This review was undertaken by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE) led by Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, and the OECD Public Governance Directorate (GOV) led by Elsa Pilichowski. It was conducted as part of the programme of work of the Local Employment and Economic Development Programme (LEED/CFE) and of the Infrastructure and Public Procurement (IPP/GOV). This work was funded by the French Ministry of Sport, Youth and Community Life.
This report was coordinated and drafted by Ekaterina Travkina, Co-ordinator, Culture, Creative Sectors and Global Events, LEED/CFE (chapters 1, 3 and 4), and Matthieu Cahen, Senior Counsellor, Lisa Vanden Eynden and Pauline Gautrot, former Policy Analysts, GOV (chapter 2 and contributing to chapter 1), under the supervision of Karen Maguire, Head of Division, LEED Programme, CFE and Edwin Lau, former Head of Division, and Paulo Magina, Acting Head of Division, Infrastructure and Public Procurement, GOV. Katrina Baker, Communications Officer and Jack Waters, Publications Coordinator (CFE) prepared the report for publication.
The OECD wishes to thank the following individuals and institutions for their valuable contributions to this report, through their participation in project interviews in 2024 and the provision of comments on different chapters of the report (titles and affiliations are those held at the time of the review, in alphabetical order):
Centre for Sports Law and Economics: Christophe Lepetit, Economic Research Officer.
City of Paris: Afaf El Kaoun-Gabelotaud, Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of Enterprises, Employment and Economic Development; Emmanuel Pheulpin, Head of the Vocational Training Office; Estelle Sicard, Deputy Director, Department of Cultural Affairs; Margot Pennino, Deputy Head of the Performing Arts Office, Department of Cultural Affairs; Maguelone Cathala, Officer for International Cultural Affairs, General Delegation for International Relations.
City of Saint-Dizier: Sophie Hincelin, Director of Youth, Education and Sports.
ESS 2024 (social and solidarity economy platform) / Les Canaux: Elisa Yavchitz, Director of Les Canaux, and Nicolas Peyronnet, Director of the ESS 2024 Programme.
France Travail (employment service) Île-de-France: Najat Semdani, Regional Project Manager, 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Gabriel Montpied University Hospital Centre, Clermont-Ferrand: Prof. M. Duclos, Department of Sports Medicine.
Inspectorate General of Education, Sport and Research: Jean-Marc Serfaty, Ministerial Co-ordinator for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Inspector General of Education, Sport and Research.
Interministerial Delegation for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games: Raphaël Sodore, Adviser for Economic, Financial and Impact Evaluation Issues.
International experts: Beatriz Garcia, Cultural Olympiad Evaluator.
International Olympic Committee: Tania Braga, Head of Legacy.
Ministry of Culture: François Laurent, Ministerial Delegate for the Olympic and Paralympic Games; François Parain, Head of the Office for International and Multilateral Affairs, European and International Affairs Sub-Directorate.
Ministry of Economy and Finance: Evelyne Ahipeaud, Head of the Social and Solidarity Economy and Impact Investment Office, Directorate General of the Treasury, Vice-Chair of the OECD LEED Committee.
Ministry of Sport, Youth and Community Life (former Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports, Olympic and Paralympic Games): Noémie Claret, Deputy Head of Cabinet to the Minister; Adrien Deprez, Adviser for Education ad Higher Education, Cabinet to the Minister; Laurent Letailleur, Head of the Sport Economy Office, Sub-Directorate for the Cross-Ministerial Strategy on the Development of Physical and Sporting Activities, Directorate for Sport; Sébastien Ramonell, Senior Expert, Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Directorate for Sport;
Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Jonathan Soisson, Head of Grand Paris and Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games Projects; Regional Coordination for Competitiveness and Territorial Projects.
Paris Organising Committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games: Georgina Grenon, Director of Environmental Excellence; Marie Barsacq, Director of Impact and Legacy; Olivier Debargue, Deputy Director of Procurement; Ludivine Munos, Manager, Paralympic Integration; Maxime De Barrau, Project Manager, Disability & Accessibility; Laure Lambert, Project Manager, Technological Innovation; Marion Gauffridy, Manager, Technological Innovation and Legacy; Judi Sharwood, Environmental Excellence; Gilles Verdure, Manager, Economic, Social and Territorial Attractiveness, Impact & Legacy Department; Pierre Martinez, Head of the Cultural Olympiad, Culture Department; Clémence Ducasse, Project Manager, Cultural Projects of the Olympic and Paralympic Games; Maxime Chouly, Senior Project Manager, Impact Evaluation, Impact & Legacy Department; and Raphaël Leclerc, Head of Territorial Engagement / Terre de Jeux.
Private sector: Bastien Rambaud, Co-founder of Vesto; Julie Bosch, VINCI Immobilier; Emmanuel Trouvé and Nadège Corp, Société Nereus; Georges-Henri Florentin, President of France Bois 2024.
Seine-Saint-Denis Departmental Council: Clément Lopez, Project Manager, Impact Studies & Evaluation, Olympic and Paralympic Games Delegation.
SOLIDEO: Antoine du Souich, Director of Strategy and Innovation; Henri Specht, Director of Development Operations.