The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) calls for expressions of interest from cities, national governments, sport organisations and other entities interested in taking over the governance of the sports of Para athletics, Para swimming, or both, in their territories.
Para athletics and Para swimming are
two of the World Para Sports, the group of international Para sports under the
governance of the IPC. Both Para sports are currently based in Bonn, Germany at
the IPC Headquarters.
In terms of number of participants,
the two sports are the biggest in the Paralympic Games programme. One in every
four athletes at Tokyo 2020 will be competing in Para athletics – a total of
1100 athletes in 167 medal events. In Para swimming, 620 athletes will take
part in at least one of the 146 medal events in Japan.
In October 2019, the IPC published
the Governance Review Proposal which includes a managed process for the World
Para Sports to become independent from the IPC. The outcome of the proposal
will be decided upon by the IPC Membership at the upcoming IPC General Assembly
on 12 December.
Should the IPC Membership vote in
favour of the proposed governance reform, then the IPC will launch a bidding
process in the first quarter of 2022 to find a new home for the sports of Para
athletics and Para swimming.
The decision to launch the bidding
process, subject to the IPC General Assembly’s approval of the proposed
governance reform, was made during the IPC Governing Board meeting which took
place in April. The IPC will host virtual sessions to provide potential bidders
with more information about the process later in 2021.
Potential bidders are invited to
express their interest now via the email address
WorldParaSports@paralympic.org.
Andrew Parsons, IPC President, said:
“The call for expressions of interest is the continuation of a process
initiated at the 2019 IPC General Assembly in Bonn. This means that cities,
governments, or any organisation interested in becoming the home of Para
athletics and Para swimming now can contact the IPC in order to express their
interest and search for more information. This also means that, in case the
next General Assembly approves the governance reform proposals published two
years ago, we will launch the bidding process in early 2022.”
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