(ATR) The Association of African Olympic Committees will meet for an extraordinary session next year to change the body’s constitution.
The decision to meet was one of multiple resolutions bout modernization of the organization adopted during the ANOCA General Assembly in Mauritius on Nov. 24-26.
In addition to reviewing the constitution, ANOC pledged to hire administration staff to help the organization "ensure good management," in addition to staff hired to help market the African Olympic body. According to the resolutions ANOCA believes they must find ways to deliver additional revenue streams for the body to help grow sport in Africa. Currently ANOCA is funded solely by the International Olympic Committee.
ANOCA is not the only continental body modernizing its constitution, with the Pan-American Sports Organization currently undergoing the same process. In both instances, Olympic Agenda 2020 reforms were seen as the catalyst for change.
Along with modernization, ANOCA has pledged to explore the opportunity of a 2028 Olympic bid. A 2024 Olympic bid was considered by South Africa, but the country pulled out to focus on delivering the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Durban.
IOC President Thomas Bach gave a speech on Nov. 24 in Mauritius explaining how Africa will be the only continent not to stage an Olympic Games after the 2016 Olympics.
In his speech, Bach noted how National Olympic Committees of Africa must work with relevant political organizations to ensure an Olympic bid’s reality. Currently, ANOCA is at a standstill with the African Union about ownership of the region’s continental games.
A resolution taken by ANOCA at the assembly called for "collaboration and respect," in regards to engaging the AU to find a solution for the Games. Questions over the ownership of the Games have been plaguing ANOCA for some time.
The Games had previously been solely organized by the Union of African Sports Confederations, but that arrangement ended after the 2015 African Games in Brazzaville, Congo.Currently, ANOCA, the UASC, and AU have control over the games in a forced arrangement. No venue for the 2019 Games have been decided.
Djibouti will host the 2017 ANOCA General Assembly.
Written by Aaron Bauer in Rio de Janeiro
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