• logo linkedin
  • logo email
AFD has joined hands with Paris 2024 to support partnership initiatives that use sport as a tool for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa
Context

On 6 February 2020, AFD and Paris 2024 signed a cooperation agreement to initiate and support projects that combine sport and sustainable development, in France and around the world. The two organizations have thereby realized a common ambition: use the energy of the Games for the benefit of all. Building on the success of its first Sport and Development calls for projects, AFD is renewing this initiative through its partnership with Paris 2024, in association with the European Guild and the Sport en Commun platform.

Description

The calls for projects serve to finance small-scale initiatives led by local organizations, or French CSOs in partnership with a local organization, primarily targeting young people. They focus on equality and inclusion, citizenship and community life, child protection, as well as education, health, environmental conservation, and training and vocational integration, transmitting the values of the Olympics and civic engagement conveyed through sport. 

The project has three components:

  • The creation of a financing mechanism for sport and development initiatives in Africa 
  • The creation of a mechanism to help structure projects 
  • Capitalization on the initiatives to develop a set of good practices and successful initiatives

In 2024, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has extended Impact 2024 International by launching the Sustain Insight and Impact program. This program is providing additional financing to about ten flagship associations for Impact 2024 International and is part of the international legacy of the Paris Games. 

Impacts
  • 45 projects have been financed in 19 African countries through 4 calls for projects
Download the project sheet
19/01/2022
Project start date
19/01/2025
Project end date
3 years
Duration of funding
Sports and Development
Sectors
African continent
Location
Grant
Financing tool
2 000 000
EUR
Amount of the program
Ongoing
Status
Guilde Européenne du Raid
Beneficiaries