15 September 2020 – UAE National Olympic Committee Media Center
His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, President of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) directed to set up The Consultative Council of the NOC from competent and experienced personnel in the field of sports and Olympic movement.
His Highness pins high hopes in this Consultative Council given the unlimited support of our leaders who are keen to make whatever it takes to our male and female athletes. The Council will serve as a reference consultative body entrusted with the enrichment of the career of our athletes and charting their path, thanks to their diverse practical experience in a variety of fields.
The Council will give an opinion and advise on matters related to strategies and plans for leveraging the future of the UAE Olympic movement. It will examine ideas and processes received from all organisations and sports bodies to select the best ones that meet the needs of our sport in the technical fields and other needs of relevance to the Olympic movement.
The Council will also advise on matters referred to it by the NOC Board of Directors relating the national competitive sports and sports practice improvement strategies in a way that contributes to the progress of the national Olympic movement.
The Council shall assist the NOC in developing plans for Olympic and non-Olympic sports federations to guide them to the best programmes that facilitate the achievements of sports titles and Olympic medals.
The Council shall review and assess the best global sports practices of relevance to the Olympic movement and consider their potential benefits for the national Olympic movement. It shall also give advice and opinion on the promotion of the Olympic culture in the community and diffusing of the culture of sports practice.
HE Humaid Al Qattami, Vice President of the NOC cum Chairman of the Executive Board, stressed the importance of this step as it will have many positives for the Olympic movement of the UAE. “We have highly competent sports figures who will be selected based on certain criteria that include the knowledge about the principles of the Olympic movement, numerous sports contributions that have enriched the national Olympic movement, and the accumulated experience in organisational, technical and administrative matters related to the Olympic movement.
“The resolutions of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Maktoum always aim to the development of the UAE sports through offering innovative solutions that serve the interests of athletes in the first place. “When HH the President of the NOC makes such directives, it bears reference to the high-level confidence HH pins in our sports experts and the importance of giving them a chance to contribute to the setting of structures and processes on which long and medium-term plans for the Olympic movement can be based. They will also be of immense benefits to our athletes participating and competing at various levels,” added Al Qattami.