Future hosts and bid cities of major multi-sports events are invited to Melbourne in March to meet and learn from the vast array of specialists involved in organizing the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
The Victorian Government in partnership with Melbourne 2006 and the Commonwealth Games Federation has established the M2006 Observers Program.
The team bringing the Games to Melbourne has expertise in areas including infrastructure development, city management and transport, technical sport expertise and event management.
The program offers participants an opportunity to gain insight into major multi-sport events and valuable knowledge that will support the bidding for and staging of future major events around the globe – Commonwealth Games, other regional games, Olympic Games, as well as major single sport events.
Participants in the program will receive briefings by Melbourne 2006 and other major event specials on all aspects of Games planning and staging including the high-level post-Games related issues such as legacy, venue viability and leveraging.
Participants will also receive accreditation or ticketed access to events and an opportunity to meet with the companies who have played key supplier roles to the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games.
