Guide on the Security of Major Sporting Events: Promoting Sustainable Security and Legacies

The Guide

Aim, Scope and Target Audience

The aim of the Guide on the Security of Major Sporting Events: Promoting Sustainable Security and Legacies is to provide a comprehensive overview of the challenges and opportunities that organizing an MSE implies for the Host Authority and the international community, specifically from a security perspective. Security, in the context of an MSE, refers to the design of mechanisms and measures which can offer protection against potential harm to athletes, spectators, support staff and dignitaries. Security planning focuses on the prevention of malicious acts and the preparation of rapid intervention mechanisms and mitigation measures to manage incidents which can stand in the way of conducting a safe and peaceful event.

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Guide on the Security of Major Sporting Events: Promoting Sustainable Security and Legacies

Published on Oct 11, 2021

UNICRI Publications

This Guide aims to protect major sporting events as a common good of the international community. It contains an exhaustive analysis of all elements for consideration by key decision-makers when it comes to security at major sporting events. Intercultural and cross-regional complexities and particularities are dissected, providing a systemic overview of the main considerations for key decision-makers. The Guide has been produced within the framework of the United Nations Global Programme on the Security of Major Sporting Events and the Promotion of Sport and its Values as a Tool to Prevent Violent Extremism co-implemented by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), in association with the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) in consultation with the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED).

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Guide on the Security of Major Sporting Events: Promoting Sustainable Security and Legacies

Articles inside

X. The Impact of Covid-19 on the Safety and Security of MSEs

XI. Legacy Considerations

XII. Glossary

IX. Security Implications of Co-Hosting Major Sporting Events

VIII. Communication Strategies

VII. The Security Planning

VI. Stakeholder Cooperation

III. Foundations of Security at Major Sporting Events

I. The Guide

Introduction

IV. Security Considerations Before and During the Bidding Process

Acknowledgements

Foreword

V. Legal and Institutional Frameworks

Key Recommendations