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-pro昀椀t organisations THAT ARE INVOLVED ON THE GROUND ON A DAILY BASIS. THE LÉO SPORT JOB Two calls for projects have already been issued in conjunction with PROJECT helps young the Agence Nationale du Sport (National Sport Agency), the Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français (French National Olympic people aged between 16 and 25 to re-enter the job market and Sports Committee) and the Comité Paralympique et Sportif thanks to a two-fold socio- Français (French Paralympic and Sports Committee), supported by professional and sports the City of Paris and the Département of Seine-Saint-Denis. 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 €3.5 million by Paris 2024, environmentally responsible €6 million by its 昀椀nancing 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