• USING SPORT TO DRIVE ENGAGEMENT AND CITIZENSHIP France already boasts a strong volunteering 23 culture, with over 16 million volunteers – around a third of whom are involved in the sports sector. Sport also drives engagement outside France. Each year, the French National Olympic and Sports Committee sends volunteers from France on assignment to Olympic committees in the French-speaking world. These young people commit to becoming ambassadors for the Olympic values abroad and lead various awareness-raising initiatives (education through sport, the promotion of sports participation, sport and health, etc.). Paris 2024 seeks to promote civic engagement, which contributes to social cohesion and plays a crucial role in the sporting movement – both on a day-to-day basis in clubs and at major international sporting events, where volunteers play an important role. The Generation 2024 programme therefore aims to: • encourage young people’s civic engagement in the sporting movement; • place greater emphasis, within existing civic engagement programmes, on sport in assignments of general interest entrusted to young people in local authorities, schools and associations; • nurture a new generation of young people to lead the sporting movement. 23. www.jeunes.gouv.fr (available in French only) THE I’MPOSSIBLE PROGRAMME FOR OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC VALUES-BASED EDUCATION Paris 2024 supports the use of the Olympic Values Education Programme (OVEP), developed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and I’mPOSSIBLE, developed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). The I’mPOSSIBLE programme is a particularly useful tool for primary school teachers that can be used to raise awareness and achieve a more accurate image of disability. Paris 2024 will help familiarise teachers with these educational programmes to ensure they get the most out of them. The Legacy and Sustainability plan for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games — 88