2015 Olympism4Humanity Praxis Summer Programme

Building on the great success of the first O4H professional training programmes that took place in ancient Olympia in Summer 2013 and 2014, the 2015 O4H Praxis Summer Programme offers an annual 10-day residential professional development programme in Ancient Olympia, Greece.

The Praxis Summer Programme includes participation in the Praxis Summit for the first five days.

The O4H Praxis Summer Programme is ideally suited to the needs of change and humanitarian agents and agencies, NGO practitioners, students, athletes, Olympians, policy makers, faculty, researchers, programme officers and educators.

This annual professional development programme in Ancient Olympia aims to provide the tools and skills for community-based prevention programming and scholarship.

The 2015 O4H Praxis Summer Programme (25 June – 5 July) provides extensive training on applied skills and competencies related to:

• Humanitarian applied Olympic education and Olympism in action foundations
• Prevention and evidence-based programme design and delivery
• Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and impact assessment
• Non-profit and special event management
• Fundraising strategies and grant proposal writing
• Curriculum development for formal and non-formal educational systems (eg, community and after school programmes, primary, secondary, and tertiary education)
• Olympic and Paralympic Games, marathon and mega events legacies

[This article has been edited by the Operating Team]