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| IOC President Thomas Bach stressed the importance of the Olympic family working together (Photo: Getty Images/Matt King) |
IOC and International Federations working with Rio 2016 to find intelligent solutions to budgetary challenges.
“The
Olympic movement will show solidarity with the Brazilians in order to
achieve a balanced budget, which will then serve as a solid foundation
for the next six months to have finally successful and excellent Olympic
Games in Brazil,” said Thomas Batch, the president of the International
Olympic Committee (IOC) this week.
On
Monday and Tuesday (1-2 February) Rio 2016 met with representatives of
the 28 Olympic summer sport International Federations (IFs) in a joint
effort to deliver efficiencies in the budget for the Olympic Games. In
line with the IOC’s Agenda 2020 reforms, strategies for maintaining a
balanced budget were the focus of the meeting at the IOC headquarters in
Lausanne, Switzerland.
The
parties worked together to find creative solutions that will allow
organisers to deliver successful Games on a responsible budget. With
Brazil currently in recession, sustainability and legacy are key to all
Games planning and the Rio 2016 organising committee is committed to
using zero public money.
The
meeting was part of the ongoing close dialogue between the IOC, Rio
2016 and the IFs. Rio 2016 President Carlos Nuzman led the Rio 2016
delegation and was accompanied by his executive director of sport
Agberto Guimarães and sport director Rodrigo Garcia. The IOC was led by
Olympic Games executive director Christophe Dubi and sport director Kit
McConnell.
Among
the ideas designed to increase efficiency that were presented to the
IFs were shared working areas and more cost-effective transport
solutions.
Matt
Smith, executive director of the International Rowing Federation
(FISA), told Inside that Game that the meeting was “really useful for us
all” before adding “we have to be very efficient and make the Games
financially viable for the future”.
The
process is in line with the IOC's Agenda 2020 reform. within which
promoting sustainability in all aspects of the Olympic Games is a key
component.
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