16 per cent increase for athlete support programmes
With its increased budget, the 2025-2028 Olympic Solidarity plan will bring additional support for athletes, while also empowering NOCs and their communities. The main elements of the Olympic Solidarity plan for 2025-2028 are as follows:
– An increase of 16 per cent for athlete support programmes, up to a total of USD 66 million. This will allow more athletes from all backgrounds and from NOCs with traditionally smaller Olympic teams to benefit from individual Olympic scholarships and team support grants, thus helping them in their quest to reach the Olympic Games.
– An expanded investment in youth programmes, delivered in partnership with the International Sports Federations, will focus on Africa during the upcoming quadrennial, in anticipation of the Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026.
– Increased support for refugee athletes will reflect the continuing increase in the number of refugees and forcibly displaced persons across the world.
– An 11 per cent increase for all NOCs in the budget allocated to their management programmes, with additional support for those NOCs with specific administrative needs.
– A 15 per cent budget increase for programmes linked to the Olympic values and initiatives advancing Olympism365. This will support NOCs in their endeavours to actively contribute to the IOC’s strategy to strengthen the role of sport as an important enabler for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).