The Olympic Values Education Programme was at the centre of the meeting that was held at the Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation of Montenegro with representatives of the Ministry, the Bureau for Education Services and the Montenegrin Olympic Committee.

The aim of the meeting was the further implementation of the OVEP – Olympic Values Education Programme in primary schools in Montenegro and was attended by the Director of the Bureau for Education Services, Raba Hodžić, Senior Adviser I at the Bureau for Education Services, Nebojša Rakočević, and the Director of the Directorate at the Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation, Dragan Mijušković, while the Montenegrin Olympic Committee was represented by Maja Peković and Adrijana Husić.

During the meeting, discussions focused on the importance of introducing the OVEP programme, the model of its implementation through a pilot phase, as well as the next steps aimed at its introduction in schools.

OVEP is an educational programme of the International Olympic Committee that uses sport and Olympism as tools for the development of values and life skills in children, rather than as additional sports content. The programme is focused on the holistic development of the individual, rather than on competition or elite sport.

During the meeting, it was particularly emphasised that OVEP does not represent a new school subject and does not place an additional burden on the existing curriculum, but is naturally integrated into existing subjects and cross-curricular themes, primarily physical education, as well as elective subjects such as Sport for Athletes and Healthy Lifestyles. The implementation of OVEP teaching in the pilot phase is planned through the open part of existing subject programmes.