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href="/web/20140205071327/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/development-technology" title="">Modern Technologies</a> <div class="anounce_body"> Innovational technological solutions of Sochi 2014 </div> </li> <li class="national-valuables"> <a href="/web/20140205071327/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/culture-and-values" title="">Culture and Values</a> <div class="anounce_body"> All the colours of Russia's diversity </div> </li> </ul> <div id="readSpeakerContent" class="content text"> <p>In the late 1980s, the UN General Assembly decided to create an international commission on the environment and development, and adopted the concept of sustainable socio-economic development in harmony with the environment.</p><p>In 1987 the UN set out once and for all the concept and strategic aim of Sustainable development, as development that meets the needs of today without putting under threat the ability of future generations to satisfy their own needs. Sustainability involves taking well-balanced decisions that take account of the consequences of their implementation in three inter-related fields: economics, the social sphere, and the environment. </p><p>Today the UN proposes that observing principles of Sustainability and environmental protection should represent a component part of any activity in the field of economic and social development.</p><p>By sharing the principles of sustainability, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has implemented a host of key measures. </p><p>In 1994 an Agreement was signed on collaboration with the UN Environment Program (the UNEP) in order to carry out a program to raise awareness and educate people about the field of environmental protection and sport. In 1996 the IOC announced that environmental protection was the third pillar of the Olympic movement, alongside sport and culture, and introduced the relevant guidelines to the Olympic Charter. In 1999 the Agenda for the Olympic movement in the 21st century was adopted, containing a program of measures in the field of sustainable development. In 2003 the IOC developed the "Olympic Games Impact" research program (OGI), which must be undertaken by the organizing committee of each Olympic Games. Since 2009 the IOC has included sections in each of its technical manuals devoted to applying sustainability principles to the procedures for preparing and staging the Olympic Games.</p><p>The first Games to be held on a platform of sustainability were the Winter Games of 2010 in Vancouver. The first Summer Olympic Games to be prepared and staged on a platform of sustainability will be the 2012 Games in London.</p><p><strong>Sustainability and the Organizing Committee</strong></p><p>The Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee sees its objective as making the best possible use of the opportunities created by the Olympic project to ensure the long-term sustainable development and flourishing of the city of Sochi, the Krasnodar Region and Russia as a whole.</p><p>In its preparation and staging of the Games, the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee understands sustainability to mean: creating long-term positive change in the social, economic and environmental spheres, based on effective use of the resource potential for all Russians both today and tomorrow.</p><p>The Organizing Committee's attachment to the principles of sustainable development is set out in its core documents:</p><ul><li>Bid Book</li><li>Host-city contract</li><li>Games Foundation Plan</li><li>Master-plan</li><li>IOC Technical Manuals</li><li>Games Strategy</li></ul><p>The conditions in Russia create an unprecedented opportunity to use an integrated system to approach the management of sustainability activity among the key participants in preparing and staging the Games (the Organizing Committee, Sochi city administration, the Administration of the Krasnodar Region, the government ministries and agencies, and the Marketing Partners).</p><p>With this aim in mind, and in order to reinforce cooperation and create new opportunities for collaboration in the field of sustainable development during the preparations and staging of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi, the Organizing Committee has developed a Concept for the sustainability management system (hereinafter - CSMS).</p><p>The Concept for the CSMS was approved by 15 executive state bodies and organizations, namely: The Russian Olympic Committee, the Ministry of Sport and Tourism of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Communications and Networks of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, the Administration of the Krasnodar Region, the Administration of the city of Sochi, the Russian Paralympic Committee, and SC "Olympstroy".</p><p>Furthermore, in order to implement the tasks ahead of it, the Organizing Committee has developed Policy Guidelines in the field of sustainability.</p><p>The Sochi 2014 Policy in the field of sustainability reflects the Organizing Committee's commitment to follow sustainability principles, and determine key areas of activity in this field. The Policy will also determine the mechanism for introducing sustainability principles into the process of preparing and staging the Games.</p><p>This is taking place by means of integrating them into various areas of the Organizing Committee's activity, namely:</p><p>• into the Organizing Committee's current management system (planning, reporting, effectiveness evaluation);</p><p>• into the system for training and informing Organizing Committee staff;</p><p>• into the Organizing Committee's external communications procedure;</p><p>• into the Organizing Committee's procurement activity and licensing policies.</p><p>The policy is reinforcing the Sochi 2014 sustainability agenda, which sets out the 6 main areas of activity in the field of sustainability within the preparations and staging of the Games in 2014:</p><p>• <a href="/web/20140205071327/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/development-health" data-mce-href="../../../../en/development-health">Healthy Living</a></p><p>• <a href="/web/20140205071327/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/development-harmony" data-mce-href="../../../../en/development-harmony">Harmony with Nature</a></p><p>• <a href="/web/20140205071327/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/barrier-free-world" data-mce-href="../../../../en/barrier-free-world">Barrier-free Environment</a></p><p>• <a href="/web/20140205071327/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/economic-prosperity" data-mce-href="../../../../en/economic-prosperity">Economic Prosperity</a></p><p>• <a href="/web/20140205071327/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/development-technology" data-mce-href="../../../../en/development-technology">Modern Technologies</a></p>• <a href="/web/20140205071327/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/culture-and-values" data-mce-href="../../../../en/culture-and-values">Culture and National Values</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </aside> <aside class="right"> <div id="adriver_banner_1373533533" class="banner ver"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> new adriver("adriver_banner_1373533533", { sid:193560, bt:52, bn:3 }); </script> <div class="block news blue"> <div class="title under full"><span class="outer"><a class="inner" href="/web/20140205071327/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/news">News</a></span></div> <a href="/web/20140205071327/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/news-olympic-truce-wall-unites-athletes-in-the-name-of-peace"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140205071327im_/http://gtcdn.sochi2014.com/news/I9_8PW/wall-240X180.jpg" alt="Olympic Truce Wall unites athletes in the name of peace"/> </a> <dl> <dt><span class="date">Yesterday, 4 February</span><a href="/web/20140205071327/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/news-olympic-truce-wall-unites-athletes-in-the-name-of-peace">Olympic Truce Wall unites athletes in the name of peace</a></dt> <dd>The symbolic Olympic Truce Wall opened on February 4 in the Coastal Olympic Village.</dd> <dt><span class="date">Yesterday, 4 February</span><a href="/web/20140205071327/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/news-sochi-2014-organizing-committee-meets-carbon-offset-target-before-opening-ceremony">Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee meets carbon offset target before Opening Ceremony</a></dt> <dd>The Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee has announced that they have fulfilled their Bid Book obligation to mitigate the direct carbon footprint of the Games in Sochi in 2014 before the Games even get underway.</dd> <dt><span class="date">Monday, 3 February</span><a href="/web/20140205071327/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/news-club-level-tickets-go-on-sale-ahead-of-ice-hockey-competition">Club Level tickets Go on Sale ahead of Ice Hockey Competition</a></dt> <dd>For the first time in the history of the Winter Olympic Games, the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee started selling “club level” tickets. 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