Posted by admin on February 6, 2009 under News | 
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that six National Olympic Committees (NOCs) have submitted applications to host the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2014. They are, in alphabetical order: China, Indonesia, Mexico, Morocco, Poland and Turkey.
A number of NOCs requested additional time to designate the city they wish to put forward as Candidate City. The IOC has extended the deadline for these NOCs to submit the name of their cities to 1 April 2009. As of today, Jakarta 2014 (Indonesia), Nanjing 2014 (China) and Poznan 2014 (Poland) have already been confirmed.
The updated timelines below outline the bid process. The date of the election by the IOC members and of the announcement of the host city remains unchanged.
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Updated timelines - 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games 2014 bid process
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Signature of Candidature Procedure and submission of names of Candidate Cities
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1 April 2009
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Submission of Candidature Files
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4 September 2009
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IOC Executive Board to draw up list of finalist cities
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December 2009
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Publication of Evaluation Commission report
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January 2010
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Election and announcement of the Host City of the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games at the 122nd IOC Session in Vancouver
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February 2010
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Posted by admin on January 19, 2009 under News |
A month after the election by the IOC members of Innsbruck as the host city of the first Winter Youth Olympic Games in 2012, the IOC President today announced the appointment of Mr Gian-Franco Kasper, an IOC member and President of the International Ski Federation (FIS), as the Chairman of the Coordination Commission for the 1st Winter Youth Olympic Games, the group of representatives from the IOC and the Olympic Movement who will be monitoring the Youth Olympic Games preparations and guiding the Innsbruck Organising Committee over the next three years.
Mr Kasper has great experience of Games coordination as a member of the Coordination Commissions for the XIX Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City in 2002 (1999-2002), XX Olympic Winter Games in Turin in 2006 (2000-2006), XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010 (since 2003) and the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014 (since 2007).
Gian-Franco Kasper will accompany IOC President Jacques Rogge during the inaugural IOC visit to Innsbruck this week on 14 and 15 January.
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For further information, please contact the IOC Communications Department, Tel: +41 21 621 60 00, e-mail:
pressoffice@olympic.org
Posted by admin on December 20, 2008 under News |
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today officially launched the bidding process to host the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2014. A letter was sent out to all National Olympic Committees (NOCs) informing them of the procedure and documentation available for cities interested in bidding for the Games.
The letter to the NOCs is accompanied by the Summer Youth Olympic Games General Presentation and Candidature Procedure & Questionnaire. Both documents are available on
www.olympic.org.
The schedule for the election of the Host City of the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2014 is as follows:
- 2 February 2009: Deadline for the submission of candidatures
- July 2009: Submission of YOG Candidature File and other documents
- October 2009: Short-list of YOG Candidate Cities by the IOC Executive Board December 2009 - January 2010: Evaluation Commission report and recommendation by the IOC Executive Board of YOG finalist Candidate Cities to be submitted to the IOC session for election as Host City
- February 2010: Election and announcement of the Host City of the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games at the 122nd IOC Session in Vancouver
The Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2014 age group 14 to 18 - will bring together approximately 3,500 athletes and 1,100 team officials. The sports programme will be chosen from the Summer Olympic Games 2016 sports’ programme, with a limited number of disciplines and events by sport which are of particular interest to the younger generation.
The Youth Olympic Games aim to:
- Bring together talented athletes from around the world to participate in high-level competitions
- Educate young athletes at the Youth Olympic Games on the importance of sport for their health and their social integration, and inform them through educational activities about the dangers linked to sport, such as doping, training to excess and/or inactivity
- Communicate the Olympic values and the spirit and message of the Youth Olympic Games worldwide, using modern communication channels.
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For further information, please contact the IOC Communications Department, Tel: +41 21 621 60 00, email:
pressoffice@olympic.org
Posted by admin on December 2, 2008 under News |
The IOC will soon be launching the bid process for the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2014. As a first step, a letter was sent last week to all National Olympic Committees (NOCs) informing them of the procedure and documentation available for cities interested in bidding for the Games.
For more information on the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games and the bid process:
General presentation (PDF)