DOSB and BMI defend strategy

I amThe Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Confederation of German Olympic Games (DOSB) have emphasized that the national strategy for major sporting events is not primarily aimed at the Olympic Games and is not justified by the failure of seven Olympic applications to date . “We did it well, and we want to do it even better,” said DOSB Vice-President Kavih Neurand at a public hearing of the German Bundesstag sports committee in Berlin on Wednesday. The game for Germany – it would have been a completely different job. “

He and Stephen Meyer (CSU), the Secretary of State for Parliament in the Ministry of the Interior, pointed out that Germany alone surpassed Canada in the number of major sporting events. Both confirmed that no scientist had “any great analysis”, as Neerchand said, in Berchtesgaden unsuccessful Olympic applications since 1992. In the 15 months of developing the strategy, however, a lot of expertise was drawn up.

The ministry announced that the company Strategy & Project 2020 received a fee of EUR 873,000 for consulting services. The strategy criticized by experts is to be used as the basis for the implementation concept by the end of 2021; A department has been created for major events in the sports department of the ministry. Meyer accepted to provide “more resources” to be able to bring strategy to life and create a central point of contact.