05 June 2025 – A range of resources, training programmes and technologies were announced at the Olympism365 Summit: Sport for a Better World to empower organisations and individuals to enhance athlete well-being and safeguard against violence and abuse in sport.
Safe sport was among the key agenda items of the Summit, which was hosted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland, from 3 to 5 June. Critical topics such as the prevention of interpersonal violence, the advancement of athlete mental health and well-being and the integration of sport within broader violence prevention strategies were discussed during the event.
Commenting on the outcomes of the Summit, HRH Prince Feisal Al Hussein, who leads the International Safe Sport Steering Committee, commented: “Sport holds immense power to drive change – a power already in motion across the globe. Now is the time to build on that momentum and push further.
We need to further improve our systems that protect and empower. We need cultures that treat mental health as seriously as physical injury. And above all, we need leadership that acts with integrity, not only intention. Leadership that listens, responds and builds environments where dignity, safety and well-being are non-negotiable.
HRH Prince Feisal Al Hussein, IOC Member and Chair of the International Safe Sport Steering Committee
“We need to further improve our systems that protect and empower,” he added. “We need cultures that treat mental health as seriously as physical injury. And above all, we need leadership that acts with integrity, not only intention. Leadership that listens, responds and builds environments where dignity, safety and well-being are non-negotiable.”
“Convening stakeholders from across the globe, the Olympism365 Summit has facilitated the development of concrete, impactful programmes and tools that will measurably improve safety in and through sport,” said Kirsty Burrows, IOC Associate Director for Health, Medicine and Science. “These resources will empower organisations and individuals to create safer sporting environments and advance the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals [SDGs]. We are grateful for the commitments made and optimistic about what we can now achieve together.”
TACKLING CYBER ABUSE AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES
Following the implementation of the largest online abuse prevention programme in sports history during the Olympic Games Paris 2024, the IOC reaffirmed its commitment to athlete safety during the Summit. An AI-powered cyber abuse prevention system will again be deployed at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 to detect and filter harmful content targeting athletes during Games time, helping to ensure a safer and more respectful digital environment for all participants.
GLOBAL PROGRAMMES STRENGHTHENING SAFETY IN SPORT
The Summit provided a platform for the IOC and other partners to commit to working together on a number of programmes to strengthen athlete safeguarding and prevent violence:
LOCAL PROGRAMMES EMPOWERING THE SAFE SPORT REGIONAL HUB INITIATIVE
Additional programmes announced at the Olympism365 Summit focused on the development of enhanced local collaboration to further develop the Safe Sport Regional Hub Initiative:
ADVANCING HARMONISED TOOLS AND STANDARDS
To ensure accessible, coherent responses to interpersonal violence in and through sport, the IOC and its partners also advanced the co-development of shared frameworks and technical tools, through a series of co-creation workshops. These include:
A Sector-Specific Classification Tool, the first in sport, based on the Inter-Agency Classification for Violence Against Children (IC-VAC), to improve the monitoring and tracking of interpersonal violence in sport;
A Unified Response Framework to enhance decision-making and strengthen appropriate, survivor-centred responses;
The development of an International Safe Sport Framework, aiming to harmonise standards, establish shared principles, and clarify the distinct but complementary roles of states, public authorities and sports bodies in ensuring safe sport environments.
TRAINING PROGRAMMES
Finally, to strengthen the safe sport expert community and increase awareness on mental health, two training courses were launched:
ABOUT THE OLYMPISM 365 SUMMIT
The Olympism365 Summit: Sport for a Better World brought together safe sport experts, alongside over 250 representatives from 100 organisations across the Olympic Movement, United Nations agencies, development and financing institutions, civil society, for-purpose businesses, the safe sport community and IOC Young Leaders, working together to advance the UN SDGs through sport.
For more information on the Summit and to view the Summit outcomes, including those relating to safe sport, visit: Olympism365 Summit: Sport for a Better World.
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