Answer to Question #235906 in Management for IBRAHIM

Question

describe the stages of the progress of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 with the project life cycle model

Answer 1

We are in direct and regular contact with the athletes. They are doing well and are showing great resilience in these difficult times. Their situation really depends on where they live. They are all continuing to train while respecting the measures put in place by the authorities of their respective countries. The members of the Tokyo 2020 Refugee Olympic Team have not yet been selected. As the Olympic Games have been postponed, the selection date has also been postponed to 2021. The exact date is still to be confirmed. Most of the athletes have not moved and are quarantined in the houses/apartments where they used to live before the pandemic hit their host country. Some of them – like the athletes based in Kenya – joined families and/or relatives based in other parts of the country.

Like all the other athletes around the world, it really depends on the situation and restrictions put in place by each country’s authorities. Some athletes can train outside (forest, beach, etc.) while others have to stay at home and must find "indoor" solutions to train. All of them are doing their best to continue their training routines.

In light of the postponement of the Games of the XXXII Olympiad and the current measures being implemented in Switzerland and around the world to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the IOC Executive Board (EB) will discuss holding the 136th IOC Session remotely through a secure electronic system on Friday 17 July 2020, from 12 to 4 p.m. CEST; and the plan is for it to be live streamed. The agenda and organization of the IOC Session, including a secure electronic voting system, will be discussed by the EB in due course.

NOCs could see their election cycle affected by the postponement of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 – most NOCs usually hold their regular elections in the year following the Games of the Olympiad. To help them address this challenge, and given that the main priority is to enable the NOCs to best prepare their respective teams for the Olympic Games, the IOC has decided to adopt a flexible approach and will let the NOCs decide, subject to their respective statutes, either to follow the four-year term of office or to follow the Olympic Games cycle and hold their elections after the Olympic Games in 2021, subject to certain conditions. In this case, the IOC, on an exceptional basis, will consent to an extension of the initial term of office beyond four years. The IOC sent a circular letter to all NOCs on 23 April 2020 to formally confirm this position, and is currently reviewing the specific situation of the impacted NOCs to help them find the most suitable solution on a case-by-case basis.

As far as the elections in the National Federations are concerned, this is not under the direct jurisdiction of the IOC. However, we understand that the National Federations will also coordinate their approach with their respective International Federations and NOCs to adopt, as far as possible, a consistent and harmonised position at a national level, in consultation with the concerned authorities, if necessary.