CF: supporting sports events in the years 2027-2029
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The Swiss government has decided that international sporting events to be held in Switzerland in the years 2027-2029 should receive support. On Friday, the government proposed two additional credits totalling CHF8.24 million ($10.35 million) to Parliament.
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In addition, the government intends to extend the deadline for financial aid for sports facilities of national importance 2022-2027 (CISIN 5), according to a memo.
International sporting events, such as world or European championships, produce multiple effects not only in the world of sport, but also in the economy and society. The recently concluded Ice Hockey World Championships and last year’s European Women’s Football Championship were perfect examples of this.
The government believes that events of this kind have a lasting effect and provide important impulses for the promotion of competition and mass sports, it said.
Contributions for organisation and hosting
The government therefore intends to provide financial support for international sporting events in the years 2027-2029. It is proposing to the parliament two additional credits to those already approved in the Federal Decree of June 2023 for a total amount of CHF8.24 million. The aim is to provide support comparable to the events that have applied since then.
The support includes contributions for the organisation and holding (CHF5.24 million) as well as for special sports promotion measures (CHF3 million) that are linked to these events.
Judo, handball, rowing
Here are the amounts allocated to the organisers of major international events in Switzerland: CHF1.4 million is allocated to the Judo World Championships, which will be held in Lausanne in 2028; CHF1.15 million is allocated to the European Men’s Handball Championships, which will be held in Zurich in 2028; CHF825,000 will go to the World Rowing Championships in Lucerne in 2027.
Further sums will go to the Women’s European Basketball Championships in Geneva in 2029 (CHF525,000), the European Figure Skating Championships in Lausanne in 2027 (CHF525,000) and the Short Course Swimming Championships in Basel in 2027 (CHF500,000). Finally, CHF315,000 will go to the 2028 World Bobsleigh and Skeleton Championships in St. Moritz, the note further specifies.
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