MEMOS XXVI (August 2023 – September 2024) is open and interested persons are being invited to apply. MEMOS is an Executive Masters in Sport Organisation Management. The mission of MEMOS is to help professionals working in…
President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, says Barbados’ sporting results are showing constant improvement and insists that it is a sign of the talent of the athletes and a well-run and efficient National Olympic Committee (NOC). The…
Interested persons are invited to submit applications for the Master of Arts Olympic Studies degree programme starting in September 2023. The programme is offered by the German Sport University Cologne. The main objective of the unique degree programme is to…
International Coaching Course (ICC) The ICC is designed to train and educate coaches from around the world. The programme attempts to promote and develop excellence in coaching. The course provides coaches with a systematic way to improve their knowledge and…
International Coaching Enrichment Certificate Program (ICECP) ICECP is a high-level coaching education course offered by the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC), in partnership with Olympic Solidarity and the University of Delaware. ICECP aims to provide national level coaches, and…
In an effort to further develop road tennis and take it to an elite level, the National Sports Council (NSC) remains part of the driving force as they hired two new coaches – Julian ‘Michael Jackson’ White and Winslow Birkett.…
In 1962 they returned home from Jamaica without notice despite some medal performances. However, on Monday, December 19, the surviving members of 1962 Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games team were met with thunderous applause at the Barbados Olympic Association…
Multitalented Barbadian Athlete and Coach Andre Moore has been awarded a scholarship from Olympic Solidarity to participate in the International Support Program for African and Caribbean Sport (PAISAC). From November 1, 2022, to May 15, 2023, Moore will be immersed…
On September 9, 2022, Dionne Haynes, Vice President of the Barbados Badminton Association, graduated from the MEMOS (Executive Masters in Sports Organisations Management) programme with a Distinction. Haynes commenced the MEMOS XXIV programme last September. The course consisted of four…
After a three-year break, the World Sailing Training Scholarship is back this year. Barbadian sailing instructor Che Alleyne is one of nine coaches currently in Weymouth, United Kingdom, for a seven-week residential course, which started on September 1, 2022. Alleyne’s…
Julia Broome has been accepted to participate in the Executive Masters in Sport Organisations Management (MEMOS) XXV Programme, which runs from August 2022 to September 2023. MEMOS seeks to develop the knowledge of professionals working in national or international sports bodies in…
Objectives Develop the leadership capacity of young sportspersons Introduce participants to Olympism and its ideals and increase their knowledge of Olympic issues Provide a forum for young sportspersons to engage in dialogue on issues of relevance in sport Identify potential…
Central American and Caribbean Games medallist, boxer Kimberly Gittens, has been awarded a Commonwealth Sport Women’s Leadership Programme Scholarship. Gittens will be one of 25 emerging female leaders in sport from the Commonwealth pursuing the programme this year. She was…
The Barbados Olympic Association Inc. is inviting interested persons to apply for the Commonwealth Women’s Leadership Programme Scholarship 2022 which is being offered by Commonwealth Sport. INTRODUCTION This scholarship programme aims to support 25 women from the Commonwealth on their…