Catalogue of measures
On this page you will find a wide range of measures and best practices to help you plan and implement your event sustainably. Use the filter options to select specific measures that match your action areas and targets.
Target Catalogue
On this page you will find a wide range of measures and best practices to help you plan and implement your event sustainably. Use the filter options to select specific measures that match your action areas and targets.
Provide relevant information about the event such as orientation aids, directions, programme booklets, contact details or background information on the event site. Acoustic, tactile and visual sources of information must also be considered. Announcements can be heard clearly throughout the event site.
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Action area Accessibility - Target: Design event venues to be as accessible as possible.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Action area Sports facilities and infrastructure - Target: Design event venues to be as accessible as possible. => Accessibility (AA9)
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Make various items available for visitors to borrow or purchase. Examples include the following: wheelchairs or walkers, seat cushions, incontinence pads, repair kits for wheelchair tyres, replacement batteries for hearing aids or writing aids for people with restricted mobility, anti-stress balls, extra-strength cough drops and household rubber bands. Sharp sweets in the mouth and household rubber bands on the wrist help people with anxiety to continue to feel themselves despite their fear.
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Action area Accessibility - Target: Offer support services for accredited persons and visitors early and proactively.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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Present examples of sustainable sports practice at the event.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Contribute to securing and further developing the structures of participating sports clubs and associations.
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Encourage participating sports clubs and associations to include references to sustainability in their statutes.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Contribute to securing and further developing the structures of participating sports clubs and associations.
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With the support of local or regional sports clubs, offer low-threshold participation programmes for everyone (e.g. goal shooting, training exercises).
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: People are encouraged to exercise and do more sport.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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Action area Commitment from society - Target: Participation and involvement of the (local) population is facilitated.
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Find sponsors for regional sports clubs who will permanently finance the sustainability measures there.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Initiate and strengthen co-operation between sports clubs and other relevant stakeholders.
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Carry out random doping controls to detect attempts at cheating.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Communicate and promote the values of sport.
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Carry out quality assurance of the products and services offered
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Action area Resource cycle - Target: Implement sustainable procurement and supply chain management.
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Plant trees and shrubs in designated compensation areas to offset the ecological footprint caused by the event.
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Action area Natural Habitats and Biodiversity - Target: Avoid any disruption of species when holding sporting events.
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Point cameras at the audience to show their reactions on the video walls of the competition venue. Encourage the audience to join in, e.g. with kiss cams, dance cams or cheer cams.
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Strengthen the communal and emotional experience of the sporting event.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Strengthen the communal and emotional experience of the sporting event => Health and Well-Being (AA12)
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Provide athletes with access to nutritional plans and consulting that is/are tailored to their specific sporting needs. This could also take place before the event via newsletters or apps.
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Promote healthy nutrition.
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Action area Catering - Target: Promote healthy eating => Health and Well-Being (AA12)
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Ensure that all employees receive regular training in first aid, emergency procedures and safety protocols.
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Protect employees from physical and psychological risks.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Offer your employees free drinking water. Set up water dispensers or water stations in employees' work areas.
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Protect employees from physical and psychological risks.
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Work with local health organisations, gyms or nutritional consultancies to develop projects that promote healthy eating.
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Promote healthy nutrition.
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Action area Catering - Target: Promote healthy eating => Health and Well-Being (AA12)
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Hand out healthy snacks, recipes or small cookery books as promotional gifts to promote awareness of healthy eating. Work together with sponsors if necessary.
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Promote healthy nutrition.
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Action area Catering - Target: Promote healthy eating => Health and Well-Being (AA12)
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Create a sustainability resource centre on the event website or TOK (Transfer of Knowledge) platform so that innovative sustainability ideas can be shared there.
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Action area Innovation and Digitalisation - Target: Develop, utilise and expand innovations to achieve the sustainability targets.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Support the development of a "circular economy assessment" at large events by providing research organisations with reference values and data that can be used to reduce waste production and increase circularity in the future.
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Action area Resource cycle - Target: Minimise the need for new purchases and thus the consumption of resources.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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For recurring events: Reuse materials, signage, sports equipment, decorations, etc.
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Action area Resource cycle - Target: Maximise the life cycle of purchased products and ensure the long-term use of other resources.
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Action area Waste - Target: Minimise the volume of waste.
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Organise a school competition at the original venue after the event or on non-competition days.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Promote the development of school sports.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Contribute to securing and further developing the structures of participating sports clubs and associations.
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Carry out random checks on sports equipment and devices to detect attempts at fraud.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Communicate and promote the values of sport.
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Support participating federal, state and regional sports associations in advising sports clubs on membership recruitment.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Contribute to securing and further developing the structures of participating sports clubs and associations.
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Support the establishment of a sustainability manager or a contact person for sustainability in the participating sports organisation.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Contribute to securing and further developing the structures of participating sports clubs and associations.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Support participating sports clubs and associations in developing a sustainability strategy.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Contribute to securing and further developing the structures of participating sports clubs and associations.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Integrate local nature and environmental protection projects into the event.
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Action area Value Creation and Tourism - Target: Achieve economic effects through the sporting event.
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Action area Value Creation and Tourism - Target: The sporting event promotes the sustainable development of tourism.
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Reduce the opening hours of media centres, accreditation centres or canteens, for example, and adapt them to actual demand.
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Action area Energy and climate - Target: Reduce the energy requirement.
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Action area Energy and climate - Target: Determine and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Create communication and participation opportunities to raise awareness of nature conservation among visitors.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Action area Natural Habitats and Biodiversity - Target: Minimise the use of land in natural habitats
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Create a guide to train all employees on how to support nature conservation during the event.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Action area Natural Habitats and Biodiversity - Target: Minimise the use of land in natural habitats
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Organise initiatives, projects and discounts for pupils to introduce them to the topic of sustainability and sport.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Address and encourage young people in particular in the context of ESD.
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Organise special workshops for young people that deal with sustainability in sport and show them options for action.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Address and encourage young people in particular in the context of ESD.
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Organise competitions for pupils in which they develop concepts for sustainable sporting events.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Address and encourage young people in particular in the context of ESD.
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Create and distribute teaching materials that emphasise the importance of sustainability in sport for different age groups. Make these materials available to schools and sports clubs.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Address and encourage young people in particular in the context of ESD.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Contribute to securing and further developing the structures of participating sports clubs and associations.
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Initiate sustainable challenges for visitors such as waste collection campaigns or CO2 reduction competitions. Free entry tickets or meet and greets with athletes can be awarded as prizes.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Invite regional sustainability initiatives to present and network at your event.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Action area Value Creation and Tourism - Target: Achieve economic effects through the sporting event.
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Develop projects that help to communicate knowledge about diversity to stakeholders.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Make diversity visible to the outside world and live it within the organisation.
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Offer educational sessions on sustainability for volunteers and employees. Offer these online if necessary. Educational sessions can be organised on various sustainability topics. Topics can include tips on energy- and water-saving behaviour during the event, sign language courses or theoretical units on the topic of sustainability development goals.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Action area Commitment from society - Target: Volunteers develop skills during the sporting event which they can also use after the sporting event.
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Inform the media about your sustainability achievements before, during and after the event (press releases, press briefings, press conference).
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Organise participation projects before and during the event which communicate sustainability content. Participation activities can relate to all sustainability topics. Examples of such participation activities are: joint rubbish collection campaigns, tree planting campaigns or the joint construction of Lego ramps.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Set up a virtual or actual contact point (e.g. a sustainability office) where ideas for measures can be submitted.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Enter your sporting event in the "Travel for all" portal. Here, people with disabilities can find out about local accessibility.
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Action area Accessibility - Target: Offer support services for accredited persons and visitors early and proactively.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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Provide sign language interpreters if required. Inform the sign language interpreters about the event, its duration, their schedule and specialised vocabulary. Position the sign language interpreters slightly elevated and clearly visible to the relevant stakeholders. If required, a live image can be projected onto a screen or TV set. Plan for sufficient staff, as they will also provide support during breaks and catering.
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Action area Accessibility - Target: Offer support services for accredited persons and visitors early and proactively.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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Provide interpreters if necessary. Inform the interpreters about the event, its duration, their schedule and subject-specific vocabulary. Remote interpreting via a high-performance Internet connection is possible.
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Action area Accessibility - Target: Offer support services for accredited persons and visitors early and proactively.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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Provide analogue and digital forms for querying the needs of the relevant stakeholders. Needs that can be queried are: written interpreters, sign language interpreters, translation into "easy language", materials in different languages, materials in Braille or large print, materials that you make available exclusively online, materials that you send digitally before the event, taking along a wheeled walking frame or assistance dog, assistance for deafblind people, quiet room, catering (e.g. with regard to allergies, aids, crockery requirements), support in finding a hotel (e.g. for events lasting several days), broadcast as a live stream, other requirements.
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Action area Accessibility - Target: Offer support services for accredited persons and visitors early and proactively.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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Enable access to the website as well as the login and ticket area from different end devices (e.g. laptop, tablet or mobile phone).
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Action area Accessibility - Target: Offer support services for accredited persons and visitors early and proactively.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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Publish a seating plan on your website and make it possible to reserve and purchase tickets in advance.
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Action area Accessibility - Target: Offer support services for accredited persons and visitors early and proactively.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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Grant free admission to assistants.
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Action area Accessibility - Target: Offer support services for accredited persons and visitors early and proactively.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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Give people with hearing impairments the opportunity to watch the sporting event with subtitles or sign language interpreters on TVs, computers or mobile devices.
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Action area Accessibility - Target: Offer support services for accredited persons and visitors early and proactively.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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Give people with visual impairments the opportunity to follow the sporting event via audio description on a television, computer or mobile device.
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Action area Accessibility - Target: Offer support services for accredited persons and visitors early and proactively.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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Avoid obstacles on the event site such as free-standing chairs, tripping hazards or half-open doors. Unavoidable obstacles are visually and tactilely high-contrast and easily recognisable at an early stage.
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Action area Accessibility - Target: Design event venues to be as accessible as possible.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Action area Sports facilities and infrastructure - Target: Design event venues to be as accessible as possible. => Accessibility (AA9)
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Ensure that seating areas, paths, stands, car parks and sports areas are adequately lit in the dark.
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Action area Accessibility - Target: Design event venues to be as accessible as possible.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Action area Sports facilities and infrastructure - Target: Design event venues to be as accessible as possible. => Accessibility (AA9)
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Signpost routes from car parks and/or bus stops sufficiently, taking accessibility into account. If the shortest route is not accessible, signpost another accessible route.
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Action area Accessibility - Target: The barrier-free accessibility of all event venues is a goal.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Action area Traffic - Target: Ensure accessible arrival and departure. => Accessibility (AA9)
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