THE BIDDING PROCESS Fédération Internationale De Roller Sports Viale Tiziano, 74 - 00196 Roma - Italia
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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 THE BIDDING PROCESS Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports Viale Tiziano, 74 - 00196 Roma - Italia Sabatino Aracu FIRS President phone: +39 06 9168 4023 - 4 - 5 fax: +39 06 9168 4028 email: [email protected] web site: www.rollersports.org/rollergames Dear Prospective Bidder, I am proud to present the key event of the coming years: FIRS (Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports) launches in 2017 the first Roller Games in history, the first unified World Championships for all disciplines of Roller Sports. The past editions of the World Championships, divided by discipline, have achieved a sensational success in terms of audience and level of appreciation; excellent organizational levels have been achieved from Americas to Oceania, from Europe to Asia up to reaching the borders of the vast area of the sub-Saharan Africa. For the first time FIRS decided to conceive a great event, not just limited to sports, which will gather at the same time and in one single venue all our World Championships. The dream of millions of skaters has finally become reality: the ROLLER GAMES! 6.000 athletes from over 100 nations around the world will compete for the world title of their discipline attracting different types of public: the precision and elegance of Artistic Skating , the agility and endurance of Speed Skating, the strength and precision of Inline Hockey and Rink Hockey, the tricks of Skateboarding, the speed and adrenaline of Inline Downhill, the freshness of Inline Freestyle, the combination of aggressiveness and athleticism of Roller Derby and the roller slalom of Inline Alpine. The beating heart of the Roller Games will be the Roller Village, where athletes, coaches and aficionados can meet, experience their own and others’ culture in a new and engaging way: restaurants and bars, clubs, a place of encounter where each country will have the chance to promote its own culture and host its athletes, a cosmopolitan village belonging to all and destined to all, open to youngsters as well as those who choose to live this wonderful experience. The Roller Games will be a spectacular event with sports competitions, contests, workshops that will involve the whole Roller Sports movement in 16 days of pure adrenaline and fun for all participants leaving unforgettable memories and feelings. Great visibility, opportunity to increase tourism, chance to be the Host City of the first edition of the FIRS World Championships - Roller Games 2017, are just some of the reasons to participate in this bidding procedure. We aimed high and adopted a winning approach. The Roller Games will be an unforgettable experience for all those who join us in this adventure! Sabatino Aracu FIRS President Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 THE BIDDING PROCESS 3 FIRS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 - ROLLER GAMES 4 FIRS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 - ROLLER GAMES TIMELINE Submission of the Bidding Application. October 30-2014 Definition of the short list of 3 candidates. January 30-2015 Assignment of the Roller Games. March 31-2015 5 FIRS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 - ROLLER GAMES GLOSSARY OF TERMS FIRS Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports FIRS AD Firs Anti-doping Delegate FIRS EB Firs Executive Board FIRS MCD Firs Marketing & Communication Department FIRS PD Firs Protocol Delegate FIRS RG Firs World Championships - Roller Games 2017 FIRS TC Firs Technical Committee CCTV Closed Circuit TV DFSU Doping - Free Sports Unite HCC Host City Contract Host Hosting City or Nation HR Human Resources IOC International Olympic Committee LOC Local Organising Committee MOC Main Operations Centre MPC Main Press Centre MMC Main Media Centre MTC Main Technology Centre NADO National Anti-Doping Organisation NF National Sports Federations NTO National Technical Official OTD Organisational Technical Delegate PC Personal Computer RG Roller Games RS Roller Sports TD Technical Delegate VIK Value in kind VIP Very Important Person WADA World Anti-Doping Agency WAN/WLAN Wide Area (Local) Network 6 FIRS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 - ROLLER GAMES INDEX GLOSSARY OF TERMS 6 I. INTRODUCTION: MISSION, VISION, MOTIVATION AND CONCEPT 8 II. HOST CITY BENEFITS 9 III. EVENT’S SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM 11 IV. STRUCTURE AND ORGANISATION 12 V. FIRS DISCIPLINES 16 VI. PARTICIPANTS 22 VII. VISAS 25 VIII. INFRASTRUCTURES 26 IX. OPERATIONS AND SERVICES 30 X. PROMOTION AND COMMUNICATION 33 XI. LEGAL 35 XII. CANDIDATURE PRESENTATION 36 XIII. INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED TO FIRS 38 7 FIRS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 - ROLLER GAMES I.INTRODUCTION MISSION, VISION, MOTIVATION AND CONCEPT FIRS is the only governing body recognized by the IOC of all Roller Sports. Its role consists of recognizing, assisting and representing the 117 Member Federations of the five Continents in the development and increasing of all roller disciplines and to promote the development and the diffusion of such disciplines in the not yet affiliated countries. FIRS aims to promote the visibility and the development of all its roller disciplines through World Multi-Disciplines Events that put them on the world stage. FIRS World Championships - ROLLER GAMES 2017 The FIRS-RG are an international event that groups the World Championships of all the disciplines of Roller Sports in one seat and in one timeframe. This event shall be staged on 4 years frequency and does not exclude the possibility to held sport competitions and to organize also meetings, seminars for coaches and delegates, spectacular performances and show gala. All the competitions shall be promoted through national and international broadcasting as well as social networks and new communication media. Though maintaining a merely sporting connotation on the basis of the regulations of the individual FIRS disciplines, FIRS-RG want to combine a pure sports competition to the festive atmosphere of unity among athletes of various disciplines, a multi-ethnic public by promoting a message of peace and solidarity. During the implementation of the FIRS-RG any side activities for the promotion of Roller Sports will be agreed with the LOC. 8 FIRS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 - ROLLER GAMES II. HOST CITY BENEFITS The FIRS World Championships - Roller Games 2017 will be a unique event of its kind , equally engaging for all types of public , a sports festival at the highest level, that can count on an impressive number of visitors: over 6.000 athletes and coaches of all roller disciplines will gather for the very first time in one city for 16 days. With over 100 participating nations the FIRS World Championships - Roller Games 2017, will be an extraordinary event and an unprecedented opportunity for the city that will host the first edition not only from the sports perspective, but also for the image and the financial return. The event will see not only the massive presence of insiders of the Roller Sports world , but also of a crowd of supporters and aficionados who will experience for 16 days the exciting atmosphere of a great celebration of sports and entertainment with a global media coverage. A real investment for the territory with extraordinary numbers and figures: around 10.000 daily visitors, over 200.000 total visitors, and estimated revenues of at least 50.000.000 USD plus all the capital gains coming from ancillary revenues such as sponsors and, in the subsequent years, from the ensuing growth of tourism, the attraction and the socio-cultural interests of the entire area. Why organize the World Championships - Roller Games 2017? The advantages for the Host City: Social • Breathe new life into your city thanks to a young and cool movement - Roller Sports can be practiced at any age, but the percentage of athletes and aficionados between 15 and 30 years is around 70%. 9 FIRS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 - ROLLER GAMES • Encourage citizens to embrace a sporting lifestyle, with consequent health benefits • Levelling of the social bar. - Roller Sports are practiced equally by men and women. - Improvement of disadvantaged areas. Economic • Revenues coming from tourism in subsequent years not only for the Host City , but also at national level. - Approximately 60% of the audience is not resident in the Host City. - Statistical studies report that the percentage of those who return to the Host City in the three years following the event with friends and / or family members varies between 20% and 30%. - Creation of new jobs related to tourism. • Opportunity to advertise and launch new products of young companies, not necessarily sports related. • Chance to create new partnerships and / or to strengthen the existing ones. Structural • Renovation of existing multi-sports facilities and / or creation of new sports facilities. • Infrastructures enhancement. • More opportunities to continue to organize major sporting events in the future. 10 FIRS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 - ROLLER GAMES III.EVENT’S SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM The FIRS-RG will be scheduled over 16 days (including arrival and departure days) sometime between July and November 2017. Each day will be characterized by sport competitions and related activities. If some countries plan to arrive before for training, facilities shall be available 1 month in advance (with fee). General Program The FIRS-RG Event Program is composed of scheduling for arrival and departure days, technical and athlete meetings, training sessions, sports competitions during the two weeks, doping controls, official events; banquets, press conferences, opening and closing ceremonies, medal awarding ceremonies per