PARIS cheap nike air max typha , Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced Thursday that the bid process for 2024 Olympic Games gets underway with new Invitation Phase.
It's the first bid process following the adoption of Olympic Agenda 2020 earlier last month in Monaco during the 127th session.
According to the IOC ""strategic roadmap for the future of the Olympic Movement"", interested National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and potential bid cities are invited to discuss their initial ideas with IOC before officially committing to a bid.
""The deadline for NOCs to officially launch a bid for the 2024 Olympic Games is 15 September 2015 - the start of the Applicant City Phase that will continue through to the start of the Candidate City Phase in AprilMay 2016,"" read the statement.
""The election of the host city will take place in the summer of 2017,"" it added.
As a demonstration to its commitment to safeguarding the uniqueness of the Olympic Games and strengthening sport in society, the IOC implements the reforms in the bidding process cheap nike air vapormax flyknit , with changes as following:
- Shaping the bid process as an invitation
- Strengthening the evaluation of bid cities to more clearly highlight key opportunities and risks
- Reducing the cost of bidding and organising the Games
""Through these changes, the IOC is emphasising that bidding for the Games is not a tender for a franchise, and that there is no one-size-fits-all solution,"" said the statement.
""The bid process is about making proposals and offering solutions that will deliver excellent Games, with no compromise on the field of play for the athletes while also meeting the needs of the city and region to ensure the Games leave a positive cheap nike air vapormax plus , long-term, sustainable legacy,"" it added.
In additional, the IOC will contribute approximately 1.5 billion U.S. dollars to the organization of the 2024 Olympic Games.
The NOCs having expressed their interest in hosting the 2024 Olympic Games are Germany, Italy and the United States.
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BELGRADE cheap nike air vapormax , June 23 (Xinhua) -- Serbia is ready to work together with all global and regional countries in order to secure a brighter future for its people, President Aleksandar Vucic said Friday in his inauguration speech.
The ceremony was held in front of more than 5,000 guests at the Palace of Serbia.
In his inauguration speech, Vucic invited the leaders of regional countries who arrived here as guests to cooperate more, especially when it comes to economy cheap nike air max 180 , in order to "achieve the best possible results for our citizens".
"We, Serbians, Croatians, Bosnians, Montenegrins cheap nike air max 93 , Albanians and Macedonians are able to 'move mountains' together, not by creating a new Yugoslavia, but by working together and fighting for a better future of our impoverished citizens," Vucic said.
He said Serbia decided to remain on the European path "because we wish to belong to the society of well-arranged countries and to build good relations with the Western world after decades of problems, including good relations with the United States".