The Legacy and Sustainability plan for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games — 83 DEPLOYMENT OF THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC WEEK (OPW) © – Dunne-Odhran Held for the first time in January 2017, the bring children together around the Olympic OPW is now a recurring feature in the annual and Paralympic sports, expand the social calendar of the French Ministry of National circles of young people, students and Education, Youth and Sport. athletes, use sport as a gateway into other Developed with all schools and higher disciplines and raise awareness about education institutions in mind, the OPW disability. seeks to: • build awareness of the Olympic and Paralympic In 2020, over 450,000 pupils and students values among pupils and students; took part in the OPW. The event has proved • use sport as an educational tool; to be an effective way to discuss disabilities; • introduce pupils and students to the Olympic two thirds of projects include children and Paralympic disciplines; playing or learning about parasports. The OPW facilitates the implementation of the • change the way young people view disabilities Generation 2024 strategy, accelerates greater and encourage them to take part in sport; understanding, and shines a spotlight on the • empower young people to become engaged benefits of sport. Furthermore, the OPW and active members of the community. explores a different societal challenge each year (such as diversity, interculturalism and These projects, which are primarily health), thereby demonstrating the vast championed by teachers with support from range of opportunities sport and the values school and university sports federations, help it champions have to offer in education.