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Culture and Olympic
Heritage Commission

Mission

The Culture and Olympic Heritage Commission advises the IOC Session, the IOC Executive Board and the IOC President on all the activities of the Olympic Movement that are related to culture in the broadest sense of the term - art, history, focus on values, academic research and patrimonial collections – with a view to promoting the Olympic ideals as widely as possible, especially among young people all over the world.

The responsibilities of the Culture and Olympic Heritage Commission are to:

  • Help to achieve optimum implementation of the IOC’s cultural action plan: activities of the Culture and Heritage department and Olympic Agenda 2020+5;
  • Facilitate synergies between the various cultural platforms, communities and bodies within the Olympic Movement: academies, museums, NOC and OCOG culture sections, research centres and universities, and recognised organisations, with a view to achieving better overall impact;
  • Consider ways to develop the cultural activities of the Olympic Movement in the future.

The Culture and Heritage Commission is supported by the Culture and Heritage Department. 

Composition

Chair

Members

Honorary Chair

Director in charge

  • Director of Culture and Heritage