Interview to Pere Miró, Director of Olympic Solidarity and Director of the Relations between the International Olympic Committee and the National Olympic Committees

Abstract

At the beginning of the interview Pere Miró is asked to introduce himself so as to allow readers to know him. All in all, the purpose is to analyze his professional work within a worldwide sports organization (The International Olympic Committee) which interacts with 205 National Olympic Committees of very diverse characteristics and, sometimes, even opposed. The professional task of Pere Miró consists of a constant interaction between the local and the global. The interview has three parts: Cultural diversity and the Olympic Movement, Diversity of the organizational structures, and the values of Olympic Solidarity.

Keywords:

• International Olympic Committee
• sports organizations
• national Olympic committees
• values
• cultural diversity

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Notes on contributors

Núria Puig

Núria Puig is Professor for the Sociology of Sport at the Institut Nacional d’Educació Física de Catalunya (INEFC), director of the Observatori Català de l’Esport and head of GISEAFE (Grup de Recerca en Investigació Social i Educativa en Activitat Física i Esport).

Anna Vilanova

Anna Vilanova is Assistent Professor at the Institut Nacional d’Educació Física de Catalunya (INEFC) and member of GISEAFE (Grup de Recerca en Investigació Social i Educativa en Activitat Física i Esport).