French Alps 2030 progress picks up pace ahead of handover from Milano Cortina 2026 Coordination Commission named

19 September 2025 – French Alps 2030 Organising Committee President Edgar Grospiron and CEO Cyril Linette presented by video conference a progress update to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board (EB) meeting in Milan this week. Since its first EB report in March, the Organising Committee has advanced in building its team, drawing on expertise from Paris 2024 and from delivery partners and other industries, and has developed a strong Games vision, which is set to launch later this year. The Organising Committee is well-positioned to receivethe Olympic flag from Milano Cortina 2026 during the Closing Ceremony of the upcoming Olympic Winter Games on 22 February next year in Verona. IOC President Kirsty Coventry also announced the composition of the Coordination Commission for these Games.

The venue masterplan for French Alps 2030 is progressing, and talks with potential commercial partners are underway. The Organising Commitee is preparing its first pluriannual budget with its stakeholders. The French Alps 2030 team will join the Milano Cortina 2026 Observers’ Programme and will deliver its handover segment for the Milano Cortina 2026 Games Closing Ceremony.

While the decision on the discipline programme for French Alps 2030 is expected at the IOC EB meeting in December, the EB this week approved the postponement of the decision on two disciplines, snowboard parallel giant slalom and Nordic combined, to 2026, after the data from Milano Cortina 2026 has been evaluated. This recommendation from the Olympic Programme Commission follows a review launched in June 2024 to shape a discipline programme that is balanced, youth-focused and cost-efficient.

President Kirsty Coventry has also named the members of the IOC Coordination Commission for the French Alps 2030 Olympic Winter Games. The newly appointed members will work with the Commission’s Chair, Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant, who was appointed last year, on delivering the next Olympic Winter Games after Milano Cortina 2026.

The composition of the Commission is as follows:

Chair

• Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant (BEL)

Members

• Ian Chesterman (AUS)
• Johan Eliasch (GBR)
• Ivo Ferriani (ITA)
• Frida Hansdotter Jansson (SWE)
• Jae Youl Kim (KOR)
• The Princess Nora of Liechtenstein (LIE)
• Damaris Young (PAN)

IPC representative to be appointed

Director in charge

• Olympic Games Executive Director

The first Coordination Commission meeting is scheduled for 1–3 December, and more information on the Commission and its work can be found here.

SALT LAKE CITY-UTAH 2034

During the meeting in Milan, the IOC EB discussed the groundbreaking philanthropic initiative from the Organising Committee for the Salt Lake City-Utah 2034 Olympic Winter Games. This fundraising programme, entitled Podium34, brings together key philanthropic families and organisations from Utah to support the Games, together with key community causes.

At the programme announcement on 8 September, more than USD 200 million in commitments had already been secured from 17 Founding Donors, including nine “Captain-level” contributors pledging USD 20 million or more.