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International Olympic Truce Centre (IOTC)

  • Type: INGO
  • Field: Peace&Security
  • Region: Europe
  • Location: Athens Greece
  • Internship Title: International Intern
  • Duration: 3-6 months
  • Number of Interns: 2-4
  • Special Requirement: N/A
  • Application Status: Available
  • Remote Internship: Unacceptable
The International Olympic Truce Centre was established in July 2000 as a joint initiative of Greece and the International Olympic Committee, turning the commitment of the Olympic Movement to promote the principle of Peace into concrete action. 
The initiative first took form in 1998, with a proposal from the Greek Government to the members of the International Olympic Committee for the institutional revival of Olympic Truce in the new millennium. In December 1999, in a historic decision taken in cooperation with Greece, the International Olympic Committee announced the establishment of the International Olympic Truce Centre. 
The commitment to the Olympic Truce gained further impetus with the promotion of the concept worldwide through the torch relay that took place prior to the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.

Mission
The mission of the International Olympic Truce Centre is to promote the Olympic Ideals, to serve peace and friendship and to cultivate international understanding. More specifically, the IOTC aims to uphold the observance of Olympic Truce, calling for all hostilities to cease during the Olympic Games and beyond. Adherence to the Olympic Truce requires the awakening of consciences, the encouragement of leaders for action, the mobilization for the promotion of the Olympic Ideal and the education of young people according to the principles of Olympism. Its broader and long-term goal is to create and continuously promote a Culture of Peace, based on respect for human rights. To achieve this goal, the International Olympic Truce Centre conducts programmes and activities in collaboration with:
● Institutions of the Olympic Family
● International and National Organizations
● NGOs
● Private Initiatives and Institutions
The mobilization of the new generation worldwide, in favor of Peace is a required precondition to the goal’s achievement. In recent years, the activities of the IOTC have been extended/expanded to the field of education, through educational and European programmes. Greater emphasis is placed upon educating and alerting sensitizing the youth through sport’s powerful force, so that the Olympic Ideals can succeed in taking roots and flourishing. Sport, as a tool for strengthening respect for the Olympic Values, can contribute to the gradual building of a Culture of Peace by the new generation.
Internship Tasks：
The interns will need to familiarise with the notion of the Olympic Truce and the Olympic Ideals as part of the IOTC programmes. And then, the intern will be assigned to one of the following internships based on interns’ background and abilities.

1. Social Media Internship
Responsible for operating well on social media, like IOTC’s Facebook or Twitter, etc.

2. English Presentation Internship
Writing and proofreading the English articles on Website and social media platforms.

3. Working on a proposal about how to disseminate the Olympic Values and Ideals on the young Chinese generation during the upcoming Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

4. Policy Internship
Interns need to sort out the appropriate documents and send them to the members of the United Nations before the Summer and Winter Olympic Games every year according to some armistice policies formulated by the United Nations. So as to advocate that all members of the United Nations respect the cease-fire agreement and cease fire during the Olympic Games.

5. Educational Internship
a. Interns need to actively participate in the project of “Empowering Youth Volunteers through Sport in the Mediterranean Region”, IOTC is the main sponsor, mainly to solve some challenging problems, such as climate change, some of the problems of young people under the age of 18;
b. Interns need to actively participate in the project of the project of “Say NO to Bullying and Cyberbullying” competition, it is mainly for college students. 

Requirements：
● Bachelor’s degree (completed/ongoing)
● Fluency in spoken and written English
● Strong interpersonal and English communicative skills
● Proficiency in MS software (e.g. Word, Excel, Power point)
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