Panathlon International
| Motto | Ludis Jungit |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1951 |
| Type | Sports organization |
| Headquarters | Rapallo  |
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Official language
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English, French |
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President
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Giacomo Santini |
| Website | Panathlon.net |
Panathlon International (PI) is the non-governmental, non-profit-making, non-political association, without gender or racial distinction, of all Panathlon clubs in the world. It is recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is a member of SportAccord and ICFP (International Committee for Fair Play). It is dealing essentially with culture and ethics in sport. The name is of Greek origin. “Pan” means All and “Athlon” Sport. The motto ludis jungit is Latin for “(Panathlon) unites by means of sport”.[1]
History
The first club was created on 12 June 1951 in Venice to promulgate the sporting ideal and its cultural and moral values as a means towards the development and advancement of the individual and as a vehicle of solidarity between men and peoples. Other clubs were soon formed. Panathlon International was created in 1960 following initiatives by various clubs from different nations. Today Panathlon is present in 30 countries in 4 continents. Its current head office is in Rapallo (Genoa, Italy), and its president is Giacomo Santini.
Either directly, or through its clubs, Panathlon International supports whoever works in the world of sport, promulgates sport inspired by ethics, solidarity and fair play and promotes studies and research on topics concerning sport and its relations with society.
Motivation, position, approach
Panathlons’ actions on integrity in sport have been fuelled by the fact that sport is often beset by poor practice, corruption, and harmful behaviours. Sport has to remain credible and must be continuously proactive if it wants to sustain its positive values. Panathlon is therefore considering what should be done to make that the positive potentials of sport can be prevail in the complex commercialized and globalized sporting landscape of the 21st century. Its position is that it would be naïve to think that sport automatically elicits and promotes positive effects and that remaining silent on obvious aberrations would condone complicity.
A modern integrity management framework aims at preventing serious integrity violations on the one hand (rules-based approach), and promoting integrity through stimulating understanding, commitment and capacity for ethical decision making on the other hand (values-based approach). To direct its actions, Panathlon International adopts the “values-based approach” which is about supporting and stimulating (code of ethics) and limits itself to stimulate sport federations and sport authorities to address controlling and sanctioning (code of ethics). The Panathlon Declaration of Ethics in Youth Sports adopted by UNICEF, the IOC, SportAccord, international federations (FIFA, UCI, IAAF, FIBA, FIG…), organizations (ENGSO, EUPEA…) and National Olympic Committees (Belgium, Netherlands, Uruguay…) exemplifies this values-based approach.
Goals As an independent organization, Panathlon aims at: a. promoting culture and ethics in sport b. working together with organizations having the same goals c. presenting suggestions to handle acute and chronical problems in sport. d. stimulating reflection and discussion on “ethics and integrity” (both values-based and rules-based approach) in modern sport based on scientific research
Besides on its network of more than 300 clubs in 11 districts, Panathlon International can rely on a Cultural and Scientific Committee where international experts in the field of sport ethics, sport management, sport law and sport sociology design the overall policy of the organization, outline the congress theme’s and reflect proactively on ethics and governance. As a result of this reflection, Routledge London/New York will publish In November 2015 Ethics and Governance in Sport: The future of sport imagined. A new deal for the 21st century.
Panathlon will never let itself overtake by other organizations and loose its pioneering position but will more actively than ever create associations and joint ventures with those who share its ideals and objectives, drawing attention on specificities and complementarity. Recently a cooperation agreement with the DOG (Deutsche Olympische Gesellschaft) has been signed in Rapallo.
Given the encouraging fact that international and European institutions are dealing more and more with sport to make it healthier, fairer and better governed, Panathlon International is ready to take part in this dialogue and present its expertise in the field of promoting sport and emphasizing its positive values. It is already an active partner of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS) of the European Council.
To avoid unproductive competition and create a broader social support, Panathlon is updating, in collaboration with all stakeholders in the field of child protection, its Declaration on Ethics in Youth Sport in order to develop a document that can become a Universal Declaration on the Rights of Children in Sport accepted by all international institutions, sport federations and sport organizations.
Panathlon also stimulates sport federations and authorities to address what it considers to be the next key question: what should sport organizations do to make sure that the Declaration will move beyond well-intended ambitions into actual policies that make a difference at the grassroots level?
On every level – member, club, zone and district – Panathlon is endeavouring after a better and safer sport where fair play is not an idle word. On international level, the organization is ready to lend its expertise to all sport organizations, sport federations and political institutions that care about the integrity of sport.
Presidents
| No. | Name | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paolo Cappabianca | 1977–1988 |
| 2 | Antonio Spallino | 1988–1996 |
| 3 | Vittorio Adorni | 1996–2004 |
| 4 | Enrico Prandi | 2004-2012 |
| 5 | Giacomo Santini | 2012- |
Flambeau d'Or
The Flambeau d'Or (Golden Torch) is a prestigious award that is presented every four years. It aims to reward distinguished international sport personalities. It is awarded in three categories for outstanding achievements in sport promotion, sport culture and organisation.[2]
| Year | Promotion | Culture | Organisation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Giulio Onesti | Avery Brundage | Willi Daume |
| 1976 | Marc Hodler | Lord Killanin | Juan Antonio Samaranch |
| 1980 | Mohamed Mzali | Nikolaos Nissiotis | Beppe Croce |
| 1984 | João Havelange | Franco Carraro | Mario Vazquez Rana |
| 1988 | Un Yong Kim | Giulio Andreotti | Anselmo Lopez |
| 1992 | Jacques Rogge | Raymond Gafner | Pasqual Maragall y Mira |
| 1996 | Pelé | Hans Erni | Gerhard Heiberg |
| 2000 | Albert II, Prince of Monaco | He Zhenliang | Michael Knight |
| 2004 | Sergey Bubka[3] | Bruno Grandi[4] | Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki |
| 2008 | Oscar Pistorius | Gudrun Doll-Tepper[5] | Hein Verbruggen |
Notes
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