Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay celebrated the 1st International Congress on Olympism in Colombia, and the 2ndLatin American Pierre de Coubertin Symposium.

12thInternational Pierre de Coubertin Youth Forum From 24th- 31stof August 2019, the French town of Mâcon was the site of the 12thInternational Pierre de Coubertin Youth Forum having students from numerous Coubertin Schools across the world.  Following Coubertin’s idea of peace and friendship among nations, the International Pierre de Coubertin committee (CIPC) organises its Youth Forums every two years in

26-28 September 2019, Colombia: The Symposium on Pierre de Coubertin is taking place at the ‘Fundación Universitaria Juan de Castellanos’ in the city of Pereira, Colombia from 26 to 28 September 2019. It is the 1st International symposium on Olympism in Colombia and 2nd Latin American Symposium on Pierre de Coubertin with participation of distinguished academics and members

The President of the International Pierre de Coubertin Committee (CIPC), Prof. Dr. Stephan Wassong, has been re-appointed Adjunct Professor for three more years at the School of Health Sciences, University of Canterbury (UC), New Zealand. The reason for the re-appointment was the successful cooperation between the Institute of Sport History and the Olympic Study Center of the German

(by Prof. Dr. Junko Tahara, Vice-President of CIPC and Chair of CJPC) The inaugural meeting of Japanese Pierre de Coubertin Committee (CJPC) was held on 4thAugust 2019 at Chukyo University in Nagoya. CJPC was established in 2007 at first as a sub committee for research of Pierre de Coubertin within the Japanese Olympic Academy, and this time CJPC has

Report from the 13th International Olympic Academy in Ancient Olympia, Greece from 1 – 7 July 2019.

Brazilian Pierre de Coubertin Committee is organizing an Olympic Studies Forum 2019 together with the Federal University of Sergipe and the Group of Olympic and Paralympic Studies. The Forum will take place on 2 and 3 September 2019 in São Cristóvão, SE, Brazil.

The President of the National Pierre de Coubertin Committee of Uruguay, Prof. Héctor Horacio Henry, kindly informed us about the celebration of the Olympic Day and of the 3rdAnniversary of the Pierre de Coubertin Committee of Uruguay.

Several CIPC members have been appointed to the IOC Commissions in 2019. The IOC President Thomas Bach appointed once more Prof. Stephan Wassong, Prof. Kostas Georgiadis and Helen Brownlee on the Olympic Education Commission; Prof. Dr. Norbert Müller and Alexandra de Navacelle Zolidis (Pierre de Coubertin Family Association) on the Culture and Olympic Heritage Commission. This decision