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The Melanesian Sub-Regional Athletes’ Forum commenced in Fiji on Wednesday, 26 April with attendance from eight athlete representatives from five National Olympic Committees (NOCs) in the Melanesian sub-region.
The first day of the forum saw the facilitation team deliver presentations on the Olympic Movement, Vision, and Athlete 365, the roles and definition of the Athlete Commission (AC), a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis of the AC, and information on the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Olympic Solidarity Programme. The day ended with a media session for the athletes.
ONOC Secretary General Ricardo Blas stressed the importance of the role ACs played in working with in-country athletes to pave a better way forward.
"The focus of this forum is to empower you to identify all the programmes we (ONOC) want you to explore for your athletes.
"You need to have that aggressive attitude to move forward.
"Take advantage of the situation that you are in and promote programmes for your athletes," SG Blas said.
SG Blas added that the forum was designed to enable athlete representatives to understand the deliverables of the ACs in preparing for key events in 2023 and beyond.
"You are sitting at the helm of your commissions, and you need to carry the messages you get from this forum back to your athletes to enable them to have the opportunities they rightfully deserve."
The eight athlete representatives at the forum are made up of three males and five females who come from eight different sports.
Two former Olympians are also in attendance: London 2012 Olympic Games judoka Tony Lomo from Solomon Islands (SOL) and Matelita Buadromo from Fiji (FIJ) who participated at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games in swimming.
The forum also features a para-athlete, Ioane Hawaii, who is also the Chair of the Tuvalu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee’s (TASNOC) Athletes’ Commission.
Today the forum will cover key topics relating to Day One, such as funding opportunities, budgets, grants, and capacity building for ACs.
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For more information, please visit the following links:
For the Oceania National Olympic Committees
For the ONOC Athletes’ Commission
For the ONOC Athletes’ Commission Microsite
For the IOC Athletes’ Commission
For the Athlete365 hub of resources for all athletes
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Sitiveni Tawakevou
Forum Lead and Chief Information Technology Officer
Email: sitiveni@oceanianoc.org
Shivneel Narayan
Digital Communications Officer
Email: shivneel@oceanianoc.org
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About ONOC
Established in 1981, the Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) is one of five Continental Associations. It looks after the interests of 17 member nations in the Oceania Region, including Australia and New Zealand as well as seven associate members.
ONOC has an office in Guam where Secretary General Mr. Ricardo Blas is based and the Secretariat in Suva, Fiji, where the Office of the President Dr Robin Mitchell is located.
All services and-programmes are based on the ONOC Strategic Plan for 2018-2021, and its 4 Core Functions of (1) Building and Strengthening NOCs Capacity (2) Cultivating Strategic Partnerships (3) Contributing towards Sporting Excellence and (4) Leading by Example.
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For more information, please contact;
Shivneel Narayan
Chief Communications Officer (Acting)
shivneel@oceanianoc.org
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