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Solidarity

Solidarity has been greatly reinforced by the Olympic Agenda.

  • The IOC redistributes 90 per cent of its revenue to sport worldwide, which means that in the 2021-2024 period, every day the equivalent of USD 4.7 million went to help athletes and sports organisations at all levels around the world. This is up from USD 3.25 million in 2014.

  • The budget for the 2025–2028 Olympic Solidarity plan has been increased by 10 per cent to USD 650 million.

  • More than 250,000 athletes have been supported by Olympic Solidarity from grassroots to continental to Olympic level through Olympic Solidarity’s athlete development programmes, with a 67 per cent increase in the budget for athletes and sport development (USD 167 million in 2025-2028 compared to USD 100 million in 2013-2016).

  • Through the Olympic Scholarships for Athletes – Paris 2024 programme

  • 1,560 Olympic scholarships were allocated to athletes from 195 NOCs.

  • 599 Olympic scholarship-holders (301 men, 298 women) from 172 NOCs competed in 24 sports at the Games.

  • Olympic scholarship-holders won a total of 75 medals (26 gold, 20 silver and 29 bronze) and 131 diplomas.

  • All 206 NOCs have benefited from Olympic Solidarity programmes to help develop their athletes and coaches, develop their administrative capacity and promote the Olympic values within their communities.

What they have said

“Through targeted programmes and initiatives, we are working towards creating a more inclusive and equitable sporting landscape.” – Robin Mitchell, IOC Executive Board member and Chair of the Olympic Solidarity Commission

“For countries like Burkina Faso, where public support for sport is still very limited, Olympic Solidarity scholarships allow us to dream big and for such dreams to come true.” – Hugues Fabrice Zango (Burkina Faso), Olympic bronze medallist, triple jump

Olympic Agenda reforms highlights

Olympic Agenda Highlights

IOC Members meeting at the 144th Session in Greece celebrated the achievements of Olympic Agenda. In a series of presentations, the highlights of the Olympic Agenda reforms and their impacts on the IOC and the wider Olympic Movement were outlined. They included a 30-minute film showcasing the achievements of the reforms with powerful testimonials from individuals, personalities and organisations, all of whom have been positively impacted.