THE WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE AND WHY OF KENT’S CAMPAIGN FOR THE 2012 GAMES
WHO : WHAT : WHEN : WHERE : WHY :
THE 'WHO' OF KENT'S CAMPAIGN
| Kent Coordinating Group for the 2012 Games
| Sectoral task groups
| London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG)
| Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA)
| The Olympic Board
| Nations and Regions Group
| South East Group for the 2012 Games
Kent Coordinating Group for the 2012 Games . Back in February 2005, prior to London winning the right to host the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, Kent partners from the public, private and voluntary sectors came together to look at what a Paris win or a London win could mean for the county. Please follow this link to see the membership of the Kent Coordinating Group for the 2012 Games >
Sectoral Task Groups . The Kent Coordinating Group for the 2012 Games has established nine sectoral task groups (working groups) who are responsible for thematic areas of the Kent Campaign for the 2012 Games: Arts, Communications and Media; Economic Development and Regeneration; Schools and Young People: Skills and Training; Sport; Tourism; Transport: and Volunteering.
LOCOG – The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games . This is the body responsible for staging the Games themselves, including:
Olympic and Paralympic family accommodation, logistics and medical services
In-venue security and technology
Olympic/Paralympic Village operations
Ticket sales, sponsorship, marketing
Games time operational planning
Sport venue overlays/venue seating
Sports equipment
Media operations/official merchandise
The Chairman is Lord Sebastian Coe, the Chief Executive Paul Deighton. Please follow this link to visit the LOCOG website - via London 2012 website.
ODA – The Olympic Delivery Authority. This is the body responsible for “building” the Games, including:
All Olympic/Paralympic Park infrastructure and site preparation
Delivery of permanent competition venues
Building Olympic/Paralympic village, International Broadcast Centre, main press centre
Building of re-locatable arenas
Olympic/Paralympic transport projects
Permanent works to existing sports venues
Olympic Park venue legacy construction
The Chairman is currently being appointed (was Jack Lemley), the Chief Executive is David Higgins. Please follow this link to visit the ODA website - via London 2012 website.
The Olympic Board. This Board has overall responsibility for the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
It has four members:
Tessa Jowell MP, Minister for Culture, Media and Sport (on behalf of the Government)
Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London, on behalf of the Greater London Authority
Colin Moynihan, Chairman of British Olympic Association
Lord Sebastian Coe, Chairman of London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games
Nations and Regions Group. This is a group that meets quarterly, and is chaired by Charles Allen. It is facilitated by Nicky Hughes, Jon Armstrong and Helen Skinner, all at LOCOG. It aims to ensure that individuals and organisations right across the country can be involved in some way in the Games, and have an opportunity to shape and contribute to the staging of “a Games for Britain, hosted by London”. There is one representative from each English region on this group, as well as one representative from Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. As Kent is in the South East region, we are represented by Mary McInally, Chair of Sport England South East.
South East Group (SEG) for the 2012 Games. This is a group of regional partners looking at how the Games might best be utilised in the South East region. It meets every two months. “SEG” has established six working groups that feed into it:
Business and Foreign Direct Investment (chaired by Alan Searle, SEEDA)
Culture and Communities (chaired by Felicity Harvest, Arts Council South East)
Skills and Employment (chaired by David Smith, Learning & Skills Council Sussex)
Sport (chaired by Paddy Herlighy, Sport England South East)
Transport Infrastructure and Gateways (chaired by Andy Mak, SEERA)
Visitor Economy (chaired by Bob Collier, Tourism South East)
SEG itself is chaired by Pam Alexander, Chief Executive of SEEDA, and is facilitated by Stella Bellem of SEEDA, and a South East Coordinator for the 2012 Games (Paddy Herlihy).
Please follow this link to see how the South East plans to benefit from the 2012 Games