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Presentation

France hosts the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024, the largest sport, institutional and media gathering in the world.

These Games, open to everyone, responsible, sustainable and inclusive, offer a unique opportunity to bring together institutional and sports stakeholders around the agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations.

In this context, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, and the President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, will host the Sport for Sustainable Development (S4SD) Summit: Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together For a Better Future, in Paris on the eve of the opening of the Games, on Thursday 25 July from 17:00 to 18:30.

The Summit will bring together more than 500 participants: heads of state and government, leaders of international organizations, athletes and representatives of the sports movement (French and International Federations, Olympic Movement, civil society organisations and entrepreneurs), and actors in the field of sports and development financing.

It is organized by the AFD (Agence française de développement) group, which has been strongly committed to these issues since 2018.

The participants will be invited to present their initiatives for sport and sustainable development and to make commitments in five fields – mirroring the Olympic rings:

  1. Education and employment,
  2. Health and nutrition,
  3. Equality and inclusion,
  4. Financing and impact measurement,
  5. Sustainability and legacy.

This Summit will contribute to the legacy of the Paris Games by strengthening and structuring the contribution of sport to the Sustainable Development Goals.

Program

Thursday 25 July

The Summit will take place in three phases:

  • An opening sequence, featuring contributions from the International Olympic Committee and the United Nations, will present the purpose and spirit of this Summit, reflecting the flagship initiatives of the legacy of the Paris 2024 Games. The S4SD Summit is part of a series of international events, including the Paris Pact for People and Planet, the Summit of the Future and the Nutrition for Growth Summit.

  • A themed sequence, with five focus areas:

    • Education and employment, to ensure that all students around the world have access to sport and to promote employability and skills acquisition through sport;
    • Health and nutrition, to reduce the prevalence of physical inactivity by 15% by 2030 and improve the health, nutrition and well-being of individuals;
    • Equality and inclusion, to make physical activity and sport accessible to everyone;
    • Financing and impact measurement, to unleash the full potential of sport by mobilizing investments and measuring impacts with the Finance in Common coalition;
    • Sustainability and heritage, to organize more sustainable and responsible sport events aligned with the Paris Climate Agreement.

  • A closing sequence, focused on the next international sports and political events and including strong commitments made by heads of state and government, the sports movement, international organizations and entities from around the world.

Speakers

For Sport and Sustainable Development