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#MicronesiaHereWeAre – Standing up to the challenge.
The pilot Micronesian Sub-Regional Athletes’ Forum got underway in Guam this week with Ricardo Blas, Secretary General (SG) of the Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC), encouraging athlete representatives to "stand up to represent yourself and to represent your Athletes’ Commission."
SG Blas reminded participants about the responsibilities that come with being representatives of an Athletes’ Commission (AC) and the important role of sitting on the Executive Board (EB) of a National Olympic Committee (NOC).
"It is mandated that all NOCs in the world need to form an Athletes’ Commission and the Athletes’ Commission representative must sit on the NOC Executive Board.
"The AC representative is not elected to the NOC Executive Board – they become an automatic member of the EB by virtue of their role of representing the AC."
SG Blas said that ONOC is delivering the pilot forum to achieve some important outcomes, key amongst them is "being able to empower athletes to access the different programmes and funding opportunities available to them”.
"It's about selling ideas to enable your NOC to buy into programmes that you and your athletes want to target.
"You become a champion for your Commission and a champion for your athletes,” SG Blas added.
The pilot Micronesian Sub-Regional Athletes’ Forum began on Monday 13 March and will conclude on Friday 17 March 2023.
The forum is being held for the first time within the sub-region, with NOC athlete representatives from the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Guam (GUM), Kiribati (KIR), Marshall Islands (MHL), Nauru (NRU) and Palau (PLW) attending.
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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;
Inoke Bainimarama
Executive Director (Acting) and Chief Communications Officer
inoke@oceanianoc.org
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