The National Sports Committee of Indonesia ( id, Komite Olahraga Nasional Indonesia, abbreviated KONI) is the

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. It was founded in 1946 to unite the various satellite sports associations that was created within the regions of Indonesia. KONI is responsible on sport development as well as organising sporting events within Indonesian national boundary on national level. It organizes the

Pekan Olahraga Nasional The National Sports Week ( id, Pekan Olahraga Nasional, abbreviated as PON) is a multi-sport event held every four years in Indonesia. The participants of this event are the athletes from all provinces of Indonesia. It is organized by the National ...

(PON),

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held every four years where Indonesian athletes compete. It is the largest sporting event in Indonesia. In 2005, KOI (''Komite Olimpiade Indonesia'' or

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) was formed as a separate entity from KONI. KOI is responsible as Indonesian National Olympic Committee, to organise Indonesian participation in international sporting events, such as

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, Asian Games,

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, etc. The KONI-KOI separation was based according to Act No. 3 of 2005 on National Sport System, and further enforced with Government Regulation No. 17 of 2007 about the organizing of sporting events.

List of general chairmen of the Indonesian national sports committee

References

{{Sports governing bodies in Indonesia

Sport in Indonesia Indonesia at the Olympics 1946 establishments in Indonesia

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Sports organizations established in 1946