Ollie Dudfield
Facilitator
Advancing the Localisation of Sustainable Development Goals through Sport
Discover how cities and urban communities can leverage sport as a driver of sustainable urban. Hear city voices, gain global insights, learn about innovative financing approaches and unlock technical resources and collaboration opportunities.
November 7, 2024 | 13:00 - 14:30
SDGs in Action - room C
International Olympic Committee
Switzerland
English, Arabic,
French
Reference:
SDG-C 13
Summary
This side event “Advancing SDG Localisation through Sport” will share insight, learning and collaboration opportunities on harnessing sport as a driver for sustainable urban development.
The event will feature thought leaders and officials from governments, development banks and development financing institutions, the sport and Olympic movement and civil society. Together they will discuss approaches to plan, deliver and finance policies and strategies that enhance and strengthen the role of sport as a driver of positive economic, social and environmental development.
Building on practical experiences from cities, this session will explore the value proposition of integrating sport and physical activity into cities’ analysis and planning tools, approaches to build local capacity to deploy sport as a tool for sustainable urban development, and opportunities to utilise concessional, blended and impact-orientated investment tools to scale access to sport, physical activity and active recreation as a tool for
Objectives
a. Increase awareness of approaches, financing options and return on investment of mainstreaming sport, physical activity and active recreation in the SDG localisation agenda.
b. Share insights and learning on mainstreaming sport, physical activity and active recreation as a tool for accelerating sustainable urban development across municipalities of varying sizes, geographic locations and cultural contexts.
c. Promote the opportunity to access technical resources and technical assistance to mainstream sport, physical activity and active recreation through the UN Habitat and International Olympic Committee collaboration.
d. Explore opportunities to mobilise concessional, blended and innovative financing for infrastructure and programming to enable the full realisation of the contribution of sport, physical activity and active recreation as a tool for inclusive and sustainable development in cities and urban settlements.
Event files
Partners
Organization
Country
International Olympic Committee
Switzerland
UN-Habitat
Kenya
Brisbane City Council
Australia
Agence Francaise de Developpement AFD - French Development Agency
France
Session panelists
Panelist
Role
Organization
Country
Ms. Audrey Guiral-Naepels
Director of Urban Planning Department
Agence Francaise de Dveloppement
Prefer not to say Representative Implementing City
UN-Habitat and IOC Collaboration
Sport for Sustainable Urban Development Initiative