Paris 2024 initiates plan to create new tender and job opportunities

PARIS -- With more than five years to go before the big event, Paris 2024 and the Games' stakeholders Friday launched a plan that is totally innovative in both its approach and scope, seeking to create new tender and job opportunities through the Olympic Games.

The plan unveiled by Paris 2024 is to ensure that everyone can benefit from the tender and employment opportunities afforded by the Games, and is targeted in particular at organizations and people who are not usually given such opportunities.

"We have sought, right from the outset, to organize inclusive and socially committed Olympic Games that bring benefits for as many people as possible," said Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet.

"The plan complements the mapping study that we are also unveiling today and which details the sectors and employment opportunities opened up by the Games and gives job-seekers the opportunity to start training now so that they can apply for Games-related openings in the future," he added.

Hundreds of calls for tenders will be issued over the next five years by the Paris 2024 Organizing Committee and the company responsible for delivering the permanent venues built for the Games, covering a wide range of sectors such as consultancy services, event planning, security, catering, medical services, hospitality and construction.

The second part of the plan has revealed that 150,000 direct jobs will be mobilized over the next five years as a result of the organization of the Games. These jobs will come in construction work conducted ahead of the Games, event planning and organization, and tourism.