The Legacy and Sustainability plan for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games — 57 STRUCTURING AND EXPANDING SECTORS AND PROFESSIONS NEEDED TO HOST THE GAMES France hosts a number of international events • identify the sectors, roles and skills required that generate considerable economic activity, for these events; much of which is seasonal and does • set up training pathways and bridges between not necessarily result in long-term employment. different professions in the same sector; Companies in these sectors therefore have • test out these pathways and new recruitment difficulty retaining and even recruiting practices; employees during peak activity. The multiplier • develop the specific skills required to organise effect of the Games could reinforce these events that are socially and environmentally labour shortages unless collective actions are responsible. taken in the sectors concerned, giving structure to companies’ requirements and creating clear We also intend to identify different events in the career pathways for individuals, whether wake of Paris 2024 – either one-offs, like France jobseekers or already employed. 2023, or recurring ones, such as the Tour de France or the Roland-Garros international tennis The aim is to help industries involved in major championships – to help structure the sector while events to work together to build a project that securing careers and professions that will continue aims to: long beyond the Games. INITIATIVES ACELERATED AS A RESULT OF THE GAMES STRUCTURING SECTORS AND PROFESSIONS FOR MAJOR INTERNATIONAL SPORTS EVENTS IN ORDER TO MAXIMISE THE EMPLOYABILITY OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED 15 The two professional training funding bodies responsible for training within the events and security sectors have put forward a project for a skills and employment development plan (EDEC) connecting 18 industries as well as the French Ministry of Labour and Paris 2024 in order to better anticipate employment and skill requirements generated by major cultural and sporting events. This project will also contribute to overcoming the ongoing health and economic crisis. © – Michael Regan/Getty Images 15. Skills Operators