ACOLOP

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Logo of ACOLOP

ACOLOP stands for Associação dos Comités Olímpicos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa (English: Association of the Portuguese Speaking Olympic Comittees), an Olympic organization officially established on June 8, 2004, in Lisbon, Portugal, where it is currently based. It was founded by the NOCs of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Macau (China), Mozambique, Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe, as full-right members, and of Equatorial Guinea, as an associate member, with the purpose of reinforcing the bonds between these nations and promoting unity and cooperation through sport. Later on, India (as Goa Olympic Association) and Sri Lanka were admitted as associate members, based on their common historical past with Portugal.

The Portuguese-speaking countries are spread through four continents and reach a total population of about 250 million people. Hence, Portuguese occupies a place in the top 10 of the most spoken world languages and is the 3^rd western European language.

ACOLOP's aim is to strengthen and develop sports among the member countries/territories and to promote the cultural aspects of each of them, through the Portuguese language.

1 Objectives
2 Members
- 2.1 Founding Members
- 2.2 Associate Members
3 Organization structure
4 See Also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Objectives

The main aims resulting from this organization's creation are^[1]:

The spreading of the Olympic ideals on every member country and territory;
Equality, mutual respect and interest convergence-based cooperation between every member country and territory;
Cooperation of every member country and territory on the definition of objectives, data exchange and common interests defense;
Development of Olympic solidarity programs with the International Olympic Committee support;
Cooperation on an Olympic Games mission-chief level;
Joint-bids for places on the International Olympic Movement structure;
Organization of the ACOLOP Games (Lusophony Games).

[edit] Members

Countries which are founding (red) and associate (green) members of the ACOLOP

[edit] Founding Members

[edit] Associate Members

[edit] Organization structure

Presidents of the ACOLOP

José Vicente de Moura (2004-2006) | Manuel Silvério (2007-2009)

The first board was assigned during ACOLOP's creation on June 8, 2004. From January 1, 2007 and until December 31, 2009, a new board will substitute this one, in which Manuel Silvério will be the new president of ACOLOP, as result of elections carried on October 12, 2006. As José Vicente de Moura, the next Lusophony Games' organizing committee president, will be Honorary President, the future vice-president (to come from the Olympic Committee of Portugal) is still unnassigned.

[edit] Executive Committee

President - Vicente de Moura (Portuguese Olympic Committee president)
Vice-President - Manuel Silvério (Macau Olympic Committee 1^st vice-president)
Secretary - Rogério Torres Cerveira Nunes da Silva (Angolan Olympic Committee president)
Bursar - Francisco Costa (Guinea-Bissau Olympic Committee vice-president)

[edit] Statutory Audit committee

President - João Manuel Da Costa Alegre Afonso (São Tomé and Príncipe Olympic Committee president)
Other members:
- Marcelino Macomé (Mozambique Olympic Committee president)
- João Viegas Carrascalão (East Timor Olympic Committee president)

[edit] General Assembly

Carlos Arthur Nuzman (Brazilian Olympic Committee president)
André Gustavo Richer (Brazilian Olympic Committee general-secretary)
Mário Rosa R. de Almeida (Angolan Olympic Committee general-secretary)
Augusto Bernardo Viegas (Guinea-Bissau Olympic Committee president)
Sérgio Mané (Guinea-Bissau Olympic Committee general-secretary)
António Menezes da Trindade (São Tomé and Príncipe Olympic Committee general-secretary)
Penalva César (Mozambique Olympic Committee general-secretary)
Joanico Gonçalves (East Timor Olympic Committee general-secretary)
Antero Barros (Cape Verde Olympic Committee president)
Felisberto Cardoso (Cape Verde Olympic Committee general-secretary)
Melchor Okue Motto (Equatorial-Guinea Olympic Committee president)
Pedro-Mabale Fuga Afang (Equatorial-Guinea Olympic Committee general-secretary)