Valérie Berger-Capbern, Youth Commission of FFCO, Fédération Française de Course d’Orientation tells us about France thoughts of WOD. “Target for us for WOD 2018, was to do more than in 2017, so we targeted 4000. We achieved more than expected thanks to a very big organization by several schools. We made a lot of communication through our … Continued
Lina Balciunaite , working for the Lithuanian orienteering federation the coordinator of WOD project within Lithuanian tells her views of WOD and how the work was done i Lithuania for WOD 2018. “In Lithuania we organize WOD as grant application. Lithuanian orienteering federation gives 4000 Euro budget for WOD project. In April we announce calls for applications. Last year we received … Continued
The Swedish Orienteering Federation have decided to take a more active role in World Orienteering Day 2019. Moa Olsson, newly appointed Children and Youth developer at the Swedish Orienteering Federation, says that they want to make the event more visible and that they will work hard with the marketing of WOD the weeks before the … Continued
The aim of the leaflet is to guide you through the basic knowledge of orienteering in a simple manner and to make orienteering understandable and fun to carry out. The leaflet can be used both by teachers and individuals that want to improve their personal orienteering skills. The latest language is Greek, see below. Which … Continued
How did it happen that you have been appointed WOD ambassador? Swiss Orienteering asked me if I was available and wanted to contribute to WOD. What do you like about this Worldwide Orienteering project? It is a great idea to organize Orienteering events throughout the entire globe. WOD is a perfect possibility to promote our … Continued
Jennie Taylor, Communications Officer at British Orienteering, answer how they worked with WOD 2018 and her thoughts for WOD 2019. What kind of target did you have with World Orienteering Day 2018 in the UK? “I didn’t set a target as such but as an organisation we did want to encourage as many schools, clubs … Continued
In Norway 35 094 participants registered in 243 places of work. This is an increase of approximately 10,000 participants compared to last year, and Norway is thus the country that has increased second most globally after Russia. Norway is also in second place in terms of number of participants, which we have every reason to … Continued
The national federation of Great Britain have made a snapshot of different World Orienteering Day events that where held during WOD 2018 in Great Britain. Read more at; https://www.britishorienteering.org.uk/?pg=news_archive&item=4235
Below you can see pictures from different parts of the world. Russia; Spain; Dominican Republic; Albania; Lativa; Sweden;
The summary from the events of World Orienteering Day 2018 is ready, 358 735 participants at 2213 locations in 81 countries/regions. The number of participants has increased with more than 40 % since the start in 2016. But it would not work without all of you that arrange an event, and we need your reflection … Continued