In 2022 the International Olympic Committee recognized the ‘Brussels Olympic Research and Education Centre’ (BOREC) as Olympic Studies and Research Centre. BOREC joins the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee (BOIC) with the aim to contribute to the education, research and support provision related to the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement. BOREC is part of the worldwide network of more than 50 Olympic Studies and Research Centres.
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BOREC will participate and present at the Pyeongchang International Conference for Olympic Studies and Research Centres 2023 (Pyeongchang, November 2023)
Prof. Paul Wylleman will represent BOREC at South-Korean’s Pyeongchang International Conference for Olympic Studies and Research Centres 2023. With co-authors Mr. Olav Spahl, director elite sport at the Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee (BOIC) and Chef de Mission of Team Belgium and Dr.
BOREC provides expertise in the organisation of Safe Sport Symposium during World Championships Artistic Gymnastics (Antwerp)
On 4th of October 2023 BOREC provided its expertise and support of its international network of experts in setting up a one-day conference and workshops during the Safe Sport Symposium organized during the World Championships Artistic Gymnastics in Antwerpen. Co-ordinated by Prof.
BOREC organizes Continued Professional Development for psychologists working in elite sport and at Olympic Games (Brussels, May 2023)
On the 24 and 25th of May 2023 BOREC organized a two-day continued professional development (CPD) in collaboration with and co-funded by the BOIC, Sport Vlaanderen and the VUB.-
The Brussels Olympic Research and Education Centre (BOREC) officially inaugurated at the Atomium (Brussels, November 2022)
BOREC was Inaugurated on November 14, 2022 in auditorium Ilya Prigogine, Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry, of the Atomium in Brussels as an interdisciplinary centre which focuses on the promotion of research and education about the Olympic Movement and the Olympic Games as well as... 
The Brussels Olympic Research and Education Centre (BOREC) recognized by the IOC
On the 21st of July 2022, Belgian Independence Day, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded the status of ‘Brussels Olympic Research and Education Centre (BOREC)’ to the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee (BOIC). The aim of BOREC is to...
