The
treasurer of The Gambia National Olympic Committee (GNOC), Alh Ousman Abou
Wadda, has earned the International Olympic Committee Executive Master’s in
Sports Organization Management (MEMOS), after completing the one-year course.
MEMOS
is an Executive Master’s course in sports management offered by a network of
universities.
The
program is conducted over a period of one-year and consists of six modules
focusing on specific facets of sports management.
The
key element of the course is to develop a project aiming to improve an aspect
of management of the participants’ organization.
Each
student is assisted in this endeavour by an assigned tutor with whom he or she
remains in contact throughout the year.
The
course concludes with a project defence in front of MEMOS examining boards,
followed by a public presentation of successful projects.
Mr
Wadda, who is the chairman of the Technical Committee and Board member of the
Islamic Solidarity Sport Federation (ISSF), has added another accolade in his
rich academic qualification.
The
MEMOS certificate was presented to him in Lausanne recently after defending his
project in front of 12 University Sports Science lecturers at the IOC Museum.
The
GNOC treasurer received his certificate from the deputy director of IOC Mr Pere
Miro.
Reacting
to his success, he said as a MEMOS graduate, he is expected to give back to the
NOC and sport by developing and implementing a project aiming to improve an
aspect of management of National Sports Organizations that would be beneficial
to sports development.
Mr
Wadda thanked the Management and staff of GNOC, especially IOC Member Beatrice
Allen, for their support during the one-year program.
He
extended special appreciation and thanks to President Yahya Jammeh, for the enabling
environment, as well as to the managing director of Gambia Ports Authority
(GPA), Mr Lamin Sanyang, and his management team, for their unflinching support
in attaining such skill and knowledge and being the first Gambian to achieve
such a precious certificate.
