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OVEP Toolkit

The OVEP Toolkit is a set of free teaching resources designed to enhance any educational curriculum with Olympic-themed activities, teaching strategies and inspirational materials. It contains three key resources, available in multiple languages, which can be accessed below.

Fundamentals of Olympic Values Education: A Sports-based Programme

This is the core resource of the programme and the primary knowledge base for OVEP. It provides an introduction to Olympic values education that explores the principles of Olympism and themes of Olympic education and connects the core elements of the Olympic Games to values-based educational opportunities.

  • English16 Feb 2024 · 66 pages · .PDF · 67 Mb
    French16 Feb 2024 · 66 pages · .PDF · 17 Mb
    Spanish16 Feb 2024 · 66 pages · .PDF · 10 Mb
    Greek25 Mar 2024 · 66 pages · .PDF · 10 Mb
    Hindi15 Oct 2024 · 67 pages · .PDF · 5 Mb
    Slovak30 Oct 2024 · 67 pages · .PDF · 67 Mb
    Korean17 Jan 2025 · 67 pages · .PDF · 67 Mb
    Italian31 Jan 2025 · 67 pages · .PDF · 67 Mb
    Ukrainian15 May 2025 · 67 pages · .PDF · 8.3 Mb
    Arabic20 May 2025 · 67 pages · .PDF · 12.2 Mb
    Hungarian06 Oct 2025 · 67 pages · .PDF · 87.8 Mb
    Latvian22 May 2026 · 132 pages · .PDF · 86 Mb
  • Portuguese16 Feb 2024 · 124 pages · PDF
    Chinese16 Feb 2024 · 124 pages · PDF
    Lithuanian16 Feb 2024 · 123 pages · PDF
    Japanese16 Feb 2024 · 129 pages · PDF

Implementing the OVEP Playbook: A Practical Guide to Olympic Values Education

This guide provides help for delivering the Olympic Values Education Programme (OVEP). It highlights 21st century teaching strategies and learner competencies, and gives instructions on how to plan, teach and assess values education in practice.

  • English16 Feb 2024 · 39 pages · .PDF · 5 Mb
    French16 Feb 2024 · 39 pages · .PDF · 2 Mb
    Spanish16 Feb 2024 · 39 pages · .PDF · 2 Mb
    Greek25 Mar 2024 · 76 pages · .PDF · 10 Mb
    Hindi15 Oct 2024 · 39 pages · .PDF · 1.31 Mb
    Slovak30 Oct 2024 · 39 pages · .PDF · 5 Mb
    Korean17 Jan 2025 · 39 pages · .PDF · 5 Mb
    Italian31 Jan 2025 · 39 pages · .PDF · 5 Mb
    Ukrainian15 May 2025 · 39 pages · .PDF · 1.72 Mb
    Arabic20 May 2025 · 39 pages · .PDF · 2.1 Mb
    Hungarian06 Oct 2025 · 39 pages · .PDF · 12.9 Mb
    Latvian22 May 2026 · 76 pages · .PDF · 12 Mb
  • Portuguese19 Feb 2024 · 76 pages · PDF
    Chinese19 Feb 2024 · 76 pages · PDF
    Lithuanian19 Feb 2024 · 75 pages · PDF

Activity Sheets: Exercises to support Olympic Values Education

Each Activity Sheet is a printable guide to a set of hands-on activities that use Olympic themes, symbols and traditions to produce creative and thought-provoking activities.

The Activity Sheets have been designed to meet the developmental capabilities of primary and secondary school pupils. They can be used in any order or modified to fit the learning environment.

  • English16 Feb 2024 · 41 pages · .PDF · 8 Mb
    French16 Feb 2024 · 41 pages · .PDF · 3 Mb
    Spanish16 Feb 2024 · 41 pages · .PDF · 3 Mb
    Greek25 Mar 2024 · 80 pages · .PDF · 11 Mb
    Hindi15 Oct 2024 · 80 pages · .PDF · 11.2 Mb
    Slovak30 Oct 2024 · 41 pages · .PDF · 6 Mb
    Korean17 Jan 2025 · 41 pages · .PDF · 6 Mb
    Italian31 Jan 2025 · 41 pages · .PDF · 6 Mb
    Ukrainian15 May 2025 · 41 pages · .PDF · 4,47 Mb
    Arabic20 May 2025 · 41 pages · .PDF · 3.2 Mb
    Hungarian06 Oct 2025 · 41 pages · .PDF · 11.1 Mb
    Latvian22 May 2026 · 80 pages · .PDF · 11 Mb
  • Lithuanian16 Feb 2024 · 58 pages · PDF
    Japanese16 Feb 2024 · 60 pages · PDF
    Russian16 Feb 2024 · 60 pages · PDF
    Chinese16 Feb 2024 · 60 pages · PDF
    Portuguese16 Feb 2024 · 60 pages · PDF

Additional Activity Sheets: exercises to support Olympic Values Education

This is a stand-alone activity book, designed to introduce, reinforce, and celebrate the Olympic values. It can also be used alongside the OVEP Toolkit, which offers background knowledge, lesson plans, and classroom resources.

  • English22 Apr 2026 · 31 pages · .PDF · 1.4 Mb
    French22 Apr 2026 · 31 pages · .PDF · 3.5 Mb
    Spanish22 Apr 2026 · 31 pages · .PDF · 3.5 Mb

OVEP FLEX: Implementation guide

Is a practical guide, designed to help educators to bring the Olympic values into various educational contexts. It builds on the OVEP toolkit to provide customizable and adaptable solutions, drawing inspiration from the best examples from around the world and good pedagogical practices. It provides educators with the flexibility to adapt the OVEP resources to diverse contexts that best fit their audiences.

WE RUN FOR AFRICA – DAKAR 2026 FLAME TOUR TOOLKIT

This toolkit is designed for use across Olympafrica centres, National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and partner organisations throughout the continent to strengthen the advancement of the Olympic values and build anticipation for the Dakar 2026 Flame Tour. It offers flexible and inclusive activities linked to the Youth Olympic Games Flame Tour, which can be easily implemented across diverse contexts and learning environments.

THE ROAD TO DAKAR 2026: Olympic Values Activity Sheets

The Road to Dakar 2026 toolkit has been created for use in Olympafrica Centres to strengthen Olympic values teaching and build anticipation for the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games™. They offer simple and adaptable activities that are easy to implement across diverse contexts and learning environments.

Sports Values in Every Classroom

This is a universal framework for installing values and teaching transferable life skills to 8-12 year olds in any subject area. This publication was launched in 2019, as the result of joint work between six international partners: UNESCO, Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage, Agitos Foundation, World Anti-Doping Agency, and the International Fair Play Committee. This cross-curricular toolkit can be used to help instill and reinforce the values of sport and the development of global citizenship.

  • English06 Mar 2024 · 186 pages
    French06 Mar 2024 · 184 pages
    Spanish06 Mar 2024 · 184 pages
    Greek28 May 2024 · 82 pages