The Legacy and Sustainability plan for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games — 31 In addition to these sports facilities, an additional programme to offer leisure and retail spaces spanning 2,600 m2 will also be created for the neighbourhood. The arena will set an example in terms of accessibility: Paris City Council aims to implement universal design methods that will enable all involved to go further than regulatory requirements by creating inclusive spaces. This involves providing non- stigmatizing facilities so that people with disabilities can get around, access and use venues and equipment, find their way around and communicate. The project selected will also be of the highest environmental standards, extensively using bio-sourced and recycled or recyclable construction materials, low-carbon concrete, 100% renewable and recovered energy for heating and cooling systems, as well as a green roof spanning almost 7,000 m2 to combat the heat island effect. Plan Héritage et Durabilité des Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques de Paris 2024 — 31 Various consultations show that people in France want to practise sport in new ways – locally, flexibly, and through the creation of original urban outdoor activities. Fifty-eight percent of them expect their towns to make sports facilities freely available. Paris 2024 and the French National Sports Agency therefore signed an agreement to support the development of local sports facilities until 2024 and encourage new collaborations between areas awarded the Terre de Jeux 2024 label, clubs and sports federations. The “Terre de Jeux 2024” label is awarded to local authorities, local government associations, departments and regions in mainland France and French overseas territories. It recognises these bodies’ efforts to increase the amount of sport people play and get involved in the Games journey, whatever their size or budget. The agreement between Paris 2024 and the French National Sports Agency will make these aspirations a reality by supporting local and regional authorities, leading facilitators of sport on a day-to-day basis. Every year, it will fund almost 150 development, renovation and accessibility projects for local free-to-use sports facilities, primarily in host regions but also all regions bearing the Terre de Jeux 2024 label. The agreement will also help reinforce connections between the sporting movement (e.g. federations and clubs) and authorities that hold the Terre de Jeux 2024 label in order to build new momentum for their shared ambition of developing the role of sport in our regions.
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