AlKass Digital
Buenos Aires, Argentina- HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani, President of the Qatar Olympic Committee, attended the Olympic Refuge Foundation Board meeting, here on Wednesday.
The meeting, which took place on the sidelines of the 2018 Youth Olympic Games, was chaired by Dr. Thomas Bach, President of International Olympic Committee (IOC), and was attended by multiple board members of the foundation, including Mr. Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner of UNHCR, Mr. Zaiqing Yu, IOC Vice-President, Dr. Chungwon Choue, President of the World Taekwondo Federation and Mr. Yiech Pur Biel, member of the first Refugee Olympic Team at the Olympic Games Rio 2016.
The meeting discussed the sport for protection projects to be implemented in communities and camps affected by the refugee crisis across the world.
The IOC created the Olympic Refuge Foundation in 2017 to support the protection and empowerment of vulnerable displaced people through sport and through the creation of safe spaces, partnering with UNHCR and local implementation partners in the field. The Qatar Olympic Committee was confirmed as a founding donating partner.
Also, HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani, the QOC President met with Mr. Neven Ilic Alvarez, President of the Pan American Sports Organisation. The meeting reviewed the areas of cooperation between the two organisations and the means of developing them in the future.