NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES SATISFIED WITH TRAINING PROGRAM

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HUELLAS

NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES SATISFIED WITH TRAINING PROGRAM

Sep 27, 2024

SANTO DOMINGO.- The National Olympic Committees (NOCs) showed great interest in the “I Training Program for Sports Journalists and Reporters” of the Centro Caribe Sports’ HUELLAS project, which took place from September 22, in a hotel in the Eastern part of the Dominican capital.

22 delegations of the 37 members of the regional sports organization were present on Dominican soil, while the remaining 15 countries were present via the virtual platform ZOOM.

Each NOC nominated a member of its Communications team to acquire the knowledge offered in this seminar, with speakers who provided a topic focused on Technology, Information and Communication, adapted to the Olympic Movement.

“For us it was a week of a lot of two-way learning, because our speakers added to the NOCs with their experiences. For example, the topic of photography, was one of the most interesting for them, and each exhibition showed a particular interest among the applicants,” revealed President Luis Mejia at the end of this event.

Luis Mejía, President of Centro Caribe Sports, addressed by the media of the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) during the training program organized by Centro Caribe Sports' HUELLAS project. (Credit: Ernesto Beltré / Centro Caribe Sports) — _{^{Luis Mejía, President of Centro Caribe Sports, addressed by the media of the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) during the training program organized by Centro Caribe Sports’ HUELLAS project. (Credit: Ernesto Beltré / Centro Caribe Sports)}}

Juan Guerra, Project Director of Centro Caribe Sports, indicated that each stage of the HUELLAS project has been carried out successfully and thanks the member NOCs for accepting this first training program, which enhances us as an organization.

Below is the list of the NOCs’ pioneer journalists and communicators for this training program.

NOC	NAME
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA	Adrian Sherwin Constant
ARUBA	Noel Werleman
BARBADOS	René Seon
CAYMAN ISLANDS	Seaford Russel Jr.
COLOMBIA	Diego Álvarez
COSTA RICA	Deiby Castillo RobinsonJosé Andrés Barboza Soto
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Carmen Cecilia Suero
EL SALVADOR	Manahen Asael González
GRENADA	Neisha Peters
GUADELOUPE	Priscila Romain
GUATEMALA	Sebastián Solares
GUYANA	Akeem Greene
HONDURAS	José Rafael RodríguezDaniel Armando Coello
JAMAICA	Ian Gaylard Burnett
MEXICO	Iván López
NICARAGUA	Francella Álvarez
PUERTO RICO	Federico López
ST. KITTS AND NEVIS	Troy Mills
ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES	Paul Rohan Thomas
SAINT LUCIA	Shannon Lebourne
SURINAME	Ronald Parag
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO	Kyra Alexander

Among the speakers at this first event organized by Centro Caribe Sports, we also had medical topics, the relationship of the athlete with the media, coverage, strategies to use to achieve the objectives, ethics, among other points of interest.

The second version of the HUELLAS project will begin, now towards Los Angeles 2028, with activities to be carried out directly in the National Olympic Committees that are members of Centro Caribe Sports, and the first event of this phase will be announced at a later date.

At the end, the first phase of technology equipment was delivered, consisting of a camera with two lenses, as part of the teaching program aimed at the NOCs.