The Olympic Games The Olympic Games

The Olympic Games are the greatest sporting event in the world, bringing together the best athletes from around the globe and attracting millions of spectators. For the athletes, the Games are often the pinnacle of their sporting careers, offering the chance to compete at the very highest level in their chosen disciplines. For just over two weeks, the Olympic host city becomes the stage for this drama, a festival of sporting excellence and a celebration which has the power to move people and inspire younger generations to take up sport and pursue healthier and more active lifestyles.

For any host country, it is also the chance to write its own chapter in the history of the Olympic Games and to share in the unique values and spirit of the Olympic Movement. And yet the Olympic Games are about far more than showcasing a city and creating great memories. For hosts, the impact can and should be felt many years after the Olympic flame has been extinguished. They provide genuine lasting benefits, which can transform an Olympic city, region and country.

These major events generate attention, investments and potential for the organising city and thus act as a driver for development. Many cities showed that even without actually hosting such a major event a city could already benefit from the catalytic-effect to speed up existing urban developments.

The actors and stakeholders involved in the Olympic Games and its impact

Host City Representatives

International Olympic Comittee Host City Citizens

OLYMPISM: “sport, effort and example as the mean to raise the overall standards of humankind. The combina-tion of sport in culture and education, to social responsibility and in respect for ethic principles”.

Interest: Maximise global attention, investment and change by organising the Olympic Games

Power: Can decide to bid for the Olympic Games. Has legislative power to decide the location of the Games and the actions required in order to organise it succesfuly. Decides what to do with the spatial legacy of the Games.

Phasing

Interest: To ensure a smooth and prestigious edition of the Olympic Games and a positive legacy to city development.

Power: Can decide granting a bidding city the right to organize the Olympic Games.In charge of the Olympic movement. Defines rules towards traveldistances and housing of the Olympic movement.

Interest: Investment related to the Games is used for improving the living conditions within the city and local environment.

Power: Has the right to vote whether to support hosting the Olympic Games. Can publicly protest and damage the image of the Games. Has no legistative power to the organisation and legacy of the Olympic Games.

Awareness and importance of including a well-planned legacy framework in the post-event periods across countries.

Awareness and importance of including a well-planned legacy framework in the post-event periods across countries.

Framework on how to include urban regeneration planning principles across city-level development plans

Framework on how to include urban regeneration planning principles across city-level development plans

COUNTRY GLOBAL CONTEXT

Raises the profile of the city, increased tourist income, longterm infrastructure investments

Raises the profile of the city, increased tourist income, longterm infrastructure investments

Design strategies for better use of Olympic venues to create value to the community

Design strategies for better use of Olympic venues to create value to the community

(Improved quality of life)

(Improved quality of life)

OLYMPIC VENUES CITY Contribute

“Olympic legacy is the result of a vision. It encompasses all the tangible and intangible longterm benefits initiated or accelerated by the hosting of the Olympic Games/sport events for people, cities/territories and the Olympic Movement.” - IOC.

(IOC, 2016) The Urban Green Commons Olympic