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10 NOV 2026 2:57PM by PIB Ahmedabad
The Luxembourg Olympic and Sports Committee (COSL), together with Luxembourg's Ministry of Education, Children and Youth (MENJE/SCRIPT), has invited the Bharat Centre of Olympic Research and Education (BCORE), under the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Olympic Studies Centre at Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU), along with other regional experts, to an International Academic and Educational Workshop on Olympic Education. The workshop is being held from 3 to 6 November 2026 in Athens and Olympia, Greece, to support De Léiw an Dir (“The Lion Within You”), Luxembourg's national Olympic values education programme. BCORE has been invited from Asia in recognition of its work in Olympic education and research, and Dr Utsav Chaware, Director, BCORE is representing India.
LUXEMBOURG'S NATIONAL OLYMPIC EDUCATION PROGRAMME
De Léiw an Dir (meaning “The Lion Within You” in Luxembourgish) is an Olympic values education programme developed by COSL in cooperation with MENJE/SCRIPT. It is a long-term national initiative to embed Olympic values sustainably in Luxembourg's education system, with particular emphasis on scientifically grounded teaching concepts, practice-oriented educational materials and internationally oriented teacher training programmes.
A programme of this scale needs to be built on tested experience. The workshop therefore brings together academics, educational experts and teaching professionals from different regions, among them Prof. Dr Konstantinos Georgiadis, Dean of the International Olympic Academy (IOA), and Spyros Avgoustis, Pedagogical Adviser to the National Olympic Academy of Greece, along with other experts from academia, Olympic education and school practice. Each is sharing how Olympic education has been promoted in their region, which approaches have worked and what challenges they faced along the way. Sessions examine Pierre de Coubertin's educational philosophy and its relevance to contemporary values-based education, the promotion of respect, tolerance, fair play, friendship and excellence, and ways of connecting academic research with educational practice. Participants will also work together on teaching materials and teacher training programmes, with the outcomes feeding directly into the national rollout in schools.
INDIA'S PERSPECTIVE AND BCORE'S CONTRIBUTION
BCORE has been invited to bring the Asian experience to the workshop, presenting examples of how Olympic education is implemented in India and how Olympic values are communicated across different cultural and social contexts. Dr Chaware will share the model BCORE has built at RRU: a university-led approach that works hand in hand with the National Olympic Committee and national sports federations to design and deliver conferences, education programmes, athlete welfare initiatives and research. The invitation recognises BCORE's work since its establishment in June 2024, and the value of an Indian perspective, from a large and diverse country with ambitions to host major sporting events, in shaping how Olympic education moves forward internationally.
In just two years, that work has grown across research, community engagement, athlete welfare and global partnerships. With the Olympics in mind, BCORE has organised two editions of the International Olympic Research Conference, bringing global scholars, practitioners and Olympians to India to examine the questions that matter for a country aspiring to host the Games, with the proceedings published internationally. It has taken Olympic values beyond the campus through large public participation events that promote fitness, inclusion and safe participation in sport, and has led national programmes on Safe Sport and athlete safeguarding, alongside research and education on anti-doping, in partnership with federations, armed forces sports bodies and high-performance academies. Collaborations with Olympic studies centres, universities and Olympian-led academies in India and abroad, together with internships and exchanges, give students first-hand exposure to the world of sport.
SIGNIFICANCE AND WAY FORWARD FOR INDIA
The learning and exchange from Athens and Olympia will be carried back to India and adapted to Indian conditions across higher education, research and schools. BCORE intends to develop a school-level Olympic values education programme, beginning in Ahmedabad, drawing on the approaches, materials and teacher training models examined at the workshop. For India, as it builds towards hosting major sporting events including a prospective Olympic Games, such a programme matters because the values of fair play, respect and excellence are best established early, in the classroom, long before hosting begins.
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