Who We Are

The Gambia National Olympic Committee shall serve as an operational link between National Sports Associations, the International Olympic Committee and other International Organisations. It shall, in the execution of its functions, and to the best of its ability, endeavour to remain true to the ideas and practices of the International Olympic Committee with which it shall retain its affiliate ties.

The aims of the Committee shall be as follows:-

(a) to ensure the development and protection of the Olympic Movement and sports in general;

(b) to observe and enforce the rules laid down in The Olympic Charter;

(c) to disseminate among young people an interest in sport and sporting spirit and to endeavour to incorporate in the teaching programmes of physical education the spirit of Olympism

(d) to ensure the creation of institutions which devote themselves to Olympic education with emphasis to the establishment and activities of National Olympic Academics, Olympic Museums and Cultural programmes related to the Olympic Movement.

(e) to take action against any form of discrimination and violence in sport;

(f) to fight against the use of substances and procedures prohibited by the IOC or the International Federations (IFS), in particular by approaching the competent authorities of the country so that all medical controls may be performed in optimum conditions; to adopt and implement the World Anti-Doping Code, thereby ensuring that the Gambia National Olympic Committee’s anti-doping policies and rules, membership and-or funding requirements and results management procedures conform with the World Anti-Doping Code and respect all the roles and responsibilities for NOCs that are listed within the World Anti-Doping Code

(g) to organise, together with the respective National Associations, the preparation and selection of competitors, thereby ensuring that the Gambia is represented at the Olympic Games, as well as at Regional, Continental and or otherwise International Games having the patronage of IOC;

(h) to undertake the organisation of these Games and other Sporting events when they are held in The Gambia;

(i) to submit proposals to the IOC with regard to The Olympic Charter, the Olympic Movement in general as well as the organisation and conduct of Olympic Games;

(j) to assist in the promotion, administration and organisation of Olympic sports in The Gambia;

(k) to preserve it’s autonomy and resist all pressures of any kind including those of a political, legal, religious, racial or economic nature that may prevent it from complying with the Olympic Charter;

(l) with the co-operation of The National Sports Council and The National Sports Associations to encourage high standards in sports;

(m) to establish and maintain relations with International Organisations responsible for the provision of Technical Assistance for the development of sport in the Gambia, particularly with the International Olympic Committee;

(n) to organise in collaboration with the recognised youth movements concerned, the participation of Gambians in Olympic youth and Cultural Camps;

(o) to assist in the training of coaches, athletes, officers and teachers;

(p) to assist in the provision and maintenance of the necessary infrastructure and equipment for the development of sporting activities and;

(q) to encourage and support initiatives in both the private and public sectors that could promote and develop sports in The Gambia.

(r) to participate fully in all Olympic Solidarity Programmes