The 2030 Winter Paralympics (French: Jeux paralympiques d'hiver de 2030), also known as the XV Winter Paralympic Games, and commonly known as French Alps 2030 (French: Alpes Françaises 2030), is an upcoming international wintermulti-sport event for athletes with disabilities, scheduled to take place from 1 to 10 March 2030 in the French Alps region of France.[1]
Under the new bidding process established under Olympic Agenda 2020, the Future Host Commission of the IOC engages in ongoing, non-committal "continuous dialogue" with parties that are interested in hosting a future Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Commission then recommends preferred candidates to be invited to "targeted dialogue" with the IOC Executive Board. In addition, a "host" can now consist of multiple regions or countries rather than just cities.[2][3][4]
Host selection
On 29 November 2023, per the recommendation of the Future Host Commission, the IOC Executive Board invited the French Paralympic and Sports Committee to targeted dialogue proposing that the 2030 Winter Paralympics be held in the French Alps.
The French Alps were conditionally ratified as hosts during the 142nd IOC Session on 24 July 2024 in Paris, France; as per the new bid process, the vote was in the form of a referendum to the 95 IOC delegates. The decision to award the Games was made under the condition that financial guarantees from federal and state governments be secured by October 2024; usually, these are secured as part of the bid process, but this was hindered by the French political crisis and 2024 French legislative elections.
In October 2024, then-prime minister Michel Barnier sent a letter to IOC president Thomas Bach to confirm the French government's financial support.
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