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Event Bidding

Strategic Event Attribution Process:

In order to offer a more strategic and long-term approach to the attribution of World Rowing and European Rowing events, World Rowing follows a Strategic Event Attribution Process (SEAP). The most recent SEAP took place in 2022, with several events between 2024 and 2026 being attributed at the 2022 World Rowing Championships. The next SEAP timeline has not yet been determined.

The SEAP was developed to recognise the significant investment by governments and local authorities in facilities for the sport of rowing and it offers them a chance to take a more strategic approach to their staging of international regattas.

In making these investments, the governments and authorities involved will have carefully considered the benefits to the local community and economy, and are seeking justification for their investments. Staging international – in addition to national, regional and local – events, together with the social and economic benefits they bring, are important to this justification.

In recognition of the increased event-bidding competitiveness as well as the difficulty in securing public grants for upgrading infrastructure and organising events, World Rowing has responded by adding flexibility and agility to its event bidding rules and related governance structures. It is important that World Rowing and the respective member federations are able to engage with a government when it is determined that an elite sporting event is appropriate to its strategy for the promotion of sport or tourism in the city or region. The SEAP allows all interested parties to indicate which of the World Rowing-owned events they believe would support their long-term events policy and it encourages strategic discussions rather than having to bid competitively on a single event-by-event basis

In further consideration of the above and when circumstances permit, World Rowing has adapted its strictly competitive bid format that was driven, in some cases, by arbitrary deadlines, to a more targeted and tailored approach in order to better collaborate with key partners and government entities. Therefore, when governments or cities are ready to dedicate resources to stage one or more of our regattas, World Rowing is now open and ready to work with them where such an arrangement would benefit both parties. This is in line with the comment expressed by Thomas Bach, IOC President, that the competitive bid process causes too many losers, when we should be doing everything that we can to facilitate the bids of appropriate willing and cooperative partners.

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