Sport education experts to review OSEP micro-qualifications progress

March 28, 2022
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Members of the IAC in a virtual meeting. | Photo: Danny Threapleton

Sport education experts in Oceania will meet from 29 March to 1 April to review the progress of micro-qualification of five courses in ONOC’s flagship Oceania Sport Education Programme, OSEP, an exercise in partnership with the Pacific Community’s (SPC) Educational Quality and Assessment Programme (EQAP).

The Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) said the intent to pursue micro-qualifications of OSEP is to ensure those who complete the courses can have a formal qualification that increases their employability and entrepreneurial capacity in the Pacific Islands.

The micro-qualifications process leads to the courses being recognised on the Pacific Qualifications Framework which is recognised by employers and industry in the region.

While OSEP is already recognised by the Olympic Movement as a ‘one of a kind’ flagship model of community-based sport education programme that has relevance and potential for duplication in marginal settings, its home ground challenge was its non-recognition in the Pacific Islands education setting – hence the move to micro-qualifications.

Members of the IAC‘s Strength & Conditioning Panel. | Picture: Danny Threapleton

The review meeting will examine the suite of each sport education course to check for appropriateness in terms of meeting sport industry standards by looking at a rubric of features including course objectives, volume, depth, coverage, learning outcomes, and whether these ensure the necessary competencies are going to be imparted to prospective candidates upon completion.

It will also review existing duplication between courses and revisions required if necessary.

The five courses undergoing micro-qualifications review cover management of sport organisations, community and development levels in strength and conditioning coaching, community level sports official and coaching.  

The ongoing micro-qualifications exercise is part of the partnership of activities between ONOC and SPC and is being coordinated by Danny Threapleton. The exercise is managed by Head of OSEP, Meli Cavu, who holds the position of Chief Sport Education Programme Officer (Acting) at ONOC.

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You may learn more at the following links:

On the Oceania National Olympic Committees

On the Pacific Community’s (SPC) Educational Quality and Assessment Programme

On the Oceania Sport Education Programme

On the ONOC and SPC Partnership

On the ONOC SportIndustry Advisory Committee (IAC) Members

On the OSEP Independent Review

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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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