The WISH programme, funded by Olympic Solidarity and supported by International Federations and National Olympic Committees, aims to boost the number of women high-performance coaches at major events such as the World Championships and the Olympic Games.

• WISH is a values driven programme supporting the development of leadership competencies for high-performance women coaches.
• Delivered by a team of experienced facilitators, the carefully curated curriculum and women-only environment provide ‘life-changing’ experiences for the coaches involved

OVERVIEW

• 21 months leadership programme
• Self-assessment and 360-degree feedback on leadership and sport-specific competencies
• 5 days residential sessions in the UK
• 8 online leadership sessions
• 8 leadership mentor sessions
• 4 sport-specific mentor sessions 

• A key finding is that the WISH programme consistently enhances the 3Cs of Competence, Confidence and Courage.
• Enabling the women participants to expand their horizons as leaders and broaden their personal goals as coaches in high performance sport.

1. Aged 18 and over
2. Currently/have the potential to be part of a national delegation to the Regional and/or Continental Games, World Championships, YOG and/or Olympic Games in a sport on the Summer or Winter Olympic Games Sport Programme.
3. Able to integrate or are already integrated intonational programmes that are in pathway to qualify athletes for the Regional and/or Continental Games, YOG, World Championships and Olympics at the World or Continental/Regional events or via the Tripartite system.
4. Have no history of anti-doping violation, safeguarding violation, manipulation of competition or other ethics violation.
5. Able to commit to the whole programme.
6. Have good written and spoken English (min IELTS 6.5).

Coaches identified by NOCs

• Coaches interested should through their National Federation contact the NNOC via email at sg@olympic.org.na
• NNOC nominates coaches via RELAY(OS Platform)

COHORT 5 APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!

DEADLINE :  31st March 2025