In this assessment, you will be given an opportunity to evaluate project success by utilising a real-life

case study focused on evaluating and analysing project risk, developing mitigation strategies, and
organising financing for the project.

Instructions

Imagine that you work for a project management company as a consultant contracted to evaluate and
eventually implement the following project, which the French Government has drafted.

The French Government proposes a master plan for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, which follows a new
model. This model aims to cluster the venues around the capital of Paris, using predominately existing
venues supplemented by temporary ones. Additionally, a key focus is on the Legacy and Sustainability
for the Olympic and Paralympic games, making this the first games with this focus. Presume you have
been hired as an external project consultant to develop pre-project work, based on the following..

• Needs assessment highlighting the project’s goals, objectives, issues, opportunities,

requirements and recommending proposals.

• Business case summarising the cost/benefit of this project, essential business requirements and
how these can be delivered;

• Risk evaluation highlighting what you consider to be the eight (8) major risks of this project, how
they can be mitigated and a contingency plan.

• Based on your research, a recommendation to the French Government about the feasibility
study used to establish the validity of the benefits to be used as a basis for the authorisation of the
project.

The result of your pre-project work will be essential for the Government’s go/no-go decision about the
project implementation. Therefore you must be ethical and impartial when determining if the project
should or shouldn’t be considered for moving to the next stage. Please ensure that you have assessed
the project’s suitability for its intended purpose and developed strategies to mitigate potential risks.

You must use at least ten (10) sources of information and reference appropriately. These may include
websites, social media sites, industry reports, census data, journal articles, and newspaper articles.
These references should be presented as in-text citations and a reference list at the end of your written
analysis (not included in the word limit). Wikipedia and other ‘popular’ sites are not to be used.
© – Luxigon

14. Https://www.rmngp.fr/les-activites-de-la-rmn-gp/missions-et-metiers/organiser-un-evenement-
au-grand-palais (available in French only)

RESPONSIBLE GAMES THAT OPEN UP OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE

OPENING UP OPPORUNITIES FOR EVERYONE

THROUGH THE GAMES

2024
RESPONSIBLE GAMES

THAT OPEN UP OPPORTUNITIES

FOR EVERYONE

ENABLING SMALL TO MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES AND LOCAL RESIDENTS TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES CREATED BY MAJOR SPORTING EVENTS, PARTICULARLY THE GAMES

The Paris 2024 Games are a large-scale event, but not one that is reserved for large companies and
people in work. We are looking to draw

on the diversity of talent available in small and medium-sized organisations to enrich our project. Paris
2024 (the organising committee), Solideo (the company tasked with delivering the Olympic facilities) and
other contracting parties (charged with building and delivering facilities, including development and
redevelopment

work carried out for the Games) will be organising hundreds of public tenders and thousands

of employment opportunities in the coming years. We are developing bespoke tools to ensure all these
companies – including very small, small and medium-sized businesses and those within the SSE – and
everybody – including the long- term unemployed – are in a position to tap into these opportunities.

HELPING BUSINESSES AND PEOPLE LOOKING FOR A PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITY

With this in mind, Paris 2024 developed bespoke tools to help all businesses and anybody looking for a
professional opportunity. Rolling out these tools takes the form of numerous meetings out on the
ground with all the driving forces of regional economies – local authorities, associations, businesses, etc.
– as well as economic development stakeholders, public employment agencies and professional
integration bodies.

In terms of employment and skills development, the Legacy and Sustainability strategy aims to:

• support and boost very small, small and medium-sized businesses and companies from the SSE
in France;

• facilitate dialogue between these businesses and major groups by organising procurement
consortia;

• develop people’s employability by helping them to acquire skills they can use after the Games;

• build and share tools and methods that will remain in place long after the Games; for instance,
the Paris 2024 Social Charter – through which Paris 2024 has pledged to protect employee health and
safety and prevent and combat all forms of discrimination

– is now being replicated across Europe;

• inspire organisers of future major international sporting events after the Games.

PILLARSOBJECTIVES SUB-OBJECTIVES

Help very small, small and medium- sized businesses, particularly local

INITIATIVES LAUNCHED
OR ACCELERATED AS A RESULT OF THE GAMES

1. The Paris 2024 Games Social Charter

2. The charter to promote local employment and community

Responsible Games that open up opportunities for everyone

HARNESS THE GAMES TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES IN SOCIETY

AND THE ECONOMY

USE THE GAMES TO BOOST JOB CREATION

AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

ENSURE

THE GAMES ARE INCLUSIVE

AND ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE

ones, access Games contracts

Help organisations from the SSE and businesses that employ people with disabilities access Games
contracts

Encourage local employment

and skills improvement, particularly for the long-term unemployed

Create a new model for the Games that will inspire future Games

in terms of gender equality

Set an example by delivering

a universally accessible edition of the Games

development

3. An agreement between Paris 2024, the Yunus Centre, Solideo and Les Canaux

4. Entreprises 2024

5. ESS 2024

6. Entreprendre 2024

7. La Fabrique des Jeux

8. Job analysis

9. Signature of a skills and employment development plan (EDEC)

10. 2024, all champions

11. Emplois 2024

12. From the stadium to employment

13. Entreprendre 2024

14. La Fabrique des Jeux

15. Making Paris more inclusive with the Games

16. The Equality label

17. Initiatives accelerated

to guarantee the accessibility

of the Games
HARNESSING THE GAMES TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES IN SOCIETY AND THE ECONOMY

Winning contracts is more difficult for very small, small and medium-sized businesses. These companies
are not always organised in a way that enables them to carry out active monitoring, set aside time for
the administrative aspects of responding to calls for tender (where the end result is not guaranteed), or
develop professional networks in order to establish dialogue with contracting parties or form consortia.

London 2012 and Rio 2016 demonstrated that involving very small, small and medium-sized businesses
is possible if the organising committee sets a purchasing strategy that not only aims to help these
companies win its

contracts, but also establishes a methodology to support, train and adapt them for contracts for other
major international sporting events.

Paris 2024 decided early on to work on the issue, applying:

• a political project led with French social partners;

• involved and attentive governance;

• tools to leave a legacy, even before 2024;

• collaboration between all Paris 2024 departments;

• regular actions on the ground.

• des actions de terrain très régulières.

GAMES THAT ARE SOCIALLY AND FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE

In order to ensure that the Games set a benchmark, Paris 2024, Solideo and stakeholders signed three
key documents:

• the Paris 2024 Social Charter

• the charter to promote local employment and community development

• an agreement between Paris 2024, the Yunus Centre, Solideo and Les Canaux

Paris 2024 adopted the Paris 2024 Social Charter on 19 June 2018 with Solideo,

businesses, local authorities and representatives for all trade unions. This charter was drawn up and first
signed at the bidding phase with the aim of establishing the social commitments that will guide the
actions taken by Paris 2024 and Solideo in the build up to the Games. The commitments in this charter
therefore set a new standard in labour relations for Paris 2024, companies and local authorities, but also
Solideo and the 28 other public and private contracting parties tasked with preparing and organising the
Paris 2024 Games.

The commitments set out in the social charter include:

• establishing governance and management that ensure the Paris 2024 Games set

a benchmark in terms of social relations (advisory committee, trade union representatives, employee
and employer representatives, etc.). It is a completely innovative form of governance that involves all
national social partners in the organisation of the Games. Their role in the Monitoring Committee
involves guiding, advising and alerting Paris 2024 and Solideo. This method is a legacy in itself as it
positions the business world, represented by these social partners, as a leading player in organising the
Games. Paris 2024’s Executive Board includes two

social partners – an employee union and an employer federation;

• supporting sustainable employment and guaranteeing decent working conditions for all
employees working to prepare the Games (preventing all forms of discrimination, anticipating
companies’ skills needs, etc.);

• helping employees and volunteers organising the Games to develop their skills and secure their
career paths;

• making sport a driver of economic, social and solidarity development (e.g. ensuring

a benchmark conversion of the Olympic Village and promoting sport at work).

As part of the Social Charter, on 5 July 2018 Solideo and Paris 2024 adopted the charter

to promote local employment and community development for construction projects related

to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The charter breaks down the Paris 2024 Social Charter operationally for work on permanent Games
facilities.

Its objectives include:

• supporting professional integration by allocating

10% of the hours that need to be worked to the long term unemployed, people

in work-study programmes and residents of disadvantaged areas;

• pledging to ensure that 25% of revenue from Games contracts goes to very small, small and
medium-sized businesses and companies from the SSE;

• committing to combat illegal labour, anti- competitive practices and discrimination to ensure
good working conditions for its projects.

In order to organise united and inclusive Games, Paris 2024 and Paris City Council signed an agreement
with the Yunus Centre, Solideo and the not-for-profit organisation Les Canaux on 23 May 2018. With this
agreement, Paris 2024 and the signatories wanted to take on the following objectives together:

• supporting local economic development

and ramping up organisations that drive social and environmental innovation relating to the SSE,
integration and sheltered employment;

• encouraging the creation of companies in Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis, Greater Paris and the wider
region, as well as jobs related to the organisation of and the infrastructure for the Games in all relevant
economic sectors;

• providing tangible solutions and sharing

the principles of an inclusive economy and the circular economy in all initiatives led by Paris 2024 and
Solideo in order to maximise development of innovation and social and environmental impacts;

• informing and involving all local companies and the SSE, professional integration bodies

and the disability sector in the economic opportunities of the Games;

• guaranteeing that the Social and Solidarity Economy as well as local very small, small and
medium-sized businesses have access to contracts to develop infrastructure

and provide services of all kinds related to organising the Games.

© – Philippe Millereau/KMSP

Signature of the agreement with the Yunus Centre

HARNESSING THE GAMES TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE ECONOMY

In order to support very small, small and medium- sized businesses and those within the SSE,

Paris 2024 – in partnership with relevant companies

– has set up systems to make it easier to tender for Games contracts. This means not only
informing but also – and most importantly – rallying to help remove obstacles, identify innovations and
create pathways between different stakeholders to make sure that the entire economy is in a position

to tender for Paris 2024 contracts.

Thousands of public tenders will be made available in the coming years so that these

businesses can contribute to preparing and organising the Games. To make sure all these companies –
particularly those most in need of opportunities, such as very small, small and

medium-sized businesses, as well as those within the SSE – are ready to seize these opportunities,
practical assistance will be provided so they can identify those opportunities, assess their capacity to
provide robust and innovative solutions for the organisation of the Games, establish dialogue with large
companies where necessary, obtain legal support and develop approaches for working

in a consortium or with co-contractors.

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INITIATIVES LAUNCHED AS A RESULT OF THE GAMES

THE ENTREPRISES 2024 PLATFORM

Entreprises 2024 is a platform set up by MEDEF (the largest employer federation in France) with the
support of Paris 2020 and Solideo so companies can find out all about the business opportunities arising
from the Games. The platform is set to continue operating beyond 2024 to publicise tenders for other
major international sporting events held in France.

THE ESS 2024 PROGRAMME

Paris 2024, Solideo, Les Canaux and the Yunus Centre launched the SSE 2024 programme to help
companies from the SSE find out all about current contracts (through a platform, a newsletter, regular
meetings and methodological sheets according to the line of business), encourage them to come
together to collaborate with major groups, as well as showcase benchmark companies and help them
access all contracts.

The programme aligns with the agreement signed by Paris 2024, Paris City Council, Solideo, the Yunus
Centre and Les Canaux.

It also partly responds to the objectives

of the agreement, namely the establishment of tangible solutions to inform and involve the SSE in
opportunities arising from the Games.

THE ENTREPRENDRE 2024 PROGRAMME

this initiative, Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Épargne branches have pledged to help very small, small
and medium-sized regional businesses and companies from the SSE

to find out about and access opportunities arising from the Paris 2024 Games.

© – DR GROUPE BPCE
Entreprendre 2024 is a programme developed by the BPCE Group – a premium partner of the Paris 2024
Olympic and Paralympic Games – and its brands Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Épargne. Through

In concrete terms, the programme aims to inform very small, small and medium-sized businesses and
companies from the SSE about the hundreds of calls for tender that will be launched between now and
2024 so that they can respond to them. The programme sends out a powerful message to local
economies across France, encouraging people to get actively involved in the Games.

LA FABRIQUE DES JEUX IS COMMITTED TO LOCAL BUSINESSES

To enable stakeholders within the department (local authorities, businesses and associations) to take
advantage of opportunities arising from the Games, the Seine-Saint-Denis departmental council
launched the “Fabrique des Jeux en Seine-Saint-Denis” initiative

on 2 March 2018 to provide a forum for work, interactions and project development.

In a bid to mobilise organisations from the SSE and very small, small and medium-sized businesses, La
Fabrique des Jeux held workshops on 23, 24 and 25 November 2020 to present the “economic
opportunities”

arising from contracts awarded by the Paris 2024 Organising Committee for the Olympic
and Paralympic Games. The five webinars for businesses aimed to present Paris 2024’s

sustainable purchasing strategy and schedule for future contracts, as well as prepare participants to
tender for the contracts.

In total, around 15 people responsible for organising the Games were involved in the workshops over
the three days,

providing 450 businesses from Seine-Saint- Denis with information and tailored support to tender for
Paris 2024 contracts.

USING THE GAMES TO BOOST JOB CREATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

One of the main challenges for Paris 2024 is to create and develop jobs, as well

as establish the conditions required for people to be able to take up these opportunities by focusing on
skills

improvement, access to job offers and career security.

To rise to these challenges, Paris 2024 first took the initiative of identifying

and quantifying the jobs created by the Games.

Paris 2024 launched a study in 2018 with Solideo and the contracting parties

to accurately identify the jobs and training required to prepare and organise the event.
JOB ANALYSIS

Paris 2024 began by setting up an analysis of the jobs generated by the Games, then

created an action plan focusing on the sectors involved in organising major international sporting
events.

It is a tool that three key groups will be able to harness to steer the project:

• Firstly, it enables industries to identify the volume of jobs generated by sector in their

lines of business from 2019 to 2024, as well as hard-to-fill job vacancies in order

to anticipate recruitment and training needs and develop suitable training pathways for employees.

• Secondly, it enables training providers

to identify the initial qualifications required for all the relevant professions involved

in the Games, helping jobseekers

and employees train or hone their skills.

Catering

Communications and events marketing

Private security

Performing arts and audiovisual

Hygiene and waste management

Other

On-site information and assistance

Goods transport and logistics

Extracts from the job analysis

Thirdly, the analysis enables professional integration bodies and public employment services to get
themselves organised to prepare people in occupational integration for the training and employment
opportunities

identified.

It will be updated to reflect changes in the economic, social and health landscape.

Key
Sector-specific technical professions

Worksite and business management professions

Cross-sectoral technical professions

Business administration

Metalworking and mechanics

Maintenance

Construction management

Finishing work

Logistics and transport

Structural work

Other

Public work

and concrete work

Construction machinery operation

Construction-related studies, design

and measurement

Extracts from the job analysis

So that the Games truly benefit as many people as possible, particularly those in long-term
unemployment, Paris 2024 has committed

to work alongside a number of employment and occupational integration bodies – the French State (the
Ministry of Labour and the regional prefecture), Paris City Council, the Greater Paris regional authorities,
Marseille City Council, the Seine-Saint-Denis departmental council, combined authorities (Plaine
Commune,

Paris Terres d’Envol, Grand Paris Grand Est and Est Ensemble), local public employment

agencies, industries, trade unions and professional training bodies – to bring about long-term support
systems.

The priority projects for Paris 2024 and its stakeholders in terms of employment and skills development
are:

1. Structuring and expanding sectors

and professions needed to host the Games

2. Developing the professional skills of local residents and providing targeted support to jobseekers
and people in work before the Games.

STRUCTURING AND EXPANDING SECTORS AND PROFESSIONS NEEDED TO HOST THE GAMES

France hosts a number of international events that generate considerable economic activity, much of
which is seasonal and does
not necessarily result in long-term employment. Companies in these sectors therefore have difficulty
retaining and even recruiting employees during peak activity. The multiplier effect of the Games could
reinforce these labour shortages unless collective actions are taken in the sectors concerned, giving
structure to companies’ requirements and creating clear career pathways for individuals, whether
jobseekers or already employed.

The aim is to help industries involved in major events to work together to build a project that aims to:

• identify the sectors, roles and skills required for these events;

• set up training pathways and bridges between different professions in the same sector;

• test out these pathways and new recruitment practices;

• develop the specific skills required to organise events that are socially and environmentally
responsible.

We also intend to identify different events in the wake of Paris 2024 – either one-offs, like France 2023,
or recurring ones, such as the Tour de France or the Roland-Garros international tennis championships –
to help structure the sector while securing careers and professions that will continue long beyond the
Games.

INITIATIVES ACELERATED AS A RESULT OF THE GAMES

STRUCTURING SECTORS AND PROFESSIONS FOR MAJOR INTERNATIONAL SPORTS EVENTS IN ORDER TO
MAXIMISE THE EMPLOYABILITY OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED

The two professional training funding bodies15 responsible for training within the events and security
sectors have put forward a project

for a skills and employment development plan (EDEC) connecting 18 industries as well as

the French Ministry of Labour and Paris 2024 in order to better anticipate employment and skill
requirements generated by major cultural and sporting events. This project will also contribute to
overcoming the ongoing health and economic crisis.

© – Michael Regan/Getty Images

15. Skills Operators

« 2024, all champions » Is a programme led by Paris City Council and the Plaine Commune combined
authority that aims to train

and support 1,000 long term unemployed people in the professions identified

by the analysis, such as construction, security, hygiene, communications, logistics, transport and
catering.

© – Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images

DEVELOPING PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND PROVIDING TARGETED SUPPORT TO JOBSEEKERS AND PEOPLE
IN WORK
Even when professional sectors have sufficiently organised themselves to identify their needs and
secure the career pathways required,

the general population – and, in some cases, the long term unemployed – are not aware of these job
opportunities due to a lack

of information, qualifications or connections to potential job offers and employers. Creating innovative
tools to match supply with demand is therefore essential for employment.

In addition, designing standard training

pathways for jobseekers of all ages is crucial

to ensure Paris 2024 offers a gateway to sustainable employment. Likewise, creating innovative tools to
provide information about professions, sectors and job opportunities linked to the Games will be
strongly encouraged. Lastly, any initiatives encouraging the recruitment of people in long term
unemployment using new skills tracking methods (to identify soft or transferable skills for example) will
receive support.

AN INITIATIVE LAUNCHED AS A RESULT OF THE GAMES

THE EMPLOIS 2024 PLATFORM

In association with the French public employment service Pôle emploi, a virtual job centre, Emplois
2024, will be rolled out in 2021. This platform has been shared with
all members of public employment agencies and will list the jobs generated by the Games as well as all
possible pathways to train

for and build the sectors.

AN INITIATIVE ACCELERATED AS A RESULT OF THE GAMES

FROM THE STADIUM TO EMPLOYMENT:

NEW FORMS OF RECRUITMENT

Paris 2024, the French Athletics Federation (FFA) and Pôle emploi joined forces to offer a new form of
job dating in an athletics stadium. This innovative programme, “From the Stadium to Employment”, was
created at regional level in 2019 but Paris 2024 took it national, with around 50 dates planned16.

In collaboration with the FFA and the Greater Paris Athletics League, the Greater Paris regional
authorities decided to partner with Pôle emploi Île-de-France and Paris 2024

to roll out 13 programme-related initiatives in the coming years.

The initiative involves harnessing sport

to create shared moments where jobseekers can demonstrate their expertise, social and professional
skills and attitudes to recruiters before embarking on interviews. It therefore aims to facilitate the
recruitment of the long term unemployed with an innovative tool that focuses on highlighting
applicants’ interpersonal skills. Its effectiveness has already been proven, with 50%

of participants back in work or enrolled

in training programmes leading to qualifications.

On average, around 40% of attendees

at classic job dating events achieve positive outcomes.

Building on the results of its initial trials, this type of initiative – with sport revealing job applicants’ skills
– will be deployed throughout France. It could receive financial support from the Paris 2024 endowment
fund and

be promoted among public employment

bodies (led by Pôle emploi) and the sporting movement. Furthermore, it will make use

of innovative recruitment tools to fill a large number of jobs linked to the Games – starting with roles
within the organising committee and at partner marketing companies with

a strong interest in the capacity of such an event to draw unusual applications,

as well as the opportunity to showcase their employer brand and make their professions more
appealing. Lastly, public health conditions permitting, the companies working

on the Games can also recruit in the stadiums, including in Seine-Saint-Denis and Paris.
© – CASSE Simon

16. Due to the hygiene measures applied throughout 2020, the organisers had to postpone around
40 of those dates to 2021.
ENSURING THE GAMES ARE INCLUSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE

At the Games in London in 2012, women took part in all sports on the Olympic programme for the first
time. In addition, the principle

of gender equality was incorporated right from the recruitment of organising committee staff. And in Rio
in 2016, clear measures were implemented to call out any instances of abuse or harassment. For the
Tokyo Games, the event programme was modified to ensure equal representation of female and male
participants. In all their different iterations, the Games have made it possible to launch and step up
gender equality initiatives, acting as a trailblazer

for other major sporting events. In 2024, there will be total gender equality among the 10,500 Olympic
athletes that qualify – for the first time in the Games’ history.

Organising the Games also accelerates collective progress in terms of accessibility and inclusion. The
visibility and scale

of the Games offers us a shared schedule to set ambitious aims to improve accessibility.

For example, London 2012 revealed the impressive ability of major events to change public attitudes
towards disabilities.

The Paris 2024 Games and their delivery will be

a completely inclusive and interactive experience. Inclusion, equality and universal design will be at the
core of every project related to the Games and their organisation, right from the planning stage.

In preparation for the Games, the organising committee and its stakeholders decided

to accelerate their various initiatives and make collective commitments to:

• deliver an edition of the Games that can be held up as an inspiring example along with other
major sporting events in terms of gender equality;

• encourage diversity in sports and professions;

• improve the provision of universal accessibility;

• improve access to sport for people with disabilities;

• contribute to greater inclusion of people with disabilities.

Local and regional authorities and organisations in the sporting movement will be able to take part in
the Paris 2024 Games by obtaining the “Terre de Jeux 2024” label, which will act as an additional tool to
drive progress all over France.

Paris City Council adopted its “Making Paris more inclusive with the Games” action plan to get ready to
host the Paralympic Games and optimise the legacy left behind by the Paris 2024 Games for people with
disabilities.

The plan focuses on three key areas:

• Harnessing the Games to improve accessibility in Paris

• Harnessing the Games to advance and develop parasports in Paris

• Harnessing the Games to enable people living with disabilities to play a greater role in public life

INTRODUCING THE EQUALITY LABEL

Paris 2024 wants to use the Games as a platform to promote gender equality, inclusion and the fight
against all of forms of discrimination, which is why it teamed up with the French State to create an
“Equality” events label for the Paris 2024 Games.

With this label, Paris 2024 is the first organiser of a major sporting event to take on

a comprehensive and structured approach

to gender equality, with the aim of inspiring future editions of the Games and other sporting events.

As part of this label, Paris 2024 has, with the French Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sport and
the Minister Delegate for Gender Equality, Diversity and Equal Opportunities, committed from 2020 to:

• ensure professional equality, diversity

and a discrimination-free environment within Paris 2024 and its volunteer programme;

• implement tangible actions to make sure the Games are accessible, inclusive and egalitarian for
all;

• support projects combating violence in sport, encouraging diversity and empowerment through
sport;

• encourage more women to take part in sports traditionally dominated by men and, conversely,
promote other disciplines among men;

• change representations in sport and breathe new life into the image of certain disciplines,
making them more inclusive and deconstructing any associated gender-related stereotypes.
Paris 2024 is also supporting the Host City’s strategy to increase female sports participation in public
spaces and help schools encourage all children to get involved in all sports irrespective of their gender.

SETTING AN EXAMPLE BY DELIVERING A UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE EDITION OF THE GAMES

Paris 2024 wants to make sure that everyone can fully participate in the Games, regardless

of their specific permanent or temporary needs related to physical, sensory or intellectual disabilities or
linguistic or cultural barriers. Paris 2024 is currently examining all solutions that could help facilitate
equal access for all

to online information, ticket purchasing, transport, celebration and competition venues, event
broadcasts, the Village, tourist destinations and activities in host regions,

as well as all experiences related to the Games. This will be demonstrated through accessibility for both
volunteers and spectators at the Games.

INITIATIVES ACCELERATED TO GUARANTEE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THE GAMES

• All venues will be accessible via public transport, which is overseen by Île-de- France Mobilités in
the Greater Paris region, in the form of buses, metro and RER lines, trams and light vehicles such as vans
and minibuses, and at least one of these means of transport will be accessible to people with disabilities.
Paris 2024 is working

in collaboration with local authorities to make Games venues accessible.

• The “last mile” will be a particular focus with accessible routes, effective universal signage and
specific means of transport all put in place.

• Adapting sports venues will create

a high-quality experience for everyone; for example, positioning wheelchair users appropriately will
improve visibility and using audio description will give greater clarity.

• Holding Olympic and Paralympic events in the same venues as part of the new Games concept:
Île-de-France Mobilités and its partners are conducting work on the public transport network for people
with reduced mobility in order to develop solutions

– some of which will be in addition to the existing network – so that all spectators with disabilities can
easily access competition venues. Improving accessibility in a dozen stations serving Olympic venues
formed part of Paris 2024’s bid.

• Accessible training venues: The Prefecture for Greater Paris commissioned an accessibility study
on route continuity between stations and Olympic venues. The assessment-based study is nearing
completion. A development guide will be provided to the relevant local authorities to help them carry
out work

to resolve accessibility issues.

The table below outlines the main observations and objectives of the pillars mentioned in this section.
PILLARSMAIN OBSERVATIONS MAIN OBJECTIVES

Sport to improve health, education

and civic engagement

• 1 in 2 people in France are classed as either obese (17% of the population) or overweight (31%).

• Up to the age of 11, a similar proportion of girls and boys are involved in sport. Past this age,
participation drops off among girls and they become less active.

• 38% of disabled members struggle to play sport in a club setting.

• 87% of 11- to 17-year-olds are physically active for less than 1 hour a day, meaning France ranks
119th out of 146 countries according to a study conducted by the WHO.

• PE lessons at school represent the main source of physical activity for 80% of children.

• Cardiorespiratory fitness has declined

by a quarter in children under the age of 11 over

the past 40 years.

• Encourage people in France, especially children and teenagers, to take part in physical activity
and sport.

• Increase participation in sport and physical activity everywhere – in urban areas, at school and
at work – particularly by leveraging active design principles.

• Encourage people not involved in sport to take it up.

• Support and develop physical activity and boost participation in sport among young people,

as well as raise awareness of the importance of being able to read, write, count and get involved in
regular physical activity when they start middle school at the age of 11.

• Encourage the use of sport in education, in particular among children struggling at

school, as a vector for academic achievement.

• Promote the values of sport, Olympism and Paralympism.

• Use sport to drive engagement and citizenship and promote respect for human rights.

Sport to improve inclusion

and solidarity

• Sport is widely recognised as an effective tool for social integration, as taking part in sport forms
an essential part of people's social lives and provides an outlet for engagement,

professional integration and personal fulfilment.

• The “Sports-Towns-Inclusion” interministerial circular, signed on 19 April 2019, marked a new
milestone in recognising sport as a vector

for social inclusion.

• Support, assess and evaluate the social impact of sport.

• Strengthen ties between the sporting movement and regional authorities.

• Facilitate social innovation in sport.

• Support projects run by sport clubs, charities and community sports organisations that use sport
to promote inclusion.

Sport

to drive the environmental transformation

• Sports organisations and regional authorities are becoming aware of their impact

on the environment and are working to change practices.

• Sport has a role to play in combating climate change and encouraging action to protect the
environment.

• Getting people involved in sport and looking up to athletes as role models are effective ways of
encouraging a shift in behaviour and mentalities.

• Accelerate the transformation of sporting events.

• Promote sustainable sporting structures.

• Harness sport to combat climate change.

• Work to eliminate single-use plastics in and through sport.

• Support the expansion of active mobility in day-to-day life.

• Raise awareness of the importance

of a balanced diet for health and the planet.

• Harness sport to protect biodiversity.

SPORT TO IMPROVE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

IMPROVING WELLBEING AMONG

YOUNG PEOPLE AND HELPING SHAPE THEM AS CITIZENS

2024

SPORT TO IMPROVE HEALTH,

EDUCATION AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

SPORT TO IMPROVE HEALTH

SEDENTARY LIFESTYLES POSE A SERIOUS PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM

Nowadays, we tend to lead sedentary lifestyles characterised by physical inactivity. However, scientific
research has proven that this has serious consequences for our health. The figures are shocking: almost
one in two people in France is obese (17%) or overweight (31%). The Covid-19 pandemic is a health
emergency that strengthens this observation: even moderate-

intensity physical activity and sport boost the immune system and play an essential role in preventing
and treating many illnesses and maintaining good overall physical and mental health. Moving a little bit
every day reduces the risk of premature death by 30%, cuts the risk of depression by 30% and lowers the
risk of many types of cancer.

The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (Anses) shares its view on
assessing risks related to

ANSES GUIDELINES FOR 11- TO 17-YEAR-OLDS:

levels of physical activity and sedentary behaviour among children and teenagers

The Anses study published in September 2020 aims to estimate the proportion of children and
teenagers whose sedentary behaviour or low levels of physical activity could present risks to their
health. It recommends that 6- to

17-year-olds have no more than two hours of leisure screen time a day and engage in at least 60
minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity a day.

SCREEN TIME

NO MORE THAN

2 hours a day
11- TO 17- YEAR-OLDS

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

AT LEAST

60 minutes a day

66%

do not achieve

the Anses guidelines, putting their health at risk

17%

are particularly at risk

(less than 20 minutes of physical activity, coupled with over

4.5 hours of screen time a day)

The results of the study are worrying:

• 66% of 11- to 17-year-olds do not achieve the physical activity guideline of 60 minutes a day and
do not meet the sedentary behaviour guideline

of less than 2 hours a day. The health of almost two thirds of children and teenagers is therefore at risk.

• 17% of this population are particularly at risk, as they have both the highest levels of physical
inactivity (with less than 20 minutes of physical

activity a day) and the highest levels of sedentary behaviour (over 4.5 hours of screen time a day).

• Children’s age and sex, as well as the level

of education of their parent or guardian are the main explanatory variables: there are higher levels of
sedentary behaviour in young people whose parent or guardian has a low level of education

or who come from a low-income household relative to the number of members, as well as in older
teenagers (15- to 17-year-olds). Additionally, physical activity levels are lower in 11- to 14 year-old girls
than boys their age.

These levels justify strengthening comprehensive preventive actions that combat both sedentary
behaviour and physical inactivity:

• Actions aimed at older teenagers or those with the lowest social standing must be prioritised to
combat sedentary behaviour.

• When promoting physical activity, actions aimed at girls must be prioritised, for instance by
raising awareness among their parents and educators.

SEDENTARY LIFESTYLES POSE A SERIOUS PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM

Organising the Games gives us a unique opportunity to make everybody aware of these alarming
observations and help them to move more. Paris 2024 is committed to raising awareness among and
convincing people – particularly young people and people who are not involved in sport – of the
importance of becoming more physically active throughout the day.

Paris 2024 has devised a strategy in collaboration with several experts (including doctors, sports
instructors and teachers) and is adopting

a transversal approach to ensure physical activity and sport are recognised as a public health tool and
play a more prominent role in society, focusing on two main goals:

1. Make people want to move more by leading an inspiring discourse on the challenges

of combating sedentary behaviour

and promoting physical activity and sport

2. Create opportunities for people to move more through an engagement platform enabling
everybody to play an active role at their level

AMBITIONS AND INITIATIVES

Paris 2024 seeks to support and celebrate everyone who, in some shape or form, helps people access
physical activity and sport in organised or informal settings, including athletes, teachers (particularly
primary school and PE teachers), sports instructors, doctors, HR managers, urban planners and elected
representatives.

France boasts a sporting movement that

is committed to all sports throughout the country. With the initiatives and commitment of all these
stakeholders, particularly local sports clubs, we will succeed in introducing more sport at school, at work
and in urban areas

throughout the day.

This approach provides a wide range of choices that make it as easy and natural as possible

for people to increase their activity levels. The first step is to change people’s perception of sport and
physical activity and provide support

and activities that meet expectations.

This approach also promotes the expansion of active mobility, which has health and

environmental benefits. Active forms of mobility (walking, running, cycling, etc.) benefit both individuals
and the environment, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and pollutants linked to vehicle use.

PILLARS

OBJECTIVES

SUB-OBJECTIVES INITIATIVES LAUNCHED

OR ACCELERATED AS A RESULT OF THE GAMES

Sport to improve health

INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN SPORT AND

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY EVERYWHERE –

IN URBAN AREAS, AT SCHOOL AND AT WORK

Encourage and support the development of active schools

1. School lessons that lend themselves to physical activity

2. Physical training for workers on Games construction sites

3. Action cards to highlight exemplary local initiatives

4. Emphasis on cycling skills and active mobility

5. Course to train doctors and sports clubs in exercise prescriptions

6. The framework for physical activity and sport in Plaine Commune

Encourage and support the development of active companies

Encourage and support the development of active urban areas

ENCOURAGE PEOPLE NOT INVOLVED IN SPORT TO TAKE IT UP

Improve access to sport for people with disabilities

7. Course to train clubs how to accommodate people with disabilities

8. Sporty Parisians

9. 24 Sites in 24 Urban Areas

Encourage females, particularly teenagers, to take part in sport

• INCREASING PARTICIPATION IN SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY EVERYWHERE

At school

Only 13% of middle school students in France meet the WHO physical activity guidelines
for teenagers, while almost 25% of 14- and 15-year- old students are classed as overweight or obese.
Alongside primary school teachers, PE teachers and all those involved in school sports, we seek to make
children and their parents aware of the importance of sport and physical activity from

a young age – for instance, by emphasising the role primary schools play – so that these practices
become second nature to these

children for the rest of their lives. We are therefore committed to emphasising the role of teachers

– particularly primary school teachers and PE teachers – by highlighting their best practice and
centralising useful resources.

AN INITIATIVE LAUNCHED AS A RESULT OF THE GAMES

SCHOOL LESSONS THAT LEND THEMSELVES TO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

Paris 2024 intends to promote solutions that harness active design principles to make

it possible to integrate physical activity for children into school lessons on a daily

basis. These changes will also give girls and boys the opportunity to occupy a shared space, promoting
equality and diversity

in the use of community facilities.

In collaboration with Terre de Jeux 2024 areas, Paris 2024 will work with schools
to provide them with examples and solutions that are easy to implement.

Every step counts. As little

as 15 minutes of physical activity and sport a day has tangible benefits. Take Scotland, for instance – the
Daily Mile initiative began back in 2012

to encourage nurseries and primary schools to build 15 minutes of physical activity into the day.

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At work

The workplace has become an increasingly sedentary environment, as most people nowadays work in
the service sector, which

is generally associated with desk jobs. Our habits and lifestyles tend to be characterised

by immobility, with over three quarters of people in France spending more than three hours

a day in front of a screen17.

Paris 2024 sets out to promote physical activity and sport at work and increase the number

of employees from partner marketing companies and officials from ‘Terre de Jeux 2024’ areas that
engage in at least 30 minutes of physical activity and sport every day.
AN INITIATIVE LAUNCHED AS A RESULT OF THE GAMES

PHYSICAL TRAINING FOR WORKERS ON GAMES CONSTRUCTION SITES

Paris 2024 wants to team up with its service providers and partner marketing companies to get people
moving more at work. With the relevant stakeholders, particularly Solideo, Paris 2024 wants to get
workers on Games construction sites to do daily warm-up exercises before they get down to work,
increase their awareness of the benefits

of daily physical activity and train

representatives. Even though construction jobs are not sedentary by nature, programmes like this
reduce workplace accidents, make workers aware they can engage in physical activity and sport, as well
as help teams mix and bond with one another.

Discussions with Solideo are underway and the first programmes will be launched in 2021.
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17. Esteban 2014-2016, a health study on the environment, biomonitoring, physical activity and
nutrition published by the French National Public Health Agency
In urban areas

Urban areas play an important role in developing physical activity in everyday life.

The importance placed on active mobility, the development of zones peacefully shared by pedestrians
and vehicles and the design of public buildings are tools for local authorities seeking to promote
healthier and

more active lifestyles. Paris 2024 is committed

to supporting local authorities that wish

to place greater emphasis on physical activity and sport in their public policies by leveraging active
design principles in particular.

This approach identifies strategies to design and adapt urban space in order to cultivate

an environment that promotes active lifestyles and daily physical activity.

AN INITIATIVE LAUNCHED AS A RESULT OF THE GAMES

ACTION CARDS TO HIGHLIGHT EXEMPLARY LOCAL INITIATIVES

With the assistance of doctors, urban planners, elected representatives and the sporting movement,
Paris 2024 is drawing up a list

of local best practices for promoting physical activity and sport. Simple, practical action cards approved
by health professionals are currently being designed and will be provided to any interested local
authorities, with a view to building a dynamic network

of committed stakeholders, in collaboration with existing urban networks.

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AN INITIATIVE ACCELERATED AS A RESULT OF THE GAMES

EMPHASIS ON CYCLING SKILLS AND ACTIVE MOBILITY

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Cars remain the most popular form of transport in France. 45% of car journeys are less than five
kilometres, with 19% less than two kilometres. 70% of workers drive to work

in cars most of the time and cars remain the most popular choice of transport for parents who drive
their children to school. Six in

10 children and teenagers take a motorised form of transport to travel less than two kilometres
between their home and school.

Active forms of transport remain underused today, making up one quarter of all journeys in France, with
walking accounting for 22% and cycling for 3% of trips.

The health crisis in 2020 accelerated the use of active forms of transport. Against that backdrop, the
French Ministry for the

Ecological Transition and the Ministry

of Sport teamed up with ten national cycling stakeholders to launch “Mai à vélo”,

an annual event held in May to promote cycling in everyday life as well as active forms of mobility in
general. The long-term goal

is to permanently instil this new culture

in France, particularly in Paris city centre and the rest of the Greater Paris Region.

Furthermore, in its Games legacy plan, the French State has set out to “triple the proportion of journeys
made by bicycle in France by 2024”. The Greater Paris regional authorities (through their Cycling Plan)
and Paris City Council (through its commitments to making all streets in the city cycle-friendly by 2024)
also aim to improve cycling skills as part of their legacy.

Paris 2024 is getting involved in this initiative to:

• promote cycling to work in collaboration with its stakeholders and partner marketing
companies;

• encourage young children to cycle, particularly in areas awarded the ‘ Terre de Jeux 2024’ label.

The expansion of active mobility and improved cycling skills enables people to keep physically active and
help reduce the impact transport has on the environment and the climate.

COURSE TO TRAIN DOCTORS AND SPORTS CLUBS IN EXERCISE PRESCRIPTIONS

The health benefits of physical activity are widely recognised. Many studies highlight the role of physical
activity in preventing certain types of cancer, particularly breast

cancer and colon cancer. Appropriate physical activity can also alleviate fatigue from treatment and
certain symptoms. For conditions such as diabetes, it can form a key part of the

treatment plan and may even reduce the need for medication. Paris 2024 supports and jointly funds a
course with Paris City Council,

the Paris Regional Olympic and Sports Committee and the charity Médecine pour Tous to provide clubs
and all doctors in the 19th arrondissement with training in exercise prescriptions.
THE PLAINE COMMUNE COMBINED AUTHORITY’S FRAMEWORK FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND SPORT

In early 2019, the Regional Strategy Delegation and the Olympic and Paralympic Games Mission in Plaine
Commune began to look into defining and implementing

a framework for physical activity and sport

in the area. This study18 aims to promote and increase physical activity and sport in public spaces,
whether in organised or informal settings, focusing on people less likely

to participate in sport (including females, the elderly and people with disabilities).

The study consists of three main parts: analysing the range of activities people are involved in and their
profiles, promoting

the current framework of the Plaine Commune combined authority, as well as defining scenarios and
recommendations for 2024

and 2030 regarding developing public spaces in order to put the framework into practice.

The work carried out so far with all operational staff in Plaine Commune has helped to develop a
framework covering 14 areas (three main and 11 minor). The public policies implemented by the
combined authority

in its areas of responsibility (including

the Cycling Plan, the Walking Plan, the Green and Blue Framework, the New National Urban Renewal
Programme and mixed development zones) intertwining with one another gave rise to this framework,
which can be used to make recommendations

for 2024 and 2030 regarding developing public spaces in areas identified as key to putting the
framework into practice.

18. The Regional Institute for Sports Development (a department of the Institut Paris Région) was
contracted to conduct the study.

• ENCOURAGING PEOPLE NOT INVOLVED IN SPORT TO TAKE IT UP

Sports participation among people with disabilities

Sport is important for social inclusion, happiness and health, but it can be difficult for many people with
disabilities to access. Paris 2024 wants to help break these down these barriers by helping create
parasports
departments and training leaders and instructors in regular clubs to accommodate and lead people with
disabilities.

According to a 2019 study commissioned

by Paris 2024 on the barriers to and instruments of sports participation among people with
disabilities19:

38%

OF MEMBERS

struggled to practise at a club.

Of them:

34%

mentioned the difficulty

of finding a club adapted for their disability

26%

said they worried

about other people’s attitudes to their disability

22%

said that there was

not enough information about the services available

ONLY

1/3rd

OF STAFF

in clubs associated with

specialised sports federations had taken disability-related training

47,2%

OF SPORTS CLUBS

ASSOCIATED WITH GENERALIST SPORTS FEDERATIONS

do not have any staff that have

taken disability-related training

50,5%

OF MEMBERS

say their main priority is having

staff that have received training regarding the various types of disability
19. Study on the barriers to and instruments of sports participation among people with disabilities
conducted in 2019 by the Observatory for Research on Mega-Events and commissioned by Paris 2024.

AN INITIATIVE ACCELERATED AS A RESULT OF THE GAMES

COURSE TO TRAIN CLUBS HOW TO ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

Paris 2024 supports and jointly funds a course with Paris City Council and the French Paralympic and
Sports Committee to train

20 sports clubs in Paris how to accommodate people with disabilities and create parasports
departments for September 2021. Training modules designed in this context can then be used to
replicate this initiative elsewhere in France with a view to assessing results and constantly improving. In
addition to these courses, Paris City Council and Paris 2024 have teamed up with the French Paralympic
and Sports Committee and parasports

departmental committees to break down barriers to sport for people with disabilities.

The long-term goal is to replicate this initiative on a larger scale, which is why a variety of other
initiatives have been introduced to help clubs set up their own parasports department, including:

• raising awareness of the range of parasports on offer;

• making special equipment available;

• providing access to suitable facilities.

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Sports participation among girls

Up to the age of 11, a similar proportion of girls and boys are involved in sport. However, girls become
more sedentary once they enter their teenage years, with their participation beginning to drop off
around the age of 11 or 12. 69% of girls aged 6 to 11 take part in sport, but this figure decreases to 53%
for 12- to 17-year-old girls, only 38% of whom are club members20. Paris 2024’s strategy seeks to
prioritise supporting sports participation among girls.
AN INITIATIVE ACCELERATED AS A RESULT OF THE GAMES

ENCOURAGING GIRLS TO ENGAGE IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND SPORT: THE SPORTY PARISIANS CALL FOR
PROPOSALS
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Inequalities still permeate all aspects of daily life in Paris, a city where women make up 53% of the
inhabitants. Sport can be a fantastic tool for empowerment and assertion that promotes diversity in the
city. Within the framework

of measure 12 of Paris City Council’s “Olympic Transformations” programme – “Women conquering

public spaces” – Paris City Council

and Paris 2024 have jointly launched

the Sporty Parisians call for proposals to support the organisation of regular community

sports activities in a bid to encourage women to begin using sports grounds freely accessible to the
public and keep up the habit. This initiative will be replicated if the results are convincing.

20. Attitude Prévention/Irmes study published on 24/06/2019

Sports participation in Seine-Saint-Denis

The Covid-19 health crisis has highlighted that sport forms an essential element of

wellbeing, physical balance and psychological stability, particularly for those hardest hit

by the pandemic, including residents

of the Seine Saint Denis department. By building and renovating sports facilities and supporting
community sports projects, Paris 2024 seeks

to promote sport in this department at the heart of the Games.

AN INITIATIVE ACCELERATED AS A RESULT OF THE GAMES

THE 24 SITES IN 24 URBAN AREAS PROJECT WITH THE SEINE-SAINT-DENIS DEPARTMENTAL COUNCIL

Devised by the Seine-Saint-Denis departmental council alongside the local sporting movement with
financial and communications support from Paris 2024, this project aims to use appropriate

and innovative sports taster sessions

to encourage physically inactive people

to take up sport, as well as promote the use of public spaces for sport, particularly
to alleviate overcrowded sports facilities.

This project was trialled in summer 2020 with the support of Paris 2024, enabling almost 1,000 people
to try out new sports and strengthen ties with local sports facilities.

Its roll-out in several urban areas within the department could potentially benefit from the support of
the Paris 2024 endowment fund. Additionally, as part of the “Bel été solidaire” cultural and sports line-
up

in summer 2020, the Seine-Saint-Denis departmental council set up stands in parks across the
department to promote

the Games and sports participation with the support of Paris 2024 and the involvement of Paris 2024
athletes. It also ran a three-day event to introduce people to new sports

on the Games programme and Paralympic disciplines.

SPORT TO IMPROVE EDUCATION AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

EDUCATION, A CENTRAL COMPONENT OF THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC MOVEMENT

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) positions education as a central component of Olympism, as
reflected in the first

of its fundamental principles: “Olympism

is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, will and mind.
Blending sport with culture and education, Olympism seeks to create a way

of life based on the joy found in effort,

the educational value of good example and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles.” It is a
belief that is shared by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
This IOC principle sums up what Paris 2024 sets out to achieve in terms of education and civic
engagement: we want to increase physical activity and sports opportunities for young people, harness
sport and its values as an educational tool and use them to drive engagement.

In France, physical education (PE) is compulsory throughout every child’s entire school career. There
should be 3 hours of PE classes per week for primary school children, 4 hours per week f or 11-year-old
middle school children, 3 hours per week between the ages of 12 and 15,

and 2 hours per week for high school children aged 16 and upwards. In pre-school

and elementary schools, year group teachers are required to teach the entire curriculum,

including PE. Some schools receive support from qualified personnel approved by the French State to
teach PE. In secondary schools (middle schools and high schools), PE is taught by specially trained
teachers21.

Teachers who give PE lessons have a key role to play. Teaching this essential subject, which conjugates
physical exertion, sporting activity

and artistic expression with a learning objective, is just one way in which all children are able

to enjoy fair and equal access to sport and physical activity. Alongside PE teachers, the entire
educational community, school sports federations, leaders and volunteers from local sports clubs have
come together to provide an invaluable public interest service for our young people,

and Paris 2024 is keen to support and champion their efforts.

Further to PE lessons, school and university sports federations also play an important role by offering
children and young people

the possibility to take part in sport and physical activity through sports clubs. The various federations
include the Sports Education Union for Primary Education, the French National School Sport Union
(operating in middle and high schools), the Sports Union for Free Instruction (private schools) and the
French University Sport Federation.
21. Article L. 312-3 of the French Education Code (Code de l’éducation)

SUPPORTING AND CELEBRATING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND SPORT AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE
ROLE OF SPORT IN EDUCATION

Right from the bidding stage, the Paris 2024 Legacy strategy sought to design and implement a youth
programme, in collaboration with all stakeholders concerned. The intention is for the initiatives to
continue to run well beyond 2024.

The Generation 2024 programme is structured around three objectives:

1. Encourage children to become more physically active and involved in sport, from

pre-school to post-grad: support and develop physical activity and boost participation in sport among
young people

2. Champion sport to channel a love of learning and foster community spirit: encourage the use of
sport in education, in particular among children struggling at school, as a vector for academic
achievement and promote the values of sport, Olympism and Paralympism

3. Use sport to drive engagement and citizenship

AMBITIONS AND INITIATIVES

Young people are the primary focus of the Paris 2024 Legacy and Sustainability strategy, through two
major ambitions:

1. Promote physical activity and sporting engagement among young people and those around
them

2. Support and champion the role of sport, physical activity and PE in helping children thrive,
instilling a love of learning, community spirit and civic engagement

To achieve these ambitions, Paris 2024 is working alongside all stakeholders who work
day in, day out to achieve these objectives (including the educational community, school sports
federations and others involved

in the sporting movement, as well as local authorities). One of the keys to success lies in cooperating
with all areas of the National

Education system, school and university sports federations and coordination with the sporting
movement. The areas that have been awarded the “Terre de Jeux 2024” label are another important ally
in our efforts to strengthen

the position of physical activity in the day-to-day lives of children.

PILLARSOBJECTIVES SUB-OBJECTIVES

Promote physical activity and sport,

INITIATIVES LAUNCHED

OR ACCELERATED AS A RESULT OF THE GAMES

1. Daily 30-minute period of exercise at school

2. Transformation of lessons
ENCOURAGE CHILDREN

TO BECOME MORE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE AND INVOLVED

IN SPORT, FROM PRE-SCHOOL TO POST-GRAD

in particular for 6- to 11-year-olds

Enhance the interconnections between education and sport

at school*

3. The Generation 2024 label

4. The Olympic and Paralympic Week

5. Development of the Carte Passerelle

6. The university project Dancing to 2024*

7. Unis’vers USEP 2024 sports competition*

8. En route to the Gymnasiades Normandie 2022*

Sport to improve education

and civic engagement

CHAMPION SPORT TO CHANNEL

A LOVE

OF LEARNING AND FOSTER

COMMUNITY SPIRIT

Encourage the use of sport and

the values it champions to educate young people

Harness sport to support children struggling at school and encourage them to stay in education

Promote Olympic and Paralympic sports and values

Introduce Generation 2024 to the Games

9. The Generation 2024 platform

10. The Education through Sport call for proposals

11. The Games kit for school children*

12. 1,000 work experience placements to learn about the Olympic and Paralympic Games

13. The Education in Movement programme

14. The learning kit based on the film Race*

15. Programmes to teach the Olympic and Paralympic values: I’mPOSSIBLE

16. The Paris vs Seine-Saint-Denis and Terres d’Envol USEP Games*

17. School Sports Days (SSD)*

18. Regional deployment of the University Olympic Session project*

Universitaire*

USE SPORT TO DRIVE ENGAGEMENT

AND CITIZENSHIP
Increase the role of sport in civic engagement programmes

Boost civic engagement in the sporting movement

19. Generation 2024 civic service

20. The Universal National Service to promote sport and its values

21. The Leaders of Tomorrow programme

* Initiatives expanded upon in the “Generation 2024: educational programme of the Paris 2024
Olympic and Paralympic Games” report

• INTRODUCING MEASURES TO ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO BECOME MORE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE

AND INVOLVED IN SPORT, FROM PRE-SCHOOL TO POST-GRAD

School instils fundamental knowledge and values in all children, irrespective of their social background,
gender or origin. PE lessons at school offer the main source of physical activity for 80% of children. It is
therefore crucial that when they start middle school at the age of 11, all children are not only able to
read, write and count, but also able to get involved in sport. Furthermore, participation in clubs goes
down as children grow older, especially girls.

Paris 2024 wishes to help encourage children

into sport and physical activity at school to ensure they become an integral part of their lives right
through to adulthood and beyond

The Generation 2024 programme will:

• help children become more physically active;

• strengthen the interconnections between education, the local sporting movement and school
sports federations;

• create a space that encourages diversity in sport and makes girls want to get involved.

AN INITIATIVE ACCELERATED AS A RESULT OF THE GAMES

DEPLOYMENT OF A TRIAL OF A DAILY 30-MINUTE PERIOD OF EXERCISE AT SCHOOL

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In February 2020, the French Ministry

of National Education, Youth and Sport, in collaboration with Paris 2024, launched a call for expressions
of interest in rolling out a trial of a daily 30-minute period

of exercise at school, in addition to PE lessons.

The call for expressions of interest aims

to raise awareness of and promote initiatives, with a view to replicating them. Paris 2024 has uploaded a
toolbox for teaching staff

to its Generation 2024 platform. It brings together existing learning resources

and newly developed tools such as the action cards designed by teachers from the Créteil academy.

The initiative was launched in November 2020, in particular in the Créteil academy, and is expected to
be extended to all interested primary schools throughout

the country from the start of 2021. The first set of results will be produced at the end of the school
year.

INITIATIVES LAUNCHED AS A RESULT OF THE GAMES

INTRODUCTION OF THE GÉNÉRATION 2024 LABEL

In order to expand the legacy of the Games, the French Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sport
and the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation have developed the Generation 2024
label for schools and higher education establishments. It is designed to “build bridges between school
and sport to encourage young people to take up sport and stay active”. The first label was awarded back
in 2018, and by the end of 2020, over 3,000 establishments were certified.

© – Benjamin Boccas

To obtain the label, four criteria must be met:

1. Develop structural projects with local sports clubs, which in primary schools requires the
existence of a USEP or UGSEL sports association

2. Take part in Olympic and Paralympic events

3. Work with or accept elite athletes

4. Make school sports facilities available

to local sports clubs to encourage involvement in sport

The goal for 2024 is to certify 20% of schools with the Generation 2024 label. An ambitious target such
as this will only be achieved by working in close collaboration with the teaching community and the local
sporting movement. The expansion and support of Generation 2024 Civic Service structures, which
operate within a school or a club to drive synergies between National Education and the sporting
movement, help achieve this target and implement innovative action within certified schools.

From 2021, a number of special needs schools in the Greater Paris region will be able to obtain the
Generation 2024 label. The project, which is being conducted in collaboration with the French Ministry
of National Education, Youth and Sport and the Greater Paris Regional Health Authority, will
subsequently be rolled out nationally. Opening the label to special needs schools represents a significant
step forward in efforts

to increase physical activity and participation in sport among young people living with disabilities. It will
also help to more effectively integrate disabled children in the school day, as well as wrap-around
services and extra-curricular activities.

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DEPLOYMENT OF THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC WEEK (OPW)
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Held for the first time in January 2017, the OPW is now a recurring feature in the annual calendar of the
French Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sport.

Developed with all schools and higher education institutions in mind, the OPW seeks to:

• build awareness of the Olympic and Paralympic values among pupils and students;

• use sport as an educational tool;

• introduce pupils and students to the Olympic and Paralympic disciplines;

• change the way young people view disabilities and encourage them to take part in sport;

• empower young people to become engaged and active members of the community.

These projects, which are primarily championed by teachers with support from school and university
sports federations, help

bring children together around the Olympic and Paralympic sports, expand the social circles of young
people, students and athletes, use sport as a gateway into other disciplines and raise awareness about
disability.

In 2020, over 450,000 pupils and students took part in the OPW. The event has proved to be an effective
way to discuss disabilities; two thirds of projects include children playing or learning about parasports.
The OPW facilitates the implementation of the Generation 2024 strategy, accelerates greater
understanding, and shines a spotlight on the benefits of sport. Furthermore, the OPW explores a
different societal challenge each year (such as diversity, interculturalism and health), thereby
demonstrating the vast range of opportunities sport and the values it champions have to offer in
education.
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DEVELOPMENT OF THE CARTE PASSERELLE TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO TRY DIFFERENT SPORTS

The French National Olympic and Sports Committee has developed the Carte Passerelle, which allows all
school children that are members of USEP or UGSEL and aged between 9 and 11 to try new sports free
of charge within a network of participating sports clubs. Between the start of the school year in
September

and the October half term, the children will be able to take advantage of three taster sessions in a sports
club before being asked to pay

the membership fee to the federation.

© – CNOSF/KMPS

• CHAMPIONING SPORT TO CHANNEL A LOVE OF LEARNING AND FOSTER COMMUNITY SPIRIT

Physical activity, sport, Olympism and Paralympism are wonderful educational tools for young people’s
school years, not only benefiting their health but also helping them learn academic subjects and civic
values.

The Generation 2024 programme seeks to raise awareness of and promote educational tools, methods
and resources.

Paris 2024 wants to encourage initiatives that combine sport and its values with learning all academic
subjects throughout children’s school years and is therefore committed to:

• identifying and bringing together an extensive library of educational resources related

to sport, sports participation, Olympism, Paralympism and all academic subjects;

• creating additional educational resources

to support teachers of all subjects by providing them with tools to cover all aspects of the Games (e.g.
the 1936 Olympic Games to study propaganda, Usain Bolt’s performances

to calculate speed, and the forces that act on a gymnast on a trampoline in physics class);
• running the Generation 2024 community;

• helping teachers make the most of educational resources;

• highlighting and supporting projects that use sport to encourage children to stay in education.

• The Generation 2024 programme seeks to encourage initiatives that enable people to take part
in sports and learn about Olympic and Paralympic disciplines in order to:

• promote Olympic and Paralympic sports and values, in connection with the values of the French
Republic and community engagement;

• introduce people to the Games and its values to foster greater community spirit.

Friendship, excellence and respect are the three core Olympic values, whereas equality, courage,
determination and inspiration are those of the Paralympic movement. They are promoted

by the International Olympic and Paralympic Committees and form the foundation for the Generation
2024 programme.

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THE GÉNÉRATION2024 PLATFORM

The Generation 2024 online platform has a list of teaching resources related to sport, sports
participation, Olympism, Paralympism and all subjects taught throughout school. Launched in November
2020, the platform seeks to help teachers prepare their lessons and projects. It is designed for the entire
educational community, including parents, teachers and the young people themselves.
Paris 2024 works alongside a number

of stakeholders, including the French Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sport

and its decentralised departments, the French National Olympic and Sports Committee,

the French Paralympic and Sports Committee, as well as school and university sports federations. Sports
federations have also put together educational resources

to help teachers better understand their sports.

The goal is to leverage sport and the Games to create a Generation 2024 community

for students and their wellbeing. The platform will report on news and projects to highlight the things
people are doing on the ground, particularly PE teachers. All the content will be harmonised and
supplemented to provide teachers with coherent tools to plan projects throughout the year.

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THE EDUCATION THROUGH SPORT CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Sport can play an invaluable role in children’s academic achievement. Sports clubs teach children civic
values, engagement

and respect for others outside of the home and school environment and sometimes offer extra tutoring
and school mediation. Children who regularly take part in sport are more fulfilled, have a better
attention span
and, ultimately, experience greater academic success. Paris 2024 and Paris City Council therefore
launched an “Education through Sport” call for proposals to support sports- based education and
reintegration projects. Five projects have been implemented since September 2019.

1,000 WORK EXPERIENCE PLACEMENTS ORGANISED BY THE GREATER PARIS REGIONAL AUTHORITIES
EVERY YEAR TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE OLYMPIC

AND PARALYMPIC GAMES

The placements aim to raise 15-year-old school children’s awareness of the Olympic values, physical
activity and or/sport, the role of volunteers and the sectors involved

in organising the Games. The Greater Paris regional authorities are keen to engage

and bring all young people along on the journey

to ensure they play an active role in the Games so they truly feel part of this exceptional event. Each
intake will be welcomed at the Greater Paris Regional Council in Saint-Ouen, go on trips and attend
activities and talks at different venues, some of which will host Olympic and/ or Paralympic events in
2024.
The Legacy and Sustainability plan for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games — 87

AN INITIATIVE LAUNCHED AS A RESULT OF THE GAMES

THE EDUCATION IN MOVEMENT PROGRAMME TO EDUCATE CHILDREN

© – FatCamera/GettyImages

A pilot project carried out during the bid phase in collaboration with NGO PLAY International22, Paris
2024 and UNICEF aimed to uphold the Olympic values of respect, friendship and excellence to support
children’s education in several regions – all while they played in the school playground.

Building on this experience, Paris 2024 continues to promote Education in Movement, which provides a
method to teach 6- to 12-year- old children through sport, keeping them active and encouraging them
to develop community spirit. It uses a tried-and-tested programme.

Paris 2024 strives to develop the Education in Movement programme in all priority education network
(REP) and reinforced

priority education network (REP+) schools in the Seine-Saint-Denis department and

the city of Paris. Available to everyone on the Generation 2024 platform, this programme can be rolled
out on a wider scale all over France, including overseas and in the education hubs network, during
school hours or after school.
© – Jean-Marie Hervio/KMSP

22. NGO PLAY International has authorisation from the French Ministry of National Education, Youth
and Sport to provide educational programmes and activities that complement school teaching and are in
line with school projects.

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THE I’MPOSSIBLE PROGRAMME FOR OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC VALUES-BASED EDUCATION

Paris 2024 supports the use of the Olympic Values Education Programme (OVEP), developed by the
International Olympic Committee (IOC), and I’mPOSSIBLE, developed by the International Paralympic
Committee (IPC). The I’mPOSSIBLE programme

is a particularly useful tool for primary school teachers that can be used to raise awareness and achieve
a more accurate image

of disability. Paris 2024 will help familiarise teachers with these educational programmes to ensure they
get the most out of them.

• USING SPORT TO DRIVE ENGAGEMENT AND CITIZENSHIP

France already boasts a strong volunteering23 culture, with over 16 million volunteers – around a third
of whom are involved in the sports sector. Sport also drives engagement outside France.

Each year, the French National Olympic

and Sports Committee sends volunteers from France on assignment to Olympic committees in the
French-speaking world. These young people commit to becoming ambassadors

for the Olympic values abroad and lead various awareness-raising initiatives (education through sport,
the promotion of sports participation, sport and health, etc.).

Paris 2024 seeks to promote civic engagement, which contributes to social cohesion and plays a crucial
role in the sporting movement – both
on a day-to-day basis in clubs and at major international sporting events, where volunteers play an
important role.

The Generation 2024 programme therefore aims to:

• encourage young people’s civic engagement in the sporting movement;

• place greater emphasis, within existing civic engagement programmes, on sport in assignments
of general interest entrusted

to young people in local authorities, schools and associations;

• nurture a new generation of young people to lead the sporting movement.

23. www.jeunes.gouv.fr (available in French only)

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AN INITIATIVE LAUNCHED AS A RESULT OF THE GAMES

THE GENERATION 2024 CIVIC SERVICE PROGRAMME TO MOBILISE 10,000 YOUNG PEOPLE

Paris 2024 is going to offer young people new forms of civic engagement, including through the civic
service programme. Civic service involves making a voluntary commitment

to carry out an assignment of general interest in one of France’s nine priority areas, such

as sport, for six to 12 months. Volunteers commit to at least 24 hours per week, receiving an allowance
from the French State and additional support – either in kind or monetary

– from the host structure.

The goal of civic service is to give young people aged between 16 and 25 a framework

for engagement that enables them to become more self-confident, develop their skill sets and take the
time to think about their future personal and professional lives.
From 2019 to 2020, Paris 2024, the French Civic Service Agency and the French National Olympic and
Sports Committee conducted

a conclusive experiment in six Regional Olympic and Sports Committees and Departmental Olympic and
Sports Committees in order

to trial a project to improve access to sport. Paris 2024 also called upon UFOLEP (the French Union of
Secular Physical Education) – supported by USEP (the Sports Education Union for Primary Education) and
the

Ligue de l’enseignement (a French federation for secular education) – to deploy 100 young civic service
volunteers in urban and rural priority neighbourhoods to improve access

to sport, introduce people to the new sports on the Paris 2024 Games programme and organise a sports
event in their region on Olympic Day.

Following these trials, Paris 2024, the French National Civic Service Agency and the French

National Olympic and Sports Committee plan to offer 10,000 young people Generation 2024 civic service
assignments as part of the French State’s legacy plan, giving priority to:

• Generation 2024 schools to activate their label, organise projects over the Olympic and
Paralympic Week, take part in Olympic Day, etc.;

• Terre de Jeux 2024 cities to activate their label and organise projects to promote physical
activity and sport in their region;

• Terre de Jeux 2024 departments to activate their label and organise projects to promote
physical activity and sport in their region, particularly for people living with disabilities;

• sports clubs and associations to support innovative projects, apply for Impact 2024, reach out to
schools, etc.

These assignments will help build

a Generation 2024 community of young people that want to get involved and potentially become
voluntary managers in sports clubs.
© – svetikd/Getty Images

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INITIATIVES ACCELERATED AS A RESULT OF THE GAMES

THE UNIVERSAL NATIONAL SERVICE TO PROMOTE SPORT AND ITS VALUES

Paris 2024 aims to raise young people’s awareness of civic engagement and volunteering in the sports
sector by leveraging Universal National Service (UNS), a project to empower young people aged
between 15 and 17 outside compulsory education.

Paris 2024 is currently drawing up an agreement with the French Ministry of National Education,

Youth and Sport in order to enhance

the experience of young people involved in the UNS project.

THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW PROGRAMME

TO SUPPORT FUTURE LEADERS OF THE SPORTING

MOVEMENT

Paris 2024 encourages access to positions of responsibility in sports associations, particularly for young
women. Through its endowment fund, Paris 2024 plans to support the French National Olympic and
Sports Committee's intention to implement a new programme, Leaders of Tomorrow, to give as many
people as possible access to positions of responsibility and encourage greater diversity among club and
federation leaders at international, national and regional level. This programme will be built around
providing information, raising awareness, offering a training programme, mentoring, creating and
leading a regional network

of leaders, as well as giving awards to those who deserve them the most.

© – Paris 2024 - CNOSF

SPORT TO IMPROVE

INCLUSION AND SOLIDARITY

HARNESSING

THE GAMES TO CHANGE

THE WAY PEOPLE VIEW

CERTAIN ISSUES

IN OUR SOCIETY

2024

SPORT TO IMPROVE

INCLUSION AND SOLIDARITY

SPORT – A FANTASTIC VECTOR FOR INCLUSION

As an outlet for engagement, social interaction and personal fulfilment, sport is widely recognised as an
effective tool for social integration. Sports can therefore be educational resources in their own right.

The ‘Sports-Towns-Inclusion’ interministerial circular, signed on 19 April 2019, marked a new milestone
in recognising sport as a tool for social inclusion, as it mentioned that city contracts must now include a
section on sports action

for social and territorial inclusion24. This circular clarifies the role of stakeholders that harness sport for
social inclusion in order to go beyond ‘common law’ sport and serve other issues related to city policy.

Three main types of community sports activities, as defined in the circular, will be highlighted

in the Legacy and Sustainability strategy:

1. sports activities that make people’s talents shine through: leveraging sport to identify and
celebrate interpersonal skills and knowledge that can be mobilised for access

to training and employment;

2. sports activities that champion values: leveraging sport to share messages promoting civic
values such as social cohesion and the prevention and treatment of excesses (including racism, anti-
Semitism and homophobia);

3. sports activities that act as regional projects: leveraging sport to mobilise young people through
integration and/or citizenship within – and with stakeholders from – different bodies (including schools
and companies).

STRENGTHENING, HIGHLIGHTING AND PROMOTING THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF SPORT

Paris 2024’s Legacy and Sustainability strategy seeks to strengthen the role of sport as a tool for:

• social inclusion

• remobilising people in difficulty, including early school leavers

• integrating people experiencing exclusion or a lack of security, including refugees

• empowering girls

• the professional integration of unemployed people

24. CIRCULAR No. DS/DIR/2019/108 of 19 April 2019 on the integration of sport into city contracts

OBJECTIVES AND INITIATIVES

Paris 2024 sets out to change how racist and sexist stereotypes are viewed by beneficiaries of supported
projects, ensure a rate of positive outcomes for beneficiaries of integration

initiatives through sport, as well as increase

the proportion of beneficiaries that have acquired soft skills (including interpersonal, transversal and
leadership skills).
PILLARS

OBJECTIVES

SUB-OBJECTIVES INITIATIVES LAUNCHED

OR ACCELERATED AS A RESULT OF THE GAMES

Sport to improve inclusion

and solidarity

HARNESS SPORT TO PROMOTE EQUALITY

AND COMBAT DISCRIMINATION

Celebrate the role of women in sport

1. Application of the Generation 2024 label to special needs schools in the Greater Paris region

2. 30 minutes of exercise every day for students living with disabilities

3. The Equality label

4. Olympic and Paralympic Week (OPW)

5. The Female Leaders programme

Combat discrimination

Harness the Games to change the way people think about disability and promote sport

HARNESS SPORT TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION

Harness physical activity and sport to remobilise people who are vulnerable or on an integration
pathway

6. Creation of the Paris 2024–AFD incubator

7. The Games Generation scheme to support young athletes

8. The Equality label

9. The Female Leaders programme

HARNESS SPORT TO SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL INTEGRATION

Encourage people to stay in education and help those not in education, employment or training (NEETs)

to return to education

Harness sport to support the social and professional integration of people in long-term unemployment
• HARNESSING THE GAMES TO CHANGE THE WAY PEOPLE THINK ABOUT DISABILITY AND
PROMOTE SPORT

The Paralympic Games are the ultimate sporting event for athletes with disabilities. Paris 2024 has high
ambitions for this competition, as demonstrated for instance by its decision

to use the same emblem for both the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The whole world will be watching France during the Games, which provide a unique opportunity to
catalyse efforts and accelerate projects. Paralympic athletes’ performances will therefore provide a
unique opportunity

to shine a spotlight on the skills of people with disabilities and demonstrate their employability. That is
why Paris 2024 is part of an ecosystem where everyone works on a daily basis at their level to improve
life in our society for people with disabilities. The ecosystem includes

the French State, local and regional authorities, the sporting movement, the healthcare sector, the
disability sector, the sheltered and adapted employment sector, as well as Olympic and Paralympic
athletes.

Powerful symbols and a high level of visibility are needed to change the way people think about
disability. Paris 2024 has chosen to hold Olympic and Paralympic events in the same venues right in the
heart of the capital, including

at the Grand Palais and the Champ de Mars. Paris 2024 also decided to bring together the

Olympic and Paralympic Games with a shared

emblem for the first time ever. Furthermore, by launching an initiative to add Paralympic sports to the
emoji dictionary, Paris 2024

is taking action to foster a more inclusive representation of sport and raise the profile

of the Paralympic Games throughout the world.

For instance, the Greater Paris regional authorities are pursuing an ambitious sports policy to increase
the range of sports on offer for everybody across the region and thereby improve access to sport,
focusing on women, people with disabilities and young people

in particular. For example, agreements are

in place to help sports federations, leagues and committees buy special disability-friendly equipment to
meet the needs of over 250 clubs across the Greater Paris region that provide

a range of activities for people with disabilities.

Accessibility is another important marker for the Greater Paris regional authorities, determining the
funding provided to local authorities in a bid to encourage them to

implement a sports policy focusing on people with disabilities.

AN INITIATIVE LAUNCHED AS A RESULT OF THE GAMES

APPLICATION OF THE GENERATION 2024 LABEL

TO SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOLS IN THE GREATER PARIS

REGION

From 2021, a number of special needs schools in the Greater Paris region will be able to obtain the
Generation 2024 label. The project, which is being conducted in collaboration with the French Ministry
of National Education, Youth and Sport and the Greater Paris Regional Health Authority, will
subsequently be rolled out nationally. Opening the label

to special needs schools represents a significant step forward in efforts to increase physical activity and
sports participation among young people living with disabilities. It will also help to more effectively
integrate disabled children
in the school day, as well as wrap-around services and extra-curricular activities.

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AN INITIATIVE ACCELERATED AS A RESULT OF THE GAMES

30 MINUTES OF EXERCISE EVERY DAY, FOCUSING ON STUDENTS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES

In collaboration with the French Paralympic and Sports Committee, 30 minutes

of physical activity and sport every day is also

promoted to get children living with disabilities moving at school.

• HELPING ELITE ATHLETES SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITION AT THE END OF THEIR SPORTING CAREER

Elite athletes can struggle with professional integration at the end of their career. Many of them have
spoken to Paris 2024 about

the difficulties they encountered when pursuing their entrepreneurial project, as well as the lack of a
suitable framework. The current unprecedented crisis further complicates their

endeavours and strengthens our resolve to help these athletes implement their projects. Paris 2024
therefore wants to enable athletes, should they so wish, to create their own job at the end

of their career and take part in a project with a positive social and environmental impact.
AN INITIATIVE LAUNCHED AS A RESULT OF THE GAMES

CREATION OF THE PARIS 2024-FRENCH DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (AFD) INCUBATOR

Paris 2024, in collaboration with the AFD, provides a unique incubation programme that, drawing
inspiration from the bidding phase, focuses exclusively on athletes

who are entrepreneurs. 2021 will see the first

intake of 24 athletes supported over

the course of eight months to launch their entrepreneurial projects with a social and environmental
impact – eight in France and 16 in Africa.
THE GAMES GENERATION SCHEME TO SUPPORT YOUNG ATHLETES

In 2018, the Seine-Saint-Denis departmental council created the “Games Generation” scheme to provide
financial support to promising Seine-Saint-Denis athletes and encourage them on their path to the Paris
2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. In 2020,

the scheme provided 30 athletes with

a €3,000 grant to enable them to pursue their

sports project in the best possible conditions.

Under the scheme, athletes can receive support for another year provided they still meet the criteria
(i.e. they are aged 15 to 23, feature on the ministerial lists of elite athletes and are a member of a sports
club in Seine- Saint-Denis).

• CHAMPIONING THE EMANCIPATION OF WOMEN THROUGH SPORT

In response to reduced levels of physical activity and sport among teenage girls, Paris 2024 seeks to
support sports participation among and the emancipation of women through sport. Paris 2024 aims to
help the sporting movement

achieve equality and increase female sports participation by mobilising a number

of stakeholders to support this cause to ensure an enduring legacy throughout France.

THE EQUALITY LABEL: A TOOL ALSO DESIGNED TO GUARANTEE THE LEGACY LEFT BEHIND BY THE GAMES

Harnessing sport to empower girls

is one of the challenges raised by the Equality label. In addition to its role in organising an edition of the
Games that can be held up as an inspiring example in that respect, the label seeks to shine a spotlight,
both nationally and internationally, on the gender equality cause and the fight against discrimination. By
supporting increased sports participation among and the emancipation of girls and women through
sport, the Equality label strives to guarantee a post- Games social legacy all over France.
© – Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images

THE “FEMALE LEADERS” PROGRAMME

In January 2020, the French National Olympic and Sports Committee launched

the Female Leaders programme to boost female representation in sports management bodies and
celebrate female participation

in sport. The programme intends to build

momentum through various initiatives for and with present and future female leaders as well as male
leaders, organising workshops and conferences throughout the year

to ensure interactions and networking with experts.

SPORT TO DRIVE

THE ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSFORMATION

HARNESSING THE GAMES TO ACCELERATE

£THE ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSFORMATION

2024

SPORT TO DRIVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSFORMATION

SOCIETY IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY AWARE OF THE IMPACT OF SPORT AND

THE NEED FOR TOOLS TO ENABLE IT TO DRIVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSFORMATION

Faced with the reality of the climate and environmental emergency established in the first section, we
urgently need to adapt and rally around, as the future of sport is at stake.

Most sports stakeholders have become aware of their impact and role and are beginning

to change through initiatives such as the charters of 15 eco-responsible commitments for event
organisers and facility managers, drawn up by the French Ministry of Sport and WWF France.
Momentum is gained by bringing together stakeholders in line with the common vision set out in the
Paris Agreement, but it still requires concrete tools and a shift in mindsets in order to become a reality.

Sport has an incredible power to mobilise and unite people. It has an important role to play in
combating climate change and encouraging

action to protect the environment. In all its forms

– amateur, professional, grassroots or youth talent development – sport is effective in
encouraging a shift in behaviour and mentalities.

The impact and magical aura of the Games give Paris 2024 an opportunity to lead by example, be a
source of inspiration and give voice

to solutions for the future. Moreover, even though the role of sport in promoting education, inclusion
and solidarity is widely recognised, the Paris 2024 Games provide an opportunity to harness sport to
drive advocacy of sustainable development and the environmental transformation.

To accelerate the environmental transformation of the world of sport, Paris 2024 wants to:

• accelerate the transformation of sporting events;

• work to eliminate single-use plastics in and through sport;

• promote sustainable sporting structures;

• harness sport to combat climate change;

• raise awareness of the importance

of a healthy diet for people and the planet;

• harness sport to protect biodiversity.

HARNESSING SPORT TO ACCELERATE THE ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSFORMATION THROUGH PARIS 2024

In the long term, Paris 2024 seeks to leave

a strong and enduring legacy in terms of how major sporting events are designed and prepared for, as
well as how sports are played within our
societies. Paris 2024 wants to accelerate a shift in mindsets and behaviour to encourage

the development of sustainable practices in amateur and professional sport.

PILLARSOBJECTIVES INITIATIVES LAUNCHED OR ACCELERATED AS A RESULT OF THE GAMES

ACCELERATE THE TRANSFORMATION OF SPORTING EVENTS

1. Supporting the WWF France programme to accelerate the transformation of sporting events

2. Sharing Paris 2024 tools and methods with sports stakeholders

PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE SPORTING STRUCTURES

3. Supporting PEXE’s ‘Bringing the world of sport and cleantech companies closer together’
programme
4. Contributing to the shift in mentalities and behaviour in a bid to establish sustainable practices in
amateur and professional sport, particularly through the Paris 2024 Club (will be rolled out and
explained in detail later)

Sport to drive

the environmental transformation

WORK TO ELIMINATE SINGLE-USE PLASTICS

IN AND THROUGH SPORT

RAISE AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE

OF A BALANCED DIET FOR HEALTH AND THE PLANET

5. Contributing to the work initiated by our stakeholders, events stakeholders and civil society
stakeholders to eliminate single-use plastics (will be rolled out and explained in detail later)

6. Supporting and passing on solutions and projects to eliminate single-use plastics (will be rolled
out and explained in detail later)
7. Helping change the behaviour of organisers, athletes, spectators, partner marketing companies,
site managers, etc. at sporting events (WWF)

8. Promoting Paris 2024’s commitments and methods to encourage a shift in catering practices at
sporting events (will be rolled out and explained

in detail later)

9. Helping change behaviour by promoting low carbon, locally produced food in season in
accordance with nutritional and health guidelines (will be rolled out and explained in detail later)

HARNESS SPORT TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE

10. Supporting and developing the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCC) Sports for Climate Action initiative

11. Strengthening the role of sport in advocacy of sustainable development, particularly as part of
the convention between Paris 2024 and the AFD (will be rolled out and explained in detail later)

HARNESS SPORT TO PROTECT BIODIVERSITY

12. Helping promote respect for biodiversity in professional and amateur sport (will be rolled out
and explained in detail later)

13. Harnessing sport, particularly outdoor sports, to mobilise people to protect and regenerate
biodiversity (will be rolled out and explained in detail later)
ACCELERATING THE TRANSFORMATION OF SPORTING EVENTS

France holds over 2.5 million sporting events every year and has hosted 55 international competitions
over the past 20 years, making it one of the top countries for hosting major

world sporting events. It therefore has the ambition, legitimacy and opportunity to make Paris 2024 a
new global sustainability benchmark for sporting events.

• MAKING THE METHODS DEVELOPED FOR PARIS 2024 ACCESSIBLE TO AND USABLE BY OTHER
ORGANISATIONS

Reinventing the template for the Games does not only involve changing the goods and services needed
to organise the competition but also the way in which they are delivered.

Paris 2024 seeks to use the Games’ power to inspire to show that it is possible

to do things differently. We must act together, which is why we are passing on methods and tools today,
starting with those that will enable

us to curb greenhouse gas emissions or purchase responsibly.

For instance, Paris 2024’s responsible purchasing strategy – built around the systematic integration of
environmental and social considerations – will be shared widely so that any public25
or private stakeholder can access it and integrate it into its purchasing policy.

AN INITIATIVE ACCELERATED AS A RESULT OF THE GAMES

PARIS 2024 AND WWF FRANCE ARE COMMITTED TO SUSTAINABLE SPORTING EVENTS

In order to leave behind an environmental legacy, Paris 2024 has teamed up with WWF France on its
programme to support

the environmental transition of the world of sport. The work will aim to take concrete

action and carry out full-scale trials at sporting events.

The environmental responsibility of a sporting event is in the hands of stakeholders such

as sporting event organisers, sports facility managers, local authorities, service providers, athletes and
spectators. Uniting and engaging the entire ecosystem

of sporting events is therefore vital to make these events sustainable.

The WWF programme focuses on three key areas:

1. Supporting the environmental transition of sporting events in France

2. Raising awareness among spectators and helping them adopt more environmentally friendly
behaviour

3. Developing active mobility during sporting events

25. Paris 2024’s responsible purchasing strategy was written in accordance with public purchasing
principles.

PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE SPORTING STRUCTURES

Sport is more than just major events – with

16.1 million registered members in France and 32 million people in France reporting they take part
in sport at least once a month,

day-to-day sport not only represents an impact to be managed but also a tool to change methods and
behaviour and mobilise people to protect the environment and the climate.

Furthermore, encouraging regular physical

activity, a healthy diet and active mobility – through sport – helps improve people’s health and reduce
the daily impact people in France have on the climate and the environment.

Paris 2024 therefore seeks to inspire more sustainable practices in amateur and professional sport,
particularly through the Terre de Jeux 2024 and Paris 2024 Club initiatives.

PARIS 2024, ALONG WITH THE FRENCH MINISTRY OF SPORT, SUPPORTS PEXE26 TO BRING THE WORLD
OF SPORT

AND CLEANTECH COMPANIES CLOSER TOGETHER

At present, sporting event organisers, sports facility managers, sports federations and regions hosting
sporting events have no structured approach to ramping up the integration

of solutions.

That is why Paris 2024, along with the French Ministry of Sport, supports PEXE’s project

to unite the world of sport and cleantech companies to:

• lead the network of stakeholders

(by creating points of contact and spaces for PEXE events) for the environmental and energy transition
to respond to the challenges faced by the world of sport;

• create and promote the directory of innovative solutions for sustainable sport.
The first results will be revealed in spring 2021.
26. PEXE is the association of cleantech companies in France, comprising 40 networks of around
6,000 SMEs.

WORKING TO ELIMINATE SINGLE-USE PLASTICS IN AND THROUGH SPORT

The production of plastic grew exponentially from 2.3 million tonnes in 1950 to 162 million tonnes in
1993, which rose to 448 million tonnes in 2015. It is estimated that 40% of the plastic produced is used
just once before

it is thrown away. Of the 10 tonnes of plastic produced every second worldwide27, only

a very small proportion is recycled – the rest

is incinerated, sent to landfill or simply dumped outdoors. This explains why 73% of beach litter
worldwide is plastic and there is a vortex

of waste three times the size of France floating between Japan and the US. The world of sport has joined
efforts to combat this issue.

For instance, the IOC published the Plastic Game Plan for Sport guide to help the sports community
address plastic pollution.

For Paris 2024, it involves setting an example, by eliminating single-use plastics at its headquarters, and
encouraging its entire ecosystem to eliminate single-use plastics28.

To do so, Paris 2024 aims to:

• contribute to the work initiated by its stakeholders, events stakeholders and civil society
stakeholders to eliminate single-use plastics;

• support and pass on solutions and projects to eliminate single-use plastics;

• help change the behaviour of organisers, athletes, spectators, site managers and companies at
sporting events, particularly as part of the WWF project it supports.

RAISING AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF A BALANCED DIET FOR HEALTH AND THE PLANET

Choosing what we put on our plate would be a good place to start. We can work towards

a more sustainable catering service that takes the season, the location and nutritional needs into
consideration. Farming practices are evolving across France and all over the world, with fairer pay for
producers, restrictions

on chemical inputs, agroecological methods and improved breeding conditions. At all stages, from
supply through to waste management, it is our duty to opt for a catering service that limits its
environmental impact and encourages

a shift in practices. In its commitments,

Paris 2024 no longer wants human health to be set against the health of the planet. Solutions are linked
to make progress on these two fronts. That is why Paris 2024 is committed to providing 15 million
healthy meals that are kind to the planet. We are keen to combine all the creativity

and culinary expertise in France to spark a shift in eating habits. In collaboration with the entire network
of regions, we want to make progress together to bring about more sustainable farming practices, while
providing food that promotes and generates local employment.

All these commitments will be formalised in the Food Vision, which will be published towards the end of
2021 in a bid to:

1. promote Paris 2024’s commitments

and methods to encourage a shift in catering practices at sporting events;

2. help change behaviour by promoting

low-carbon, locally produced food in season in accordance with nutritional and health guidelines;

3. sign up to and collaborate with regional initiatives.

27. National Geographic

28. Novethic

HARNESSING SPORT TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE

There is more to the environmental transformation than just technical solutions – it primarily involves
our behaviour and value system.

The Games unite 4 billion viewers, 13.5 million spectators, 15,000 athletes and 206 nations. The scale of
the Games makes it a unique opportunity to align stakeholders and get

a message across to billions of people.

Paris 2024 therefore pledges to harness the Games, the largest sporting event in the world,

to mobilise and encourage its ecosystem to take environmental action. We know we can count on the
unifying momentum of the Games

to encourage the entire Committee, the sporting movement, our stakeholders and our partner
marketing companies to work alongside us.
PARIS 2024 TEAMS UP WITH THE UNFCCC "SPORTS FOR CLIMATE ACTION" INITIATIVE AT THE COP24

At the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention

on Climate Change (COP24), Paris 2024 announced it would join forces with

the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ‘Sports

for Climate Action’ initiative, which aims

to encourage the world of sport to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions related to organising sports
competitions.

Participants in the initiative commit to adhere

to five principles:

1. Promote greater environmental responsibility

2. Reduce the overall climate impact of sporting events

3. Educate for climate action

4. Promote sustainable and responsible consumption

5. Advocate for climate action through communication

HARNESSING SPORT TO PROTECT BIODIVERSITY

Similar to climate action, protecting biodiversity involves more than merely reducing

or offsetting the environmental impacts

of competition venues. Paris 2024 wants to make people aware of what biodiversity represents

as a whole. The organisation of the Games must spearhead clear, comprehensive civic information and
environmental regeneration. The fact that sport and biodiversity both contribute to people’s wellbeing
makes this

a particularly relevant commitment – they improve health and wellbeing and can bolster the resilience
of regions and urban areas

through developments rooted in the environmental landscape while supplying ecosystem goods. This
commitment has been worked on since the bid stage alongside

the move towards carbon neutrality.

Paris 2024 therefore aims to:

• help promote respect for biodiversity in professional and amateur sport;

• harness sport, particularly outdoor sports,

to mobilise people to protect and regenerate biodiversity.

SOCIAL INNOVATION THROUGH SPORT IN FRANCE THE PARIS 2024 ENDOWMENT FUND
CREATING SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATIONS FOR AND THROUGH THE GAMES

2024

SOCIAL INNOVATION THROUGH SPORT IN FRANCE

THE PARIS 2024 ENDOWMENT FUND

A TOOL TO RINGFENCE THE RESOURCES INVESTED IN LEGACY-RELATED PROJECTS

In order to break down Paris 2024’s social and environmental ambitions operationally, on 24 January
2019 the Board of Directors of the organising committee approved

the methods of funding and steering the Legacy and Sustainability strategy, as well as the creation of a
special tool. After careful consideration,

the Board of Directors decided to allocate a budget of €50 million exclusively for legacy-related projects
and create an endowment fund.

This decision helps to ringfence the resources by opening up opportunities for Paris 2024’s partner
marketing companies to sponsor projects as part of the Legacy and Sustainability strategy, as well as
formalise a collective governance that closely binds the members

of the Paris 2024 Board of Directors.

The budget allocated to legacy and sustainability projects can therefore come from three sources:
• the budget of the organising committee, which contributes up to €50 million (some of which

is transferred to the Paris 2024 endowment fund);

• instruments and funding from stakeholders, which Paris 2024 can promote;

• additional funding from Paris 2024’s partner marketing companies.

In order to leverage these resources and break down the Legacy and Sustainability strategy
operationally, the Paris 2024 endowment fund was officially created on 27 June 2019.

It is a platform for social innovation through sport that sets out to support projects that harness sport to
make a social impact. This tool and

the methodological approach it takes are designed to be passed on as a legacy after 2024.

The future of the endowment fund will be outlined in 2022.

A TOOL TO STRENGTHEN THE POSITION OF SPORT IN SOCIETY AND SUPPORT SOCIAL INNOVATORS
THROUGH SPORT

AREAS COVERED BY THE ENDOWMENT FUND

The four main areas covered by the endowment fund are:

• Sport to improve health

• Sport to improve education and citizenship

• Sport to improve inclusion, integration, solidarity and equality

• Sport to protect the environment

Initiatives that combine sport and culture qualify for support from the endowment fund. The
endowment fund prioritises supporting projects in deprived areas that are carried out for the benefit of
people who are not involved in sport and/or in a vulnerable position.

The fund helps Paris 2024 realise its desire to strengthen the position of sport in society and support
access to sport for all.

OBJECTIVES OF THE ENDOWMENT FUND

MAIN SUPPORT TOOLS

The endowment fund has three main objectives:

1. Encourage, identify and fund social innovation projects that harness sport and show great
potential

2. Help project leaders (the sporting movement, local authorities and associations) to design,
implement and assess the impact of these projects

3. Highlight and raise awareness of these projects to encourage similar efforts

and showcase the social impact of sport

The endowment fund provides three forms of support to leaders of social innovation projects that
harness sport:

• It enables the leaders of the chosen projects to use the Impact 2024 signature to enhance their
initiative.

• It provides shared and individual support in close collaboration with the leaders of each chosen
project based on their specific needs to design, implement, ramp up or replicate a project.

• It provides financial support to project leaders.

GOVERNANCE AND OPERATIONS

Chaired by Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet, the endowment fund is run by a Board of Directors

– comprising the same members as the Board of Directors of the organising committee – that sets
its strategy, decides on support and agrees on the amounts to be allocated to projects.

It is made up of the members of the Paris 2024 Board of Directors. A selection committee – comprising
public bodies, representatives from the sporting movement, athletes and qualified figures – helps the
Board of Directors carry out its role. The Paris 2024 Impact and Legacy team prepares and implements
the strategy

of the endowment fund and oversees project support and impact assessment.

The Paris 2024 endowment fund works to promote social impact through sport. The winning projects
can be led by the Olympic and Paralympic federations on the programme at the Paris 2024 Games,
public stakeholders, as well as all stakeholders (athletes, associations and local authorities) of general
interest. The endowment

fund supports initiatives throughout France

(i.e. mainland France and overseas France).

Its hallmark is getting stakeholders to work together:

• Federations on the Games programme are encouraged to design collective projects involving
other general interest stakeholders.

• Eligible public stakeholders are encouraged to design projects with the sporting movement and
must call on it concerning sports management.

• Applicants for the Impact 2024 call for proposals must apply as part of a group with at least one
stakeholder from the sporting movement.

This methodology aims to strengthen long- term cooperation between the sporting movement and
public authorities and maximise the impact and sustainability of the projects supported.

IMPACT 2024 CALL FOR PROPOSALS

The French National Sports Agency, Paris 2024, the French National Olympic and Sports Committee and
the French Paralympic and Sports Committee launched a joint call for proposals in 2020, Impact 2024,
for sports stakeholders and associations that harness sport for social innovation.
This annual call for proposals aims to:

• develop innovative solutions to address new issues;

• promote local synergies between local authorities, local clubs and regional sports

stakeholders;

• help circulate tools and best practices for sustainable action across multiple regions;

• report on the impacts and effects on the money invested.

The first such call for proposals in 2020 received 1,200 submissions. Around 1,000 projects were
selected and will be able to use the Impact 2024 signature in compliance with the rules governing its
use. These include five national projects and 50 regional and local projects that will receive a total of
€1.7 million in funding.

The first edition of Impact 2024 was a great success and showcased sports organisations’ flair for
innovation. Well done to the 55 successful applicants and all the projects selected. This joint endeavour
with Paris 2024, the French National Olympic and Sports Committee and the French Paralympic and
Sports Committee will continue to grow in 2021.
A BUDGET TO IMPLEMENT

THE ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE

STRATEGY

The Committee has ring-fenced a €52 million budget for the implementation of Paris 2024’s
Environmental Excellence strategy, displaying its political will to host sustainable, environmentally
friendly Games.

The breakdown of the budget is as follows:

• €15 million to ensure the Games are fully carbon neutral by offsetting any residual carbon
emissions from the event;

• €13 million to implement innovative environmental excellence policies (outlined in parts 1 and 2
of the present document);

• €24 million to help Paris 2024’s departments fulfil the various environmental excellence
objectives. Some of the costs – relating to the effective implementation of the responsible purchasing
strategy and stringent
environmental standards for the different projects – will be broken down operationally within the
departments responsible

for delivering the Games. For instance, this involves the use of responsible materials

for temporary infrastructure and venues and obligations to reuse and recycle materials, the use of
temporary power generated by renewable energy sources, the establishment of purchasing criteria for
sustainable food (products awarded labels, short supply chains, agroecological practices, low-carbon

and plant-based options, etc.), extra recycling requirements in terms of waste management, standards
imposed on logistics operations, as well as the use of clean vehicles. It also includes audits of
compliance with

the responsible purchasing strategy and

the integration of environmental considerations (in liaison with the purchasing department).

A COLLECTIVELY CONSTRUCTED STRATEGY TO DELIVER AN EDITION OF THE GAMES THAT CAN BE HELD
UP AS AN INSPIRING EXAMPLE AND BUILD A LEGACY FOR THE GAMES

A JOINTLY LED LEGACY AND SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY INVOLVING ALL OF PARIS 2024’S DEPARTMENTS

The legacy and sustainability strategy is led and collectively constructed by the Impact and Legacy
department and the Environmental Excellence department. Through the joint implementation of tools
such as the responsible purchasing strategy and the sustainable management system, the two
departments ensure that all Paris 2024 departments integrate the strategy into their respective
activities. Furthermore, divisions are made aware of sustainability challenges
as soon as they are set up and must begin to think about the methods and tools they could leave behind
as a legacy once Paris 2024 is disbanded.

Paris 2024 seeks to design and deliver sustainable and inclusive Olympic and Paralympic Games that set
an example, as well as maximise their positive impact and legacy. To do so,

it has put transversal tools in place so that all Committee departments can contribute

to achieving these objectives.

AREAS COVERED BY THE ENDOWMENT FUND

In line with the objectives of the IOC’s Olympic Agenda 2020 and the UN Sustainable Development
Goals, Paris 2024 sets out

to make the Games a sustainability benchmark and implement the most advanced social

and environmental innovation practices.

As the Games essentially boil down to a temporary event, it is crucial that we reflect our ambition in the
purchasing strategy.

That is why Paris 2024 decided to formalise, through this strategy, a comprehensive and responsible
purchasing approach. This strategy aims to move from managing risks to encouraging the most virtuous
environmental protection,

social progress and fair economic development practices. The entire strategy was designed

so that the positive impact of Paris 2024’s purchases would be visible immediately and live on long after
the Games draw to a close.
Paris 2024’s responsible purchasing strategy is built around three fundamental principles:

1. Consideration of the post-Games period

2. An inclusive inventory accessible to everyone

3. The strategy’s multiplier effect as a result

of the commitment shown by everyone involved in Paris 2024

Paris 2024 has chosen to place particular emphasis on five priority issues:

1. Circular economy initiatives before and after the Games

2. Carbon neutrality and environmental protection initiatives

3. Social innovation initiatives

4. The inclusion of groups, workers and users living with disabilities

5. Value creation in local areas

Indicators related to each of these five issues are currently being developed to encourage Paris 2024 to
be efficient in rolling out the responsible purchasing strategy and go beyond good intentions to achieve
practical results.
A SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ISO 20121 STANDARD

A sustainable management system is a set of processes to systematically integrate environmental and

social challenges into the activity of an organisation.

The Paris 2024 sustainable management system, which is in compliance with the ISO 20121 standard, is
therefore a tool that helps ensure ambition is turned into action. It aims

to facilitate the delivery of Paris 2024’s Legacy and Sustainability strategy by providing a set of
processes designed to support teams and enabling stakeholders in the Games ecosystem to align with
Paris 2024’s ambitions.

Paris 2024’s sustainable management system includes the following components:

• the policy of the sustainable management system and the action plans of the relevant
departments;

• processes, formalised through procedures when necessary, that describe how to go about

the assessment of challenges, dialogue with stakeholders in the Games ecosystem, regulatory
monitoring, skills management, operations management, data collection for reporting, etc.;

• operational tools to help Paris 2024 teams integrate social and environmental challenges into
their activities, including priority matrices, checklists of sustainability best practices, standards,
engagement charters and guides.

These components are broken down into strategic planning, operational planning, support, delivery and
performance monitoring.

The fundamental aspects of the sustainable management system are being implemented

in 2020 and 2021 with a view to receiving the first ISO 20121 certification – for the planning phase
– in the first half of 2022. Paris 2024 is also exploring options to develop the standard

to better take into account legacy challenges.

A RALLYING METHOD – ENGAGING WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND CIVIL SOCIETY

The Legacy and Sustainability strategy

is a joint effort managed with stakeholders, partner marketing companies and civil society. By setting up
working groups,

Paris 2024 promotes a collaborative approach enhanced by the contributions of numerous stakeholders.

ENGAGING WITH THE PARIS 2024 ECOSYSTEM

Paris 2024 is run by a Board of Directors that includes all the founding members29

of the project, Solideo30 and local authorities involved in the Games. These players are

the main Paris 2024 stakeholders.

Building the legacy left behind by Paris 2024 depends on the collective involvement of all these
stakeholders. The Legacy and Sustainability strategy is therefore the common framework
of this shared ambition based on Paris 2024’s vision. It must address one major challenge: reflecting the
full range of heritage and sustainability priorities pursued by stakeholders

while ensuring overall consistency and guaranteeing a powerful impact.

Paris 2024 acts as a catalyst within this group by:

• facilitating smooth coordination of common goals;

• promoting best practice sharing and a link between each stakeholder’s legacy and sustainability
projects;

• creating momentum through specific programmes and calls for proposals;

• offering a common framework to measure the social impact of the Games.

PARIS 2024 STAKEHOLDERS

Seine-Saint- Denis departmental council

CPSF

CNOSF French

state

Solideo

Paris City Council

Plaine Commune

Est Ensemble

Combined authorities
Paris Terres d'Envol

Grand Paris Grand Est

The Greater Paris regional authorities

The Greater Paris Metropolitan Area

Marseille City Council

29. The French National Olympic and Sports Committee, the French Paralympic and Sports
Committee, Paris City Council, the French State, the Greater Paris regional authorities, the Greater Paris
Metropolitan Area and the Seine-Seine-Denis departmental council.

30. The company tasked with delivering the Olympic facilities.

PARIS 2024’S PARTNER MARKETING COMPANIES AT THE HEART OF THE LEGACY THE GAMES WILL LEAVE
BEHIND

Paris 2024’s partner marketing companies help carry out and expand Paris 2024’s legacy
andsustainabilityprogrammes.Theyare involved in projects right from the beginning to devise
participation and engagement opportunities for their own ecosystem.

To that end, the programmes can be adapted to integrate activations in companies (e.g. job dating
sessions focusing on a particular structure). Furthermore, our partner marketing companies can expand
the programmes

by using the communication kits provided to them. They can thereby get fully involved

in projects managed and led by Paris 2024. Furthermore, our partner marketing companies collectively
construct their own programmes in line with Paris 2024’s vision. For instance, Entreprendre 2024 is a
programme developed by BPCE, a Premium partner

of Paris 2024, which aims to improve access to economic and social opportunities related to the
organisation of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Entreprendre 2024

is in keeping with the momentum generated by Paris 2024, MEDEF and Les Canaux with

the Entreprises 2024 and SSE 2024 programmes.

© – DR GROUPEBPCE

INVOLVING EXPERTS AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS31

Paris 2024 adopts its vision and strategy not only with its stakeholders through mutual governance, but
also with various members of civil society along with experts and associations, whom it consults
regularly to collectively design and build the sustainability and legacy of the Games.

• THE LEGACY AND SUSTAINABILITY STEERING COMMITTEE

The legacy and sustainability strategy

is therefore created and managed collectively with stakeholders. This collaboration takes form when the
Legacy and Sustainability Steering Committee meets every two months. At the meetings, the organising
committee and its stakeholders share their labour

and environmental work. As the legacy and sustainability strategy is designed to bring together
everyone’s actions, these meetings are essential to showcase and clearly differentiate stakeholders’
contributions, ensuring consistency across the board to leave a strong, enduring and collective legacy.

• THE ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE COUNCIL

The Interministerial Delegate for the Olympic and Paralympic Games wanted to establish an
Environment and Climate Council in early 2021 to support all the Games stakeholders regarding these
two issues and monitor the different environmental and climate commitments undertaken to prepare
and organise the Games.
• THE SOCIAL CHARTER MONITORING COMMITTEE

We have appointed a committee that meets every quarter to ensure the charter is properly applied. Its
members include representatives from trade unions, employer organisations, Paris 2024 and Solideo.

Involving social partners in the organisation is a first for the Olympic

and Paralympic Games. We have collaborated since the bidding phase and are actively working to create
a new model. We want to make history in terms of the labour

aspects of the Games.

31.A list of the various committees and councils is provided in the appendices.

• THE SSE 2024 STRATEGIC COMMITTEE

A strategic committee was set up to ensure the correct application of the social charter signed on 23
May 2018 by Paris 2024, Solideo, Professor Yunus and Les Canaux, which aims to organise the first ever
united and inclusive

Games. Setting out to monitor the progress of actions carried out by SSE 2024 and its partners, the
committee met for the first time on 19 November 2018.
The Games are a huge event that bring together the entire world. Sport is

an amazing tool and the Olympic and Paralympic Games are a wonderful opportunity to use it for social
unity. Imagining something is one thing, but taking action is another. Turning a wish into reality is a real
challenge, but the organisers of Paris 2024 have decided to take it on.

• THE ‘POUR UNE FRANCE EN FORME’ GROUP

This group is made up of independent experts from the world of sport, health and the media and has
identified 11 tangible courses of action to combat sedentary behaviour and promote physical activity. It
is helping Paris 2024 design and implement its strategy to encourage everybody to engage in physical
activity

and sport, especially the least physically active.

• THE PARALYMPIC GAMES LEGACY COMMITTEE

The Paralympic Games Legacy committee has met once a month since January 2019 to share and draw
up a common road map based on three commitments: ensuring universal accessibility

at the Paris 2024 Games, developing sport

for people with disabilities, as well as fostering the professional and social inclusion of people with
disabilities in the preparation of the Games.

• THE 2024 STEERING COMMITTEE

At the request of the Interministerial Delegate for the Olympic and Paralympic Games,

the 2024 steering committee meets every quarter or as often as necessary, in particular

to prepare key events, such as the Olympic and Paralympic Week and Olympic Day. A regional variant of
this committee, the Generation 2024 Steering Committee, rolls out the Generation 2024 label in each
Local Education Authority.

• THE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY COMMITTEE

The Paris 2024 Equality and Diversity Committee’s main task is drawing up a shared road map

to make sure the Paris 2024 Games promote equality and tackle discrimination, as well

as monitoring the work of the Paris 2024 equality label.

• THE ENERGY COUNCIL

The Energy Council meets at least twice a year and its main tasks include:

1. developing a framework through which risks related to the resilience of networks and

the supply of electricity and gas for the Games can be understood, assessed, prioritised
and presented for review by the appropriate

authorities to enable decision-making and the issuance of permits;

2. working with the appropriate French government agencies and departments

to establish a process to manage risks related to the supply of energy to the sites and examine how they
can be resolved.

• THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE

The Mobility Committee is responsible

for coordinating the organisation of transport for the Games. Meeting multiple times a year,

it oversees four working groups: infrastructure and legacy, mobility and traffic, vehicle fleets for 2024
and innovation.
THE WORKING GROUP OF SIGNATORIES TO THE CHARTER OF 15 ECO- RESPONSIBLE COMMITMENTS

Launched in 2017 by the French Ministry of Sport in partnership with WWF France, the charter consists
of 15 priority commitments to organise environmentally friendly events with a view

to making gradual improvements (in terms

of food, responsible purchasing, waste recycling, reduced water and energy consumption, accessibility,
gender equality, etc.). Having signed the version of the charter for event organisers,

Paris 2024 takes part in the working groups held by the French Ministry of Sport and WWF France, along
with 105 other organisers and facility managers that are signatories. These working groups take place
several times a year and are an opportunity for all the signatories to interact, share best practices and
feedback, and find out about initiatives introduced by others so that everyone can move forward
together.

• UNFCCC AND SPORTS FOR CLIMATE ACTION

Paris 2024 also affirmed its commitment

to deliver sustainable Games by officially signing the United Nations Framework Convention

on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Sports for Climate Action initiative. In collaboration with over

158 signatories worldwide, Paris 2024 is working to set an example in its environmental practices,
reduce the climate impact of the 2024 Games, educate people on climate issues, promote

more responsible and sustainable consumption and, lastly, advocate for climate action.

The Environmental Excellence department

is an active participant in the various working groups bringing to life the commitments of this initiative,
and is particularly involved in the second principle, “Reduce overall climate impact”, for which it jointly
manages a working group.

• THE INTERMINISTERIAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

As part of the 2021 security action plan

for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Interministerial Delegate for the Olympic and
Paralympic Games wants to set up

an interministerial executive committee in early 2021 to mobilise the private security sector (employer
and employee representatives) and the competent administrations in a bid

to create a pool of at least 30,000 security guards for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The committee will be responsible for:

• bringing together all stakeholder expertise and sources of information;

• ensuring a smooth flow of information

and effective coordination and collaboration between the relevant administrations (labour, national
education, internal affairs);

• guaranteeing the proper implementation of administrative measures likely to boost

the sector’s appeal and, if necessary, adapting regulations to boost efficiency and meet

the quantitative and qualitative objectives within the overall security system;

• encouraging people to complete training courses and speeding up the issuance of qualification
certificates and professional ID cards;

• helping the organisers of the 2023 Rugby World Cup and the 2024 Olympic
and Paralympic Games with their respective strategies to map tasks, volumes, venues and periods and
allocate subsequent contracts;

• planning mechanisms to sustain jobs and transfer skills beyond the private security sector after
the Olympics and Paralympic Games.

SOCIAL IMPACT MEASUREMENT

To continue setting a benchmark in terms

of social relations and the environment, while raising awareness of sport’s contribution to the general
interest, Paris 2024 has committed to a rigorous procedure to assess its results and impact.

These efforts have been encouraged and supported by the IOC from the start as part

of its new Legacy Strategic Approach adopted in December 2017. This approach harnesses work carried
out with the OECD as part of the agreement undertaken with the IOC in July 2019 with the aim of
strengthening their collaboration to promote ethics, integrity and good governance, as well as peace
and sustainable development in sport.

The IOC, the OECD and Paris 2024 are therefore developing tools to assess the contribution

of global events to local development and people’s well-being, using thorough analysis

based on conclusive data.

This cooperation aligns with the OECD’s Recommendation on Global Events and Local Development,
adopted by its Council in May 2018, which is the first international framework that aims to assist in the
design and management of large-scale events in order

to maximise their potential to contribute to job creation, foster local development and produce long-
term benefit for people and the environment. These efforts are also in line with the ambitions of the
Kazan Action Plan, adopted by UNESCO’s Sixth International Conference of Ministers

and Senior Officials Responsible for Physical Education and Sport in July 2017 to link sports policy
development to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and better

measure sport’s contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Paris 2024 is therefore working to create result

and impact indicators for each objective of the legacy and sustainability strategy by the Tokyo Games.

Once these indicators have been defined, they will be sustained and monitored through a number

of additional processes:

• An inventory tool funded collectively with Paris City Council and the CNOSF, which will enable
Paris 2024 to centralise, describe and monitor the progress of its actions and those taken by all of its
stakeholders

and the contributors to the legacy and sustainability strategy, particularly those chosen by Paris 2024

as part of its endowment fund. The service provider has already been chosen and the tool will be
operational from 2021. All stakeholders will be involved in its

set-up and roll-out and any projects embarked on

in 2020 will be incorporated. In addition to helping measure the impact of the Games, it will also be used
as a monitoring tool to ensure that the support provided by the endowment fund is distributed fairly
among different regions and themes.

• A protocol to measure social impact that, using

the data collected by the inventory tool, will measure the results and their social impact and highlight
the contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

• Research work to provide different perspectives and help scientifically assess the social impact
of sport. For instance, in 2019 a study on the barriers to and instruments of sports participation was
conducted by a research lab for Paris 2024, making it possible

to identify priority projects and kick-start the initiative to create parasports departments and train
sports club leaders and coaches from 2020.

All of this work is part of an unprecedented approach that will be managed by a committee that
appraises the endowment fund. Made up of national and international experts, it will aim to supervise
impact measurement

and assessment, make them part of related international efforts and define an annual road map. Its
members and duties are set

to be outlined in the first half of 2021.

In addition to and in line with the social impact assessment approach supported by Paris 2024, the
French State and the largest regional authorities in the Greater Paris area are considering conducting
studies as of 2024

to evaluate the impact of the Olympic

and Paralympic Games on France and, more specifically, the host regions, while taking account of the
legacy and support policies planned by all administrations.

The nature and method of these studies have not yet been clearly established; however,

13 areas have been identified as priorities by a preliminary working group, focusing

on sport, the economy, society, the environment, technology and urbanism. The scheduled work will
follow the canons of methodology, transparency and independence recommended by the OECD and,
wherever possible, harness public statistics and the best academic talent.

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