4 02 SPORT FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION: PARIS 2 THE PARIS 2024 ENDOWMENT FUND In 2020, the Paris 2024 endowment fund was established as part of the Paris 2024 legacy strategy. Promised as part of the city’s bid to host the Games, the fund is designed to promote social innovation by SUPPORTING AND STRENGTHENING INNOVATIVE PROJECTS THAT USE SPORT AS A TOOL to respond to the major challenges facing society: health and well-being, education and participation, inclusion, equality and solidarity, and sustainable development. In particular, the endowment fund will be used to support and Examples of develop actors involved in the SPORTS MOVEMENT as well successful applicants as the numerous not-for-profit organisations THAT ARE INVOLVED ON THE GROUND ON A DAILY BASIS. Two calls for projects have already been issued in conjunction with THE LÉO SPORT JOB the Agence Nationale du Sport (National Sport Agency), the Comité PROJECT helps young National Olympique et Sportif Français (French National Olympic people aged between 16 and and Sports Committee) and the Comité Paralympique et Sportif 25 to re-enter the job market Français (French Paralympic and Sports Committee), supported by thanks to a two-fold socio- the City of Paris and the Département of Seine-Saint-Denis. professional and sports coaching programme. SINCE THE ENDOWMENT FUND WAS SET UP IN 2020: THE NATUR’EST PROJECT promotes outdoor sport and €10 300 encourages people to change million projets their behaviour in order to HAS BEEN DISBURSED HAVE RECEIVED make physical activity an FINANCIAL SUPPORT environmentally responsible €3.5 million by Paris 2024, €6 million by its financing partners pursuit. 700.000 70% THE AVITSIM PROJECT people have benefitted of projects funded runs beginners’ para-rowing ARE LOCATED courses for disabled people (young people, girls, those IN PRIORITY AREAS using electrostimulation. with a disability, refugees, the vulnerable, etc.) The sports movement has been involved in all funded projects. S E M A N G E P 4 O 2 0 S 2 I R A P 38 ©skynesher/Getty Images
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