The International Olympic Committee announced the name of the Members of Commission to evaluate the candidatures for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games – Oslo (Norway), Almaty (Kazakhstan) and Beijing (China).
Prof. Franco Ascani FICTS President with Alexhander Zhukov
President of Evaluation Commission 2022 Olympic Winter Games
The chairman is Alexander Zhukov, IOC Member President of Russian Olympic Committee, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Sochi Organising Committee for the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Joining the Commission will be IOC Olympic Games Executive Director Christophe Dubi and IOC Head of Olympic Bid City Coordination Jacqueline Barrett.
The 2022 Candidate Cities have until 7 January 2015 to submit their Candidature Files to the IOC.
After an analysis of these files, the Commission will visit each city between February and March and spend five full days with each bid team. Together they will examine the 14 themes of the IOC’s candidature questionnaire, which includes topics such as vision, legacy and engagement, transport, accommodation, finance and sustainability.
“At a time where we are finalising our discussions around Olympic Agenda 2020, the upcoming visits of the Evaluation Commission will reflect some of the new orientations that we foresee for the bidding process. It is an exciting time for the Olympic Movement, and I rely on the Commission to actively contribute to the shaping of our future,” IOC President Thomas Bach added.