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MUMBAI:
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that
seven cities have been put forward by their respective National
Olympic Committees (NOCs) to apply to host the Games of the
XXXI Olympiad in 2016.
The
cities are Baku (Azerbaijan), Chicago (USA), Doha (Qatar),
Madrid (Spain), Prague (Czech Republic), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
and Tokyo (Japan).
NOCs
had until 13 September to notify the IOC that a city within
their jurisdiction was interested in applying. Paris which
narrowly lost to London to host the 2012 Olympics has not
bid this time around.
The
seven applicant cities will now proceed to the first phase
of the IOC's two-step procedure, which will lead to the election
of the 2016 host city in Copenhagen in October 2009.
The
first phase known as the 'candidature acceptance procedure',
involves a thorough review by the IOC of each city’s
potential to organise successful Olympic Games in 2016. Cities
are required to answer a questionnaire, and their answers
are studied by the IOC. At the end of this first phase, the
IOC executive board selects the cities that will become candidate
cities and therefore move on to the second phase.
During
the second phase known as the 'candidature procedure', candidate
cities will be requested to submit their candidature file
– which is an in-depth description of their Olympic project
– and will be subject to a technical assessment made
by a visiting team – the IOC Evaluation Commission.
The
IOC Evaluation Commission's appraisal will be published in
a report, and sent to IOC members no later than one month
before they cast their vote on 2 October 2009. The report
will also be available for public consumption. By 14 January
2008 applicant cities have to reply to an IOC questionnaire.
On 2 October 2009 the election of the 2016 Host City will
take place in Copenhagen.
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