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42 OLYMPIC REVIEW greater level. Not only was sustainability named as one of the three pillars of the reforms, but recommendation 4 (to include sustainability in all aspects of the Olympic Games) and recommendation 5 (to include sustainability within the Olympic Movement’s daily operations) have helped ensure that it is now an underpinning principle of all the IOC’s actions.This has most notably been seen in the Candidature Process for the Olympic Games 2024 and 2028 – the fi rst to fully benefi t from the signifi cant changes that resulted from Olympic Agenda 2020 – leading to candidatures that ensure sustainability and legacy are fully embedded within their projects.In addition to working with cities to deliver more sustainable Games, the IOC has developed its groundbreaking Sustainability Strategy, which defi nes its future goals and outlines the role that it can play in addressing today’s sustainability challenges.SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITYIn line with the Olympic Movement’s goal to contribute to building a peaceful and better world through sport, Olympic Agenda 2020 has helped bring a renewed focus to the IOC’s “Olympism in Action” programmes, which aim to effect positive social change around the world by working with a variety of global partners.In particular, the long-standing partnership between the IOC and the UN has been further strengthened since the approval of Olympic Agenda 2020. The UN reiterated its recognition of sport as “an important enabler of sustainable development” by adopting a new resolution in December 2016 that highlights the main areas where sport can contribute to social development and peace.The IOC also continues to work with the UN and its various agencies on a number of joint initiatives. For example, together with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the IOC has launched a project to better protect adolescents and young adults in six refugee camps in Rwanda by offering them improved access to sports activities.Working in cooperation with the UN, the IOC also announced the creation of the Olympic Refuge Foundation in December 2016. Launched in September 2017 in Lima, during the IOC Session, the aim of the foundation is to create safe, basic and accessible sports facilities in areas where there are refugees, a displaced migrant population and internally displaced people, by developing safe places for them to play sport and thereby improving their quality of life. Working in close collaboration with UNHCR and relevant partners and local authorities on the ground, the foundation will develop sporting activities and social development projects that can be implemented in a sustainable way within these safe environments. Following the participation of the fi rst-ever Refugee Olympic Team at Rio 2016 – which helped send a message of hope to the 60 million refugees around the world – the IOC continues to support the 10 members of the team in both their sporting and professional careers.In addition, Olympic Agenda 2020 has allowed the IOC to strengthen its relationship with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) around the world, such as Fight for Peace (Luta pela Paz) – an NGO located in the Complexo da Maré favela of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). In partnership with the Brazilian Olympic Committee, the IOC funds Fight for Peace’s “Community Champions” project, which supports thousands of children and young people and assists their personal development by facilitating access to boxing, judo, taekwondo, jiu-jitsu and capoeira ‘SO MANY ZAMBIAN ATHLETES ARE BENEFITING FROM THE SPORT FOR HOPE PROGRAMME’SYDNEY SIAME, ATHLETICS4development grants awarded by the Sport and Active Society Commission in 2016AboveThe IOC developed its fi rst Sustainability Strategy in line with Olympic Agenda 2020LeftSydney Siame is a benefi ciary of the IOC’s Sport for Hope Centre in LusakaOLYMPIC AGENDA 2020