The Special Olympics World Summer Games took place in Berlin in 2023. On January 30, 2020 the organising committee and the international Special Olympics federation signed the Games Agreement for the largest inclusive sports event in the world at the German President’s residency. PROPROJEKT has accompanied Special Olympics Germany and the Berlin Senate from the beginning of the bidding process on and also supported the organising committee during the event.
The Special Olympics World Games are the flagship event of the Special Olympics movement, which stands for equality, tolerance and acceptance for people with intellectual disabilities all over the world. The event is characterised by nine days of captivating and inspiring competitions between approximately 7,000 athletes from 170 nations in 24 sports, where the sports activity of people with intellectual disabilities and unified of people with and without disabilities is the focus of attention. A comprehensive programme in the fields of science, health, education and culture accompanies the sports competitions. In addition to the Olympiapark, Messe Berlin and other renowned Berlin sports venues, the entire city is to become a meeting place for people with and without disabilities to anchor inclusive living in people's minds. A Germany-wide programme on inclusion aims to improve everyday life for people with intellectual disabilities beyond the event.
PROPROJEKT, as the programme management unit of the organising committee, was responsible for the overall control and monitoring of the planning and implementation process as well as the interface management of the Special Olympics World Games 2023. In addition, we supported with a volunteer team on site and during the Host Town Programme in Frankfurt am Main.
Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023