The OECD programme on Global Cultural, Sports and Business Events and Local Development works to help event hosts from national or local governments, the private sector, charity and NGOs, and sports or business associations, to bring greater local benefits and legacies from global events. It offers a comprehensive overview of how to promote more sustainable global events, implement more effective delivery mechanisms and build stronger capacities to leverage local benefits. Adopted by the OECD Ministerial Council in 2018, the Recommendation is a soft legal instrument which represents a political commitment to the principles sets out within it.
The Global Events Toolkit turns the OECD Recommendation into practice. It proposes concrete actions event hosts can take into account throughout the life-cycle of global events, including the pre-bidding, bidding, operational and delivery, and evaluation phases.
