The IOC Executive Board cemented the future of the Forum, first held alongside last year's Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, at its meeting today.

In a statement, the ruling body revealed it had "decided to continue" holding the event, which attracts a range of stakeholders including athletes, International Federations, Government officials and representatives from host cities.

The IOC administration will now look into whether it is possible to make the Olympism in Action Forum a quadrennial event beginning in 2023.

The IOC said it was hopeful the Forum could be held alongside another IOC event in the Olympic Capital.

A criticism of the first edition in the Argentinian capital was that it was imbalanced as the majority of speakers and panelists were largely supporters of the IOC and the Olympic Games.

The IOC did invite critics such as No Boston Olympics founder Chris Dempsey, who sat on a panel titled "Hosting the Olympic Games: City Perspectives", to the forum in Buenos Aires.

Dempsey was cited as an example of how the IOC could accept negative opinions but his views were then dismissed by IOC President Thomas Bach due to the American having "no experience of organising the Olympic Games".

IOC spokesperson Christian Klaue claimed today that the body would invite detractors to future editions.

"It will evolve and we are looking into what we can improve," said Klaue.

"We have looked into the strength of the first Olympism in Action Forum and we have also looked into the weaknesses.

"For the next edition we will for sure evolve further and it will be interesting because we want, first of all a platform to engage with the critics but also our own voice, the voice of the Olympic Movement, being heard.

"It should be a networking platform and a platform for new ideas."