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Bulgarian Olympic Academy
BOA 40 years of development
Director of the National Olympic Academy Bulgaria – Prof. Lozan Mitev, Ph.D. – olympicconf@gmail.com
Activities of the National Olympic Academy, Bulgaria for 2020/2021, download here.
The beginning of NOA 1982 – 1989
In the early 1980s, the favorable social conditions associated with the development of the sports movement, the growing influence of the BOC in the development of sport, and its active international contacts with the IOC provided an opportunity to create a forum to promote the Olympic idea. Rumyana Boycheva has made a significant contribution to the establishment of the National Olympic Committee, proposing the establishment of the National Olympic Academy of Bulgaria similar to the International Olympic Committee. This idea was supported by the leadership of BOC in the person of Angel Solakov and Ivan Slavkov. With the establishment of the School on May 11, 1983, Bulgaria became one of the first countries (13 in a row) to establish its own Academy. The first chairperson of NOA was Prof. Natalia Petrova (1983-1997). A NOA council has been formed, which includes Prof. Natalia Petrova, Mrs. Nadezhda Lekarska, Rumyana Boycheva, Lozan Mitev and Vassil Girginov. They hold regular meetings and begin to develop active public activity.
Heroes and events from the sessions of the National Olympic Academy 1990 – 1997
NOA sessions are the most important part of the Academy’s activities. During this period they underwent significant development and gradually became the most significant cultural and educational activity of BOC in the country. The NOA sessions are similar to the International Olympic Academy in Olympia. The program of the sessions includes educational, cultural, and sports, which enrich the opportunities for understanding and applying the Olympic principles by combining sports with education and art. The overall organization of the session is carried out by BOC, NSA lecturers, students, and representatives of the Olympic clubs.
Olympic clubs
In the early ’80s the leadership of the NOA came up with the idea of creating small structures for training specialists, who throughout the year, to be the backbone of the Olympic educators and activists in the NOA. Thanks to this, the NOA in 1985 marked the beginning of the establishment of permanent Olympic educational structures – the Olympic Clubs. This strategy is based on the fact that the activities and management of NOA are provided entirely within the VIF and its specialized staff – Prof. Natalia Petrova – President of NOA, Vassil Girginov, Lozan Mitev, Rumyana Boycheva – members of the Council of NOA. of VIF actually creates the first staff of NOA, which remain to this day associates of the Academy and thanks to which the other Olympic clubs in the country are created – Blagoevgrad, Troyan, Sofia, Breznik, Sliven, Pazardzhik, Varna, Burgas, Pernik, Bosilegrad, Svishtov, Kyustendil., Bosilegrad, Kazanlak. Radomir, 35 “Dobri Voynikov”, 55 “Petko Karavelov”, Railway Olympic clubs work as autonomous cultural and educational organizations, developing voluntarily and according to local conditions own programs for Olympic education.
Olympic seminars and conferences
At the suggestion of Prof. Natalia Petrova, the management of VIF decided in the fall of 1989 to hold a special course for students of the fourth year of Olympism, led by Lozan Mitev. In essence, the training in the course has the task to prepare young Olympic figures who are able to develop lectures, give talks, conduct educational campaigns and organize Olympic sports pedagogical events. anniversaries of the First Modern Olympic Games, conferences on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the BOC, 120 years of Bulgaria’s participation in the first modern Olympic Games, etc.
Pedagogical Olympic initiatives
Since its founding, NOA has been actively cooperating with the institute of High education of physical education and sport and this is one of the main reasons why the Academy is not limited to scientific events, but also to develop a wide range of pedagogical activities. This allows the introduction of new practices and traditions, higher humanitarian culture, and the creation of a positive attitude and understanding of the values of Olympism, as well as active attitude of young people and sports professionals to current issues of the Olympic movement. Olympic Academy and the experience of Lozan Mitev in 1986 was established by the Commission “Fair Play” by students of the club to disseminate knowledge about the moral principles of sport and monitor the state of their manifestation in the behavior of students in sports events in the University of PE and Sport.
BOA Olympic Initiatives in the period 1998 – 2006
In 1997, a radical change was made in the organization and management of the NOA. It adopted the name Bulgarian Olympic Academy and became an independent legal institution with a different model of activity. Under the leadership of the Secretary General. of BOC then Belcho Ivanov, Prof. Raina Bardareva, Prof. Georgi Kaburov, Prof. Nikola Hadjiev, Alexander Nikolov and others. the new concept of these figures is related to the transformation of the NOA into a scientific institute and organizational center of the new Olympic structures affiliated with the police clubs, created on the example of the Olympic clubs. The new structural model of the newly established BOA and diverse organizational staff, causes the resignation of current actors Prof. Natalia Petrova, Nadezhda Lekarska and Lozan Mitev creates significant changes in the activities of BOA and the appearance of its work.
The Olympic Resistance – Shtarkelovo gnezdo, Cherni Osem and Varna 1999 – 2006
The structural changes that occurred with the establishment of the BOA in 1998 led to a change in the activities of the Academy, trying to change the purpose and mission of the sessions by holding Olympic fairs and Olympic days creates a new youth Olympic movement. Seeing these circumstances and the gradual change of the BOA model beyond the model recommended by the IOA, a group of young Olympic figures represented by the Sofia Olympic Club and the NSA Central Committee under the leadership of Lozan Mitev created a new Olympic movement called the Old Academy. independent session of the National Olympic School, aiming to preserve the traditions of the past, making efforts to unite already trained Olympic volunteers and activists in an independent structure without clear organizational outlines, but developing the same activities as the NOA until its resignation leadership in 1998
Activities after the restoration of the National Olympic Academy
2006 – 2017 In 2006, on the initiative of the Secretary General of BOC Belcho Goranov and Prof. Lachezar Dimitrov, the concept for the development of NOA was restored in accordance with the founding documents of its establishment. This affects not only the restoration of the name, but also the status of the NOA as an integral part of the SFP. Since then, efforts have been made to expand the educational functions of the NOA and to restore the pedagogical character of the Olympic clubs in the country. The process of creating new clubs and approving a program for cooperation with the education system begins. During this period an honorary diploma was established in honor of Prof. Natalia Petrova “for active activity and perseverance in the annual activities of the Academy. Winners of this award are Emilia Vitanova, Alexander Dafinov, Vanya Alexandrova, Nikola Georgiev, Zhelko Nasev, Iva Radkova, Lyubomir Georgiev.
During this period an honorary diploma was established in honor of Prof. Natalia Petrova “for active activity and perseverance in the annual activities of the Academy. Winners of this award are Emilia Vitanova, Alexander Dafinov, Vanya Alexandrova, Nikola Georgiev, Zhelko Nasev, Iva Radkova, Lyubomir Georgiev. During this period, the honorary award “Nadezhda Lekarska” was established, and the winners are Prof. Lozan Mitev, Daniela Tomova, Mila Atseva, Assoc. Prof. Ivan Sandanski, Vasil Girginov and Belcho Goranov. of new pedagogical, cultural and educational initiatives received recognition from the IOC with honorary awards to Prof. Lachezar Dimitrov and Prof. Pencho Geshev.
Bulgarian Olympic Academy and the International Olympic Academy
A key role in the establishment of the BOA was played by Rumyana Boycheva in a session of the International Olympic Academy in 1979. After her return to Bulgaria, she began working actively with the newly formed Olympic group, whose members are Lozan Mitev, Efrem Efremov and others. Since the beginning of the 1980s, a more active policy for the integration of the NOA into the IOA has begun. Filaretos. In connection with the 100th anniversary of the IOC, the NOA organized an educational expedition to Olympia. 20 years later, in 2014, a group of NSA students again organized a trip to Ancient Olympia and the IOA.
Olympic fire
The creation of the IOC leaves deep traces in the future development of Olympism and becomes a kind of holiday for all peoples of the world. The commemorative date of June 23 has been declared International Olympic Day. The Olympic flame by students of the Academy aims to show the humane dimensions of sports, the freedom of each person to choose their path and shows the eternal pursuit of perfection and faith in the good. through a number of institutions responsible for the preservation of the ideals and values of sports – Student Municipality, Sofia Municipality, the Museum of Sports, the Monument to Vassil Levski, the Ministry of Physical Education and Sports and others.
NOA in cooperation with physical education teachers
In 2013, the NOA of the BOC established a specialized session for physical education teachers, which a year before the IOC’s Olympic Agenda 2020, formulated its new educational policy aimed at more fully disseminating Olympic ideas among young people.
Since 2015, the NOA of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee has been holding National Olympic Conferences twice a year, presenting the results of the Olympic programs for school work, new methodologies and materials, discussing theoretical and organizational issues related to the implementation of Olympic education and education.
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2021 session of the National Olympic Academy of BOC, Nessebar
