The Legacy and Sustainability plan for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games — 52 In order to organise united and inclusive Games, Paris 2024 and Paris City Council signed an agreement with the Yunus Centre, Solideo and the not-for-profit organisation Les Canaux on 23 May 2018. With this agreement, Paris 2024 and the signatories wanted to take on the following objectives together: • supporting local economic development and ramping up organisations that drive social and environmental innovation relating to the SSE, integration and sheltered employment; • encouraging the creation of companies in Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis, Greater Paris and the wider region, as well as jobs related to the organisation of and the infrastructure for the Games in all relevant economic sectors; • providing tangible solutions and sharing the principles of an inclusive economy and the circular economy in all initiatives led by Paris 2024 and Solideo in order to maximise development of innovation and social and environmental impacts; • informing and involving all local companies and the SSE, professional integration bodies and the disability sector in the economic opportunities of the Games; • guaranteeing that the Social and Solidarity Economy as well as local very small, small and medium-sized businesses have access to contracts to develop infrastructure and provide services of all kinds related to organising the Games. HARNESSING THE GAMES TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE ECONOMY In order to support very small, small and medium- sized businesses and those within the SSE, Paris 2024 – in partnership with relevant companies – has set up systems to make it easier to tender for Games contracts. This means not only informing but also – and most importantly – rallying to help remove obstacles, identify innovations and create pathways between different stakeholders to make sure that the entire economy is in a position to tender for Paris 2024 contracts. Thousands of public tenders will be made available in the coming years so that these businesses can contribute to preparing and organising the Games. To make sure all these companies – particularly those most in need of opportunities, such as very small, small and medium-sized businesses, as well as those within the SSE – are ready to seize these opportunities, practical assistance will be provided so they can identify those opportunities, assess their capacity to provide robust and innovative solutions for the organisation of the Games, establish dialogue with large companies where necessary, obtain legal support and develop approaches for working in a consortium or with co-contractors. © – Philippe Millereau/KMSP Signature of the agreement with the Yunus Centre