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International Cooperation
Since its foundation, the Croatian Olympic Committee has had intense international cooperation following the basic principles of the development of Olympism and sport, its important role in better understanding among countries and strengthening friendly relations among them.
In its early days as an independent country, when Croatia did not have its own embassies and consulates, the Croatian Olympic Committee established an honorary post of the Ambassador for the Croatian Olympic Committee, which has been held by Croatian athletes and sports officials, patriots and prominent sporting figures throughout the world. Besides by numerous protocols and cooperation agreements with NOC-s, it has been actively enhancing its role in the international sports community through the activities of Croats in the bodies of the International Olympic Committee, European Olympic Committees, International Mediterranean Games Committee, and by organizing and hosting international seminars and gatherings and other forms of international cooperation, such as meetings of the South-East European countries. The Croatian Olympic Committee is involved in most projects of the IOC Olympic Solidarity, training of coaches and sports officials and international marketing projects. It has initiated and actively promoted culture and Olympic education at an international level.
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Zagreb, 11 May 2022 - The Croatian Olympic Committee (COC) and the Croatian Rowing Federation (HVS) have organized a gathering with Ukrainian female and male rowers who are in a month-long preparations at Lake Jarun in Zagreb. In Croatia's action to accept and take care of Ukrainian athletes, initiated by the CoC, on the recommendation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the European Olympic Committees (EOCs), rowing is one of the most numerously represented sports - 28 athletes and 11 accompanying persons.
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Podgorica/Zagreb, 21 January 2021 – The NOC of Montenegro (COK) sent 3,000 EUR as financial assistance in eliminating the consequences of the devastating earthquake in Sisak-Moslavina County in the Republic of Croatia.
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Zagreb, July 14, 2020 - The President of the Slovenian Olympic Committee, Bogdan Gabrovec, paid a working visit to the Croatian Olympic Committee (COC). He talked with the host, the head of the Croatian Olympic Committee and member of the EOCs Executive Committee Zlatko Mateša, about the upcoming session of the EOCs Executive Committee planned for the end of September in Ljubljana. If anti-pandemic measures (COVID-19)allow it, the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach should also be a guest at the said meeting.
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Mateša: We welcome Kolinda Grabar Kitarović's candidacy for IOC's Executive Board, this represents a recognition for Croatia as well
Lausanne/Zagreb, 10 June 2020 - Until recently the Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarović was nominated for membership in the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Executive Board and confirmation of her appointment as an individual member of the IOC is expected at the IOC’s video session on 17 July. Besides the former Croatian head of state, two other women have been nominated - Saudi Princess Reema Bandar Al-Saud, Cuban Maria de la Caridad Colón Ruenes and two men - the President of the World Athletics Federation, British Sebastian Coe and Mongolian Battushig Batbold. -
Croatian Olympic Committee signs Cooperation Agreement with Korean Olympic Committee
Zagreb, May 11, 2020 - Despite months of difficult communication due to the world pandemic COVID-19, sports friends find ways and solutions for establishment or continuance of cooperation. The Agreement on Sports Cooperation with the Korean Sports&Olympic Committee, agreed last year during the south Korean delegation to Croatia, reached the Croatian Olympic Committee’s headquarters. -
Toyota and Red Cross call for sending messages in charity campaign 'Together for a Better Tomorrow'
Zagreb, April 16, 2020 – The company Toyota Croatia, a partner in the Croatian Olympians’ mobility segment, created in cooperation with the Croatian Red Cross charity campaign "Together for a Better Tomorrow", in which it will deliver packages with ratio supplies to individuals or families in need of assistance. -
Meeting of the European Non-Governmental Sports Organisation (ENGSO) held at the Croatian Olympic Committee
Zagreb, February 10th 2020 - A meeting of the members of the European Non-Governmental Sports Organisation (ENGSO) was held at the Croatian Olympic Committee (COC) over the weekend. Six of the foreseen seven members- from Lithuania, Austria, Hungary, Serbia and Sweden - attended the meeting of the ENGSO Youth Committee and were hosted by their Croatian colleague, Iva Glibo. -
Croatian Olympic Committee congratulated Marko Žunić on his election to the Executive Committee of the International University Sports Federation
Zagreb, November 21, 2019 -At last week's Electoral Assembly of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) - held in Turin (Italy) - the candidate of the Croatian Academic Sports Federation (HASS) Marko Žunić was elected a member of the FISU’s Executive Committee. FISU’s Executive Committee is composed of 15 members from all over the world, namely - from countries from five continents. At the Assembly the leaders of FISU were elected as well - the new President is Oleg Matytsin from Russia, and the first Vice President is Swiss Leonz Eder. -
Ukrainian high jumper Mahuchikh presented the EOCs Piotr Nurowski Award, second-positioned our Franko Grgić
Warsaw, October 26, 2019 - The most successful and promising young Croatian athlete, 16-year-old swimmer Franko Grgić, did not receive the award for the Best Young European Athlete 2019 in the ninth summer edition of the Piotr Nurowski Award presented by the European Olympic Committees (EOO). Grgić was among the five finalists, but the votes of the EOCs Assembly members ruled that this year's award went to the 18-year-old Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh. A month ago, Ukrainian won a silver medal at the World Athletics Championships, by jumping 204 centimeters, setting up thus a personal record, but also a new World Junior Record. -
Korean company Nassau donates 500 balls to sports at local level in the Republic of Croatia
Zagreb, October 16, 2019 - The Korean company Nassau, which – since its establishment in 1971 - produces and distributes sports equipment, mostly balls for all ball sports, donated 500 balls (of which 470 for basketball) to the Croatian Olympic Committee for the needs of local sports communities. Nassau’s General Manager Ho-Cheol Lee, in the company of the Director of KBCZ (Korean Business Center Zagreb) Eun Ah Park, presented a symbolic "merchandise cheque" to the Croatian Olympic Committee’s Vice President Morana Paliković Gruden, with the announcement that the ball delivery will be at the end of this month and early November. -
Invitation to the 3rd conference on investments in sport
Vilnius, September 5. 2019 - The Mykolas Romeris University is hosting the 3rd of 7 national conferences entitled “Investments in Sport” organised within the project under the same title (Investments in Sport, abbr. iSport), which was co-funded by the Erasmus+: Sport Programme of the European Union. The 3rd conference on investments in sport will be held at the premises of the Mykolas Romeris University in Vilnius, Lithuania on 16 September 2019. -
Invitation to the 2nd conference on investments in sport
Lisbon, 18 June 2019. The Portuguese Olympic Committee is hosting the 2nd of 7 national conferences entitled "Investments in Sport" organised within the project under the same title (Investments in Sport, abbr. iSport), which was co-funded by the Erasmus+: Sport Programme of the European Union. -
The cooperation agreement with the Iranian NOC, delegation of the Croatian NOC finished the visit to Tehran
TEHRAN, April 29, 2019 - The Croatian NOC’s (HOO) President Zlatko Mateša and Secretary General Josip Čop spent the weekend (from April 25 to 29) in Tehran as heads of the Croatian delegation that visited the sports officials in Iran. On that occasion, Mateša met with the President of the Iranian NOC, Reza Salehi Amiri and Minister for Youth and Sports in the Iranian government Masoud Soltanifar, and the topic of the meeting was the improvement of sports cooperation between the two countries. The Croatian delegation counted also the Croatian NOC’s Vice President Sanda Čorak, President of the Croatian Handball Federation Tomislav Grahovac and Head of the Croatian NOC’s International Cooperation Department, Ljiljana Ujlaki Šubić. -
Italian lawyer Patrizia Diacci held a presentation at the Croatian NOC’s Center for Rights in Sports
Zagreb, April 17, 2019 - In the premises of the Croatian NOC’s (HOO) Center for Rights in Sports, an internal workshop was held which represents the continuation of international cooperation of our center with the European and global legal experts involved in the same field. An exceptionally impressive presentation was held by the Italian lawyer Patrizia Diacci. Diacci presented – in a one-hour--report, interrupted by questions - a system of sports dispute resolution in Italy, including national rules for fighting doping and a very constructive exchange of experiences of a dozen participants and competence and practice of the Italian Center for Rights in Sports. -
Chinese investor Jiang Yu visited Croatian National Olympic Committee
Zagreb, April 16, 2019 -Due to arriving in Zagreb as a member of the numerous Chinese political-business delegation to Croatia, the founder, majority owner and director of the company Z-Run WellTon Industry CO. LTD. Jiang Yu also visited the Croatian National Olympic Committee (HOO) where she was engaged in an one-hour-long conversation with the Croatian NOC’s President Zlatko Mateša on the topic of possible investments in Croatia. Besides them, the meeting was attended by the President and Vice-President of CSEBA (Chinese Southest European Business Association) Mario Rendulić and Zvonimir Grudaš, and economic expert, Former Minister of Tourism in the Croatian Government Ivan Herak. -
Croatia and China signed the Memorandum on Cooperation in the Field of sports
Zagreb, April 10, 2019 - President of National Council of the People's Republic of China Li Keqiang who, at the invitation of Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, is in an official visit to Croatia, signed - among many bilateral agreements from various fields - also the one on sports cooperation between the two countries. The Memorandum between the Croatian Central State Office for Sports and Directorate General for Sports of the People's Republic of China on Cooperation in the Field of Sports was signed by the Deputy State Secretary for Sports Krešimir Šamija and Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Croatia Hu Zhaoming. -
Ljiljana Ujlaki Šubić elected to the membership of the ICMG’s Executive Committee
Zagreb, April 8, 2019 – The Executive Committee of the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (ICGM) met on 6 November in Patras (Greece) with the officials of the Organizing Committee of the 2nd edition of Mediterranean Beach Games, which will be held from 25 to 31 August this year in the said Greek city. The meeting was also attended by Greek Deputy Minister of Sport George Vassiliadis, who pointed to a significant progress in organizational events and promised state support to the host. The ICMG Executive Committee visited the locations of sports venues, approving on the same occasion both them and the number of sport disciplines as well as the program of the second Mediterranean Beach Games. -
Invitation to the 1st conference on investments in sport
Vienna, 27 February 2019. The SportsEconAustria Institute for Sport Economy is hosting the 1st of 7 national conferences entitled "Investments in Sport" organised within the project under the same title (Investments in Sport, abbr. iSport), which was co-funded by the Erasmus+: Sport Programme of the European Union. The 1st conference on investments in sport will be held at the House of Sport in Vienna, Austria on 5 March 2019. -
Eighteen sports female and male directors from Israel visited the Croatian Olympic Committee
Zagreb, June 19, 2018 - The Delegation of Israeli sports directors visited the Croatian Olympic Committee (HOO) as part of a one-week visit to the Republic of Croatia (from June 18 to June 25, 2018).After the visit to the Central State Office for Sports (SDUŠ) and - in order to keep the sports spirit - 18 distinguished female and male guests (15 male and three female directors), headed by the delegation Chief Ghazi Nujeidat, arrived to the Croatian Olympic Committee on foot. -
Cooperation of the Croatian Olympic Committee in the EU Project “Sport Parks”
Zagreb, October 6, 2017 - From October 3 to 5, the representatives of seven national Olympic committees met in Paris for a meeting on the "Sport Parks" project supported by EU funds from the Erasmus+ Sport program. -
Cooperation of the Croatian and Cuban Olympic Committee
Zagreb, October 12th, 2016 - The President of the Croatian Olympic Committee (HOO), Zlatko Mateša, and Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba, Juan Antonio Fernández, signed on October 12th, 2016, in the headquarters of the Croatian Olympic Committee, a Memorandum on cooperation between the Croatian and the Cuban Olympic Committee. -
IOC president cancels visit to Croatia
ZAGREB, June 6, 2016 (Hina) - The president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, on Monday cancelled his visit to Croatia due to his trip to the United States where he will attend the funeral of the boxing legend Muhammad Ali. -
Croatian mentors attended SCORE mentors training
Zagreb, June 1, 2016 – The project SCORE (Strengthening Coaching with the Objective to Raise Equality / Advancing gender equality in sports training), in which the Croatian Olympic Committee (COC) is one of the partners, is entering its final phase. The second part of the Education for Mentors program, attended by the Croatian Olympic Committee’s representatives - Olympian and basketball coach Kornelija Kvesić, judo coach Željka Maranić and former athlete and athletics coach Tijana Pavičić - was held in Helsinki, from May 20 to May 22, 2016. -
Boban’s appointment as FIFA’s Deputy Secretary General in charge for football-pillar confirmed
Zurich, May 30, 2016 (Hina / Reuters) - As already announced, the former captain of the Croatian national team Zvonimir Boban (47) was appointed FIFA’s Deputy Secretary General, in charge for the development of football and organization of competitions.Reuters news agency says that Boban will have a very important role in the new division of tasks (“two-pillar”) in FIFA, led by Gianni Infantino since February this year. -
Croatian Olympic Committee and the EU for good management in sports
Zagreb, February 22 and 23. - Under the leadership of the Croatian Olympic Committee's Coordinator for EU funds and programs Alma Papić, an international meeting of partners in the project SUCCESS (Strengthening good governance in the European sports community by providing women with necessary competencies in order to support gender balance and equality in decisionmaking and sports structures) was held in Zagreb on February 22 and 23. -
Gender equality is not only a women’s issue!
Zagreb, October 10, 2015 - The two-day international seminary on gender equality in sports, held on Saturday, October 10th in Zagreb, ended with the conclusions pointing out that gender equality is not only a women's issue. -
SCORE Project Team Meeting Successfully Held in London
Zagreb, October 6th, 2015 - SCORE Project Team Meeting took place in London on 30 September 2015. The project, coordinated by the European Non-Governmental Sports Organisation (ENGSO), promotes gender equality in coaching and is a European project supported by the Erasmus+ Sport Programme. Croatian Olympic Committeee as one of the partners of the project was represented by its coordinator of the project Gordana Borko. -
The SCORE project: More female coaches in sports!
Zagreb, August 31, 2015. Within the SCORE project, the European Non-Governmental Sport Organization (ENGSO) - in cooperation with the European sports organizations including the Croatian Olympic Committee - called for cooperation in the educational mentorship program for female coaches that are evidently chronically under-represented in sports and insufficiently involved in the processes of education and advancement in their profession. -
ENGSO SCORE for women in sports
Stockholm/Zagreb, March 5, 2015.- European Non-Governmental Sports Organisation (ENGSO), in cooperation with numerous partners and members including the Croatian Olympic Committee, launched in early 2015 the ENGSO SCORE project, whose task is to change the assessment and impact of female coaches in sports. -
The delegation of Turkmenistan in Zagreb
Zagreb, June 25th, 2014 - President and Secretary General of the COC Zlatko Matesa and Josip Cop hosted, together with their associates, the delegation of Turkmenistan Olympic Committee (TOO), the Ministry of Sports of Turkmenistan and Organizing Committee of the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. -
EI Baku 2015 - debut of the new / old leadership of the EOC
BAKU, October 30th 2013 - Patrick Hickey, President of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) for two mandates already, will lead again (in the third mandate 2013-2017) the association of 49 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of the European area, including the COC - decided the EOC Electoral Assembly at its regular session that took place in Rome on November 22nd and 23rd, 2013 (www. eurolympic.org) -
Congratulations to the new President of the IOC
BUENOS AIRES, 10. rujna 2013. - Mr. Thomas Bach, a German, former member of the German national fencing team, who won a gold medal at the Olympics in 1976 in Montreal and that same year also the World Cup, is the new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). -
Cooperation with the Olympic committees of Oman and Indonesia
ZAGREB, 29th July 2012. - London Olympics represented a great place and opportunity for many bilateral meetings between leaderships of national Olympic committees and the Croatian house, organized in London by the COC, represented the meeting place of sports and economic ideas and incentives for new agreements of national Olympic committees. -
Sport and Culture International Contests
To contribute to the promotion of sport as universal civilization heritage for better understanding among people, the Croatian Olympic Committee joined the International Olympic Committee in organizing international art contests on the topic of the Olympism and celebration of the Games in 1993. -
International Cooperation
Since its foundation, the Croatian Olympic Committee has had intense international cooperation following the basic principles of the development of Olympism and sport, its important role in better understanding among countries and strengthening friendly relations among them.
