Lisbon, Portugal: The International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) has signed an agreement with The Olympic Committee of Portugal – the Comite Olimpico de Portugal (COP). The agreement will see the cooperation between the Olympic Committee and the ICSS in a joint effort to safeguard the integrity of sport, promote the highest standards in terms of safety and security and work together in the areas of child protection and youth development. In the agreement, the COP recognises the vital role of the ICSS, taking into consideration its technical experience in safeguarding sport and in the exchange of information, knowledge gathering and best practice across issues relating to integrity, safety and security. The parties will work together to further the work of the Portuguese Olympic Committee in promoting and safeguarding the Olympic values and to consider greater focus on youth-exchange programmes which aim to empower and educate youth through sport. These efforts will be promoted through the Save the Dream programme, a joint initiative of the ICSS’ and the Qatar Olympic Committee. Mohammed Hanzab, ICSS President said: “The work of the COP to promote sporting values and educate the young people goes hand-in-hand with the core values of the ICSS. “As part of the ICSS’s ongoing work and commitment to the international sports community, one of the central aims of the Save the Dream programme is to educate young people about the importance of fair competition and integrity in sport. This new agreement signed today with the COP will be an important step forward for the ICSS and I hope that this will provide a platform for future partnerships with other National Olympic Committee’s over the next few months.”