From left: Saif Mohammed Al Nuaimi, Executive Director of Qatar Olympic Academy and Dr. Ali Abdul Rahman Al Bakri, Head of Sports Development Department
Doha: The Qatar Olympic Academy launched its calendar of courses and programmes for 2022, which will include 21 programmes, workshops, and various courses approved by many international and continental bodies, foremost of which is Olympic Solidarity at the International Olympic Committee, and the two master’s programmes in sports law and the advanced diploma for the management of Olympic sports institutions.
The Academy offers graduate programmes, Olympic education workshops, sports training and sports management programmes, preparation of a sports psychologist, security of sports facilities, and anti-doping, in addition to various courses in many sports and Olympic fields.
Each year, the Academy is keen on diversifying its agenda through the offered programmes, courses and workshops to reach the largest segment of interested people and to achieve its goals.
In light of the challenges posed by COVID-19, the Academy had turned to distance education, which achieved great success and remarkable turnout. From this point of view, the Academy decided to place several courses in the new year in the distance education system.
The Qatar Olympic Academy last year, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education represented by the Training and Development Center, organised several programmes and workshops specifically for physical education teachers, within the development plan of the professional licensing programme. This year, work is underway to continue this program, greatly benefiting the educational and sports system.
The Academy organises many international programmes in cooperation with several global and regional bodies, including the master’s programme in sports law and the advanced diploma for the management of Olympic sports institutions. The advanced diploma programme for sports and Olympic institutions comes with cooperation and accreditation from the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The programme has witnessed a remarkable turnout in recent years, as many students from inside and outside Qatar enrolled in this course.
The Arab Trainers Program (Advanced Level) is the third edition this year offered by the Qatar Olympic Academy in cooperation with the IOC and Qatar University. The programme targets those working in sports federations and clubs, locally and in the Arab world, who have passed the foundation level of the course.
The courses offered by the Qatar Olympic Academy varied this year according to the needs of the sports community. Each year, the Academy conducts a questionnaire for students, institutions, ministries, and partners to know the needs and objectively to meet the needs of the local market and sports institutions.
The calendar this year will be full of various courses, including management and organization of the Asian Games, a course in fitness and nutrition, public relations and sports marketing department of the Asian Sessions, sports course for people with special needs, crisis management in the Asian Games, an introductory course in sports law, a course in sports marketing, and media interviews and effective communication (for athletes).
Others are anti-doping cycle in the Asian Games, managing and organizing community sporting events, two modern management courses for Olympic sports institutions (first and second level) and Olympic Community Education Workshops.
Saif Mohammed Al Nuaimi, Executive Director of the Qatar Olympic Academy, said: “We are keen every year to diversify the agenda to contain many programs that focus on the benefit of the sports community and those interested in the field of rehabilitation and sports sciences in its various areas, in addition to the Academy’s interest and focus on educating the community about Olympic values and culture Sports, which is one of the most important goals of the Academy.”
Al Nuaimi added: “The Academy has emerged from the pandemic with a number of gains, the most important of which is the establishment of programs and courses in the distance learning system, so a number of courses and workshops have been included in the Academy’s agenda this year in the distance learning system through the Microsoft Teams program, and these come The addition after the great success that the Academy achieved through the distance learning system in the last period during the country’s confrontation with the pandemic and the application of health precautions and social distancing in all official headquarters in the country, including educational institutions, we were able to reach a large segment of those wishing In acquiring sciences, both from inside and outside Qatar, and consequently, one of the most important goals of the Academy, which is the dissemination of sports and Olympic culture among societies, was achieved.”
The Executive Director of the Qatar Olympic Academy also thanked the Qatar Olympic Committee, which is the prominent supporter of all the activities of the Academy.
For his part, Dr. Ali Abdul Rahman Al Bakri, Head of the Sports Development Department - Director of the Sports Management Program accredited to the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, stressed that the Academy always seeks to provide distinguished programs and sciences that benefit the sports system in particular and the society as a whole, as well as qualifying individuals from Those working in the sports field are academically and professionally qualified, as well as educating and spreading awareness among workers outside the sports field to benefit their institutions and societies through the programmes offered annually by the Qatar Olympic Academy.
