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During a visit to Tokyo, Japan, IOC President Thomas Bach was invited for an audience with His Imperial Majesty Emperor Akihito. At the meeting, the Emperor congratulated President Bach on the success of the Olympic Games Rio 2016 and remarked particularly on the huge contribution of the Refugee Olympic Team.The pair discussed the preparations for the upcoming Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and President Bach was able to assure Emperor Akihito that they were progressing very well. The Emperor was pleased to hear of proposals to hold some events in disaster-affected areas of the country following the 2011 tsunami. “Tokyo 2020 will send a very strong message of peace and solidarity as Rio 2016 has done,” he said.President Bach had previously discussed the proposal of the IOC to stage some events in the north-eastern region of Japan affected by the 2011 tsunami in a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, who said that he strongly welcomed the idea.The IOC Sport and Active Society Commission has awarded four development grants – worth USD 20,000 each – to organisations running effective Sport for All programmes in their communities.The recipients are: Boxgirls International, which uses boxing as a catalyst for social change and a tool of empowerment for women and girls; Dreamfields Project, which provides townships and rural schools across South Africa with the necessary tools and equipment to play football; Salaam Bombay Foundation, which works with 50,000 Indian children, building their self-esteem and developing their life skills with the help of sport; and Shooting Touch, which uses the power of basketball to educate and empower at-risk young people and the communities in which they live.A case study detailing the projects and programmes of each of the winners will be added to the IOC’s “Get Moving!” toolkit.Above Boxgirls International is one of four recipients of the IOC Sport and Active Society Commission grantsIOC ANNOUNCES 2016WINNERS OF SPORT AND ACTIVE SOCIETY GRANTSIOC AND INTERPOL HOST INTEGRITY TRAININGPreparing Buenos Aires for the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in 2018 and protecting the integrity of sport throughout Argentina was the focus of a national integrity in sport workshop held jointly by the IOC and the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) in Buenos Aires on 20 October.The workshop gathered together representatives from the Argentinian police force, the government, betting entities and sports organisations, and aimed at assisting these key stakeholders in addressing the challenge posed by criminal competition manipulation and other threats to the integrityof sport.“On the one hand, it is about enabling a coordinated national approach in Argentina and, on the other, laying the foundations for the international cooperation required in this field,” said IOC Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer Pâquerette Girard Zappelli. “This workshop was an important starting point for the close collaboration of all key stakeholders in Argentina, the IOC and INTERPOL, which will be essential in the run-up to the Youth Olympic Games.”The IOC signed a Memorandum of Understanding with INTERPOL in January 2014. Since then, the two organisations have widened the scope of joint activities, including close collaboration during the Olympic Games Rio 2016 and a joint Global Integrity in Sport Capacity Building Programme.IOC PRESIDENT MEETS JAPANESE EMPEROROLYMPIC REVIEW 15