HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
WHAT IS BEHIND THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING ACTION AREA?
Minimise health risks and promote well-being: The physical and mental health of all relevant stakeholders must be protected during a sporting event. This is because health risks can arise during a sporting event as a result of cross-border interaction, the sport itself, environmental events or an unhealthy diet. New challenges arise in particular due to the effects of climate change (e.g. extreme temperatures, flooding, storms) and the resulting need for additional climate adaption. It is therefore the organiser's responsibility to anticipate potential health risks and minimise them through preventative measures. In the event of an incident, it is also important to have measures, structures and resources in place to protect and care for those affected.
However, sporting events also offer opportunities to increase well-being: Sport as a community experience strengthens the sense of belonging and identification with a region or country. Sporting events emotionalise and create unforgettable experiences for all relevant stakeholders (e.g. visitors, volunteers). In the same way, exercise programmes, the inclusive sporting experience and volunteering all help to improve well-being.
Safety and doping: The fulfilment of safety requirements (e.g. course safety, evacuation concepts, safety checks, traffic management) and compliance with legal requirements for the sporting event(1) as well as adherence to anti-doping regulations are assumed to be the original tasks of the organiser and are therefore not explicitly addressed further.
TARGETS AND SUB-TARGETS
- Create or use a contact point or ombudsman's office with standardised reporting structures for all relevant stakeholders (e.g. athletes, visitors, volunteers).
- Establish transparent and binding procedures in the event of incidents (including sanctions).
- Apply transparent and binding procedures for X percent of incidents reported or observed.
- X percent of people are satisfied with their protection from violence.
- Structural and preventive measures are implemented for the protection of all persons.
- Relevant environmental risks are identified and assessed in the run-up to the sporting event.
- Sufficient organisational and (temporary) structural measures are being prepared and implemented to prevent the main environmental risks and to take remedial action.
- The identified environmental risks are subject to regular monitoring.
- Overtime that is not compensated or remunerated is minimised to X percent.
- The number of days of absence due to illness per employee is minimised to X.
- X percent of employees are satisfied with the protection against health risks.
- Physical or psychological risks for employees are minimised with X structural measures and X health-promoting preventive measures.
- The proportion of healthy dishes/meals sold and served in relation to the total number of dishes/meals is at least X percent
- The proportion of sugar-free and non-alcoholic beverages sold and dispensed in relation to the total volume of beverages sold and dispensed is at least X percent.
- Free drinking water is offered in all areas.
- Healthy nutrition is promoted with X measures.
- All relevant stakeholders (e.g. visitors, volunteers) are sensitised to the topic of nutrition and motivated to adopt a healthy diet.
- X percent of the relevant stakeholders identify with the sporting event and/or the venue.
- X percent of the relevant stakeholders experience a feeling of community and social cohesion during the sporting event.
- Emotional highlights are created with X measures.
- X measures are implemented for the communal and emotional experience of the sporting event.
FURTHER TARGETS
Action areas serve to divide up the complex topic of sustainability for operationalisation. However, there are many overlaps between the fields of action. For example, although the following objectives belong to the topic of waste, they are dealt with in detail in other action areas.
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LINKED SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
The Health and Well-being action area addresses the following sustainable development goals from the United Nations 2030 Agenda.
(1) e.g. German Civil Code (BGB) for liability principles, Energy Industry Act (EnWG) for electrotechnical standards, Occupational Health and Safety Act (ArbSchG) for basic requirements, etc.