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ICSSPE
11/06/2025 10:28
From 3 to 5 June 2025, Lausanne welcomed over 300 participants representing more than 100 organisations and 70 countries to the first-ever Olympism365 Summit: Sport for a Better World, convened by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). ICSSPE was proud to join global partners working to harness the power of sport across health, inclusion, peace, and environmental sustainability.
Summit Highlights & Commitments
1. USD 200 Million in Collective Investment
68 organisations made 45 new commitments spanning health, safe sport, inclusion, and community development, projected to mobilise USD 200 million over the next four years.
2. Sport & Health
Discussions focused on sport’s role in disease prevention and well-being, supported by WHO and IOC leadership. New partnerships were announced with China Institute of Sport Science and Italy’s Istituto per il Credito Sportivo to develop community-level sport programmes and infrastructure.
3. Safer Communities & Safe Sport
A series of technical tools and resources were launched to combat interpersonal violence and strengthen athlete safeguarding. Announcements included:
- AI-powered cyber-abuse prevention for Milano‑Cortina 2026, building on Paris 2024 lessons.
- New alliances between the IOC, UN Spotlight Initiative, FIFA, and the Huntsman Mental Health Institute.
- Regional Safe Sport Hub feasibility studies in Africa and the Pacific, alongside projects across Europe.
- Train‑the‑trainer programs for over 1,600 safeguarding focal points and tailored mental‑health literacy courses by 2026.
4. Financing, Evidence & Innovation
19 organisations committed to a shared measurement approach tracking 100+ sport-for-development initiatives across 80 countries. The Finance in Common Coalition launched a tracking system to measure progress towards its USD 10 billion investment goal, a platform initiated at the Paris 2024 Summit.
ICSSPE Role & Next Steps
The sessions on Sport and Health, Safer Communities through Sport, and Scaling and Sustaining Impact showcased the power of cross-sector collaboration to turn shared values into concrete, long-term social impact. The strong emphasis on capacity building and systems change, themes closely aligned with the Sport and Health Capacity Development Initiative, developed under the IOC & WHO Memorandum of Understanding. This initiative aims to elevate the role of community sport and physical activity in fostering healthier, more active societies, with ICSSPE contributing as one of the delivering leads.
ICSSPE's Executive Direwctor also had the chance to meet with Dr. Jane Thornton, Director of the IOC Health, Medicine & Science Department, to explore joint support for Olympic Agenda 2020+5 and Olympism365 strategy.
We now look forward to continuing our collaborations with the IOC under the leadership of President-elect Kirsty Coventry given the shared vision on the practice and impact of sport.
Learn more about the summit and its outcomes here: Olympism365 Summit: Sport for a Better World