The Winter-Session was established to educate young people in Olympic topics which are winter sport related and to teach people from so called "Non-Wintersport-countries" how to ski. The session stands for exchanging Olympic ideas, friendship and experiencing the element of snow.

The original idea come from Axel Bammer (Austria), participant of the 42nd IOA Session for Young Participants in 2002, and IOAPA member, who wanted to combine the friendship atmosphere of Olympia, with the element of snow and winter sports.

The 4th IOAPA Winter Session was held in March 2008. Further editions of the IOAPA Winter Session will be announced via this website and also through our Arete newsletter.

Editions of the IOAPA Winter Session:

1^st International Winter Session in Salzburg (Austria), from 25^th January to 1^st February 2003.

2^nd International Winter Session in Niederöblarn (Austria) from 4^th to 11^th January 2004.

3^rd International Winter Session in Insbruck (Austria) from15^th to 22^nd January 2005.

4^th International Winter Session in Bad-Gastein (Austria) from 1^st to 8^th March 2008.