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Copenhagen prepares for the World Outgames 2009
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The World Outgames 2009 is taking shape in Copenhagen. The Danish capital was chosen to host the games long ago, but now the major international culture and sports event for gays and lesbians has the money to realise its plans. Copenhagen Council has committed DKK20m to the project, and Wonderful Copenhagen and UNIK HR have commenced the search for partners to spearhead the preparations.
In 2009 Copenhagen will host the second World Outgames, the largest sports and cultural event Denmark will have ever hosted, with a greater number of participants than the Olympics. The event is comparable to the Olympics, but for gays and lesbians. Copenhagen was selected as the host city in 2005 but it is first now that the event has found the financial backing it needs. Copenhagen Council has pledged DKK20m to the project, which Wonderful Copenhagen has been instrumental in winning for the capital.
Copenhagen highlighted as an experience-rich metropolis
- The World Outgames will be important in helping promote Copenhagen as an experience-rich metropolis and sporting capital. Now that we have the financial backing in place, we can begin the preparations to ensure a successful event, which will attract both the world’s press and international culture and sports societies. As well as this, the event will bring an increase in revenue and employment to the city and will give Copenhageners the sense of living in a city where things happen, says CEO Lars Bernhard Jørgensen, Wonderful Copenhagen.
Director and project leader sought for the board
The second World Outgames will take place in the summer of 2009 but, before that lies a great deal of work, not least the recruitment of the right people for the job. Wonderful Copenhagen has undertaken the initial research but after the New Year the project will be run as an Aps company with its own board. With this in mind, Wonderful Copenhagen together with UNIK HR is seeking the project team, which, together with other partners, will plan and run the World Outgames over the next three years.
The first priority is to find a director who will have overall responsibility for the board. The candidate will have a profile with broad experience and good contacts within the public and business worlds both nationally and internationally. The next task is to select project leaders to manage the events and many activities.
The World Outgames has 35 different sports and cultural activities and in the run up to the event Copenhagen will also host a large people’s rights conference.
Click here for more information on www.copenhagen2009.org
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