Ramallah, Palestine, September 28, 2020: The Palestine Olympic Committee Media Department reports that the Palestine Olympic Academy has honoured a host of Arab experts who made such a big contribution to the success of several courses.
The courses were organised by the Academy following its inauguration in July and were aimed at promoting and serving Palestinian and Arab athletes in various sports fields.
To acknowledge this pioneering work, the Academy has issued a Certificate of Merit to the sports leaders who joined in the seminars via the Zoom video conference link.
Over the course of two months, through social media, the Academy organised nine sports lectures which drew strong support, interaction and feedback from the participants inside and outside of Palestine.
Lecturers from Egypt and Tunisia joined local experts in presenting and discussing a wide range of topics including sports administration, media, anti-doping, the new Sports Court in Palestine, Olympic culture and the need for innovation in the time of crisis for sports institutions.
Amin Barhoush, Director of the Palestine Olympic Academy, thanked all the lecturers for the rich content of their presentations and said the Academy would continue its role in serving the Palestinian sports system to advance the sports staff, according to the directive of Major General Jibril Rajoub, President of the Palestine Olympic Committee.