Category: 2024 Paris

A few days ahead of the IOC Coordination Commission’s first visit to Paris, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, Anne Hidalgo, President of SOLIDEO and Mayor of Paris, and Tony Estanguet, President of Paris 2024, have signed the joint funding protocol for the Paris 2024 Games in the company of all key stakeholders. The protocol guarantees that proposed budgets will be
scrupulously respected; reinforces the “legacy” aspect of the project with its focus on delivering benefits to communities; and enables the optimisation of the Games plan, in order to further improve the experience of every participant group.

On September 13 2017, Paris was elected Host City for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. France and Paris achieved this victory based on an ambitious bid – both in terms of the sports plan, and in the physical and social legacy to be generated for people in the host communities. Its success also relied on demonstrating a commitment to budgetary sobriety, in order to ensure that each Euro spent will deliver maximum value and benefit to French people.

Once the victory had been achieved, and in line with their commitments, the Paris 2024 Committee, the French State and the City of Paris immediately began a process to consolidate the Games
masterplan, in particular to take account of IOC feedback and its “New Norm” and Olympic Agenda 2020 recommendations, while also taking care to respect the International Federations’ expectations.

The collective work to optimise the Olympic and Paralympic project has been driven by the Paris 2024 Committee, presided by Tony Estanguet, and SOLIDEO, presided by Anne Hidalgo, in close
consultation with the State, the various local authorities and lead developers.

This foundation work is just the first step in a process that will continue over coming months, with the involvement all key stakeholders, and especially the national and international sports federations. The aim is to deliver a final masterplan that is optimised for all stakeholders in the Games, based on three core pillars that underpin Paris 2024’s strength:

– An exceptional concept, further improved for an even better athlete experience
– A strong and certain legacy for all stakeholders in the Games
– Controlled costs, in line with commitments made during the bid phase

This morning, following the Executive Board meetings of Paris 2024 and SOLIDEO, Edouard Philippe, France’s Prime Minister – accompanied by Sports Minister Laura Flessel and Sophie Cluzel, the Prime Minister’s Secretary of State with responsibility for disabled people – Anne Hidalgo, President of SOLIDEO and Mayor of Paris, and Tony Estanguet, Président de Paris 2024, officially signed the joint funding protocol for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in the company of other key stakeholders in the Games – representatives of the sports movement and authorities affected by Games-related investments.

In particular, the protocol makes the following provisions:

· The Athletes’ Village will be maintained in its proposed location and according to existing plans. Legacy benefits of real value to the local area and its residents are expected to include: the undergrounding of power lines; new housing; the creation of new green spaces; and the building of an anti-noise wall.