NOC of Zambia welcomes NOC Botswana to discuss governance and environmental matters

National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ) President Alfred Foloko welcomed Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) President Colonel Botsang Tshenyego to Zambia.

Colonel Tshenyego who is also chairperson of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) Environment Commission, is on a visit to Zambia to discuss various matters related to governance and the environment.

Colonel Tshenyego was pleased to see that Zambia’s sport was heading in the right direction, and he believed that the visit by high-level officials from the Olympic Movement showed a new phenomenon in the way sport was being run in the region. He noted that such visits are important because they allowed countries to leverage on each other’s strengths and work together to improve the overall state of sport in the region.

He also discussed the new sports governance principles recently released by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), highlighting the need for the governing body to be aware of its duties and responsibilities and to discharge them in a way that meets the IOC and ANOCA’s expectations.

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