On the occasion of the Paris 2024 Forum, Paris 2024 and its stakeholders – State, host communities, sports movement, Terre de Jeux 2024 communities, associations, partner companies – gathered at the Docks d’Aubervilliers in Seine-Saint-Denis, took stock of nearly 6 years of joint actions and, 5 months before the Games, presented their commitments so that the momentum generated extends beyond 2024.
Each year, the planet's major sporting events have a natural capacity to inspire and make people want to practice more sport, but Paris 2024 and its stakeholders are not content with this usual dynamic. To create a lasting legacy, numerous actions have been undertaken over the past 6 years to promote regular physical and sporting activity in the face of the global challenge of a sedentary lifestyle. 5 months before the start of the Games, the dynamic is already there: 1 in 2 French people (49%) believe that the organization of the Games in 2024 encourages them to practice physical activity and play sport according to a survey carried out by Harris Interactive for the organizing committee with a sample of 3.167 people representative of the French population, from February 16 to 23, 2024.
This dynamic is part of a targeted strategy, developed since the application, to remove the obstacles to physical and sporting practice.
A material legacy targeted towards the territories that need it most
Thanks in particular to the action of SOLIDEO, Seine-Saint-Denis, a territory lacking in terms of infrastructure, will benefit, in total, from 4 bequeathed aquatic centers, 18 new swimming pools, 24 Games preparation centers and numerous construction and renovation of local equipment (gyms, stadiums). Pedestrian and cycle paths have also been created there.
The State also wanted to support this material heritage at the national level with the construction of more than 5.500 local sports fields throughout France, including 68% in deprived rural areas. In 2024-2026, 5 additional facilities will be built or renovated.
To find out more about the material legacy of the Paris 2024 Games: link to press kit
To find out more about heritage in Seine-Saint-Denis: link to press kit
A desire to act to change mentalities and daily behaviors
Paris 2024 and its stakeholders have given priority to schools and youth for long-term impact. At the initiative of Paris 2024, in conjunction with National Education, the 30 minutes of daily physical activity were first tested within the Créteil academy, then within 10 voluntary schools before be generalized in the 000 elementary schools. In June 36, each school will have received a kit of sports equipment co-financed with the public authorities to support the achievement of these 800 minutes daily, the positive effects of which on students are highlighted by a recent ONAPS study.
Since 2018, 3 million children and young people have also participated in Olympic and Paralympic Week, an annual event organized in all schools and universities in France to promote sport and its values.
Paris 2024 has finally integrated the best practices of active design into its strategy by promoting the development of active schoolyards to encourage girls' participation in sports and mixed games. Building on a convincing experiment in 2023 with 200 courses renovated thanks to the support of the Ministry of Sports and the Olympic and Paralympic Games, 1500 school yards will be transformed as part of the new “5000 pieces of equipment – Generation 2024” plan of the Government over the period 2024-2026.
Finally, Paris 2024 has targeted the company as a key place to develop daily sporting practice. The Games projects made it possible to experiment with one in two companions, warm-up sessions and thus, contributed to reducing the accident rate by 4. Today, Plaine Commune deploys this system on its own construction sites. Finally, more than 200.000 employees of Games partner companies benefited from activities promoting sports practice in their companies thanks to the challenge initiated by Paris 2024 Gofor30.
To find out more about the promotion of physical and sporting activity by Paris 2024 and its stakeholders: link to press kit
Targeted action aimed at audiences furthest from sports practice
Thanks to the Paris 2024 Endowment Fund created in 2019, Paris 2024 and its co-financiers have supported more than 1100 social projects to the tune of 47,8 million euros for the benefit of 4,5 million beneficiaries to promote women's sporting activities, people with disabilities, but also to promote the role of sport in terms of education, equality, inclusion, professional integration, etc.
Initiated by the CPSF and the City of Paris, with the support of the Paris 2024 Endowment Fund, the program, which has now become Inclusive Club, was tested in 30 clubs to develop a local sports offering for people with disabilities. . With the support of the Ministry of Sports and the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the CPSF aims to deploy 3.000 clubs by the end of 2024.
Finally, the 1,2,3 Swim program initiated by Paris 2024 enabled 26.000 children from priority areas of the city who do not have the chance to go on vacation to learn to swim between 2021 and 2023 thanks to the support of communities and the State.
To find out more about the promotion of the social role of sport by Paris 2024 and its ecosystem: link to press kit
To find out more about the international legacy of the Paris 2024 Games: link to press kit
To build this lasting legacy, Paris 2024 has deployed a unique method.
Very early on, Paris 2024 relied on scientific work to provide a shared diagnosis on the issues linked to physical and sporting practice in France. The Games also played a laboratory role with numerous experiments initiated by Paris 2024 and carried out locally to test these programs before their generalization by the Paris 2024 ecosystem, in particular thanks to the support of the State. This strategy is finally subject to evaluation, according to OECD recommendations, to monitor the results over time and strengthen the effectiveness of these actions.
« Paris 2024 is a project that aims to live well beyond the Olympic and Paralympic Games, with one objective: to ensure that society benefits from the legacy of the Games. At Paris 2024, with all of our stakeholders, we mobilized from the start of the project to maximize this legacy of the Games. As we will, in almost a hundred days, host the largest sporting competition on the planet, we must in particular ensure that the dynamic around daily physical and sporting activity continues to grow, and continues beyond of the Games, thanks to the commitment of each and every one ". Tony Estanguet, President of Paris 2024.
5 months before the start of the Games, the actors mobilized in the dynamics of Paris 2024 are already making a commitment to extend it
Paris 2024 organized the legacy of legacy programs from the end of 2023 so that the momentum of the Games does not decline after the event. The animation of the communities involved behind the Paris 2024 Club, Generation 2024 and the Olympic and Paralympic Week will be entrusted to the CNOSF, in conjunction with the CPSF, the sports federations or the Ministries of National Education and Sports and the Olympic Games and Paralympics. The animation of the programs “1,2,3 Nagez!” », Impact 2024 and Terre de Jeux was finally entrusted to the National Sports Agency.
« By opening these Games wide and mobilizing all the players who play sport in France, the vision of Paris 2024 has already borne fruit, even before the opening of the Games. You are making Olympic history. Your many initiatives and actions to promote physical activity, education, inclusion, equality and a better environment are already having a tangible impact. You can be proud of what you have already accomplished to date. But the Games only start in a few months. So continue to mobilize, to work even more together, united behind the same ambition: to open a new page in the sporting and Olympic history of France, and to ensure that these Games leave a lasting legacy in your territories. After the Games, continue this same commitment, this same dynamic to build a better world together through sport. Guided by the Olympic motto: faster, higher, stronger – together. » Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee.
“From the outset, one ambition has been at the heart of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games project: to make our country a great sporting nation. Building on the momentum created with the organizing committee, the State has designed and deployed new and daring public policies, by investing massively in sports equipment, by generalizing 30 minutes of daily physical activity at school, or even by developing Pass'Sport and sports and health centers. While we already have more than 3M additional regular practitioners compared to 2017, the Great National Cause 2024, for the first time dedicated to the promotion of physical and sporting activity, highlights more than ever all the benefits sport for our society. Together, we are going to make this year 2024 a one-way trip and a historic turning point for the place of sport in France. ", Amélie Oudea-Castera, Minister of Sports and the Olympic and Paralympic Games
“The legacy of the Olympic and Paralympic Games for the Île-de-France Region will be fabulous. These Games are a real accelerator for bringing to fruition numerous sporting and cultural projects and major development and transport operations which will transform our cities and make them more accessible. The legacy of the Olympic and Paralympic Games is 2400 sports facilities financed by the region to develop sports practice throughout the territory. It is the extension of line 14 to Orly, from Eole to La Défense or Saint-Denis Pleyel station! They are also showcases of sporting excellence: Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines which will become a reference territory for cycling and the Olympic nautical stadium of Île-de-France in Vaires-sur-Marne which will be the largest whitewater center of Europe! In the Île-de-France Region, every public euro spent is for this legacy so that the Games benefit all Ile-de-France residents! ", Valérie Pécresse, President of the Ile-de-France Region.
« While Seine-Saint-Denis is one of the areas least well equipped with sports equipment, the Games help to reduce these inequalities and encourage everyone to practice sports. This is true in terms of material heritage with the creation or renovation of 8 swimming pools or the construction of PRISME, a unique Paralympic facility in Europe dedicated to para-sport. But this has also been the case on a daily basis for 5 years now with, for example, learn-to-swim lessons which have enabled 10.000 local children to learn to swim. Seine-Saint-Denis will therefore be able to build on the legacy of the Games for years to come so that everyone can practice the sport of their choice regardless of their age, gender or disability.. » Stéphane Troussel, President of the Department of Seine-Saint-Denis.
“First of all, it is an immense source of pride for the Greater Paris Metropolis to host numerous competition sites and preparation centers for the Games! The Greater Paris Metropolis is mobilizing strongly for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games and their legacy. Whether it is the construction of the very emblematic Olympic Aquatic Center and its footbridge, a veritable suspended street connecting the Stade de France, investments in favor of numerous facilities, such as crossings and bicycle facilities and parking, or even infrastructure necessary for competition or for the development of metropolitan sports practice. Overall, the Metropolis finances 16 million euros as part of the heritage as part of the swimming pool plan (6 pieces of equipment) and 5 million euros for 2 reuse pools. These Games constitute a formidable lever of attractiveness but also of transformation for our 131 municipalities from which Metropolitan residents will be able to benefit during and after the Paris 2024 Games. Patrick Ollier, President of the Greater Paris Metropolis.
“The legacy of the Games is a powerful accelerator for the transition underway in our territory. It helps to reshape the face of our cities: the athletes' village is, for example, at the heart of the revitalization of the Pleyel district in Saint-Denis. From footbridges to urban crossings, it allows our residents to be better connected with each other and with the rest of the region. The legacy of the Games is of course a massive sporting legacy, which involves the Olympic Aquatics Center and the renovation of our existing sports equipment. It is a booster for our commitments in terms of ecological transition, with a responsible approach favorable to soft mobility. It is, finally and above all, a rare opportunity to claim the pride of belonging to Plaine Commune, a moment to make our cities shine sustainably, in France and around the world. », Mathieu Hanotin, Mayor of Saint-Denis and President of Plaine Commune.
“From the application phase, the City of Paris wanted to give a crucial place to the legacy that the Games will leave to the region and its inhabitants. Six years later, we are delighted to be able to announce that the ambition has not changed: 20.000 Parisians have already benefited from a program combining social connection, health and sport. ", Pierre Rabadan, Deputy for Sport at Paris City Hall.
« Getting the population, but also and especially children and young people, moving is a major challenge for society as a whole. The CNOSF and the entire sports movement have been mobilizing for many years to meet this objective, throughout the year but also during important events such as Olympic and Paralympic Week and Olympic Day. These events are an additional opportunity to promote the sporting movement, raise awareness among children and young people about practicing physical activity, and develop sporting and Olympic culture. The CNOSF is involved alongside Paris 2024 in order to achieve these objectives, and is committed to perpetuating and strengthening the links between the sporting world and the educational world, by ensuring continuity in the projects developed jointly, such as the SOP and the Generation 2024 platform. », Marie-Françoise Potereau, Vice-President of the CNOSF, in charge of Paris 2024 and diversity.
“In 5 years, we have collectively shown that it is possible to put sport at the heart of social issues: sport as a factor of inclusion, education, health... Let's continue these efforts! The Games are not the finish line, they are just a stage. Our efforts must continue for these changes to be sustainable. The Agency is already engaged in this dynamic with the construction and renovation of more than 10 sports facilities by 000 alongside local authorities, the continuation of the Impact 2026 and Savoir-nager programs and animation of the Terre des Jeux community…”, Frédéric Sanaur, Director General of the National Sports Agency.
