To promote sporting practice, Emannual Macron had announced, in October 2021, a creation plan of 5,000 facilities by 2024. 53 million euros in aid was allocated on the 250 million planned out of three years.
Le Monde
The preparation of the reception of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2024 in France, recalled a reality: the inequalities are strong in France as soon as it is a question of accessing a sports practice, and that Based, among other things, to a deficit in sports facilities – coupled with pronounced aging of the existing park.
In October 2021, the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron had promised to give “an accelerator” to the practice of sport by announcing the launch of a support plan for the construction of 5,000 sports equipment Proximity, for 250 million euros in funding over three years (including 100 million from 2022).
“In eight months, more than 50 % of the credits scheduled for the year 2022 were allocated,” the Ministry of Sports and Olympic and Paralympic Games said on September 22. He answered a written question from senator Else Joseph (Les Républicains) about the progress of this plan, whose ambition is to “imagine a new model with lighter equipment and less long procedures and complex “in deficient territories (neighborhoods of city policy and rural revitalization zones in particular).
At the end of August, under the aegis of the National Sports Agency (Ans), which coordinates the implementation of this project, “857 files were selected for nearly 1,400 equipment, representing 53 million euros [of aid] allocated “. The State had announced, by launching this plan, that it would cover “at least 50 % of the costs, up to 80 % in France hexagonal and up to 100 % in ultramarine”
Possible relaxation of eligibility criteria
The Presidency of the Republic has presented future investments by saying wanting to give priority to the creation, by 2024, of 1,000 dojos (for example in the association premises of buildings made by social landlords ) and 1,000 multisport trays. She had also cited as a goal for the establishment of 500 3×3 basketball courts, 500 Padel tennis courts, 500 skateparks, or even 200 mobile swimming pools minimum.
“To date, the most funded equipment is multisport sets, fitness spaces, pumptracks [BMX and mountain bike course], skateparks, padel tracks and 3×3 basketball courts”, underlines The Ministry of Sports, which adds that the “There are more than 40 types of proximity equipment funded”.
While explaining that “an assessment will be presented to the board of directors of the agency [National of Sport] in the fall”, the ministry also specifies that “proposals for softening the criteria [of eligibility] will probably be proposed for the year 2023 “.