Catalan referees and judges take centre stage at a session of the History Seminar
The round table, moderated by Jordi Alcover, was made up of Santiago Deo, Hortènsia Graupera, Josep Manuel Cortés and Montserrat Ubia. The journalist Joan Manel Surroca, for his part, presented his book “Àrbitres i Jutges Olímpics Catalans” (“Catalan Olympic Referees and Judges”), which includes the men and women, over 40 of them in all, who have contributed to ensuring fair play at the Olympic Games.
Decision of the jury of the 7th Barcelona Olympic Foundation International Art on Paper Award for 2016
Having been convened, the jury, comprising Romà Arranz, teacher at the Escola Massana Arts and Design School, Raquel Medina, art critic and member of ACCA-AICA (Catalan Association of Art Critics); Miriam Alcaraz, Director of the La Casa Elizalde Cultural Centre, Antoni Benages, artist, and Juli Pernas, Director of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation, has decided, after careful deliberation, that the winners of these 7th Barcelona Olympic Foundation International Art on Paper Awards are:
‘Streets, Squares, Parks and Gardens’ pays tribute to the sportpersons and personalities from the world of sport represented in the city of Barcelona.
In the book ‘Streets, Squares, Parks and Gardens’ Juli Pernas, Director of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation, has compiled the history of the spaces in Barcelona dedicated directly or indirectly to sport.
First seminar on “Education and the Olympic Movement: Olympic values in education”
The Darder Museum in Banyoles hosted this first seminar on Education and the Olympic Movement organised by the Banyoles Centre for Olympic Studies – University of Girona, in collaboration with the Joan Antoni Samaranch Centre for Olympic and Sports Studies of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation.
Physical Activity and Sports Sciences (CAFES) students from the Blanquerna Faculty of Psychology, Education and Sports Sciences in the Olympic Museum.
The students visited the Olympic Museum facilities after completing the “Management of the Olympic and Sport Museum” masterclass, presented by its director, Juli Pernas.
Marta Carranza, president of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation and Commissioner for Sport for the Barcelona City Council, head of the Board of Trustees that includes Pere Miró, deputy director general of the CIO and director of the Olympic Charity.
The Barcelona Olympic Foundation Board is made up of the Barcelona City Council, the Spanish Olympic Committee, the State Administration (through the Higher Sports Council), the Catalonia Regional Government (through the Secretary General for Sport) and five individual members: His Excellency Mr Josep Miquel Abad, His Excellency Mr Romà Cuyàs, His Excellency Mr Josep Lluís Vilaseca, Ms Teresa Samaranch and Mr Pere Miró.
Final conference and closing of the 11th Edition of the Olympic Forum
Today’s morning conference began with Paco Medina, director of the Open Camp Project, the first park in the world dedicated to sport where technology and sports are made available to the public. An ambitious project that will see the light of day on 16/06/2016 in the Olympic Ring located on Montjuïc and where the Olympic Museum will be a protagonist.
Social networks were the topic addressed in the morning conference held during the 11th Edition of the Olympic Forum.
Romà Cuyas, former Secretary of Sport; Gerard Esteva, President of the Sports Federation Union of Catalonia (UFEC); Santiago Siquier, territorial representative of the Generalitat and Marta Carranza, Commissioner of Sport of Barcelona City Hall, were in charge of opening the conferences of this 11th Edition of the Olympic Forum.
Technological progress enables precision and control in sports
The afternoon session in the Olympic Forum spoke highly of new technologies and the wonderful possibilities they offer sports.
Winners for the 6TH BARCELONA OLYMPIC FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL ART ON PAPER AWARD, organised by the Barcelona Olympic Foundation (FBO)
The winners of this 6TH OLYMPIC FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL ART ON PAPER AWARD has been:
