The Legacy and Sustainability plan for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games — 96 THE GAMES GENERATION SCHEME TO SUPPORT YOUNG ATHLETES In 2018, the Seine-Saint-Denis departmental council created the “Games Generation” scheme to provide financial support to promising Seine-Saint-Denis athletes and encourage them on their path to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. In 2020, the scheme provided 30 athletes with a €3,000 grant to enable them to pursue their sports project in the best possible conditions. Under the scheme, athletes can receive support for another year provided they still meet the criteria (i.e. they are aged 15 to 23, feature on the ministerial lists of elite athletes and are a member of a sports club in Seine- Saint-Denis). CREATION OF THE PARIS 2024-FRENCH DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (AFD) INCUBATOR Paris 2024, in collaboration with the AFD, provides a unique incubation programme that, drawing inspiration from the bidding phase, focuses exclusively on athletes who are entrepreneurs. 2021 will see the first intake of 24 athletes supported over the course of eight months to launch their entrepreneurial projects with a social and environmental impact – eight in France and 16 in Africa. AN INITIATIVE LAUNCHED AS A RESULT OF THE GAMES • HELPING ELITE ATHLETES SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITION AT THE END OF THEIR SPORTING CAREER Elite athletes can struggle with professional integration at the end of their career. Many of them have spoken to Paris 2024 about the difficulties they encountered when pursuing their entrepreneurial project, as well as the lack of a suitable framework. The current unprecedented crisis further complicates their endeavours and strengthens our resolve to help these athletes implement their projects. Paris 2024 therefore wants to enable athletes, should they so wish, to create their own job at the end of their career and take part in a project with a positive social and environmental impact.