In May 2026, between the dates May 16th and May 24th, any activity held can be registered as a World Orienteering Week event.

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WOD in Brazil

2019-03-29

Question concerning WOD in Brazil to the president of Brazil O-Federation, Luiz Sergio Mendes. What kind of target did you have with WOD 2018 in Brazil? “Our main target was to increase the number of participants in comparison to 2017.” What did you do to reach the target? What kind of strategy did you implement? … Continued

WOD in France

2019-03-29

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

WOD in Lithuania

2019-03-29

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

Be inspired by the Swedish Orienteering Federation

2019-02-08

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

Leaflet in Greek

2019-02-08

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



This Friday, 24th of April, the last WOW Webinar will be held. Listen to Henning Bratland Carlsen, from the Norwegian Orienteering Federation, when he will present O-school👍🏼
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