(ATR) The IOC will next week rule on whether to transition all four 2024 Olympic bids to the second stage of the bidding contest.
Meeting in Lausanne June 1-3, the IOC Executive Board will receive reports on Budapest, Los Angeles, Paris and Rome.
Frank Fredericks, chair of the IOC’s 2024 evaluation commission, will update board members on key outcomes of the analysis of the first bid dossiers, covering ‘Vision, games concept and strategy’, conducted by his working group last month.
The so-called ‘dashboard report’ - a snapshot of the bids' strengths and weaknesses - focuses on the candidate cities’ submissions to the IOC in February.
The IOC’s ruling body is charged with deciding which cities should proceed to the next phase. It has no plans to shortlist cities. Unless a city falls dramatically short of requirements, the executive board will put four cities through. President Thomas Bach hopes they will all make it to the IOC vote in Lima, Peru in September 2017.
According to the IOC’s revamped bidding process: "The IOC EB confirms the continuation of each candidate city to the next stage or addresses specific challenges a city may face and needs to reevaluate."
Fredericks said last month that analysis so far showed "we have four very strong candidate cities for 2024".
Olympic Games executive director Christophe Dubi explained toAround the Ringsmonths ago that the IOC’s ruling body would be required to shine a spotlight on any flaws in the bids at its June meeting.
"The main task for the executive board will be to take stock of each city, where they stand and whether they are meeting all the requirements to go ahead," he said.
In the second week of June, the 2024 working group chaired by Fredericks will talk the cities through the dashboard reports via video conference . Dubi and his Olympic Games department officials will discuss the areas of improvement needed for each of the four bids.
The IOC told ATR on Friday that this would "enable the cities to course-correct their respective projects should they so wish".
"This process is part of the new approach designed to build on the dynamic exchange and dialogue initiated with candidate cities during the invitation phase," a spokeswoman said.
After the transition of the candidate cities to stage two, the next milestone is submission of bid books focusing on governance, legal and venue funding. These are due with the IOC on Oct. 7.
"This stage will ensure that cities have the necessary legal and financial mechanisms in place," the IOC’s bidding rules say.
"The IOC-appointed evaluation commission working group will focus on reviewing proposed governance structures, legal elements and political, private and public support for the project in order to determine the challenges and opportunities related to each project."
Reported by Mark Bisson
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