The Chefs\u00a0de Mission Seminar builds on earlier engagement with NOCs, including the NOC Open\u00a0Day\u00a0held during the\u00a0fourth\u00a0edition of\u00a0the\u00a0Dakar en Jeux\u00a0festival\u00a0in November 2025, which\u00a0brought together\u00a042 delegations on site.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kevin\u00a0Flanegin, from the\u00a0United States Olympic\u00a0and\u00a0Paralympic\u00a0Committee\u00a0delegation,\u00a0said: \u201cThe Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games are a tremendous opportunity for young people.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0one of the world\u2019s biggest events for sport and youth, and it will be spectacular.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Zalina\u00a0Marghieva,\u00a0representing\u00a0the\u00a0NOC\u00a0of\u00a0Moldova,\u00a0praised the Organising Committee\u2019s work,\u00a0stating: \u201cCongratulations, as it is a great achievement and a great responsibility to be the first\u00a0African\u00a0country to host the Youth Olympic Games. Keep up the\u00a0good work; the hardest part is already done\u00a0\u2013\u00a0you just need to keep moving forward.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jean Claude\u00a0Rugigana\u00a0from Rwanda\u00a0further\u00a0highlighted the significance of the moment for the continent:\u00a0\u201cIt is an honour for the continent to host the Youth Olympic Games for the first time. We are\u00a0very happy\u00a0and proud to contribute as much as possible. It is\u00a0a\u00a0great source\u00a0of inspiration for young people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chefs\u00a0de Mission Seminar builds on earlier engagement with NOCs, including the NOC Open\u00a0Day\u00a0held during the\u00a0fourth\u00a0edition of\u00a0the\u00a0Dakar en…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-396715","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}