Olympism for Humanity Academy: Champions of Change Certificate Program
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Dates of the Session
June 28-July 7, 2025
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Applications' Deadline
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Olympism for Humanity Academy takes place at the birthplace of the Olympic idea, Political Philosophy, Peace Education, Democracy for Innovation and Ideals: in Delphi, Athens and Ancient Olympia. Our O4H Champions of Change Certificate program serves as a Global Academic Innovation Hub for preserving and embracing the Olympic idea as a peacebuilding platform and an enabler for the UN SDGs. Through our universal Applied Olympic Studies-Sport for Development O4H learning model, participants across continents develop a personal portfolio with guidelines on how to design and deliver data driven “social innovation ventures” to champion collective and systemic change across agencies, in their respective communities.
Our Professional Development Certificate Program entails 30hours of training, one-to-one mentoring, workshops, lectures, and field experience to master the delivery of purpose-driven programs and initiatives. The vision is to develop “Champions of Change” across the globe with knowledge and tools on how to effectively design and deliver conflict transformation, global health, and democracy actualization ventures, inspired and guided by the universality of the World Olympic Cultural Heritage.
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LA Vision: Olympics for Humanity Academic Innovation and I.D.E.A.L.S
This Academic Innovation Professional Development Certificate Program embraces systemic change tailored to local needs and across educational systems, agencies and contexts. Our data-driven Global Olympic Education venture intersects the richness of the World Olympic Heritage, Peacebuilding, Omni culturism, Democracy Actualization, GlobalHealth and Sustainable Development, also known as Olympism in Action (Albanidis,2013, 2014, 2017, 2023; Burns, 2014, 2015, 2021; IOC, 2013, 2018; Lyras, 2003,2007, 2012, 2020, 2021, 2023; Mandigo et al., 2016, 2018; Moghaddam, 2009,2014, 2016, 2017, 2021).
Our pioneer O4H Academic Innovation transdisciplinary theoretically informed, data-driven community-based learning model, aims to preserve and optimize the impact and the essence of the Olympic Heritage and ideals, which is to promote Peace, Humanism, Health and Democracy (PHD) – and “to unleash and actualize human creativity and full potential “(Lyras, 2003,2007, 2020, 2021, 2023)- across underserved and fragile communities- and in regions with long history of conflict.
Thematic Areas: Olympism for Humanity Academic Innovation and I.D.E.A.L.S., International Relations in a Troubled World, Olympic Heritage, Integrity, Equity and Justice, Collective Memory, Omni culturism and Humanism, Genesis of the Olympic ideals, Political Philosophy, design thinking, GlobalHealth and Democracy in Action. Olympism and Sport as an enabler for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Applied Sociology of Sport, Olympism for Humanity & Sport for Development (SFDT) Theory and Praxis.
Dates: June 28-July 7
Program Description
Mastering Olympic Champions of Change Competencies & Literacy
Olympism for Humanity (O4H) was founded by Dr Alexis Lyras in 2011 at the birthplace of Olympism and the Olympic idea, Ancient Olympia, Greece – and was established as an Olympism in Action – Sport for Development Academic Innovation global venture at the Conflict Resolution Program, Department of Government, at Georgetown University with support from the Center for Intercultural Education and Development (CIED) , the International Olympic Academy, Olympism for Humanity global academic partners– and more recently with support from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
The initial vision of this global initiative was to provide capacity building and academic support mechanism to scholars, academic institutions, policymakers and practitioners who wish to utilize the power of sport and the Olympic idea to promote positive social change, Conflict Resolution and Sustainable Development programs in their respective communities. Since then, our founder, Dr. Alexis Lyras, pioneered the first Olympism in Action- SFD Professional Development Program at the birth place of the Olympic idea and established an Applied Olympic Studies Academic Innovation Center called Olympism For Humanity Alliance, Inc., a 501 (c)(3) IRS awarded Charitable Academic Institution (2014) with solid foundations and academic soundness grounded on the Olympism for Humanity(O4H) and Sport for Development (SFDT) Theories (Lyras, 2005,2007, 2020, 2021). These theories- and framework has served as a blueprint for Lyras’ MA, Ph.D. work at the University of Connecticut (2002-2007),and were expanded through his Post-Doctoral work at the Georgetown University (2012-2014), with competitive scholarships, funding and grants awarded by the International Olympic Committee‘s Olympic Solidarity, United Nations‘ Agencies, the Research and Innovation Foundation, Goldman Sachs Gives, Georgetown University and Generations for Peace Senior & Post Doctoral Fellowship.
The central function of O4H and SFDT theories aims to provide a Universal Design & Global Human Development platform across disciplines and contexts for assessing and enriching, personal and institutional capacity of Olympism in Action and Sport for Development policy and community-based academic teaching and programming-(Lyras, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2020, 2021, 2023) a robust scientific blueprint for optimizing the use of Sport and Olympism as an enabler of Sustainable Development (UN 2003, 2005, 2008, 2019, 2024). These foundations serve as the lighthouse and the compass of all our Academic innovation ventures; O4H Academy and our Summer programs in Ancient Olympia, the first, and longest running Olympism in Action – Sport for Development Champions of Change Certificate Academic program in Sport- and Olympic Studies History.
What Will Participants Gain?
Program participants gain in-depth understanding and master practical skills and competencies to champion the establishment, assessment and delivery of impactful Olympism in Action events, programs and curricula. Through this training, participants will develop a personal portfolio which will entail a toolkit with guidelines on how to Champion social impact ventures that address local needs and challenges across contexts. The aim is to promote systemic and collective change across agencies by creating peaceful, inclusive, caring, healthy, just and resilient democratic communities that are physically active, culturally sensitive and civically engaged.
Takeaway, Impact, Outcomes & Prospects
The Olympism For Humanity Certificate Program is centered on the use of Olympic idea, Humanity Virtues and ideals as a peacebuilding vehicle for embracing Integrity and Justice, Human Development and Democracy Actualization. Our educational model is grounded on solid scientific Theory and Data Driven Interventions that by evidence, lead to humanism, social inclusion and change agency (see interconnected O4H-SFD-AMC Model, Lyras, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2020,2014, 2021). The program blends global citizenship and peace education with community-based learning and civic engagement. Certificate Program participants will:
- Internalize virtues of humanity, freedom and democracy- and build a robust profile and skillset for high-competitive academic excellence and scholarship
- Enrich their resume for further academic and professional advancements
- Be part of a worldwide Academic Diplomacy network of likeminded peers committed to Championing Change, Justice and Integrity across fragile regions and communities
- Gain proficiency and practical skills and competencies on the role of Olympism and Sport as important enablers of the Sustainable Development Goals
- Gain proficiency and in-depth understanding how to manage and coordinate the establishment and delivery of impactful Olympism in Action programs
- Build a toolkit and a rich Olympism in Society portfolio of replicable intercultural education activities, teaching and fundraising material, Monitoring and Evaluation tools and community-driven curricula
- Become proficient in Olympism for Humanity (O4H) Literacy and gain the essential knowledge, skills and competencies to meet the challenges of the 21stCentury
Application Deadline: June 15, 2025
More information:
Mover information about our program can be found via our link tree and our website O4HA.org
Language: English
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- 9. At the bottom section "Upload Documents of the pop-up, please paste the link there and choose which session you are applying to. Your application is then successfully submitted.
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