Only… 45,000 will remain! One week before the closing of registrations to be part of the team of 45,000 volunteers at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the organizing committee has already received more than 200,000 files on the platform, one of its members said on Monday. representatives. Candidates have until May 3 to apply. To do this, you must be 18 years old on January 1, 2024 and speak French and/or English.
Nearly 60% of missions are dedicated to hospitality (public, media, etc.) for Games where nearly ten million spectators are expected. Some candidates will already be selected for test events that will take place this summer, such as handball, rowing, or even swimming in open water. But the vast majority of candidates will be chosen by the end of 2023.
Two questionnaires and some 200 questions
“We have already exceeded the number of applications from Tokyo, where there were 200,000 applications on the volunteer portal for 60,000 places,” explained Bruno Marie-Rose, head of technology for the Olympics organizing committee, on the sidelines of the meeting. the inauguration of the Paris Olympics test center of the French group Atos.
On the portal opened five weeks ago, after giving their contact details and place of residence, since accommodation will not be taken into account, applicants must answer two questionnaires, such as personality tests of almost 200 questions in total, (example: “what I have the least indulgence for: 1. the inability to think or 2. the lack of initiative” or even “I prefer 1. to think outside the framework to find new solutions or 2. work for an organization that helps make the world a better place”).
Some activists against the Olympics have recently announced their intention, on social networks, to infiltrate the network of volunteers.