
One chapter closing, another opening
In many cultures, we learn that “every end is a new beginning”; a positive approach to life supported by a “beginner’s mind”, which is curious and open to life-long learning and incremental…
“True sustainability goes much further than individual projects. It is about looking closely at what you do as an organisation, the way you interact with society at large, and ensuring you have appropriate governance structures, policies and processes in place that will secure your long-term future for the benefit of your organisation, society, and the environment.”
IOC Sustainability Essentials. Introduction to Sustainability
The vision of the ASAP project is to move from words to action, from guidelines and recommendation to their strategic implementation, and, ultimately, from ad-hoc initiatives to integrated sustainability across the operation of National Olympic Committees (NOCs). In concrete terms, the mission of the project is, for the “mentee” NOCs, to create, adopt and start implementing integrated sustainability strategies in their organisations, and for the “mentor” NOCs to further improve their operations by sharing and learning from each other and from other experts in the field.
In many cultures, we learn that “every end is a new beginning”; a positive approach to life supported by a “beginner’s mind”, which is curious and open to life-long learning and incremental…
While November is a month when natural light becomes scarce in our part of the world and nature prepares for winter, quite the opposite was true for the ASAP project. Indeed, the light was shining…
While the ASAP project partners were finalising the last project outputs and getting ready for the ASAP Forum, the Hungarian Olympic Committee’s (HU NOC) sustainability team landed an impressive…