TThhe Le Leeggaaccy ay annd Sd Suussttaaiinnaabbiilliitty py pllaan fn foor tr thhe Pe Paarriis 2s 200224 4 OOllyymmppiic ac annd Pd Paarraallyymmppiic Gc Gaammees s —— 64 64 The table below outlines the main observations and objectives of the pillars mentioned in this section. PILLARS MAIN OBSERVATIONS MAIN OBJECTIVES • 1 in 2 people in France are classed as either • Encourage people in France, especially children obese (17% of the population) or overweight and teenagers, to take part in physical activity (31%). and sport. • Up to the age of 11, a similar proportion of girls • Increase participation in sport and physical and boys are involved in sport. Past this age, activity everywhere – in urban areas, at school participation drops off among girls and they and at work – particularly by leveraging active become less active. design principles. • 38% of disabled members struggle to play sport • Encourage people not involved in sport to take in a club setting. it up. Sport to improve • 87% of 11- to 17-year-olds are physically active • Support and develop physical activity and boost health, for less than 1 hour a day, meaning France ranks participation in sport among young people, education 119th out of 146 countries according to a study as well as raise awareness of the importance and civic conducted by the WHO. of being able to read, write, count and get engagement • PE lessons at school represent the main source involved in regular physical activity when they of physical activity for 80% of children. start middle school at the age of 11. • Cardiorespiratory fitness has declined • Encourage the use of sport in education, by a quarter in children under the age of 11 over in particular among children struggling at the past 40 years. school, as a vector for academic achievement. • Promote the values of sport, Olympism and Paralympism. • Use sport to drive engagement and citizenship and promote respect for human rights. • Sport is widely recognised as an effective tool • Support, assess and evaluate the social impact for social integration, as taking part in sport of sport. forms an essential part of people's social lives • Strengthen ties between the sporting movement and provides an outlet for engagement, and regional authorities. Sport to improve professional integration and personal fulfilment. • Facilitate social innovation in sport. inclusion • The “Sports-Towns-Inclusion” interministerial • Support projects run by sport clubs, charities and solidarity circular, signed on 19 April 2019, marked a new and community sports organisations that use milestone in recognising sport as a vector sport to promote inclusion. for social inclusion. • Sports organisations and regional authorities • Accelerate the transformation of sporting are becoming aware of their impact events. on the environment and are working to change • Promote sustainable sporting structures. practices. • Harness sport to combat climate change. • Sport has a role to play in combating climate • Work to eliminate single-use plastics in and change and encouraging action to protect through sport. the environment. • Getting people involved in sport and looking • Support the expansion of active mobility Sport up to athletes as role models are effective ways in day-to-day life. to drive the of encouraging a shift in behaviour and • Raise awareness of the importance environmental mentalities. of a balanced diet for health and the planet. transformation • Harness sport to protect biodiversity.