Accelerate the transformation of Winter Olympics volunteer achievements and promote the progress of social civilization
"Olympic legacy" is one of the key words in General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympic Games Summary Commendation Conference.
In a sense, whether the inheritance and transformation of the Olympic heritage can be done well is also an important indicator to measure the success of an Olympic Games.
Volunteer service is an important guarantee for the successful hosting of the Olympic Games, and volunteers are the bright business card of the host city of the Olympic Games.
Therefore, the transformation and utilization of the voluntary heritage of the Winter Olympics and Paralympics has become an important issue that must be paid attention to in the sustainable development of the Winter Olympics after the Games.
The Winter Olympics volunteer service has achieved remarkable results and has been widely praised by all walks of life at home and abroad.
In 2020, volunteers for the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games will be recruited from all over the world. The number of applicants exceeds one million, and 18,000 will eventually be admitted. Young people under the age of 35 account for 94%.
After strict screening and solid training, the volunteers shed their youth and sweat, providing an important guarantee for a simple, safe and exciting Winter Olympics event, which has won praise from all over the world.
In this regard, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized at the summary and commendation meeting of the Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympic Games that the volunteers provided warm-hearted services with their youth and dedication, showing the world the image of vigorous Chinese youth.
At the same time, IOC President Bach not only spoke highly of the volunteers at the opening ceremony, but also sent a special letter to thank the volunteers after the event: "Your smile warms our hearts."
The Winter Olympics volunteer achievements are rich in content and are a treasure worthy of in-depth development.
The volunteer legacy of the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics has rich cultural origins.
It is not only highly compatible with the Olympic spirit of "mutual understanding, friendship, unity and fair competition", but also a full inheritance of the value elements of "benevolence", "universal love", "pleasure" and "mutual aid" in the excellent traditional Chinese culture. The core values of socialism and the world sentiment of Chinese volunteers to practice the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind.
The Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics have left a valuable wealth of volunteer talents to the world.
Nearly 20,000 volunteers who have undergone rigorous training will not only continue to lead the fashion of volunteering after returning to their schools and jobs, but are also a group of precious professional volunteers who can serve other major events in the future.
In addition to the volunteers, volunteer managers, volunteer trainers, experts in research and evaluation of the Winter Olympics volunteer service, and staff of the Volunteer Department of the Winter Olympics Organizing Committee are also members of the Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games. Important voluntary legacy.
The management model, norms and experience of volunteer service are also an important part of the volunteer heritage of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Volunteer service management includes standards, procedures, norms and methods in each link of volunteer recruitment and selection, positioning and training, allocation and coordination, incentives, supervision and evaluation.
In particular, it should be pointed out that under the pressure of huge epidemic prevention and control, the volunteers of this Winter Olympics have achieved a reasonable division of labor and effective protection. Not only has there been no loss of volunteers, but no one has been infected with the virus, providing support for future large-scale international and domestic events. important experience.
Volunteer literature, platform resources and souvenirs are also the objects that need attention in the transformation of voluntary heritage.
As far as the voluntary documentary heritage is concerned, in addition to various textbooks, archives, documents, graphic materials, media reports and academic achievements, attention should also be paid to collecting volunteer diaries and trace materials from other civil forces.
Volunteer platform resources, mainly including websites related to the Winter Olympics volunteer service, various volunteer service bases, etc.
Volunteer service memorial heritage mainly refers to volunteers' certificates, certificates, clothing, badges and other objects.
To speed up the transformation of the Winter Olympics volunteer achievements, it is necessary to comprehensively consider from the macro and micro, domestic and international perspectives.
Optimize top-level design and strengthen policy support.
It is recommended to issue documents such as the Opinions on Promoting the Sustainable Development of Volunteer Services in Large-scale Games in a timely manner, and incorporate the transformation of the voluntary heritage of large-scale events such as the Winter Olympics into the high-quality development plan of volunteer services in the new era.
The government supports the establishment of special funds to support the transformation of Winter Olympics volunteer achievements.
Summarize advanced experience and strengthen publicity and advocacy.
The Winter Olympics Volunteer Service Seminar can be held to select outstanding cases of Winter Olympics volunteer service, summarize the advanced experience of volunteer service, and form instrumental results such as the Volunteer Management Manual for Large-scale Games.
At the same time, maintain a certain degree of media popularity, tell the stories of Chinese Winter Olympic volunteers at home and abroad, and inspire and drive more people to participate in volunteer services.
Strengthen the professional construction of volunteer services in the competition.
Establish a volunteer service platform for the competition, establish a professional volunteer database and include Winter Olympic volunteers, carry out regular training and exchanges, and form a professional talent team that is "on call and capable of fighting".
Take multiple measures to attract more professionals to join the volunteer team.
Actively transform and apply the professional and institutional achievements of volunteer service in the competition to volunteer services in various fields.
The State Sports General Administration and other departments may work with relevant social organizations to build a platform for professional athletes to participate in volunteer services, and continue to promote professional athletes to participate in volunteer services.
Promote the transformation of Winter Olympics volunteer services to normal volunteer services.
Encourage Winter Olympic volunteers to actively participate in volunteer services after the event, establish volunteer teams, and continue to play an exemplary and leading role.
Continue the interaction between the museum and the school, and build the Winter Olympic venues into a long-term volunteer service base.
The condensed volunteer service organizations, teams, resources, etc. will sink to urban and rural communities.
Support the representatives of the Winter Olympics volunteers to carry out publicity activities in universities, middle and primary schools.
Continue to expand international exchanges of volunteer services.
Relying on the International Olympic Organizing Committee and other organizations, continue to maintain China's international exchanges in Olympic volunteer services.
While actively encouraging Chinese volunteers to participate in the guarantee work of international organizations, international conferences and international competitions, international volunteers or institutions are also welcome to participate in the service work of large-scale international competitions held in China.
As General Secretary Xi Jinping said, volunteer service is an important symbol of social civilization and progress, and an important channel for volunteers to give love.
It is believed that through the effective transformation of voluntary achievements, it will definitely make greater contributions to the development of my country's voluntary service career and the progress of social civilization.
(Author: Zhao Xiaoping, special researcher at the Beijing Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era)