News about the Special Olympics World Games 2029

  • Various adjustments to the homepage

    Various adjustments to the homepage

    Together with our partner Compresso, the homepage has undergone an overhaul in recent weeks. We have replaced the old text content from the application phase, launched a job portal and started transparent reporting with sustainability criteria. Here you can find the basic paper on sustainability. New languages have also been added. These are currently being…

  • 1st Symposium World Winter Games Switzerland 2029

    1st Symposium World Winter Games Switzerland 2029

    The 1st “World Winter Games Switzerland 2029” symposium will take place in Chur on February 28, 2024. A two-part format has been developed in collaboration with the University of Applied Sciences Graubünden. The topic will be the upcoming major events in Switzerland – but of course also the outlook for the event itself. In the…

  • World Winter Games Switzerland visit the National Winter Games Germany

    World Winter Games Switzerland visit the National Winter Games Germany

    A delegation from Special Olympics Switzerland and the World Winter Games Switzerland 2029 visited from 30.1. to 2.2. the National Winter Games 2024 in Germany. The focus of the visit was an exchange of experiences with Special Olympics Germany. The focus was on those sports that will be held at the 2029 World Winter Games…

  • The INCLUSION CHARTER

    The INCLUSION CHARTER

    The Inclusion Charter forms an important part of the cooperation with the World Winter Games. It was developed under the leadership of Con-Sense with an expert council and the technical support of Special Olympics Switzerland as an independent guideline for organizations and companies. On 23 October 2023, it was presented to around 50 interested representatives…

  • Logo officially presented

    Logo officially presented

    General Secretary Beat Ritschard presented the event logo at the SPORT.FORUM.SWITZERLAND. With the support of the Graubünden agency Viaduct, a creative agency that met the criteria, particularly with regard to inclusion, was sought in a tendering process. After a multi-stage process, an ad-hoc jury selected Twist in Nyon. The agency developed various proposals with an…

  • Preparations for the 2029 World Winter Games are going according to plan

    Preparations for the 2029 World Winter Games are going according to plan

    Preparations for the 2029 World Winter Games are becoming more and more concrete: The board of the Local Organizing Committee has been formed and Beat Ritschard, an experienced personality, has already been recruited as Head of Marketing & Communications. The agency Twist from Nyon will develop the image and logo for the World Winter Games…

  • Study on the objectives of the 2029 World Winter Games

    Study on the objectives of the 2029 World Winter Games

    The main aim of the 2029 World Winter Games is to bring the worlds of people with and without disabilities closer together and to enable them to live together – even beyond sport. But where do we stand in this respect in Switzerland today and what specific issues should we tackle as we prepare for…

  • Another milestone reached

    Another milestone reached

    Today, one day before the opening ceremony of the National Summer Games St. Gallen 2022, the Grisons Grand Council unanimously approved a commitment credit of CHF 9.5 million for the Special Olympics Word Winter Games Switzerland 2029!With the commitments already made by the municipalities of Vaz-Obervaz, Arosa and the city of Chur, half of the…