General information

Basic data

Country
Kosovo*
City
Pristina
Name
Olympic Festival PyeongChang 2018- Pristina
Date/duration
14 days, 12. - 25. 2 2018
Main organiser
Olympic Committee of Kosovo
Main target group
Families, fans

Finances

Total budget (in EUR)
50,680
Public subsidies (ministries/agencies at national level) + national lotteries where applicable
61%
Sponsors/partners
39%

Venue

Characteristics (sea side, mountains, city centre, sport venue etc.)
City centre
Indoors/Outdoors
Outdoors

Visitors/ Participants

Total number
12,486
Average per day
892
% of people would like the Festival to be organised in the future
99%

Organisers

Number of members of Organising Committee
5
Number of volunteers
150

Activities

Doing sport

No. of clubs/ federations involved
30
List of sports to try
3
List of high-level sport competition/ shows
3

Watching sports

Number of screens
1

Olympic Education

Examples of activities
Ice Skating
Curling, Ice Hockey - free of charge

Olympic Feel

Arrivals of Olympians
Kosovo athlete Albin Tahiri arrived in Pristina together with the Olympic team, were greeted at Pristina International Airport from thousands of children, volunteers, parents, teachers and Kosovo citizens.
Activities with Olympians (past and present)
From the airport all together visited Olympic Festival Venue and ”Party” was there: skating, curling, dancing, laughing and discussing all together including Media and all was broadcasted on the Public TV RTK and other local TV.
Opening/ closing ceremony
Yes, both

Partners/ sponsors

TOP partners involved – list
Toyota
Non-commercial partners
Kosovo Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, Pristina Municipality

Media and communications

Press centre
Yes
RHB – which + rating if available
Olympic Chanel
RTK Public TV and Local TV Channels and rating was high
Radio coverage – which and what
All national radio public channels

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSC 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.