Charles Callis, New Zealand Olympic Committees Olympic Museum Director, recently graduated from the MEMOS XIII programme with an Executive Masters Degree in sports management. Charles project and dissertation was on the subject of The Role, Place and Purpose of Olympic Museums within National Olympic Committees. The topic of interest investigated the role and purpose of an Olympic Museum within a National Olympic Committee (NOC) and compared operations with six other NOCs around the world, including Australia, Cyprus and Zimbabwe. This thesis was the first submitted to the IOC on the topic of Olympic Museums. What Charles found out was that the Wellington based Olympic Museum was unique as it serviced Board members, staff, Olympians, youth of NZ and it works from within the NOC. MEMOS is an annual programme, and you must be nominated by a National Olympic Committee. The aim of this programme is to upskill and provide postgraduate study in the area of sports administration within the Olympic Movement. The nominated person picks a specific topic for their thesis, which relates to their organisation and can add benefit. Charles was one of 53 people awarded a scholarship for MEMOS XIII from candidates representing the five continents in 2009. The MEMOS programme is the highest qualification offered by the IOC and is administered by Poitiers University in France.
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