Sport Matters joined a webinar on the Prevention of Competition Manipulation in Oceania was hosted by the Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) in December 2020 in partnership with the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Movement Unit on the Prevention of the Manipulation of Competitions.
Sport Matters partners with the Oceania National Olympic Committees through its International Relations Commission on a series of activities across sports policy, advocacy and research and its focus areas of sports integrity and diplomacy. The International Relations Commission builds on the legacy of ONOC’s engagement and leadership of sport and development in the Pacific through its Pacific Sports Compass Working Group active from 2015 to 2018 which Sport Matters also played a pivotal role.
In conjunction with the recent ONOC General Assembly, a one-hour workshop session on Sports Integrity and Diplomacy in Oceania was delivered by the International Relations Commission Chair, Hon Baklai Temengil, Minister for Community and Cultural Affairs in Palau and ONOC Vice-President, and Sport Matters CEO, Jackie Lauff.
On December 9, ONOC hosted a regional webinar on the Prevention of Competition Manipulation in Oceania that featured presentations from the Olympic Movement Unit on the Prevention of the Manipulation of Competitions, Tongan Athlete Ambassador Pita Taufatofua, Lorraine Mar from the Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (FASANOC), Ms Moira Rodan from the Fiji National Sports Commission and Aseri Tabuawaiwai from the Fiji Ministry of Youth and Sports.
ONOC said the seminar aimed to encourage dialogue and exchange of ideas for the protection of integrity of sport in Oceania, as well as receive guidance on ways to detect breaches. The phenomenon of competition manipulation is a significant threat for the integrity and credibility of sports competitions. National Olympic Committees and National Federations should take actions in line with the Olympic Movement Code on the Prevention of the Manipulation of Competitions and be ready to tackle any relevant threat.
The Commission will build on the legacies of the ONOC Pacific Sports Compass Working Group, and a regional project called ‘Raising the Voice for Sport in the Pacific’ that was funded by the European Union and led in partnership by ONOC, UNESCO and Sport Matters.
At global IOC level, the Public Affairs and Social Development Through Sport Commission ‘advises the IOC Session, the IOC Executive Board and the IOC President on strategies to promote the role of sport and Olympism in society and to position the IOC as a thought leader and a strong actor on the international stage around sport for development and peace in and beyond the Games.’
For more details on the webinar visit our media and on the Sports Integrity in Oceania visit the ONOC website