International Olympic Truce Centre

What International Olympic Truce Centre does

The International Olympic Truce Centre (IOTC) is a non-profit foundation established in July 2000 as a joint initiative of the Hellenic Republic and the International Olympic Committee to revive the ancient tradition of the Olympic Truce and promote peace through sport. Headquartered in Athens, Greece, the IOTC designs and delivers educational programs — including the pan-Hellenic "Say NO to School & Cyber Bullying" digital competition (running annually for 10 consecutive years), the "Respecting Diversity" curriculum reaching more than 15,500 Greek students during 2016–2020, and the "Five Circles" Olympic-values programme — alongside international youth peace camps such as the Imagine Peace Youth Camp.

Its portfolio also spans a roster of EU-funded projects addressing youth volunteering (EYVOL), refugee integration through football (CrosSport, HESTIA FC), sport governance transparency (Sport T-Index), environmental impact (SportEYE, WARM-UP), and cross-border mentoring (Mentor on The Move, SKILLS by Sport 4Med). The IOTC publishes multilingual children's books and academic volumes on the Olympic Truce in up to eight languages and maintains an advocacy petition platform aligned with each Olympic cycle's Olympic Truce Declaration.

The IOTC operates as a non-revenue-generating NGO funded primarily through European Commission grants and institutional partnerships. Revenue mechanics are grant-based rather than transactional: the organization participates as a partner in multi-country EU consortia alongside organizations such as ICSS EUROPE, Fondazione SS Lazio 1900, Fundación Sevilla FC, and ActionAid Hellas, with governance led by a Board chaired by IOC President Dr. Thomas Bach. As of June 5, 2025, the IOTC is led by President George A. Papandreou, the former Prime Minister of Greece. The operating model is community-led, targeting schools, refugee communities, youth leaders, and sports organizations, with programs delivered free of charge.

Name

International Olympic Truce Centre

Legal name

International Olympic Truce Centre

Website

https://olympictruce.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The International Olympic Truce Centre is a non-profit foundation jointly established in 2000 by Greece and the IOC to promote peace through sport, delivering Olympic-values education, anti-bullying school programs, refugee-integration football (HESTIA FC), and EU-funded projects targeting youth, schools, and sports organizations.

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Product category

Peace Education and Sport Diplomacy

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Human Rights Organizations (813311)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Olympic & Multi-Sport Movement Organizations (NOCs, Olympic Committees) (MPAKACAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus & Resilience Programming (BPADAEAK), Emergency Shelter, NFIs & Winterization for Displaced Populations (BPADAHAG)

Keywords

• Peace education
• Olympic values
• Anti-bullying programs
• Refugee integration
• Sport diplomacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Athens

HQ country

Greece

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. EU Project Funding: The organization receives funding through European Union projects including EYVOL, DRAWS, SKILLS by Sport 4Med, WARM-UP, CrosSport, SportEYE, and Sport T-Index. These are multi-year funded initiatives addressing peace through sport, refugee integration, and sports governance.
2. Program Participation and Partnerships: The organization generates activity through educational competitions, youth camps, and sports programs, supported by partnerships with governments, IOC, and international organizations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The International Olympic Truce Centre (IOTC) is a non-profit organization that promotes Olympic values, peace, friendship, and international understanding through educational programs in schools, EU-funded cross-border projects, and sport-for-protection initiatives for vulnerable communities. It delivers anti-bullying curricula and competitions for students, international youth peace camps, refugee football teams, and consortium-based EU projects on sport governance, climate, and social inclusion.

Product overview

The International Olympic Truce Centre operates as a non-profit organization established in July 2000 as a joint initiative of Greece and the International Olympic Committee. Its portfolio comprises educational programmes (including Respecting Diversity, Say NO to Bullying competitions, Five Circles Programme, and Imagine Peace Youth Camp), EU-funded projects (SportEYE, Sport T-Index, CrosSport, EYVOL, DRAWS, SKILLS by Sport 4Med, WARM-UP, and Mentor on The Move), sport for protection initiatives (HESTIA FC refugee football team and PEACEJAM Project), and publications (Truce Story, Peace Inspired by Sport, Sport as a Platform for Peace, children's books on Olympic values). The organization also maintains an advocacy platform for the Olympic Truce Declaration petition.

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Brands

• Hestia FC: A women's refugee football team program operated as part of the Sport for Protection initiative.
• Imagine Peace Youth Camp

Products and services

• Respecting Diversity (Σέβομαι τη Διαφορετικότητα)

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered major, minor and core.

• Yoga and Sports for RefugeesmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Collaborates with IOTC on CrosSport Sport for Inclusion Activist (S.I.A.) Training Event held in Athens in June 2024.
• ActionAid HellasmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Partner with IOTC on CrosSport Sport for Inclusion Activist training, promoting sport for social inclusion of refugees.
• ICSS EUROPEmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Coordinator of the CrosSport EU-funded project. IOTC participates as partner alongside organizations from Italy, Spain, and Portugal to promote sport for refugee integration.
• British CouncilmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Collaborates with IOTC on the annual anti-bullying digital competition for Greek schools. British Council provides support and endorsement for the educational initiative.
• Peace and Friendship Stadium (S.E.F.)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Partnership for joint sports actions and library utilization. Plans to establish an outward-facing library within the stadium for educational purposes and school visits.
• Municipality of Ancient OlympiamajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Joint initiative for international peace meeting in Ancient Olympia with mayors from Eastern Mediterranean cities. Collaboration for peace promotion through Olympic ideals.
• Hellenic Olympic AcademyminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Collaboration on educational programs and materials such as the '5 circles, 1 world' book for school libraries.
• Pyeongchang 2018 Legacy FoundationmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Co-organizer of the Imagine Peace Youth Camp. Partnership to promote peace and Olympic values through international youth camps held in Korea.
• International Olympic Committee (IOC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2000Founding partner and ongoing strategic collaborator. The IOC co-established the IOTC with Greece in July 2000. The IOC President (Dr. Thomas Bach) serves as Board Chair of IOTC.
• Government of GreececoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2000Founding partner alongside the IOC. Greece co-established the organization to revive the ancient tradition of Olympic Truce.
• Fondazione SS Lazio 1900minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean partner in the CrosSport project funded by EU, focusing on sport for social inclusion of refugees.
• Fundación Sevilla FCminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean partner in the CrosSport project funded by EU, focusing on sport for social inclusion of refugees.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Beyond Sport: Global organization that supports and convenes the sport-for-development sector, funding and connecting NGOs that use sport for social change. Highly comparable function (capacity building, partnership brokering) and serves as a peer/incumbent of IOTC's EU project consortia model.
• PeacePlayers International: NGO using basketball to bridge divides between divided communities in places like Northern Ireland, the Middle East, and South Africa. Direct philosophical peer on the 'sport-as-peace-building' thesis, with similar community-led model and youth-centric programming.
• ActionAid Hellas: Greek branch of a global anti-poverty and refugee-support NGO, listed as a CrosSport project partner. Comparable in operating geography (Greece), beneficiary focus (refugees, vulnerable groups), and program modality (community-based sport for inclusion).
• Laureus Sport for Good Foundation: Foundation that funds sport-for-development programs worldwide, with a comparable mission of leveraging sport for social good and youth development. Comparable funding model (corporate-backed grants), peer organization/funder status within the same ecosystem, and similar advocacy around sport's social impact.
• Olympic Refuge Team / Olympic Refuge Foundation: IOC-affiliated initiative supporting refugee athletes and refugee sport programs globally. Closely comparable in mission (sport for refugee inclusion), institutional positioning (Olympic Movement-affiliated), and program overlap with HESTIA FC and CrosSport.
• Right to Play: Global NGO using sport and play to protect, educate, and empower children in vulnerable communities. Most direct functional peer to IOTC's education-plus-sport-for-protection mission, with overlapping program categories (refugee integration, anti-bullying, youth peace). Operates at materially larger scale across more countries.

Broad incumbents

• Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage: IOC body that preserves and promotes Olympic culture, heritage, and education. Shares the broader Olympic values-education mission with IOTC and is the most direct institutional incumbent inside the same IOC ecosystem.
• International Olympic Committee (IOC): Founding partner and Board Chair source for IOTC, governing body of the Olympic Movement. Comparable as the institutional incumbent at the top of the same value chain, on which IOTC depends for legitimacy and access to athletes, Games-period activations, and global Olympic Truce activations.
• Special Olympics International: Global Olympic-affiliated organization using sport inclusion to empower people with intellectual disabilities. Comparable as an IOC-recognized organization using sport for social inclusion, but at vastly larger scale and with a different specific beneficiary focus.
• Laureus World Sports Awards / Laureus USA: Adjacent — the Awards/USA branch of Laureus that funds sport-for-good projects in the Americas. Comparable as a funder of programs similar in theme (sport for social change) and an ecosystem participant for IOTC's crosSport and HESTIA-style refugee programs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/OlympicTruce776
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCZLB1HPBDRWK844LNaYiiyw
• Facebookfacebook.com/OlympicTruce
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/international-olympic-truce-centre

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