The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the French Development Agency (AFD) and Paris 2024 are launching the “Sustained Insight and Impact” initiative as part of their joint commitment to expand the social legacy of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Building on the success of the Paris 2024 Impact 2024 International programme, the IOC signed a partnership with AFD and Paris 2024 with the objective of expanding this legacy beyond the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Through this partnership, the IOC will ensure continued funding for the most innovative and impactful projects currently supported by Paris 2024 and AFD in Africa. The IOC’s investment, over an 18-month period, aims to continue to build peaceful and inclusive societies through sport across the African continent, with a specific focus on supporting measures that will enhance the sustainability and scale of initiatives seeded through Impact 2024 International.

To support the delivery of this initiative, the IOC is working with Sport Impact, a pan African hub which connects civil society organisations with funding solutions and a community of experts in the area of sport for sustainable development.

The application and selection process will be open only to the laureates funded through the first three rounds of the Impact 2024 International programme.

 

Key information

  • Geographical coverage: Africa
  • Beneficiaries: Laureates of the first 3 sessions of the Impact 2024 International programme
  • Type of support: Co-investment between USD 25,000 and USD 60,000 (including VAT) combined with capacity building and training sessions
  • Priority Olympism365 themes: Sport, health and active communities – Sport, equality and inclusive communities – Sport, education and livelihoods – Sport, peace and safer communities
  • Selection method: Targeted call for proposals
  • Application period: May 24th 2024 – 11:59 pm (GMT)

 

Eligibility criteria

  • The applying organisation must be an existing laureate of one of the first three editions of the Impact 2024 International programme (session 1, session 2, session 3) and also must have been compliant with all past procedures.
  • The project submitted must have a decreasing dependence to subsidies/grants notably through the development of activities generating recurrent revenues and relevant fundraising strategies (involving local stakeholders).
  • The applying organisation undertakes to finance at least 50% of the project’s total cost with their own resources or commitment from external partners.

 

Meeting Olympism365 principles

The project must be in line with the following Olympism365 principles:

  • Safeguarding
  • Gender equality
  • Diversity, inclusion and accessibility
  • Climate action and environmental sustainability
  • Project sensibility to participatory governance
 
Eligible structures will be contacted directly by the Sport Impact team, who will provide more details on the terms and conditions of the programme.
 
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Deadline for submission
24/05/2024
Olympism365
Olympism365 is the IOC’s strategy and approach to strengthen the role of community development through sport and Olympism as an important enabler for the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A priority that is an important focus area of the IOC’s strategic roadmap, Olympic Agenda 2020+5.
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