Paris 2024 Aims for Transparency in Olympic Preparations

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(ATR) Games organizers have launched audit and ethics committees to ensure high standards of governance and smooth delivery of the 2024 Olympics.

Members were appointed at the second Paris 2024 board meeting held on Thursday at Roland-Garros, venue for the French Open. Board president Tony Estanguet led the meeting, whose members included French NOC chief Denis Masseglia, Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo, and French sports minister Laura Flessel.

Six members of the audit committee have been named, with three to be nominated by the NOC, City of Paris and national government. Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, from France’s Court of Auditors, will lead the committee. Jacques Lambert, CEO of the 1998 FIFA World Cup and 2016 UEFA European Championships, both held in France, is one of the members.

The audit committee is charged with supporting Paris 2024 organizers in managing the following areas: sustainability of all commitments and spending; implementation of obligations under the IOC Host City contract; policy regarding financial, operational and legal risk management; and relevance, robustness and reliability of accounting methodology used in reporting of annual accounts and financial information.

The ethics committee is tasked "with overseeing Paris 2024 ethical policy and ensuring the respect of all parties involved for the individual and collective values on which Paris 2024 is based. It will also play a key role in preventing conflicts of interest", Games organizers said.

It will meet for the first time on July 13.

Six "independent" figures, representing France’s highest legal authorities and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, make up the committee. It will be led by OECD legal director Nicola Bonucci and also includes Gérald Begranger, deputy director of the French Anti-Corruption Agency.

Two new board members were also unveiled by Paris 2024 on Thursday. Both served on the 2024 Olympic bid committee.

They are Alexandre Mars, founder and president of the Epic Foundation, which fights against childhood inequality worldwide, and Alain Rochon, president of APF France Handicap, which works to support and protect the rights of people with disabilities and their families.

Paris 2024 said the board "will continue to reach out to new figures from civil society with the aim of refreshing and enriching the Games project with new experience".

Reported by Mark Bisson

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